Chapter 703: Arrest and Interrogation

The sound of gunfire ended completely, because the driver was killed and the three cars that collided on the side of the road also had no movement at all.

The whole street was quiet, just like nothing had happened just now, leaving only the smell of gunpowder smoke lingering in the air.

The police on the periphery confirmed that the exchange of fire had ended and one side had been killed or fled after observing for a while, and then they began to advance slowly inside.

Everyone was very nervous. Being a police officer was a very dangerous job, and its danger was mainly reflected in handling matters related to gangs!

Lans came out of the telephone booth at this time. He lit a cigarette, looked up slightly at the narrow sky between the high-rise buildings, and exhaled a breath slowly.

This was not his territory, and now calling the police chief was already a bit too late.

The police's encirclement was getting smaller and smaller. They had already seen these people standing on the side of the road, and immediately someone shouted loudly, "New Jincheng Police, put down your weapons!"

Compared to some people's eagerness to try, Lans gave others a look, and then he slowly raised one of his hands. "I'm putting the weapon down now!"

Then he slowly bent down and placed the weapon in his other hand on the ground.

The speed of the whole process was very slow, and the muzzle was always facing down, ensuring that it wouldn't cause misunderstanding by others.

Others also followed suit, and there was a row of weapons on the ground.

Seeing this scene, the police in the encirclement breathed a sigh of relief. At least today was safe.

Honestly, although the public security in New Jincheng was also very bad, such vicious shooting cases in the city center almost never happened.

There were too many big shots here!

They would allow gangs to exist, and even allow gang fights, but those were conditional.

Gangs were not allowed in certain areas, gangs were not allowed to appear during the day in certain places, fights must be in designated places, and fights were absolutely not allowed in the city center!

This led to the fact that the work of the police in New Jincheng was actually very easy. Their opponents were mainly those cases of petty theft, burglary, robbery, etc.

Many times they didn't need to face those gangs with better weapons in their hands, and then fight for their lives with revolvers and submachine guns. People in other places envied the police in New Jincheng; it was very safe here.

More and more police officers surrounded them. They approached Lans and his group after a part of them, and a few brave ones had already come to Lans and the others' side.

Their movements were also very careful. They picked up the weapons on the ground and handed them to the people behind them. Just like this, the weapons of Lans and his group were completely disarmed.

Seeing that there was no danger, the police officers walked over with handcuffs.

Lans stood in the first place, and one of the police officers walked behind him and reached out to grab his wrist.

Lans tilted his head and looked at him. "If I were you, I wouldn't do that."

That police officer didn't react at first, but immediately after, he realized what Lans was saying. He was a bit hesitant. There were indeed many big shots living here in New Jincheng. Maybe the one in front of him was a big shot?

He couldn't take the risk.

Lans continued, "Look, we have already expressed that we have no intention of being your enemy, and I believe these things will be resolved soon. There is no need to put handcuffs on me. Doing so is not smart, don't you think?"

He gestured toward the distance. The police officer looked back. There were quite a few reporters taking pictures in the distance.

This might be the first fight event in the city center of New Jincheng in 20 or 30 years. Look at those submachine guns on the ground, look at those cars that were full of bullet holes, look at the bloody people inside!

The reporters were already so excited that they were about to pop out—of course, it was sweat!

They excitedly wiped the sweat on their foreheads and kept pressing the shutter of the camera in their hands.

When the police officer was thinking, another police officer walked over. "Why don't you put handcuffs on him?"

The police officer told what Lans had just said, and he looked at Lans. Lans also looked at him, and the two looked at each other calmly.

Just at this time, a police officer ran over. "Their car was found, it's a Jincheng license plate."

"Outsiders?"

The police officer grinned and showed his teeth. He walked to Lans's back himself, grabbed his wrist, and twisted it downward.

This feeling of the joints being separated was very uncomfortable. If he resisted, it was easy to dislocate or even break a bone.

He was twisted and leaned forward slightly, and the guy behind him twisted his arm and pushed forward, and he hit the car on the side of the road.

Then he was handcuffed, followed by the other hand. The guy behind him moved very rudely, as if he did it on purpose.

Back-handcuffing was not comfortable. Compared to being handcuffed normally in front, back-handcuffing made people look more like criminals.

The flashing lights of those reporters made Lans sigh lightly. Presumably, Jincheng would soon see these reports, and there might even be some waves.

He didn't resist, nor did he say "I know who who who" or something like that.

This was New Jincheng. Senator Cleveland was not without political enemies. He had enemies in politics too, which meant that saying something or doing something rashly would turn himself into a bargaining chip.

Moreover, public safety was a very sensitive field, and even the Senator, the President, wouldn't want to openly intervene in affairs in this field.

