Chapter 1 Pre-War Preparations

  "I'm so angry I could die! I'm so angry I could die!" In the office of the Serious Crimes Unit, as soon as the big door closed, I went crazy.

  While the dusty Zhao Yong, Cheng Long, Lin Ruoyin and Jiang Yicen looked at him with a playful expression, Old Ghost Luo poured tea and water, getting along familiarly, knowing that he was someone who didn't distinguish between superior and inferior, now everyone called him Old Ghost Luo.

  "Hey~" Luo Sansi smiled and said: "It's said that having a big temper hurts one's body, come, let's try the four famous teas brought by our beautiful Jiang, to dispel some of this fiery anger."

  "I won't drink." I said stubbornly: "You guys don't know Lin Zhen, he's always got a poker face, never smiles, and can't get along with anyone. Hmph! Today I argued with him more than I spoke to him in four years of college. This guy, his case is a mess, but he still has the nerve to be stubborn and annoy me, it's ridiculous!"

  Jiang Yu helplessly smiled bitterly: "Chuan Jie, the you I know isn't someone who holds grudges and competes to win, how come when you met Lin Zhen, you had such a big temper?"

  "I'd like to know this too." Zhao Yong took a sip of tea and smiled expectantly, waiting for an answer.

  "I... I just don't like him." That's my answer.

  "But aren't you ashamed of lying in front of a group of elite detectives?" Lin Ruoyin sneered.

  Cheng Long patted my shoulder: "Yong Ge is seriously asking you, tell the truth."

  "This..." I was full of annoyance, and let out a dissatisfied sigh: "You don't know, I graduated from the police academy's forensic medicine department, but I extremely dislike corpses. At first, I was even afraid, so scared that I would faint as soon as I saw a corpse. At that time, I wanted to give up everything."

  Jiang Yu couldn't help but ask: "What does this have to do with Lin Zhen?"

  "I said fiercely: 'It's him, with that kind of contemptuous and disdainful gaze. In the same university dormitory, he looked at me as if I was a street rat. I was so angry that I locked myself in the morgue for three nights. Later, I endured it and came out. All this is thanks to Lin Zhen. Hmph! I'm not a person who competes or holds grudges, but whoever wants to trample me, I'll be damned if I don't fight back!"

  "Great~~~clap clap clap clap~~~". The crowd applauded.

  Cheng Long couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Zhuan Jie, be a real man with blood and guts! I've got my eyes on you. If he dares to step on your head today, tomorrow we'll step on his grave!"

  "Really?" Lin Ruoyin smiled mischievously: "Should I tell my elder cousin Lin Zhen about the things you've been saying?"

  "What! What!" I and Cheng Long were both stunned, dizzying...

  On the other hand, Zhao Yong and Luo Sansi were smiling with a deep and calculating expression, while Jiang Yu also felt quite helpless.

  Cheng Long stuttered: "Y-you said what, Lin Zhen, ah, surname Lin, could it be that you are from the same family, he is your elder cousin?"

  At this time, Zhao Yong mysteriously smiled and said: "When I went to the police school to select team members, it was actually just a formality. I listened to Lin Bureau's red-headed file command, put Lin Zhen under my command, but this kid was stubborn and insisted on relying on his own ability to make a name for himself. Just as I was about to leave the campus, Lin Zhen handed me a graduation thesis with a shocking and astonishing theory of world structure."

  "Ah~~~" I was shocked by this sudden change and felt dizzy, even unable to breathe: "Yong Ge, are you saying that you chose me as a team member because of Lin Zhen's relationship?"

  Lu Sansi walked over with a smile and said, "As for the relationship, it's indeed this kind of relationship. However, after these two cases, Old Zhao and we have truly acknowledged you, little brother. From now on, do well."

  At that time, I had a thought of banging my head against the wall!

  "Alright, Chuanjie, you've already proven yourself to be far superior to others. I heard from the forensic team that in terms of forensic identification, you're able to skip many steps and accurately determine the cause of death, earning you the title of a 'genius' in this field. Everyone is talking about your skills, not your identity."

