294: Chapter 92: By Hook or By Crook, Act on the Cheap 294: Chapter 92: By Hook or By Crook, Act on the Cheap At 10 pm, the Special Service Section team of the Nantong District sub-bureau was fully assembled.
“Only children make choices,” thought Qin Xiangdong, “I want it all.”
Inside the police station, the forces were divided into three groups: Gao Shan led the criminal investigation team to arrest the old friends mentioned by the Old Lawyer; Wang Yunxiao and his Special Service Section team were responsible for attacking the secret base of the “Xiaosheng” group.
The 27th Company, borrowed from the army, was in charge of the eradication and suppression of the headquarters of the Great Luo Sect located in the Nantong District.
“After capturing the members of the group, immediately start the interrogation to ascertain the exact location of the ‘Liuye Camp.’ I authorize you to use any means necessary to carry out the operation.
Regardless of obstruction from any forces, don’t be polite with them.
I’ll shoulder all the consequences!”
It was evident that Qin Xiangdong was truly enraged this time, even resorting to the phrase “use any means necessary.”
But did the police department really have such extensive authority?
Wang Yunxiao had his reservations about this.
You’re just the head of the police department, not Laozi himself.
If I really poke a hole in the sky for you, what will you do if you can’t handle the aftermath?
In the end, wouldn’t it still fall on me to take the blame?
However, at least for the moment, it was clear that Qin Xiangdong had the support of the military.
With the backing of Tianmen City’s strongest and largest armed force, the Ink Green Qilin Army—in ancient times, it would not have been an overstatement to call them the Imperial Army.
His words indeed carried more weight.
The phrase “use any means necessary” also implied…
Wang Yunxiao looked at Sister Veronica, fully armed and standing beside him.
The message in Director Qin’s words was clear; even the military support from Qianjin Church could be requested this time.
Not only the Qianjin Church, but even Old Master He was asked to come out of retirement to lend a hand with his experience in the Jianghu World in the search for “Liuye Camp,” even if it was just a tiny bit of help.
As for Qi Bing and Liang Dao from the Special Service Bureau, they followed Qin Xiangdong to the Great Luo Sect branch, in charge of handling the aftermath.
Wang Yunxiao’s team was fully assembled, including Dumpling and Zhou Qing…
initially, he hadn’t planned on bringing the two of them.
Dumpling was too fragile, and Zhou Qing was a ghost; together they were less useful than one person.
But how should I put it at a time like this?
The leader was fuming, and he might not remember who was at the scene, but if someone didn’t show up, that would definitely be seen as an attitude problem.
Considering that pay day was just a few days away, Wang Yunxiao decided to deploy the whole team.
Whether they could be useful or not, at the very least they had to come to punch the clock.
The compensation this time was different from before.
Previously, when they went to a scene, they had to push donkeys to transport their gear; this time, they directly hitched a ride on the army’s large truck.
After everyone was fully armed and boarded the rear of the truck, Veronica sat opposite Wang Yunxiao, pursed her lips, and smiled, “Not bad, Section Chief Wang, your squad looks decent, only the equipment is lacking.
It needs to be upgraded soon.”
Wang Yunxiao knew she was telling the truth.
He used to think that the grey military uniforms worn by the Special Service Bureau staff were standard issue.
Today, after seeing the Ink Green Qilin Army, he realized they were completely different.
The Ink Green Qilin Army’s uniforms were black, with standard-issue lever-action rifles, and what looked like “charcoal bags” hanging on the outside—Wang Yunxiao didn’t really know what they were, but they appeared to be bulging charcoal bags, which probably functioned as armor plates.
Of course, these were not the most important.
The crucial point was that the eighty soldiers deployed from the twenty-seventh company were all garrison soldiers!
This was truly exaggerated.
One should know that the power of the garrison soldiers forming an array could be stacked.
The minimum was three soldiers forming an array with no upper limit, and their combined power could be enhanced whether attacking or defending.
Once these eighty garrison soldiers formed an array, the weapon in their hands didn’t matter anymore; you could literally throw an egg and it would explode like a grenade.
No wonder Old Master He had said that a major reason for the rampant evil spirits in Tianmen City was that the Ink Green Qilin Army and the Special Service Bureau had absorbed all the outstanding young talents.
As righteousness declined and evil rose, the situation had gradually evolved into this complex state.
Speaking of Old Master He, Wang Yunxiao glanced at him, seeing him shrink back to the farthest corner of the car as soon as he got in, showing no intention of interacting with the younger people.
He truly did not want to come and had been persuaded by Qin Xiangdong.
All the sweet talk had been useless; in the end, it took a good cigarette to successfully convince him.
“At my age, I’m half a step into the grave; what more can you expect me to do?”
Old Master He seemed rather helpless.
Wang Yunxiao couldn’t help but want to laugh at his pitiful appearance.
This old man was really good at playing the fool while being a tiger.
Outsiders couldn’t tell it was all an act.
His desire to slack off was genuine, but you couldn’t say he was incapable.
How could a person without any skills, an old thief, know so many secrets of the Jianghu World and still live to such an old age unscathed?
At this point, Veronica asked, “How is Sister Cui Xiaoying doing?
I had just come back from worship at the church when I heard she was beaten and hospitalized.
I haven’t had the chance to visit her yet.
What exactly happened?”
Wang Yunxiao thought to himself that he had no idea how she was doing now, as he had been at the police station all day and hadn’t gone back.
Dumpling immediately said, “She has already woken up.
The doctor is worried about the possibility of intracranial hemorrhage, so they asked her to stay in the hospital for a couple more days of observation.”
Wang Yunxiao described the situation at the time to her and his subsequent speculations.
Veronica nodded and said, “The Great Luo Sect really crossed the line this time…
But honestly, with their level, they don’t even have the capability to discuss crossing lines.
At best, they are just pawns being used by others.
I wonder who’s behind this, daring to use violence against clergy…”
She shifted her tone, “Of course, the Qianjin Church is a peaceful religious organization.
We will not fight violence with violence.
I believe the government will seek justice for us and uphold fairness.”
Wang Yunxiao replied speechlessly, “You should say these formalities in front of Director Qin, they’re not much use to me.”
“Formalities still need to be said, or else it’s easy for someone to nitpick and make an issue of it,” she said.
Veronica smiled and added, “What I just said was on behalf of the Qianjin Church.
Now, speaking as the Deputy Head of the Special Service Section—Section Chief Wang, since Director Qin has already told us we can act at our discretion, I assume you won’t mind if I use a little bit of unconventional means, right?”
“How unconventional are we talking?”
Veronica opened the suitcase she carried with her and pulled out a portable telegraph machine the size of a laptop.
“If anyone thinks they can bully the nuns of the church just because they have numbers on their side, I’ll show them what real numerical superiority is—do you know how many workers we have?”