Chapter 1148: Hunting

The ringing of the phone bell shifted Lan Si's attention from the newspaper in front of him to the phone.

He walked to the side of the phone and picked it up. Mei Luo's voice came from inside, "Something very unexpected happened, and I think I need to tell you."

Lan Si said "Um." The sound of the TV in the room quickly became smaller. Ba Ba La stood beside the TV and adjusted its volume to the minimum.

"It's like this. Just now, on the way to deliver goods in the evening, the messenger killed his boss, and then drove away with a sum of money..."

Mei Luo used relatively concise content to finish the things that happened, and finally said his arrangement and idea.

"There must be some situations we don't know about inside. I don't know what it is like. I have already sent people to chase, and sent people to investigate his residence to see if there are any clues."

Lan Si gave some affirmation to his arrangement after listening to his arrangement, "Your arrangement is very good, but I still have some to add."

"This matter is very strange, there are many very strange places."

"The first one, since he has already taken action, why didn't he kill that... what... Xiao Ka?"

"Why did he let him go to call and tell you that someone betrayed the family, ran away with the money belonging to the family, and killed a family member?"

"This is a very obvious unreasonable place. If I were this person, I would kill all the insiders, and then drive away."

"When does the casino settle the income of the day?"

Mei Luo said, "Nine-thirty."

"Yes, before nine-thirty, even if this money didn't arrive, they would feel that maybe something was delayed on the road, and wouldn't even realize that there was a sum of money that didn't arrive."

"From now until nine-thirty, he has at least two hours to run. These two hours are enough for him to do many things."

"But unexpectedly, he left a person who could immediately call to notify us alive."

"Second, the welfare of our family can be said to be the best among all gangs. If he really needs money, I believe he tells you, tells the people above him, and can get a very good solution."

"By the way, does this person gamble?"

Mei Luo immediately found Xiao Ka beside him and threw Lan Si's question to him. He immediately said to the receiver, "According to the two months I have been with him, he doesn't gamble, doesn't pick up women, just occasionally drinks some alcohol. He is very self-disciplined, just like a self-disciplined lunatic!"

"Does he have family?"

"No, I asked. He said he is an orphan, so I didn't continue to ask at that time, but from my contact with him, he indeed should have no family."

"He has no incoming letters, and rarely calls outside or anything. There is not even a phone in his apartment!"

Lan Si said "Um," "Now it seems that the matter has become simple. This must be a planned thing to do this. He wants to attract our attention."

"To be honest, Luo Lan that guy has been very quiet recently. He doesn't look like he was always chasing me and biting me before, so I have been considering whether he transferred his attention to other aspects."

"Now it seems that this is a planned attack event, and the purpose might be to open a breakthrough from the New Jincheng side."

Lan Si stopped for a moment when he said this, "You just sent people to chase in the direction he fled?"

Mei Luo seemed to have realized something, and his speaking speed became faster, "Yes, I have already sent people to chase. Do you want to call them back?"

Lan Si immediately gave him a negative answer, "No, no need. If this matter is Luo Lan making trouble behind the scenes, then it is just right for us to take this opportunity to give him a heavy blow."

"If this is not his trouble, then it is just right for us to see who is in New Jincheng, on our territory, having bad thoughts about us."

"Mobilize the captains in New Jincheng now, bring some heavy weapons, and follow to see."

"If necessary... just kill them all."

"If it is not necessary, figure out who it is, detain the person, and wait for me to return to make plans."

Lan Si finished saying these, and then put down the phone. Next, it is Mei Luo's turn to arrange.

And at this time, Ba Ba La had already walked to Lan Si's side, leaning on his shoulder, "Did you encounter trouble?"

Lan Si said "Um," hugging her waist, "Encountered a little trouble. One of my... old friends, he might feel that he found some loopholes and tried to launch an attack on me through these loopholes."

"But it's a pity, his plan very likely won't work."

"You sit for a while, I'll make a few calls."

Lan Si let Ba Ba La go back to the side of the sofa to sit down, while he himself went directly back to the study.

He first called Fu Te, the senior agent supervisor. This senior agent supervisor clearly didn't know about the things that happened in New Jincheng and couldn't provide any valuable news.

Then Lan Si called De Li Ke again. As the director of the New Jincheng branch, this guy must know something.

At least that undercover agent must have a relationship with him. Without his cooperation as a local snake, the outside agents couldn't integrate into the Lan Si family at all.

The phone was connected quickly, ringing only once. Lan Si didn't speak, and De Li Ke on the opposite side didn't speak either. Both of them kept silent.

