Chapter 68: Case Escalation!

Connected, all connected!

Everything that happened afterward now makes sense.

When I reincarnated last year, the first thing I wanted to do was visit the place where I died in my past life.

Ten years had passed; back then, I wasn’t sure if the abandoned radar station was still dangerous, so I brought Wei Chuang along.

Calling the police directly wouldn’t work—they wouldn’t mobilize a large force based solely on one person’s claim.

Besides, I didn’t even know if anyone was inside the radar station back then.

To get the police to take it seriously, I needed evidence first.

So stupid… Yu Dazhang couldn’t help but want to bang his head against the wall thinking these were his own actions.

It was so embarrassing he could’ve dug out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes.

You were practically rushing to be reborn!

And you dragged Wei Chuang into it too—what a hypocritical saintess.

Pretending to be some righteous savior, showing off, pfft~

Yu Dazhang originally thought his past self was stupid enough—daring to investigate such a remote place alone, dying was his just due.

But his present self, just reincarnated, was even more absurdly foolish.

You knew the mountain was dangerous and still went? Do you have a brain tumor? Can’t you just not be an idiot?

Oh my god, my hands are shaking from anger.

Yu Dazhang might be one of the very few people who almost died from anger at himself.

Stupid actions inevitably lead to tragic consequences—that’s reality’s version of… courting death!

Now, I’ve become one of the victims in the serial disappearance case.

And worse—I’m a victim who walked right into it.

After mentally berating himself, Yu Dazhang gradually calmed down.

Then how did I come back?

First, eliminate the possibility that I escaped.

If I could’ve escaped, I would’ve done it long ago—I wouldn’t have waited nine months until I turned into a fat pig.

Most likely, they let me go.

Before releasing me, they erased my memory using some method.

Only this explanation fits the logic.

But that doesn’t make sense either.

None of the people who disappeared in my past life ever returned—why was I the only one let go?

I’m not special in any way… Yu Dazhang couldn’t figure this out for the life of him.

But the reality was right before him—he had to face it.

It seems Liu Wenfu’s disappearance never happened because of me.

It was my unauthorized intrusion into Xiaofeng Mountain’s radar station that triggered all these changes.

Obesity, amnesia, the disappearance case never occurring—all the problems plaguing me, after all this investigation, looped back to square one.

The past life’s serial disappearance case!

The next day.

Yu Dazhang went to work as usual; his mental state looked fine, no different from normal.

Do your best and leave the rest to fate.

He’d already tried every solution he could think of; obsessing further wouldn’t help.

He wouldn’t dig himself into a corner.

Maybe one day his memory would suddenly return.

If there’s a lead, keep investigating; if not, set it aside—life must go on.

Even though he’d figured it out, he still went to Xiuyuan Community after work.

By 7:30 p.m., Liu Wenfu never appeared at the community entrance.

The next day, same thing…

For five consecutive days, he showed up punctually at the Xiuyuan Community entrance after work every day.

Within those five days, Liu Wenfu appeared at the entrance only twice.

Though infrequent, it was enough to prove that in this life, Liu Wenfu wouldn’t disappear.

Yu Dazhang even entertained a ridiculous thought.

The criminal, after kidnapping me, had a change of heart and stopped committing crimes?

He only used that idea to fool himself for a moment.

Crimes of that caliber don’t involve any notion of ‘conscience’—they always act for some specific purpose.

After that, he never went back to Xiuyuan Community.

In Yu Dazhang’s view, the lead had ended here. Two days later, his service pistol was issued.

This meant Yu Dazhang officially became a criminal investigator.

From now on, he could undertake operations like any other regular officer.

Being singled out for special attention wasn’t pleasant—the recipient inevitably felt inferior.

When he learned he’d been assigned to the force through police academy arrangements, Yu Dazhang felt like he was lesser than others.

No way around it—he’d never taken shortcuts in two lifetimes; he just wasn’t used to it.

That afternoon, the First Squad held an emergency meeting.

The meeting was chaired by the branch leadership.

The sole topic: the First Squad would deploy personnel to investigate the previous trafficking case.

The trafficking case that Zhou Zizhe had provided a lead on.

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Yu Dazhang didn’t understand at first.

He remembered that over ten days ago, the branch had already sent two criminal investigators to look into it—why was the First Squad being called in now?

Besides, trafficking falls under crimes against citizens’ personal rights; strictly speaking, it’s not a violent crime.

Most trafficking cases rely on deception or bribery; direct violence is extremely rare.

So it’s not among the eight major crime categories.

If that’s the case, even if the branch was eager to solve the case, they shouldn’t involve the First Squad.

Only at the end of the meeting did he learn the reason.

The two officers sent out had been out of contact for two full days.

These were two armed criminal investigators.

What did that mean?

The case has escalated!

Undeniably a violent crime.

Both people and guns were gone—this was a massive disaster.

Due to limited manpower in the First Squad, the branch leadership made a decision.

Wei Qian would lead, with the Second and Third Squads assisting, forming multiple two-person teams for tracking and investigation.

It was the only option left—only this way could they recover the people and guns as quickly as possible.

First, spread out the personnel; if any team found a lead, others could immediately rush to the scene for backup.

After the meeting, Yu Dazhang learned from his Master Lu Zhongxin.

On the first day the two officers went missing, the branch hadn’t taken it seriously.

Losing cell signal during field operations was common.

But as time passed, it became suspicious.

By the time the branch realized the severity, the two officers had been missing for over twenty-four hours.

Both were completely silent; their phones remained unreachable, and they hadn’t contacted the branch at all during that time.

The branch immediately reacted and dispatched personnel to investigate.

Why not report it directly to the bureau?

The matter was too big!

Losing firearms, in any era or department, was always a massive incident.

Especially losing two guns at once, plus two active-duty officers.

The branch would naturally try to contain it, handling the search internally—but this internal investigation had to be completed within twenty-four hours.

If the twenty-four-hour window passed without reporting, the justification for internal investigation would collapse.

If they were accused of failing to report promptly, Li Jun, the branch chief, would be finished.

Concealing such an incident and causing serious consequences was punishable by law.

Knowing the gravity of the situation, Yu Dazhang silently prayed: Please, let those two colleagues be safe.

If I hadn’t solved the frame-up case in this life, none of this would’ve happened.

Regret was impossible—but those two officers’ disappearances were indeed indirectly tied to me.

When an outcome changes, no one can predict how subsequent events will unfold—just like this time…

The false confession case uncovered a human trafficking case, which then escalated again.

Yu Dazhang pondered for a moment, then asked for leave from Lu Zhongxin:

“Master, I’m going to the detention center—I need to ask Zhou Zike some questions in person.”

(End of Chapter)