[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi":3,"chapter-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-81":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Reborn in 2014: I Am the King of Criminal Investigation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2315937,4529,"Chapter 81: Brother Sen, You","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-81",81,"\u003Cp>Take Zhou Zizhe, for example—if he hadn’t escaped, he might be anywhere now, and could never have provided the police with any leads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary traffickers don’t have this capability or the channels to smuggle people overseas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But these people who spend years at sea are different.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They have shipping routes on the sea and sales channels abroad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Keep in mind that many countries have legal special services.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So all they need to do domestically is find their sources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Actually, Yu Dazhang’s greatest concern was that the people on the mountain had firearms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having done this for years, they must have prepared weapons to prevent escapes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Given the current strict gun control in China, acquiring handguns isn’t easy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the 1990s, getting a few hunting rifles wasn’t hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the two service pistols belonging to the missing officers likely ended up in their hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhang Sen’s eyes had turned red; the emotions he’d forcibly suppressed finally exploded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Just tell me—are you coming with me or not?” he asked, staring at Yu Dazhang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked like a mad gambler.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I’m not going,” Yu Dazhang said firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And you’re not going either.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“There’s no time left!” Zhang Sen’s voice carried urgency, agitation, worry—everything as if he were enduring immense pain:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Including today, my master and the others have been missing for three days.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The longer we wait, the smaller their chance of survival becomes.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Do you know, he just became a father—his child only had its full-moon celebration last month.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What will his whole family do if something happens to him!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the end, Zhang Sen’s facial muscles twisted with emotion, his entire demeanor terrifyingly grotesque.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’s going to lose it… Yu Dazhang felt something bad was about to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen’s current state was off—he’d clearly lost his reason.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn’t expected Zhang Sen to care so deeply for his master.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, he should say Zhang Sen was an emotionally sensitive person—someone who valued every bond deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But letting emotions drive decisions in criminal investigations was a fatal mistake.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang couldn’t possibly join him in this madness, especially not to walk into a death trap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So all he could do now was try to calm Zhang Sen, urge him to be rational.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Sen, no feast lasts forever,” Yu Dazhang sighed, sorrowfully:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You’ll get used to it eventually.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I…” Zhang Sen was about to retort when he suddenly felt something was off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The words were meant to comfort, yet they sounded so strangely wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing it had an effect, Yu Dazhang continued:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if I went up there with you, it wouldn’t help—we only have a rough idea of the village’s situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who exactly are they? Do they have weapons? How many are there? We don’t know any of that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if we investigate, we need a direction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And right now, we have no evidence proving those two officers disappeared on the mountain.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he was already certain the officers had vanished on the mountain, he couldn’t say that to Zhang Sen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could see Zhang Sen couldn’t wait even a minute longer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he could do now was stall him until the branch team arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fine, I’ll listen to you,” Zhang Sen actually calmed down—he took a deep breath, his tone no longer frantic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Call the branch team. We’ll wait here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, he sat on the bed, pulled out his phone, swiped the screen a few times, then rapidly tapped with both thumbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It looked like he was typing a message. Brother Sen really listens to reason… Yu Dazhang, seeing this, relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking to the window, Yu Dazhang thought for a moment, then decided to report the current situation to Team Leader Wei Qian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He’d originally wanted to tell his master, Lu Zhongxin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But time was too tight—having his master relay the information would only cause delays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dialing Wei Qian’s number, Yu Dazhang quickly reported all the clues he had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He emphasized several key points.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone like Wei Qian, who led the elite First Team, naturally had a mind far beyond ordinary people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang believed Wei Qian, with his intelligence, would understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So all of this is your speculation?” Wei Qian asked on the other end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes,” Yu Dazhang said helplessly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We haven’t found any direct evidence yet.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please... collect 6...9...books....now....!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The situation was urgent—he had no time to gather direct evidence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If time permitted, the most urgent step now would be tracing the two missing officers’ movements in Fenglinzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, which restaurant they ate at, where they stayed, who they contacted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once those pieces of evidence were confirmed, the branch would send support, and they’d naturally investigate Shuishouying Village.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But doing that would take at least a full day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, the branch would have to report up—and the two missing officers would be nearly dead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Yu Dazhang had appeared calm and detached while calming Zhang Sen, he was just as anxious inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, I’ll send a few nearby squads to support you first,” Wei Qian, true to his role as team leader, reacted instantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Don’t act rashly. Keep investigating in town.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just hearing that was enough… Yu Dazhang felt relieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If colleagues arrived to assist, the time needed to gather evidence would shrink dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang agreed, and Wei Qian hung up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced at the time on his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>11:30 a.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let’s eat first… Yu Dazhang never advocated working on an empty stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The body is iron, food is steel—one meal skipped leaves you weak; without a full stomach, how can you solve a case?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother Sen, let’s go eat—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yu Dazhang spoke, he turned around—but the sight froze him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Sen, who had been sitting calmly on the bed, had vanished without a trace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang’s heart jolted—he swiftly scanned the room, but saw no one but himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sense of dread surged over him like a tide; his face turned grim.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frantically searched the room—Zhang Sen’s bag was gone too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When did he leave?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Dazhang frowned, straining to recall, then roughly estimated the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His call with Wei Qian had lasted about ten minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a short time, Zhang Sen couldn’t have gone far.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Yu Dazhang clutched at the last straw—he quickly pulled up Zhang Sen’s number on his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to dial, a short alert tone sounded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was from him… Yu Dazhang immediately opened the message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first line:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【I can’t be as rational and cold as you. I know the consequences of acting alone—but I can’t care anymore.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just reading that opening line, Yu Dazhang felt his heart clench violently—as if someone had gripped it tightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he hadn’t been chatting—he’d been composing a message!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1126,"2026-06-20T14:22:46.062Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","e0fee0f468e90c58bcfb4894b915f800b66674e9539392e98a991fb31dee43ae","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-82","reborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-chapter-80",763,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Freborn-in-2014-i-am-the-king-of-criminal-investi-cover.jpg"]