  Cheng Long hastily said, "It's just that... it's just that the newbies in the major crimes unit can't solve a case alone without three to five years of experience. Xuanjie, you're already very capable, so Lin Xiaojie, when facing such a great team member, you must be more considerate with your words."

  "Showing mercy isn't a bad idea, give me that Volkswagen sedan." Lin Ruoyin had a completely shameless expression.

  "Want my car? Dream on! 'Hmph, I drive straight and walk upright, so I'm not afraid of any bad talk. At most, I'll just win against him, and he won't be called Lin Xiao'er anymore.'"

  "What the...!" Lin Ruoyin suddenly blew up: "I want your second-hand car, that's giving you face, not looking down on you, and you still dare to refuse? Hmph! A good opportunity for a 10 million reward, Yong Ge gave it to you alone, and you're still trying to be clever, really asking for a beating!"

  "Hmm~" Cheng Long, who was once a proud and strong man, now looked like a humble wallflower: "We're all broke, just you got one million, you little brat should treat us."

  "Hey!" Old Luo hastily stood up and said, "Let me add a word here. The one million yuan that Chuanjie spent in an instant is now all gone, and he only has 40,000 yuan left in his account."

  It suddenly occurred to me and I asked, "Brother Yong, is it because you're going to investigate a big corruption case, so you let me take a trip to the Ghost City first, and use this one million to resolve my worries afterwards?"

  "Now that we've gotten to the point. Zhao Yong lit a cigarette and said: 'That's the reason why our provincial bureau's major crimes unit is conducting a thorough investigation, including all 16 major crimes units, as well as special task forces, forensic teams, equipment teams, etc. Everyone's assets have been made public and registered, and credit card debt is not allowed. That's why I snatched that case for you, but you also seized the opportunity yourself.'"

  "My heart was racing: 'Brother Yong, what if I miss this opportunity, what will be the consequences?'"

  Zhao Yong smiled and said: "We are already sworn brothers, what else can we do? At most, I'll leave you at the provincial hall to do some desk work, until we come back."

  Oh ~ so that's how it is, fortunately I didn't disappoint everyone, doing a desk job and having to deal with dead bodies all day is frustrating to death.

  I've made up my mind, this time and next time, I will definitely work hard and resolutely not do so-called forensic medical clerical work.

  At this time, Jiang Yu suddenly said: "We went to investigate the case of huge corruption and saw the dark inside. Here I want to say that although we are all living on our salary now, if anyone has any difficulties or lacks money, just tell me secretly, so that everyone can have a worry-free business. It's very simple. So when facing bribery, everyone must stick to their own principles and not do stupid things. As far as I know, six people have already been shot."

  "Hehe~uh-huh~" Everyone chuckled and this, really is a bit embarrassing.

  Zhao Yong slapped the table and said, "Old Luo once said that our team is like the Tang Monk's disciples in Journey to the West. I am Sun Wukong, Old Luo is Zhu Bajie, Cheng Long is Sha Wujing, Ren Chuanjie is White Dragon Horse, Lin Ruoyin is Tang Monk. But now times have changed and we need to make some changes. So I directly brought Guanyin Bodhisattva Jiang Yi into the team. Everyone has something to do with her timely rain, don't be polite, I hope our serious crime four group is an iron-clad team!"

  "Great, great, great~~~" We're all "psyched", collectively applauding for this high-quality team.

  "Old Zhao, it's almost time, let's go gather and listen to the briefing."

  "Oh no! And what about me?" Lin Ruoyin shouted loudly.

  Zhao Yong cleared his throat and said, "In a while, the provincial hall meeting, everyone has to attend. Generally, after the leaders finish speaking, each small group will have a meeting afterwards. We don't need to go, I'll just say it directly. I and Lao Luo will sort out the case information and supplies, Cheng Long your task is arduous, take them three to the training ground, practice guns, fists, and running well. Chuan Jie, you go back and get two guns, that... anyway, you already have a Beast, just give that domestic Volkswagen to Lin Ruoyin. Now everyone doesn't rely on their family, life is 'very' poor, okay~ that's it."

  I was fined, two cars were deducted a few points for no reason - I'm so angry!

  The provincial hall meeting, when the 16th case team gathered together, the 16 captains with distinct personalities all bumped into each other, which was quite interesting.

