City of Evil (Chapter 10: Cunningly Obtaining Evidence)

  The drug traffickers abandoned their loot and pretended they didn't know what was going on, hiding in a corner. The casino staff were afraid of the police and pushed the box out from under the table. Wen Qian took a look and saw that there was no password lock, so she quickly opened the box and found what she wanted. However, she didn't notice anyone trying to protect the box. It seemed like they only caught the loot but not the people, but this was also good - at least the criminals suffered heavy losses and lost both their money and goods.

  "Nobody is allowed to move, hand over all your weapons." Wen Qian quickly controlled the situation, more than a dozen people who were shot were still lying on the ground, and the fresh blood soon stained a large piece of green carpet red. Yu Fei called out to his men through the intercom, "You can all come in now, take them all back."

  "Received, received." Wen Yong came in from the front door with the constables, and the soldiers guarding the back door also brought in several people who had escaped. Wen Qian told Yu Fei, "Although we were the first to arrive this time, and the clues were provided by our informants, I won't detain any of these people here. You can take them all away and investigate, I trust you. At least there's no internal problem with your side, suspects won't be released after paying some money. If I take them back, they'll disappear in a flash. Did you guys manage to preserve the phones without smashing them?"

  "Only you know my number, it seems these people don't know, if they knew their lawyers would drive me crazy." Yu Fei handed the machine gun to the soldier beside him, "Put handcuffs on all of these people and take some preventive measures against colluding confessions, everyone move quickly." He first took out several pairs of handcuffs and put them on the suspects who were lying on the ground, then used adhesive tape to seal their mouths shut. The military police were accustomed to arresting people this way, they had brought a lot of burlap sacks to cover the suspects' heads, even if the suspects had a spiritual connection, they couldn't exchange information and intelligence through eye contact.

  They took everyone away, and Yu Fei continued to use the moving company's staff to assist him in confiscating gambling tools. Wen Qian saw that there was nothing else to do here, so she prepared to leave. "There will be many such opportunities in the future, I don't plan to catch one person back, lest someone make a fortune by releasing people, if I have something, I will notify you first, don't let me down."

  "When I'm free, I'll invite you for a cup of tea." Yu Fei knew this wasn't a place for idle chatter, so he escorted the suspect and evidence back to his own barracks. He would have to deal with a pile of tedious documents again, at least interrogate all the people they caught, if not, continue to starve them, which was also an unavoidable measure.

  Wu Junwen didn't care what happened in the city, as long as the prison he managed was fine, and the contract would guarantee him a steady stream of income. He swung his golf club with relish, and had gotten to know some people on the course. They chatted casually, but he mostly listened and spoke little, trying to gather more information about local conditions. It seemed that what people talked about most was the crazy constabulary.

  A woman in her forties seemed uninterested in the conversation, focusing solely on playing golf with others. When Wu Junwen played well, she invited him, "Can you play with me? My skills aren't great, and I'm not suitable to play with them." The middle-aged woman pulled out a business card. On the card was written 'Nanyang State High Court Judge Chen Jiafang'. Wu Junwen said, "I really can't tell that you're a judge, this is a pretty good profession, I know that in our country, being a judge requires first being a senior lawyer, and lawyers must be very wealthy, so they can all come play golf."

  "You're quite capable too, do you have a business card?" Chen Jiayang asked.

  Wu Junwen handed her a card, Chen Jiayang curiously asked: "Your company won't be a mercenary company, will it?" Wu Junwen smiled and replied, "It's specialized in gathering people who used to be mercenaries. I'm relatively kind-hearted, I don't like them risking their lives for a job, so I recruit these experienced people to do legitimate business. If that bank uses my company to undertake armed escort tasks, I guarantee that their armored car will not be robbed, 100% guaranteed."

  "I've never seen anyone promote their company like you do. Are you aware that the local crime rate is very high? The gendarmes are working hard to catch people, but it hasn't improved public safety. If what you just said were heard by criminals, they might target your company as well. Do your employees carry defensive weapons?" the female judge asked.

  "Of course, but I'm not a local, and when I came here, I couldn't find the Firearms and Explosives Administration Bureau. Why doesn't this country have an ATF? I also wanted to do some business in this area, but it seems that private gun ownership is not allowed in this country, which is different from where I started my business." Wu Junwen chatted with the female judge while playing ball.

  Xu Huaiqing had just arrived in Lion City and didn't have the mind to deal with thieves. He planned to get familiar with the city first. Earlier, he rented a small plane to take a look around the city from above, but didn't pay close attention. Then, he rented an airship and applied for a flight route to sightsee in the urban area. When he came back to the golf course again, he found Wu Junwen still playing golf. He wondered what was so fun about it. He opened the hatch of the airship, tied himself with a rope, and descended to the ground along the rope. "Is this interesting?"

