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Chapter 420: Chapter 340: Really Good at Finding Trouble (Subscription Requested)_1
Subsequently, Liu Zun was cuffed and pushed into one of the cars. 𝓃𝓸𝓋𝓅𝓊𝒷.𝓬𝓸𝓂
There were three cars that Thomas brought over, Liu Zun was stuffed into the middle one, while Thomas sat in the front one.
As Thomas left the alley, two undercover men rushed out. Seeing no signs of anything suspicious, they made a phone call to report, then turned around and left, leaving behind an angry utterance, "FUCK".
The alley was left behind.
Thomas hesitated for a moment before placing a call.
"Thomas, what is it?" A man’s impatient voice came through the phone. As the deputy chief of the Ploy City Police Station, John Roberts got a grumbling wakeup call from his superiors.
Upon learning that a Chinese doctor and his family had vanished, John Roberts felt utterly silenced. A Chinese doctor, even if a professor, had nothing to do with the police. If people went missing, it was the FBI’s job, why would they make him run around. In the movies, the FBI is made out to be all mighty and omnipresent, making it seem like the American police are nothing but trash. In reality, they’re always ordering the police about, despite the thousands of curses running through his mind, but he had to quickly get ready for work.
Though it wasn’t yet time for Ye Hong to go to work, an emergency occurred.
One of Ye Hong’s subordinates who was working overtime in the lab urgently needed to use a piece of equipment. He called Ye Hong for the key to the advanced equipment room in the lab. At first, he could have waited for Ye Hong to come in or ask someone else, but since Ye Hong was Chinese, it didn’t really matter to him.
Simply put, Ye Hong was a foreigner.
In the short term, Ye Hong was very capable and his experience and knowledge surpassed his own.
But there was a limit to that, a limit set by humans themselves. All the highest and most advanced laboratories and projects were basically only available to their own Westerners. Now, this research center was just a stepping stone, it wouldn’t be long before his status would surpass Ye Hong’s, this was common around here.
So, when Ye Hong’s phone didn’t answer, that subordinate tried Ye Hong’s home phone from the duty room, and still, no answer. In the end, he finally realized that something was wrong, and immediately informed the research center’s security office.
And so, he called some nearby colleagues to come over and take a look, by this time, no one was home.
This incident was immediately reported upwards, alarming the people at the FBI. Then, John Roberts, the deputy police chief of Ploy City, was forced to step in, and he received a call from Thomas just as he was leaving home.
He was livid.
Thomas was one of his informants, at this critical juncture, any illegal transactions were no longer important.
"Dear Roberts, I have a gift here, not sure if you want it?" observed Thomas, who assumed that Roberts was just cranky because he was woken up.
"What gift? Another important transaction? Don’t bother me with things like this when I have an emergency to deal with." John Roberts replied impatiently.
Seeing the deputy chief’s bad temper, Thomas also felt cross. Everyone likes to be respected, so he didn’t beat around the bush: "Deputy Chief Roberts, I have a foreigner here who has a gun".
"What? Foreigner? What foreigner?" a vigilant Roberts asked quickly, almost stomping the brake pedal onto the accelerator.
"A Chinese person," said Thomas.
Chinese.
This was great news, even though it was just one person. The mere fact that he was carrying a gun was enough to be deemed a contribution.
"All right, where are you? I’ll come to get you," said Roberts excitedly.
Thomas was not sure why Roberts was excited, he hadn’t yet shared his suspicions.
"I’ll be at the usual place, I’ll be there in ten minutes," said Thomas. As for the exchange conditions, they could discuss them in person later. They had been working together for several years and had a degree of mutual trust.
"Alright, I’ll be there straight away. Keep an eye on him. If he disappears, you will be in trouble," warned Roberts.
"Okay, he won’t get away."
After hanging up the phone.
Thomas kept pondering the gains from this time, feeling more and more delighted. As for the person running away? Hahaha, how could that be possible.
John Roberts swerved his car towards the transaction location amidst a torrent of cursing.
At this moment.
Liu Zun, in the back car, was also preparing himself for the worst-case scenario - that he had been sold out by Thomas.
Such a terrible day.
Liu Zun had a bitter smile on his face, full of helpless resignation.
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Elsewhere.
Ye Hong’s place was now surrounded by a crowd of FBI agents and police officers. A police line had been erected and they were looking for any evidence, checking security devices and taking photographs. In the end, they found nothing useful. There were no clues found on Ye Hong’s computer, mobile phone, or fax machine, all the devices were intact, and there were no signs of them being tampered with.
And a family of six just vanished.
The crew on duty in the FBI San Francisco division’s monitoring room got a dressing down. In the middle of the night, with such a big commotion, people leaving and cars being driven away, the video surveillance was found to be fine, it must be that the staff dozed off on the job.