  "Hey, Old Four, what's going on with you? You're so tanned, just back from Africa?"

  Zhao Yong snorted: "This is all because of those useless subordinates of mine. Ren Chuanjie that kid went to Ghost City to crack the case, and it took him six days, so many days! I had nothing better to do in northern Sichuan, waiting for him while catching a black-headed target to pass the time. It's not like this is a big deal, Big Sister will still remember me."

  "Hah ~ Lao Si, this guy is gloating again. It's not easy for anyone to avoid capsizing in the 'hidden' gutter this time. If they can make achievements during this period and avoid being sprayed by Lin Ju, that's already lucky..."

  "Cough, cough..." After a single cough, the entire audience of hundreds fell silent...

  Lin Tianxiang walked up onto the stage with a gloomy face, facing the 16th Heavy Case Squad and numerous smaller sub-teams, his tone extremely displeased:

  "No need to waste words, I'll recite a set of true data that you may not know. In the northwest, a murder case occurred, and after a huge corruption scandal was exposed, our headquarters ordered us to investigate the case. As a result, you lost 21 colleagues. Their outcome, four were heroic martyrs, as for the other 17 people, I can tell you clearly here that their outcome is worse than death!"

  "......" Old leader, your honesty leaves us speechless!

  Lin Tianxiang's sharp eyes scanned the room: "You can think about the consequences of falling yourself, next I'll talk about the development of the case. The president of a bank in northern Sichuan was found dead on the outer wall of the 18th floor building. You've all said many reasons for his death, I don't know which one is true and I'm too lazy to care. What's important now is that he's dead. The beneficiaries of the 300 billion rotten accounts are a group of big and small thieves, some have even fled abroad, running wild across the country. Our task is to investigate the biggest thief and strike with thunder..."

  This is getting tricky, as I continued to listen, I found out that this time the ones being investigated might be a few super high-ranking leaders. On the surface they appear very clean, but behind their backs who knows which one is a huge corrupt official or if it's just officials protecting each other. But I heard there are indeed good people and bad people, in short, we have to go investigate, even kill!

  My style of investigating cases has always been to be suspicious, if this offends even the top leaders, it's really a headache, but fortunately there is Yong Ge, his nickname is Little Tiger and he doesn't care at all. On the way, I made up my mind that with White Dragon Horse, we can win, and with great effort, we can defeat Lin Zhen, that little bird brain.

  Thinking of this, I feel much more at ease now~

  After the provincial hall meeting, Lin Ruoyin snatched away my car key. I took Zhao Yong's signature book to receive equipment from the equipment group.

  I didn't hesitate when choosing the 92-style pistol, but I did waver a bit when selecting the 95-style assault rifle and the 88-style sniper rifle. In fact, there are many foreign famous guns in the provincial public security department's equipment warehouse, but either they're too heavy or they're a hassle to maintain, and the leaders keep a close eye on them. I can take these two domestically-made guns out for a photo shoot and fire a few rounds without any issues, but it's not possible with those special firearms.

  I also associate it with hitting the Red Sky and hitting the Six-Clawed Devil Fish, which seem to require both killing power and agility.

  "You take the sniper rifle, and if you can't hit it, your colleagues will laugh at you." Cheng Long gave me a suggestion, I think he was worried that I would accidentally fire behind him.

  "Just practice more, I'll just use this Type 88 assault rifle." Sorry, I'm a bit sorry to the people of Jiangdong, choosing the lightweight and portable Type 88 assault rifle is because my actual combat ability isn't too high. Using an assault rifle at most can't hit the target and be ridiculed by others. If I'm in a safe position in the rear and can't beat the enemy with a submachine gun or an assault rifle, that's just death."

  For the sake of my life, I'll be a coward this once.

  "Wahahaha! I choose this heavy machine gun, shoot him to death!" Lin Ruoyin, that crazy and beautiful policewoman, actually chose a cylindrical heavy machine gun with a round barrel at the front. She's gone mad, absolutely mad.

  Jiang Yu is more rational and chose a advanced micro-pistol which is more practical.

  Right after that, we received bullets, a set of gun care boxes, and drove all the way to the shooting range - let's practice!