About ten minutes later, two Peace Officers arrived at the door.
After confirming their badge numbers and identities were correct, Guan Tong finally opened the door and explained the situation.
"We've had our colleagues check the nearby surveillance footage based on the information you provided," the Peace Officer said. "The footage shows the two suspects impersonating Peace Officers got into a black unlicensed vehicle after running out of the residential complex."
"Our colleagues used cara technology to track the vehicle and found it entered an area with no surveillance coverage. We've already sent people to search that area."
Upon hearing this, Guan Tong asked, "Those two actually knew about the surveillance blind spots?"
"Yes, that's what concerns us too. The city is so large that it's impossible to have complete surveillance coverage everywhere, but being able to identify blind spots suggests these aren't ordinary criminals—they must be organized."
Organized cri.
Hearing this made Guan Tong feel even more unsafe in his current situation.
He said to the two Peace Officers, "Now that they know my address and threatened to make
wait, I don't think my ho is safe anymore. I'd like to move sowhere else."
"Of course," one Peace Officer replied. "There are many vacant properties in all cities now, and Yunhua is no exception... well, that's because too many people died due to the first rule. So there's a current policy where people without housing can apply, and the authorities will provide accommodation for free."
"Then I'd like to apply."
"Okay, I'll send you the application link later. If you don't have any other information to provide, we'll head back now. If you rember any other useful details about the suspects, you can call us."
As the two Peace Officers prepared to leave, Guan Tong thought for a mont and said, "Wait, could I ride with you when you leave?"
They were taken aback, not expecting Guan Tong to make such a request.
"You're leaving tonight?" the Peace Officer asked.
"Yes," Guan Tong said. "We can't rule out the possibility those two might double back, especially since it's organized cri. So I want to leave tonight to eliminate any risks."
"...Alright, you're certainly being cautious. Pack a few essentials and co with us then."
"Thank you."
Guan Tong didn't have much to pack anyway. Food and clothing could be obtained for free later after he found a new place, so there was no need to bring them.
He just took his phone, slung a small backpack over his shoulder, and went downstairs with the two Peace Officers.
Sitting in the back seat of the Peace Officers' car as they left the residential complex, Guan Tong finally felt sowhat secure.
The driving Peace Officer asked, "Where are you planning to go? We can give you a ride."
Guan Tong thought for a mont and said, "I want to go sowhere safe, but I'm not sure where that would be."
The Peace Officer in the passenger seat joked, "The safest place would definitely be the Police Departnt, but we can't just host ordinary citizens overnight."
"How about this," the driving Peace Officer suggested, "we'll take you to Lihua Hotel for now. It's been converted into temporary free accommodation for people waiting for their housing application results."
"Since there are many people there, it should be relatively safe. Plus, the hotel is just one street away from the Police Departnt. If there's any danger, we can respond quickly with just one phone call."
"Okay, let's go to Lihua Hotel then. Thank you both for your help."
"Don't ntion it. Rember to co to the station later to give a formal statent. I have a feeling this case isn't as simple as it seems."
"Yeah," the officer in the passenger seat added, "there seem to have been several similar cases in Yunhua recently..."
...
In an abandoned factory building, the two young n who had knocked on Guan Tong's door were kneeling on the ground.
Sitting before them was a middle-aged man with a fierce expression and a face full of rough features. He wore brass knuckles on his right hand, stained with so blood.
The blood ca from the two young n, who now had bruised and swollen faces, clearly having been recently beaten.
The middle-aged man stared coldly at the two and said, "Let
make this clear—the higher-ups gave
the task of getting ten people with 'Ordinary' ratings. I only assigned three to you two, and after a whole month you still haven't completed it. Tell
yourselves, are you useless!"
"Yes, Brother Tiger, we're useless!"
"Brother Tiger, we almost had the third one today, but that kid was cunning and didn't open the door for us!"
"Yeah, our Peace Officer disguise didn't fool him. Instead, he called the Police Departnt, so we had to run."
The man called "Brother Tiger" laughed after hearing this.
His laughter made the two kneeling young n tremble with fear, knowing sothing bad was coming.
Sure enough, the next mont Brother Tiger suddenly stood up and kicked each of them in the temple. They scread and collapsed sideways, looking like they wouldn't last much longer.
Brother Tiger spat in disgust: "Pah, take them out and bury them."
"Yes."
Several underlings dragged the two n away. Then Brother Tiger called over several other young n.
"Now's your chance to prove yourselves. Do you know what to do?"
"Please instruct us, Brother Tiger!"
The young n looked nervously at the brass knuckles on the man's hand.
Brother Tiger said slowly, "It's simple. Go through residential complexes one by one, find people who are still alive, figure out ways to control them, then force them to add you as friends on their Personal Terminals. If they refuse, beat them hard—keep beating them until they agree to add you."
"After they add you, force them to publicly display their Mind Power value. If it's above 80, knock them out and bring them to . I'll hand them over to the higher-ups, and when the rewards co down, everyone will get their share."
One young man asked, "Brother Tiger, what about those below 80? Should we bring those below 80 too?"
Brother Tiger grinned: "The higher-ups don't want those below 80. Just kill them outright—saves us the trouble of them exposing our existence."
The young n glanced at each other, all feeling terrified.
"Understood?" Brother Tiger's face darkened. "Let
make this clear—once you're on my ship, there's no getting off. If you don't want to do this, I'll kill you worthless trash first."
"We understand, Brother Tiger!"
"We'll do it!"
Then one young man couldn't contain his curiosity and asked, "Um, Brother, Brother Tiger, what do the higher-ups want so many people with Mind Power above 80 for?"
Hearing this, Brother Tiger walked over and patted the questioner's face: "Tired of living, are you? Is this sothing you should be asking about? Don't ask questions you shouldn't."
"Yes, yes, Brother Tiger, I won't ask anymore..."
"All of you, get out and start working! I want at least one person above 80 per week!"
The young n quickly scrambled away. Then a trusted subordinate approached Brother Tiger.
"Boss, honestly, I'm not sure getting too involved with that group is a good thing. Once they're done using us, they'll probably..."
Brother Tiger responded, "Don't worry, I've been in this business long enough to know how things work. Only fools pass up easy gains—I'm taking their gold first. If they try to burn the bridge after crossing the river, I've got enough dirt to bite back."
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