You could do it, for example, you could ask them to release certain people directly, or you could ask them to arrest some people who hadn't committed crimes directly. You could ask them to do many things that violated their professional ethics.

But, you couldn't ask for it in front of the public, and do it!

No one could joke about public safety, even the President wouldn't do that, unless he was stupid!

They would most likely let the police arrest people or even go to sentencing, and then pardon him.

It seemed that doing so was a bit incomprehensible. If he was going to be pardoned in the end, why not stop him from being arrested at the beginning?

The reason was very simple.

Pardon was the President's own business, which could be said to be his moral problem.

But if he didn't let the police arrest those who might be committing crimes or were committing crimes, it wouldn't just be a moral problem, but also illegal!

Now what Lans had to do was wait for Tang Mu to come and rescue him.

The group of people was pushed into the police car somewhat rudely. Honestly, this was the first time Lans had been officially arrested without expectation since coming to this world.

This was actually a quite interesting experience.

The police car was a bit crowded. There were quite a few of them. A police officer knocked on the wire mesh with a baton and shouted loudly, "No communication, no small movements, you don't want to know the consequences!"

Hailamu looked at the police officer's expression with some contempt. The police officer was provoked by his gaze. He pointed at Hailamu with the baton. "What the hell are you looking at?"

Hailamu grinned and showed a smile. "Nothing, officer."

He wasn't that stupid yet. Knowing he would be beaten and still having to be beaten, this couldn't prove he was brave.

The police officer stared at him fiercely. "You be careful!"

It wasn't too far from the police station in the city center. Not long after, they were taken to the police station, and Lans was locked in a separate interrogation room.

Two police officers were very impolite. After they brought Lans into the room, he was immediately twisted to face the wall and stand.

One of them kicked Lans's legs with his foot. "Spread your legs."

He wasn't worried that these people would attack him. After all, he was still wearing pants, and they should be wanting to fish for some benefits.

Lans remembered the faces of the two, slowly turned to face the wall, and soon he felt four hands searching in his pockets.

When they took out Lans's wallet, they couldn't help but whistle.

Inside was cash in 20-dollar denominations, about 700 or 800.

The two police officers looked at each other, and both saw the look of surprise in each other's eyes!

Street fighting, even if they were reasonable, this was not a simple matter.

Not to mention they were still outsiders. If they were lucky, these people would have to be locked up for two or three years.

If they were unlucky, they might have to be locked up longer, because people died at the scene, which was a big case!

The parties involved in such cases basically couldn't come out for a long time, so they were used to searching the banknotes from the parties involved in such cases, putting them into their own pockets, just like what they were doing now.

The two almost took out the money in Lans's wallet in front of Lans, then roughly divided it into two parts, and each took a stack and put it into their pockets.

The gold watch and that ruby ring could also be worth a few hundred, they couldn't distinguish the quality of these things, but no matter whether it was good or bad, they were all put into their pockets.

After searching for the money on Lans, they grabbed Lans's arm, brought him to a chair, pressed his shoulder, and pressed him to sit on the chair.

Only then did the two begin to enter normal work.

"What's your name?"

"Lans, Lans White."

A police officer whispered to the police officer beside him, "This name seems to have been heard somewhere." The police officer was stunned for a moment, then asked, "What is your job?"

"Running a company."

The two police officers looked at each other. They didn't believe this much.

Whose capitalist would fight with others on the street himself, and the firepower was still so fierce?

Both of them had defaulted to Lans as the leader or head of the gang, and one of them slapped the table heavily. "You are lying!"

"Say, why did you fight today?"

Lans tilted his head slightly. "We were shopping in the mall, and then we were attacked as soon as we went out. We were passively counterattacking."

A police officer shook his head. "You have the habit of lying, Lans."

"You were a prepared fight. Your firepower is very fierce, all are submachine guns, and almost everyone has a pistol."

"Have you looked at those three cars?"

!

"You shot at least hundreds of bullets into them. You were premeditated!"

"Don't try to deceive us, your little tricks can't hide from us at all."

"If you don't want to suffer, you'd better say something we are interested in!"

"Otherwise, I don't mind letting you feel the enthusiasm of the New Jincheng police!"

Lans looked at the appearance of these two bastards intending to do it. He was silent for a while. "I know your chief."

One of the police officers couldn't help but laugh. "Everyone who comes in says that!"

He even laughed and said, "I even know the President!"

"Okay, say something we are interested in. Who is the other party, why did you fight?"

For what Lans said that he knew the chief, the two police officers didn't take it to heart at all.

Could a group of people from out of town know the chief?

At the same time, Tang Mu had already parked the car in the police station's courtyard. After Lans finished the phone call, he had already rushed to the city from the suburbs, but the city's traffic was congested, and he was delayed on the road for some time.

After he got off the car, he ran up the steps at the entrance of the police station and almost hit a police officer.

