Chapter 190

"Strip! Strip! Take it all off!"

The speedboats surrounding the smuggling boat had even brought up the "law does not punish the masses" argument, clearly showing they had nothing to fear.

The faces of the six smugglers on the boat turned deathly pale in an instant. Inside the cabin, two dark-skinned middle-aged men didn't even hesitate; they quickly stripped off all their clothes and jumped into the sea wearing only their briefs.

Upon learning the speedboats' instructions, the two middle-aged men didn't even have a moment of hesitation.

The personalities of the members of the speedboat tax-free group were, in a sense, extremely brutal.

Especially when facing criminals. Anyone who dared to transport contraband on their tax-free shipping route, once known by the speedboat group and the "Ship Boss" behind them, truly faced the risk of their entire family being turned into fish bait or eating lead bullets.

The reason for this is very simple: once a contraband crime occurs on a certain route, that route will face high-intensity inspections. Never mind tax-free status; even if your fishing boat just passes by, you'll have to go over and have an "X-ray" taken.

Shipping routes are wealth. With the Ship Boss supporting them from behind, the speedboats only make a few trips a month, and having the route inspected by law enforcement is equivalent to cutting off the Ship Boss's tens of millions in income and the crew's daily income of one hundred thousand.

Cutting off a person's wealth is like killing their parents.

When it comes to matters at sea, sometimes it doesn't even reach the point where the Public Security Bureau needs to step in; the Ship Bosses will spontaneously maintain the rules and order of the shipping lanes, and their methods are often hair-raising and chillingly brutal.

The two middle-aged men who jumped into the sea were people who truly made their living on the ocean.

They knew they were being subjected to a spot check by the Ship Boss, and they also knew there was no contraband on their boat, so they jumped into the sea very decisively and cleanly, without offering any resistance.

Those who offer stubborn resistance will be "flown like a kite."

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—"

Metal arrows gradually closed in on the four people still lingering on the boat. The entire smuggling boat was being torn to pieces by the speedboats' biting attacks, and large amounts of seawater poured into the cabin, causing the vessel to sink.

"If you keep being stubborn, in a moment, we'll fly you like a kite! A harpoon through the abdomen, dragging your corpse for twenty thousand miles across the sea surface." The speedboat group's field commander saw that the boat was about to sink and the other side was still hesitating and hindering his rescue, so he hardened his heart and unleashed the most cruel execution method at sea.

Speedboats can race wildly on the sea, but human skin cannot withstand the high-speed waves.

In the process of the skin festering, once the human body loses its skin barrier, the high-salinity seawater will erode the flesh and blood, causing unbearable pain until death, at which point the blood attracts fish to perform a thorough sea burial.

Such a cruel thing—let alone the victims, even these executioners themselves couldn't stomach it.

But that didn't stop "flying a kite" from becoming a means of deterring enemies.

The faces of the four people on the boat changed several times, and in the end, they honestly stripped off their clothes and jumped into the sea stark naked.

"Drop the nets! Inspect!"

The speedboat group stopped their formation; several speedboats equipped with fishing nets approached the criminals, directly dropped the nets, and hung the six criminal suspects from the stern. Other speedboat members jumped directly onto the boat, rescued Abai, who had been bound in a turtle-shell knot in the cabin, and quickly began moving the contraband being transported on the smuggling boat.

The crew members didn't know what those things were.

They were just following the Ship Boss's orders.

And the Ship Boss, feeling that inspections had been strict lately, would also direct overseas members to conduct sting operations, luring some bold outlaws to turn them in for credit.

Therefore, the crew had never caught the wrong person; whoever the Ship Boss said was a criminal, that person's boat would have contraband on it.

A dozen boxes bearing fire-fighting logos and labeled "fire-fighting foam extinguisher bombs" were transferred to the speedboats.

The crew pried open the boxes and saw things inside that looked like RPG launchers, as well as oval-shaped metal canisters clearly marked as fire-fighting equipment.

The crew scratched their heads, took photos of all the relevant items, and sent them to the commander. The commander then used a burn-after-reading chat app to send all the relevant photos of the incident to Lin Hao.

As the operation concluded, the mobile phone that had been live-streaming on WeChat was cleanly snapped in half by someone, directly shoved into the seawater to wash the motherboard, and then thrown to the bottom of the sea.

The speedboat group, following Lin Hao's instructions, headed to the designated area to hand over the stowaways.

But just as Lin Hao's instructions were issued, Hedgehog Grandma's call came directly into the soundproof room.

"Let them all come back. Grandma has called the police, and the other side said to leave the detention to us..." Hedgehog Grandma's voice carried a hint of strangeness: "These are truly big fish!"

Hearing Hedgehog Grandma's order, a look of shock appeared on Lin Hao's face.

Those in their line of work—no, rather, those with their status—were very familiar with the prison system.

Being in a detention center or going to jail wasn't scary.

The most terrifying form of detention was actually a kind of outsourced imprisonment, where the criminals were outsourced to others.

Criminals who could receive such treatment were, without exception, serious offenders who had already violated the constitution.

Since the founding of the Xinhao Entertainment Group, they had only hosted two such people, and that was only a handful.

This time, six customers had arrived all at once; it was normal for Lin Hao to be shocked.

He shivered all over, as if he had thought of something, cursed twice under his breath, and issued new instructions to the members of the speedboat group.

Transport the goods to the designated location, and bring all the suspects back to the shipyard.

In a while, someone there will meet with them, and they are to do whatever the people on the other side say.

Whatever he says, you do; you are not allowed to ask who they are, nor are you allowed to gossip about anything.

…………

After the call ended.

Hedgehog Grandma, set off by her maid, sat on her little nest, returning with a cheerful face:

"How was it? Grandma told you, notifying Uncle Public Security Officer when there's trouble is never wrong."

"Look, now the matter is resolved peacefully, and we can even collect a 'courageous act' award."

Hedgehog Grandma was all smiles, her words revealing a soft, alluring charm, just like a mature, voluptuous big sister leaning against your ear, exhaling orchid-scented breath as she whispered soft, flirtatious words to claim credit.

"..."

An Sheng slowly turned his head, looking at the gold-rimmed hedgehog lounging on the velvet nest while chewing on a cigar. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly: "Don't you feel that your voice doesn't match your appearance? You fake-voice brat?"

"Is that so? Grandma thinks it's quite nice! Ya-ha-ha..." Facing Fuli's teasing, the gold-rimmed hedgehog didn't show any displeasure; instead, she laughed happily:

"Grandma's ideal voice is just like this. It would be best if, the moment I open my mouth, oh my, the male animal would seem to go into heat, crawling on the ground, holding Grandma's little hedgehog feet and kissing them. Of course, for a strong little fellow like Lord Fuli..."

"Considering we are both mammals, Grandma will specially permit you to kiss the tip of Grandma's nose."

"I refuse."

An Sheng glanced at Lin Ying, then looked back at the hedgehog making sultry, mature-woman sounds, his face showing disgust. When it comes to aesthetics, human sisters are definitely prettier.

"Let's not talk about that for now. Do you have any heavy-duty rat glue at home?"

"Rat glue?" The topic jumped too suddenly; the gold-rimmed hedgehog was stunned: "What do you need those things for?"

An Sheng was silent for a moment and said: "I just asked; chemical adhesive removal requires a specific solvent..."

"Obviously we don't have it, but when Abai comes home in a while, it definitely can't be covered in glue. We need to help it cover up..."

"Although I feel a bit sorry for Abai, this is the only way for now."

(End of chapter)