  A woman judge suddenly slid down from the airship in the sky, and she was a little surprised to see that Xu Huaiqing didn't bring a parachute. What if he didn't hold the rope tightly and fell to his death? Although the airship was tens of meters high, it was easy to have an accident. Wu Junwen held the ball stick and said, "You'll know how fun it is after hitting it a few times."

  "Haven't you seen how busy I am? I don't play ball with strangers, and I still have to go back to drive the airship." Wu Junwen climbed up along the rope and returned to the airship. He reeled in the rope, and the airship continued to fly quietly in the sky. Chen Jiayang said, "This person is really strange."

  "Are you a local, and do you still find it strange?" Wu Junwen continued to swing his golf club seriously, he could focus on relaxing, this was the life he wanted, he was different from Yu Fei and Xu Huaiqing, he just wanted to wear clean clothes and play some minority entertainment projects.

  Yu Fei returned to the barracks, although he was impatient, but still interrogated all the more than 100 people who were caught back. This time, the people they caught were different from before. At least they knew that the military police only arrested people and did not release them. They had not heard that a big lawyer had bailed out the person involved. So far, there was no successful record. Moreover, those who liked to use underhanded methods also didn't have Yu Fei's connections to bribe him.

  "Aren't you guys quite stubborn, not willing to reveal your names?" Yu Fei looked at the suspect curiously. The suspect was very clever and told him the reason for confessing. Yu Fei smiled satisfactorily, "Since you are a casino staff member, your crime is not serious, at most it's just an accessory. You can stay here safely, I won't make things difficult for you. If you can identify those accomplices, when I prosecute you, the judge will give you a lighter sentence. If you're lucky, you might even be released on the spot. Also, I can make an exception and allow you to bail."

  "I'm willing."

  Yu Fei seemed to have found a breakthrough. He brought the cooperative casino staff to identify the captured people, who were gamblers, managers, bosses, ordinary employees, thugs and the boss's confidants. Yu Fei immediately ordered the soldiers: "Open the door of the detention room and lock these people in the innermost room."

  "Yes." The military police began to move the suspects around, locking them up in groups. The casino manager and his close associates were locked up together, while ordinary employees who had committed minor offenses were locked up separately. The gamblers were also locked up alone. This categorization made it more convenient for interrogation later on. Yu Fei didn't release any of the cooperative suspects after handling these matters; he just didn't put handcuffs on them and provided them with food and drink, treating them the same as those under normal detention. He then went to the newly built prison, where he specifically asked ordinary employees from the casino to identify important suspects. Even if they didn't mention any names, he had evidence to prosecute these people.

  Yu Fei used the reduced sentence as bait, and also used bail to lure those who had committed minor crimes to testify against major suspects. He got to know all the regulars at several casinos. He even released a few people who were the first to expose others' crimes without requiring bail, because these people didn't have much money from their jobs and wouldn't waste what little they had on lawyers to get into trouble for themselves. Yu Fei knew that there were many kinds of people, and he didn't make things difficult for those who were struggling to make a living. When releasing the prisoners, he deliberately let many people see it, especially those whose crimes were not minor. He even showed them a large stack of confessions: "You think about it, look at what they've done. I don't want to make life difficult for those who are suffering. You're coming out just for a job, for the salary that can support yourself. If anyone wants to confess, tell me."

  The people in the detention room rushed to stand up and surrender, Yu Fei didn't make things difficult for those who had been detained for a long time, gave them some water to drink and something to eat. These people were very hungry and clear-headed, knowing they were just small fries, no need to die holding out on their confessions. They confessed at an extremely fast speed, even the thug from the casino who was addicted to heroin and morphine, everything was clearly accounted for, including where the needle holes were. Those guys who refused to say a word until death, if they were sent to court, would be gone for good this lifetime, drug addiction, illegal possession of firearms, illegal purchase of firearms, illegal storage of firearms, just the gun they had when they were caught was enough trouble to keep them locked up for fifteen years.

  Wen Yong assisted Yu Fei in completing the interrogation and stretched his waist, "Do you plan to sue them?"

  "I don't want to go see the judge, I have a better plan. We can use the media to spread our message and leak some information to make the other suspects who haven't been caught yet know that their accomplices here have turned them in. Let them fight among themselves before we even get to court, and then we'll catch all the suspects like fish in a net. If there's a shootout, we can take out everyone at once without warning. As for how many suspects are killed, it's not our problem. We don't have armored cars to send them to court anyway." Yu Fei's plan is indeed going to wipe out the entire gang, but the constabulary also faces the same danger.