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Chapter 904: Chapter 789: Arrest Them All (Subscribe Please!)
Labulin was truly desperate.
He made a round of phone calls.
Every branch office claimed they hadn’t arrested Chai Ren.
But Moi wouldn’t lie.
It had to be his subordinates who had taken Chai Ren away, with so many people watching at the hotel, he couldn’t have escaped.
Thinking of the quality of his subordinates, Labulin’s heart clenched, if those undisciplined African police officers under his command had taken Chai Ren and misused private punishments, he would be hard put to escape blame.
It couldn’t go on like this.
He couldn’t just sit back and wait for doom.
Labulin made calls again to each chief, asking them to spare no effort to find Chai Ren. He felt deep hatred for the troublemaker who added chaos at this critical moment.
Seeking death.
...
At the moment.
Inside the car behind.
Seeing the ambulance arrive.
The two African police officers in the car finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It was good to have someone else handle it.
Seeing doctors urgently attending to the injured, with fire trucks and police cars arriving one after another, and no one coming to hijack the vehicle, the two officers stowed their firearms. Looking at Chai Ren and his group in the backseat, they too felt troubled.
"What do we do with these Chinese?" the African police driver asked, perplexed.
The co-driver thought for a moment and analyzed, "Releasing them is not an option. I think we should first take them to the station. Everything else doesn’t concern us; we just wait to get paid."
"Right, first to the station. Should we report to the deputy director?" the driver agreed, in the flurry of the moment, when someone leads with a suggestion, even if a bit absurd, it’s easy to accept.
"Idiot, do you have his number?" the African co-driver retorted.
"No."
"That settles it then, we’ll head back and find the deputy director."
After the discussion. 𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑝𝑢𝘣.𝘤𝑜𝘮
They got out of the car.
They went to the ambulance, looking at the miserable state of a few colleagues who had been pulled out, their legs trembling a bit, especially after hearing from the doctor that although these colleagues weren’t dead, they would be incapacitated from now on.
They inexplicably felt relieved.
Because this meant that the lack of rescue just now wouldn’t lead to retaliation from these few, as long as they delivered Chai Ren, they might even rectify their mistake and possibly get promoted.
Moreover.
The two of them might reap even greater benefits.
Thinking this.
The pair drove off toward the station, delighted.
As for the colleagues.
Wasn’t the doctor there?
...
Kinshasa.
City Police Bureau.
Under a phone call from Labulin,
the African police officers here started bustling around.
Constantly phoning colleagues who were out on duty to see if they had arrested Chai Ren, but after a long while, they still had no clue, only to find out that a few colleagues had car accidents.
In the past.
This would have been a major issue.
But now.
It had to take a back seat.
The biggest big shot had spoken up, and it involved a foreign businessman; handling it poorly would lead to scolding for everyone involved, and scolding was the lesser concern, what they feared the most was some idiot messing up, giving Moi and Waite a reason to heavily reprimand them.
Their reputation was hardly a secret.
There had never been a huge incident before.
The stakes were minor.
The cleanup mostly thunder with little rain.
But if the issue escalated.
They might be looking at a complete overhaul, and in a country that lacked everything except people, especially those wanting to be police officers, that was their greatest fear, especially during this changeover of new and old presidents.
"Are the calls done? Once you’re done, hit the streets and look, whoever finds him gets a personal reward," Police Chief Kadik bellowed inside the office area. He was the main person accountable, and should anything happen to Chai Ren, he couldn’t avoid involvement.
He was furious.
Being scolded twice by the boss early in the morning.
Everyone had a fire burning inside.
To lay hands on someone like Chai Ren without Moi, Waite, Labulin, or even himself, the chief, knowing, what was this? It wasn’t just dereliction of duty; it was outright criminal.
The African police officers inside the office area quickly got ready.
They prepared to go out and search extensively or use their channels to inquire around, mainly not to idle around here. Even aimless wandering was better than being scolded here.
Just as everyone was ready to head out the door.
He reached the doorway.
They saw two colleagues escorting Chai Ren and his group out of the car.
Everyone was stunned.
What’s going on?
Have they been found.
Or was it... you who caught them?
An African police officer stepped forward, about to ask, when the person who had been sitting in the passenger seat said cheerfully, "Are you going out? With so many people, who are you catching?"
Such a foolish question.
It actually stumped the African police officer.
He pointed at Chai Ren, puzzled, "Who is this?"
