Chapter 70: Some Mistakes Can Only Be Made Once

Switching people is impossible.

Choosing Zhang Sen to go with him was not a whim of Yu Dazhang's.

First, he knew Zhang Sen better, having cooperated with him many times in his past life.

Second, Zhang Sen happened to be able to make up for his own shortcomings.

What troubled Yu Dazhang most was mobility; running was simply a nightmare for him.

Short distances were fine, but once the distance increased, this flaw would be exposed completely.

And what Zhang Sen was best at was running; otherwise, how could he be called 'Little Cheetah'? His speed and endurance were both first-class.

Uh~, recently I heard his nickname changed to 'Mount Sen'.

"Brother Sen, I need you." Yu Dazhang looked at Zhang Sen with a sincere face:

"I believe that if we two cooperate, we can definitely solve this case."

"Really?" Zhang Sen said half-believing, half-doubting, fearing this fatty had other ideas.

If it were true, he would be willing to team up with Yu Dazhang.

Recently, the whole bureau had spread the news that this newcomer's performance was outstanding, and he had been promoted exceptionally.

Who wouldn't want to cooperate with a colleague of extraordinary ability? In 2014, there was a new word: begging to be carried.

Many people were rushing to find such people.

If the case were truly solved and the person and gun found, that would be an overwhelming merit.

The only worry was that this kid had a flaw: he liked to ride people at critical moments.

Before, he had literally ridden away his own nickname 'Little Cheetah'.

"You forgot?" Yu Dazhang leaned in a bit closer, then said in a low voice:

"Didn't we cooperate quite happily last time?"

"You damn..." At the mention of this, Zhang Sen immediately widened his eyes.

If there weren't so many people, he would have punched this fatty twice.

Bringing up the one thing that shouldn't be brought up; it was intentional, right?

At the same time, he also noticed that the colleagues around him were looking at him with eyes of envy and jealousy.

The reason for that went without saying.

"Don't do that again in the future!"

He reprimanded sternly, then stepped forward and stood side by side with Yu Dazhang.

The grouping process took only two minutes; with a single order from Wei Qian, everyone immediately launched into action.

Before leaving the door, Lu Zhongxin pulled Yu Dazhang to one side.

"Now that you have a service pistol, there is something I must explain to you."

It seemed the following words were somewhat hard to utter, but not saying them was not an option; Lu Zhongxin paused for two seconds before continuing:

"When your life is threatened, never hesitate; at that moment, no laws or regulations matter anymore..."

"Master, I understand." Yu Dazhang immediately interrupted:

"Raise the gun and shoot; if you shoot, you have it."

Thinking about it now, he felt it was a bit ridiculous.

Master had reminded him in his past life, and not just once.

As a result, he still died because of this.

Some mistakes can truly only be made once.

Everyone has heard 'A compassionate person cannot command soldiers, a righteous person cannot manage wealth'; actually, there are two more sentences behind that... 'An emotional person cannot establish affairs, a kind person cannot serve in the police.'

That's right, overly kind people are not suitable for police work.

Because kindness, in the eyes of criminals, is a ridiculous weakness, making it difficult to cope with complex criminal situations and all kinds of criminals.

There is a video of a real-time drug bust online that can still be found now.

In the video, the police surrounded the suspect's car, then subdued the drug trafficker who fled from the car.

Among them, one anti-drug police officer discovered a pregnant woman in the back seat of the car and immediately ordered her to get out.

But that pregnant woman shouted things like "Don't point the gun at me, I'm scared."

That anti-drug police officer really did put down his gun, and even his voice softened.

As a result, that pregnant woman reached back, pulled out a gun, and pointed it at him...

The current Yu Dazhang would not be indecisive like in his past life.

Making the same mistake twice is no longer a mistake, but a choice.

In this life, he would be Niuhuru Yu Dazhang.

Leaving the Criminal Investigation Team, the two drove to an industrial park in the suburbs.