He rushed to the outside of the chief's office at the fastest speed, and just as he was about to knock on the door, the small secretary stopped him.

"The chief is meeting guests, sir, please wait a moment."

The small secretary at the door reminded Tang Mu, "You can sit over there for a while, can I get you a cup of coffee or black tea?"

"It should be ready soon!"

Tang Mu's gaze shifted to the small secretary. "Is it a big shot?"

The small secretary pursed her lips, slightly apologetic. "Sorry, I don't know either."

Although she said she "didn't know," judging from the look she showed, she knew, but just couldn't say.

After all, how could a secretary betray her boss behind her back, unless she didn't want to do it anymore!

His gaze stared at the small secretary for a few seconds, then said, "I'm from Congress, and there's a very important matter that needs to see the chief immediately."

"Are you going to tell him, or am I going to break in now?"

The small secretary couldn't make up her mind. The word "Congress" had too much weight in her heart, and too much pressure!

After considering for a while, she finally picked up the phone, and while looking at Tang Mu carefully, she held the phone with both hands and said softly, "There is a gentleman who says he is from Congress... well, he is here with me, he says he wants to see you now..."

"Okay, I know!"

The small secretary got up and came to the side and pushed open another door. This was another reception room. "The chief will be here soon!"

Tang Mu waited for about a minute or two before the chief pushed the door in with an expressionless face.

He was stunned for a moment when he saw Tang Mu. They had dealt with each other, but they weren't familiar.

Senator Cleveland and the New Jincheng Police Station didn't have much contact, and they had dealt with each other on some social occasions.

"Mr. Tang Mu?" The chief confirmed, then walked to Tang Mu's side and shook hands with him. As one of Senator Cleveland's aides, Tang Mu also represented the Senator himself to some extent.

The chief was just a chief. Even though New Jincheng could be considered the core of the entire Federation, he was ultimately just a chief.

The Senator only needed to pay some price to easily replace him, so he was very polite.

"Chief, I'm sorry for not greeting you in advance. When I called before, your side indicated that you were on the phone."

The chief nodded repeatedly. "Yes, there are a few cases today that are being watched very closely, and I have been reporting work."

A girl died, was pregnant, and the investigation result at the scene was that the girl accidentally fell from the balcony.

The police station arranged for a rookie who had just started to investigate this case, and as the chief himself thought, no results were investigated.

Actually, this girl was pregnant with a big shot's child, and she wanted to use this child as a means to threaten the big shot.

Then she accidentally fell from the building.

Actually... every year the chief could handle, or hear about similar things in other places.

These girls clearly watched too many film and television works, thinking that having a "wild seed" could make those big shots unable to do anything to them.

They would never know that for those big shots, except for themselves, everyone else had to make way for their power and career.

Not to mention a wild illegitimate child after a pleasure, even a biological son born in wedlock, when necessary, they would sacrifice them without hesitation.

Except for themselves, everything else, whether it was people or things, were bargaining chips.

An intermediary called to ask about some details of this case, and recorded the information and files of the handling personnel, so that if there were any problems in the future, it would be easy to trace where the problem was.

Of course, he wouldn't explain it to Tang Mu.

Tang Mu didn't have the idea of digging into this matter. He nodded slightly. "There is a matter that needs to be entrusted to you. Some friends of the Senator were arrested by your people today."

The chief's scalp felt a bit numb. He could always encounter similar things, either big shots wanting to silence people, or accidentally arresting big shots' friends or something.

Who could understand that he started losing hair because of stress at just over 40?

He smiled bitterly. "I'll understand the situation."

Seven or eight minutes later, they appeared outside Lans's interrogation room.

The chief's expression was a bit solemn. He hesitated for a while, wanting to let Tang Mu wait for him in the reception room while he brought the people over, but Tang Mu insisted on following.

He understood the situation inside the police station better than people outside. For him, actually, many times, the so-called "police" were just gangs with licenses.

It wasn't that he didn't have the ability, nor was it that he didn't want to change, it was just that this was the characteristic of this era, not something anyone could change.

He prepared some psychological preparation, then pushed the door open.

There were no screams, which made him breathe a slight sigh of relief. He hoped these bastards wouldn't mess around.

The moment the door opened, he saw someone choking Lans's neck, and the other guy had already taken off his coat and rolled up his sleeves, seemingly preparing to give Lans a couple of hits.

The police officer with his back to the door was still angry when he heard the door open. "Who let you in?"

But after seeing the shock on his companion's face, he loosened his arm after the fact and turned his head to look.

Tang Mu immediately pushed the chief away and walked over. Seeing that Lans didn't suffer any torture, at least there was no big problem, he breathed a sigh of relief. "Sorry, I'm late."

Lans shook his head slightly. "You came just in time!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 704 =====