The declassified files of India mentioned that Pal had close ties with the leaders of India's independence movement. This leader was an Indian war criminal who had previously assisted the Japanese army against the British. When Pal was appointed to the Tokyo Trials, India was still a British colony, and the authorities had not thoroughly investigated Pal's background, nor were they aware that Pal was not the Chief Justice at the time.
As I was recalling this, the door behind me was knocked. I heard Liu Yuning calling me.
It seemed she had recovered. When I opened the door and saw her refreshed appearance, I knew she would have a brilliant future.
Her meaning was that the place they were held captive was not a hotel, nor a bar or club, but a pharmaceutical company.
The name of this pharmaceutical company was the same one Liu Yuning had mentioned when she was hypnotized earlier: Glorious Technology Company.
Although its name had changed, He Xin and Yuan Hezheng had still managed to find the company's exact location.
Once again, we organized the provincial police force. This time, Director Zhang planned a full-scale mobilization. We estimated this criminal group was larger than we had anticipated, so all over ten thousand police officers were assembled. Director Zhang acted swiftly, and without much ado, ordered us to deploy.
Countless armored vehicles and police cars advanced in the same direction.
The scale of the police deployment at that time was unprecedented in all the cases I had handled before. From patrol officers to detectives, special police, and armed police, a total of 12,304 officers converged on Glorious Technology. The display was perhaps excessive, even exaggerated, but we could only follow Director Zhang's orders.
However, when we finally arrived at Glorious Technology, we realized Director Zhang's foresight was justified.
Those scoundrels seemed to have prepared for a final resistance. The company gates were shut tight, and electric fences were erected everywhere. The upper floors were manned by men in camouflage, armed with submachine guns, and snipers were in position.
"These bastards, preparing for a desperate last stand? Utterly foolish!" Liu Yuning had just rejoined us, but her spirit was fully back.
"Arrange for the helicopter unit to come immediately!"
"Yes, Deputy Director He!"
Under my command, dozens of police helicopters soon arrived above Glorious Technology. Numerous snipers aimed their weapons at the building. With a single order from me, dense gunfire would tear through the company walls!
Holding binoculars, I stood on an armored vehicle, observing the situation inside the building. However, as if they knew our strength far surpassed theirs, a bald man inside the company, armed with a submachine gun, was holding Zhang Huihong and other girls hostage in a corridor. The bald man, seeing the dense concentration of police cars below, showed no fear and threatened, "See this? You ignorant police officers! There are still 314 girls inside the company, and over 4,000 of our men, all equipped with US Army Special Forces gear. If you have the guts, try to attack! If you don't care about the lives of these hostages..."
US Army Special Forces? Likely mercenaries, the same ones in camouflage from before. Director Zhang arrived at the scene shortly after and stood dumbfounded as he witnessed his own daughter being held hostage. However, he did not falter due to his daughter being in the hands of criminals. "Criminals, have you all been hit on the head with rocks? Setting aside the kidnapping incident, your current actions already constitute disturbing public order and committing a felony. Do you really think threatening us with these people will work? We are police officers, and our resolve will not waver, even if it means sacrificing our own lives."
"Director Zhang, I didn't expect you to dare to come. Haha, do you still remember who I am? I believe you have a seal. It's been 15 years. Back then, when you were younger, you arrested two old men in Furong Village."
"Furong Village? Could you be..."
"That's right. Those two were my grandparents. Later, you arrested my brother and sister. Although you weren't the one who directly acted, I knew the special task force was your people. So, to be precise, they were all arrested because of you!"
As I listened to one of the men inside the company converse with Director Zhang, though he didn't explicitly state it, I realized something.
The next moment, Director Zhang responded again: "So it's you. Don't you know that Du Tianchou, your entire Du family, are all lunatics? Your whole family are heinous criminals. It's not just me; any police officer encountering you would not show mercy. Why don't you understand? Blaming everything on me?! Don't you think you're being childish?"
"Childish? I don't care! Since you dared to come today, it's time for you to atone for our Du family! Director Zhang, if you want to save them, come over yourself and become our hostage? What do you say? Do you have the courage?"
"Du Tianchou, we have an immense feud. This matter should be resolved by me personally. Therefore, I am willing to agree."
"Good! As expected of Director Zhang. The leader of these people, I do admire your courage!"
Hearing this, we all hurriedly advised, "Director Zhang, don't go. It's definitely a trap. Those people are doing this on purpose. Du Tianchou hates you so much; if you go in, you'll be completely finished!"
"Yes, Director Zhang, you can't listen to them!"
"Director Zhang, let me go. You are our leader; how can you take such a risk?" I also suggested.
Following this, Xiao Yuande, He Jinghui, and others also stepped forward to volunteer. However, Director Zhang remained calm, as if he had put the entire world aside, saying, "The Du family was apprehended because of my orders, and Du Tianchou's grandparents were arrested by me personally. Only I can resolve the hatred in his heart. This time, let me personally bring this case to a close!"
With that, Director Zhang no longer paid attention to us, lifted the hem of his black suit, and strode towards the company building, bristling with countless dark gun muzzles...
At that moment, as our leader, he displayed an unprecedented aura of royalty.
He was like a righteous general heading into the fiercest battlefield, facing death with equanimity, even though he knew the odds were slim.
Thus, Director Zhang entered. Less than a minute later, we heard his screams from inside the company, followed by continuous commotion. However, the sounds were too chaotic for us to understand anything he was saying.
We were all extremely tense and enraged. Li Fan even said, "Forget it, let's just storm the place!"
"No, do you know how many hostages are inside the company? If we storm it, those mercenaries will surely kill all the hostages and fight us to the bitter end," Liu Yuning reasoned.