And this kind of silence just made Lan Si conclude that this matter was related to De Li Ke, related to Director Luo Lan, and related to the Federal Investigation Bureau.

After about ten seconds, De Li Ke's voice came from the receiver, "This is De Li Ke, who is on that side?"

"Me, Lan Si, Lan Si·Huai Te."

Another silence. Perhaps De Li Ke himself couldn't think that Lan Si would call him directly at this time.

He didn't know how to deal with Lan Si's phone call for a while, and froze there for about ten seconds, "Have... uh, I mean, are there any important instructions for calling so late?"

His laughter was a bit dry. He tried to use the way of joking to ease this atmosphere, but the effect was not very good.

"Is it done by your people?"

Lan Si didn't go around in circles with him and directly said the question in his heart, "Is it the person you arranged, killed my person, and then is it that they have already arranged a trap, waiting for my people to deliver themselves to the door?"

Hearing Lan Si say this, De Li Ke was sweating all over. Just in the time of these two sentences, adding up to maybe a few seconds, his forehead was already full of sweat!

The weather had already cooled down a bit and was no longer so dry and hot. Even in the evening, there would be a chill of autumn killing hidden in the wind.

Blowing on people, there would be a bone-piercing chill!

But now, he was sweating all over.

"I don't know what you are talking about..."

"You know!", Lan Si didn't give him a chance to finish his words and interrupted him, "The person you arranged, the thing you arranged."

"De Li Ke, do you know?"

"I have always felt that you are a smart man, a man who can see the future, because you didn't mess around in New Jincheng, which saved me, saved you, saved your department, and even the entire Federal Investigation Bureau a lot of trouble."

"But now it seems that you are not as smart as I imagined!"

"My person died. Although I don't know what that guy's name is, don't know what he looks like, don't know what things he has done, whether he has friends, family, or anything."

"But I know, he died, my person died, on my territory. Do you know how terrible this is?"

Lan Si's tone didn't sound so excited, just the speaking speed was a bit fast, but it was this sound that was neither like a stormy sea nor like a tsunami that gave De Li Ke huge pressure.

His breathing also became heavy. He knew very clearly what this meant. This meant they detonated a powder keg on a volcano.

"I... have always opposed doing this,

"He is my superior; I cannot change these things. He can have someone else replace me at any time, anywhere!"

Upon hearing these words, Lanse's tone softened somewhat; although it sounded no different from before, one could still feel the change.

"Tell me your plan from the beginning..."

Soon, after some thought, Derek told Lanse about Director Roland's plan.

It was not that he had betrayed Director Roland, but that he needed to consider more things.

Lanse's people were dead; this was not just a matter of a small character dying, but a matter of challenging the dignity of the Lanse family at its very core!

They not only had to fight back, but they had to fight back with cruelty and brutality; only in this way could they intimidate everyone, as well as those who were restless and ready to act.

This was the same as the origin of the conflict between the Perez family and Lanse, which started from a small matter; they could not allow anyone to provoke them and still be alive and kicking, as this would lead to more questioning and challenges.

Even for a powerful family, once people lose their sense of awe for you, many things will change.

This is also the reason why gangs are "violent organizations"; they maintain their authority and their status not through benevolence, but through violence, and they must use violence!

If Derek did not explain this matter clearly, then soon the entire New Jincheng, and even the agents of the entire Likaile State Federal Bureau of Investigation, would be implicated.

Perhaps while they were investigating some very ordinary case, they would suddenly be wiped out by a crazed suspect, and then the suspect would commit suicide by shooting himself.

Or, for example, perhaps their agent would just be leaving the investigation bureau in a car, only to be sent into the arms of God by a large truck crashing into them head-on.

Once Lanse becomes ruthless, the entire Federal Bureau of Investigation in Likaile State cannot withstand his anger!

Derek was not considering himself; he was considering those young people who still harbored dreams. They should not die at this age; they should have a more distant future!

But he had no way to say these words to Director Roland; this was the core issue and conflict between them.

Director Roland only wanted to catch Lanse's handle and send him to the dock, but Derek wanted stable development. One was very intense, the other very conservative; the conflict of different concepts ultimately caused this scene.

As a friend personally promoted by Director Roland, he chose to actively betray Director Roland.

"Very good, you have done a very correct thing. After I go back, we can meet."

"Now, tell your people to stay the fuck where they should be, instead of going to join in the fun, otherwise I cannot guarantee they will see tomorrow's sun."

Lanse hung up the phone with a "snap," and then dialed the phone number Meiluo had left for him, explaining the matter.