No question, there go their bonuses for the year. The ones left to watch the monitors could only hope to be more careful next time. It was inevitable that with only one person watching ten or more monitors, one could easily be caught off guard and the surveillance could be broken. The chances were slim, but it had happened before, about five or six times a year.
After the reprimand.
The next step was to check the surveillance footage.
Chief Miller of the branch office stood behind a group of busy technicians, fixedly watching the surveillance footage.
In less than ten minutes.
Good news came in.
"Director Miller, we’ve found the Ye Hong family. According to surveillance, they appeared near a gas station in Kuerpat Town fifteen minutes ago, they’ve switched to a new van. The Ye Hong family got out of the vehicle for some air, two minutes later, they left again. Now, they’re heading towards Sacramento City. The driver is another person, we can’t identify the identity, the license plate was registered as missing three months ago."
After quickly forwarding the surrounding road surveillance, they struck ’gold’; they found them almost immediately.
Everyone was extraordinarily excited.
It was like a cat chasing a mouse.
They looked down upon the brain-dead Ye Hong, even getting out of the car under surveillance, only someone without a brain would do this. Didn’t they see the huge camera?
Director Miller promptly commanded:
"Have nearby police intercept them immediately, keep a close watch on the surveillance, we must catch them."
He was certain, someone wanted to help the Ye Hong family escape, no need to guess who it was. Moreover, judging by the route, they are heading to Canada. He scoffed, how wishful thinking.
Miller felt that their country’s surveillance network was terrific, a sense of pride spontaneously born.
"Yes, Director." The technical staff acknowledged, continuing the tracking and notifying the local police to set up checkpoints.
At this moment.
Miller’s assistant came running.
"Director, we just got a message from Deputy Director Roberts of the Ploy City Police Station, stating that they’ve found a Chinese man carrying a gun. We did a cross-check, but strangely, it turns out it’s our surveillance target, we don’t know why he didn’t leave last night."
"Have them bring him to the Ploy City Police Station, get Agent Clark at the scene to question him, we’ll remotely assist." Miller felt like everything was going smoothly today.
"Yes."
The assistant left after receiving the order.
The Command Room isn’t all-knowing, they didn’t know about this, only that Ye Hong’s escape had been discovered early, and the reason was found. But that wasn’t an issue, it was all part of the plan, it wouldn’t affect Ye Hong’s safety.
But when Liu Zun arrived at the police station and got out of the car, the Command Room saw Liu Zun through the police station’s surveillance. Tang Qing, who received the news, was speechless.
It was his fault; he should have notified them earlier. He didn’t expect Liu Zun to get caught this easily.
He had ordered earlier that if Liu Zun was discovered, he would be given certain conveniences, but Liu Zun wasn’t a key protection target. Therefore, he hadn’t been discovered even after not reaching the surveillance zone after an hour. After all, if Liu Zun had evacuated through the sewer or hidden corner, would the Command Room send someone to look for him if they couldn’t see him?
Now Tang Qing had a headache.
But since he encountered it, of course, he must save him,
The only question was how to do it. Burst into the Ploy City Police Station and take the person out? Haha, that’s something you see in movies. If the analysts came up with such a plan, Tang Qing would even dare to slap them to the floor.
If you stormed in and grabbed the person.
It might feel quite fulfilling.
But it would cause endless troubles, something this big could quickly be sold by both sides.
Sigh.
This really is quite a headache.
Well, nevermind, they are all compatriots.
Let’s help him once more.
Tang Qing naturally could not ignore it.
"Tang Yi, find a way to rescue Liu Zun, avoid direct and intense conflicts as much as possible, try not to kill anyone." Tang Qing rubbed his temples while saying. Why did he only encounter tricky matters these few days, aren’t we supposed to cooperate with the national team?
No, he did not regret it, it’s simple, it’s for the income from the Search Family Website and the use of funds guarantees. To be able to have a bargaining chip to negotiate, to help more children, this road was the right one. Firstly, it found a solid backer for the use of these funds, secondly, it was also an important source of funding, not selling our own technology, it could be accepted.
"Yes, Commander."
Upon receiving the order, Tang Yi started to quickly issue tasks and mobilize personnel.
During this operation, the two auxiliary fighters who had not yet been evacuated rushed towards the police station. Fortunately, it was not far away, otherwise, it would have taken a considerable amount of time to get there.
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Ploy City Police Station.
The interrogation had not started yet.
Liu Zun was held in a separate detention room, handcuffed.
There were four American policemen watching him inside and outside the room, ready to hand him over to FBI personnel.
Liu Zun looked dispirited.
He didn’t expect to fall into the hands of the people he least wanted to meet so easily. His future days would be tough.
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