"Oh, this is the Chinese man Deputy Director Chadok asked us to bring along to assist with the investigation." He didn’t notice anything unusual and blurted out about Chadok, inadvertently selling out both Chadok and himself.
Hearing this.
The people present looked somewhat sympathetically at these two colleagues, no, these colleagues of the setting sun, knew their job security was definitely gone after this incident, and whether there would be other punishments would depend on whether their pasts were clean enough.
"Arrest the two of them," Kadik shouted angrily.
Kadik, who had rushed over from the back, heard the two men’s conversation and was furious. It wasn’t the branch office, but the General Administration that had made the arrest, and he couldn’t shirk responsibility for this matter, that only added to his leadership responsibility.
It was just a bit strange.
Where did Chadok get such boldness from?
His Congressman father shouldn’t be allowing him to act so recklessly. Never mind, arrest him first.
The two thought they were meant to arrest Chai Ren. Thinking this, they also panicked—this was the man Chadok wanted to capture. If the director took over, wouldn’t their own bonuses be lost?
They hurriedly waved their hands to stop him, "No, this is the man Deputy Director Chadok wants; you can’t... Ah? Why are you handcuffing me?"
Before they could finish speaking.
The two realized their hands were handcuffed, the cold touch felt different from when they handcuffed others. Seeing that no one had laid hands on Chai Ren, they couldn’t help feeling a bit panicky.
Not capturing him?
The two were confused.
"Take them back and make them explain everything," Kadik ordered.
As soon as he finished speaking.
The two were disarmed and taken into the station.
Chai Ren witnessed all of this.
He also breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that the rescue forces had arrived just in time, but what he did not know was that, without Tang Qing’s involvement and the critical blow at the crucial moment, the situation might have been much more complicated.
"Mr. Chai Ren, I’m truly sorry, this was an act of insubordination by my subordinates, and we were all unaware. The president is very concerned about your safety, and he instructed us to ensure your protection. We will definitely punish those responsible and explain this situation to you," Kadik spoke sincerely.
As for Chai Ren.
He had a good impression of him.
Not because they knew each other.
It was simply because Chai Ren had purchased a lot of minerals, and a substantial part of that money would also be allocated to them, enhancing police force, upgrading equipment, effectively making him their ’bread and butter.’
Of course.
This was only true for big businessmen; their attitude towards small merchants was not as favorable, simply, for someone like Chai Ren, he didn’t care about earning their country’s money, what really mattered was the underground mineral resources.
In general.
Chai Ren was here to bring money, and their country could earn a lot of dollars from this.
As for the small merchants.
They were here to make their country’s money and might convert it into dollars or other foreign currencies upon leaving. That’s the difference between mineral businessmen and other businessmen; one brings money, and the other comes to make money.
Obviously, the treatment was not the same.
"I will also express my reservations about this matter and hope you provide me with an explanation soon, otherwise, I won’t dare set foot on this land next time." Even if he needed to show some temper, Chai Ren felt angry inside.
"Yes, we will definitely give you a satisfactory explanation; you can leave at any time now, and I’ll have a car take you back to the hotel," Kadik apologized again.
Chai Ren shook his head to decline.
"No, my people have a car; I’ll have them come pick me up." Having witnessed the recent car accident, Chai Ren was already traumatized by these people’s vehicles, not even trusting the police cars.
"Then please have a seat inside, it’s starting to get hot outside," Kadik invited.
"Hmm."
After speaking.
Chai Ren was about to have the Fighter bring the armored vehicle around.
"Mr. Chai Ren, the car is already waiting outside," the Fighter said.
Chai Ren looked and saw it was true, then turned to Kadik and said, "My car is right outside, let’s skip it this time, perhaps next time we can enjoy some tea together."
"It would be an honor," Kadik caught sight of the car and couldn’t help but envy it. The car was clearly an armored vehicle, the powerful appearance undoubtedly hid strong engines, though it definitely had weapons inside, but it was none of his concern.
Watching Chai Ren get into the car.
Kadik waved goodbye to Chai Ren.
Not until the car disappeared from sight did Kadik’s smile vanish, his expression turning grim. Chai Ren had gone, but this matter wouldn’t be so easily resolved, someone had to take the fall.
And it had to be someone significant.
He of course already had a candidate in mind.
And it could only be Chadok.
The Congressman definitely couldn’t be involved, so it had to be Chadok.