According to the clue provided by Zhou Hongfu, construction there had just begun in 1998, and it was there, while working as a carpenter, that he met Zhou Zizhe.

Upon arrival, Yu Dazhang noticed that members of several other groups were also rushing in this direction. It seemed everyone's thoughts were similar; all were starting their investigation from here.

At this point, a companion should ask.

Isn't this wasting police resources?

Sending just one group would suffice; deploying so many people to investigate one matter, isn't that redundant?

First, you must distinguish what time it is now.

The officer and the gun are missing; the bureau chief would even wish to investigate personally.

Worrying about wasting police resources at a time like this is just nonsense.

Second, everyone's way of thinking is different.

Although they all started from the industrial park, the directions of the subsequent investigation were bound to differ.

Blooming from the center and spreading outward—who knew which team might find a lead first.

Time was pressing; there was no time left to draw up a detailed plan at this point.

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If one of the two missing guns had gone off, the consequences would have been unthinkable.

When they were about a hundred meters from the industrial park, Yu Dazhang had Zhang Sen stop the car, then he got out and gazed toward the park.

Apparently he couldn't see clearly enough, so he got back in the car and had Zhang Sen drive it to higher ground.

This time, after getting out, he climbed straight onto the roof of the car.

"Hey hey hey~, what are you doing." Zhang Sen quickly reached out and grabbed him:

"The roof can't take your weight."

He found this fatty was quite the mischief-maker.

How old are you, still climbing up high.

What, didn't get enough of it as a kid.

"I'm just going to stand up there and take a look." Yu Dazhang seemed quite anxious.

"Not even for a second!" Zhang Sen insisted:

"If you crush the roof in, how are we supposed to get back?"

After friendly negotiation, the two of them each took a step back, and Yu Dazhang stood on the front hood.

Once steady, he brought the thumbs and index fingers of both hands together to form a triangle, then aimed it at the industrial park below.

The two officers who had lost contact must have started their investigation from here as well.

Next was the location they had reported the last time they contacted the detachment.

Yu Dazhang moved his hands, slowly sliding them to the upper left, finally stopping at the top of a distant tall building.

Two points make a line; he silently noted a movement trajectory in his mind.

"Let's go, southeast." Yu Dazhang jumped off the car, got back inside, and said to Zhang Sen.

On the road.

Zhang Sen asked in confusion:

"Couldn't we just go straight to where they lost contact and investigate? Why did we have to come here?"

Hearing his words, Yu Dazhang didn't answer directly, but asked back:

"Do you know why they pulled people from the First Brigade and had the Second and Third Brigades cooperate?"

That question left Zhang Sen speechless on the spot.

The leaders must have had My own idea arranging it this way; he really hadn't thought it through carefully.

After a moment of silence, he could only tell the truth:

"I don't know."

"Investigative habit," Yu Dazhang explained:

"The First Brigade's people are different from yours. They deal with dangerous elements year-round, so they're especially meticulous when working cases."

"Especially when handling Category Eight cases—any single oversight could lead to serious consequences."

"The method you just mentioned could indeed save a lot of investigation time, but it's also easy to miss important leads."

No need to spell everything out—they were all criminal investigators, a little reminder was enough.

The two had just teamed up and indeed needed to mesh.

If Yu Dazhang were on a mission with Lu Zhongxin, this kind of situation wouldn't happen.

"I understand."

Zhang Sen had one good point: he didn't argue for the sake of it.

That was also the main reason Yu Dazhang had teamed up with him.

"Where's the next spot?" Zhang Sen then said:

"I can't just drive in one direction, right? There has to be a destination."

Yu Dazhang was at that moment staring at his phone screen, which displayed the electronic map he had just pulled up.

Looking at the small dot representing his own position, he slowly said:

"Two points, one line—follow this line straight, just like a fired bullet, and we'll pass straight through the two places where they lost contact."

(End of this chapter)