And Lanse also gave him some subsequent arrangements.

At the same time, the young man, who had no idea that his "cards were on the table," drove his vehicle directly along the interstate highway to a motel, where he parked the car under a streetlamp in the motel parking lot.

It seemed as if he was afraid that others would not see the car and its license plate, so he deliberately let the light of the entire streetlamp fall completely upon it.

Subsequently, he arrived at the designated room; this was the location they had agreed upon earlier.

The moment he pushed the door open and entered, a gun was pressed against his back.

He slowly raised his hands, and then the lights in the room turned on.

Some people in plain clothes looked at him; among them was someone he recognized, a Federal Bureau of Investigation agent from New Jincheng, from the same class as him.

"He's one of our own." With this one sentence from his colleague, the guy behind the young man lowered the weapon in his hand.

"Do they know you came here?" a middle-aged man asked.

His colleague introduced him, "This is the supervisor of the Third Action Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who is also in charge of this operation plan. You can answer his questions."

The young man first shook hands with the supervisor in a very friendly manner, then nodded and said, "I can ensure that they have followed me. I deliberately walked through places where they had eyes and ears, and then parked the car under the streetlamp."

"They will definitely follow all the way here. As long as they see this car, they will definitely know I am here."

"The receptionist at the front desk knows the room number I am staying in, so they will be able to catch up in at most an hour!"

The supervisor nodded with satisfaction, "We will disperse to the surrounding rooms in a while. We have modified this room, and there are two cameras currently operating."

"After they come in, you don't resist at first, but you must provoke them so that they say something that can incriminate them."

"Then we will surround them and arrest them. Your work ends here."

"Once we send them back to New Jincheng, we have plenty of ways to dig out what we want from their mouths."

"If one day the Lanse family is destroyed because of this, you will be a great hero!"

After hearing this, the young man only felt the blood in his body boiling. He pursed his lips, "I didn't do this for glory or anything else; I just want to avenge my family!"

"No matter what it is for, you have made an outstanding contribution to combating criminal activities!"

"If you have no other questions, we are going to leave here to avoid them arriving early and discovering some clues."

The young man naturally would not refuse. Subsequently, the supervisor explained some details, and the group of people left the room.

Lying on the spring bed, the young man looked at the ceiling, and many images appeared in his mind.

There was the news he received in college that his parents had both died tragically, and there were also some things about joining the Federal Bureau of Investigation for revenge under the recommendation of his father's colleague, the chief of the New Jincheng Police Department.

There were some difficult days during his training; after all, a student suddenly having to participate in militarized training was bound to be a bit unbearable.

But the most frequent ones were his life experiences during this period, the days he spent as an undercover agent in the gang.

For some reason, at this moment, a feeling of guilt actually sprouted deep in his heart; he had killed that "boss" who had been good to him.

This feeling of guilt was like a wildfire that had been ignited, impossible to extinguish; the more he tried to extinguish it, the more violently it burned.

He found many reasons for his actions, such as the fact that this guy was a gang member, participated in crimes, was a person who destroyed social stability, and might even be one of those who murdered his parents.

Or, for example, that this guy might do more bad things in the future; after all, he was a gang member, and once he was needed to do certain things, he would not hesitate to take up weapons to deal with innocent people.

Just like they once dealt with his parents.

He found many reasons, but it was still hard to convince himself.

He went from lying on his back to curling up at the end; it seemed that only in this way could he feel a little more comfortable.

After thirty-four minutes, just as he was a little drowsy, the sound of a car engine coming from outside the window suddenly made him jump, and his whole person became alert.

He walked to the window and looked at the parking lot outside through the curtains.

Four cars were parked on the side of the road. Someone got out of the cars, came to the parking lot, stood behind his car for a while, peered into the car for a moment, and then all four cars entered the motel.

They were here!

At this moment, the young man, who had always felt that he would not feel fear, actually had a trace of fear.

His breathing and heartbeat both began to accelerate, thumping away.

He had heard many things about executions and honor killings within the family; the methods of dealing with those traitors seemed to be a process that every family member had to go through upon joining the family.

Just like when joining a federal law enforcement agency, one needs to state that they will strive to combat evil for the sake of order and social stability.

When joining a gang, one also has to "take an oath," an alternative kind of oath.

He watched these people until they disappeared into the motel. He returned to the bedside, took out his pistol from under the pillow, checked it again, and then sat quietly.

In the darkness, everything in the room seemed a bit unclear, except for a pair of bright eyes, flashing with brilliance in the dark...

(End of chapter)