"My business is none of your concern!"
"No! I'm telling you, if you die now, you'll be forever ridiculed by the world. They'll think you're a coward, a wretch who can't take responsibility for their mistakes and chooses death. Aren't you the leader of the organization? Do you want to be laughed at by your comrades in the underworld?"
"You... Officer He, I know you understand psychology very well, but I won't give in. I've made up my mind! I have a bomb on me, hurry up and leave! I don't want to drag you down!"
"Cang Xuesong..."
I never expected that at this moment, this demon would still be thinking about others' safety.
Could it be that Cang Xuesong isn't inherently bad?
Cang Xuesong swam frantically in the sea, and indeed, strange beeping sounds emanated from her body.
I vaguely saw a faint glow in the water.
That was the indicator light of the bomb.
"Cang Xuesong, calm down. There's an island ahead. Let's stop there first, and then I'll call the bomb disposal team!"
"Do you think there's enough time? He Sheng." I felt that the woman's tone had softened a bit, meaning her inner resolve was starting to waver.
"There's definitely enough time!" By then, the police officers behind me had already tracked my location, likely with He Xin's help.
Soon, we reached the island. Unexpectedly, this was the same island where the conspiracy of the 'culprit' had occurred.
Time flies so fast. Everything feels like a dream. We're back here again.
"He Sheng, do you remember this place?"
"What's wrong?"
"Let me tell you, the mysterious person on the island back then was actually me. You've never figured it out, have you..."
"What? You bastard, what exactly did you do back then?"
"I didn't do much. My relationship with the Cao family is very complicated. Anyway, I don't have time to tell you. I was actually the leader of the 'culprits' before. Later, I was noticed by Polaris, so I left and joined Polaris."
"I see."
I controlled Cang Xuesong. The moment the police boat arrived, Xiahou came towards us with a bomb-sniffing dog.
"Don't rush, just give me a few minutes!"
At that moment, seeing that the bomb had less than 2 minutes left, I couldn't help but urge, "We have to hurry, Xiahou!"
"I know!" Xiahou didn't dare to delay. The bomb-sniffing dog helped search nearby. After a while, it leaned against Cang Xuesong's right side. Xiahou quickly found the bomb's location, but it was on Cang Xuesong's shoulder blade. The moment he rolled up her sleeve, Xiahou anxiously said, "This is..."
"Haha, you fell for our trap! This bomb can't be defused. Now that you're all here, die together!"
"Cang Xuesong, you devil!" Liu Yuning glared at her hatefully, signaling me with her eyes to leave and not mind her.
However, at that moment, I drew out my autopsy knife...
Ah—!!!
A scream erupted instantly. The bomb-sniffing dog bit down on Cang Xuesong's severed arm, threw it fiercely into the sea, and then quickly ran back. About a minute later, the bomb exploded in the sea. Although we maintained some distance, we were still drenched by the strong splash, showing the bomb's power.
"Cang Xuesong, I officially arrest you in the capacity of the Guangming City Police!"
Cang Xuesong fell silent. She endured excruciating pain, but I applied a special traditional Chinese medicine from my He family, which temporarily stabilized her life.
We sent her to the Public Security Hospital first. On the way back, Gao Mingqiang asked Xiahou, "Uh, why didn't your bomb-sniffing dog bark just now?"
"Bark? That's a bomb-sniffing dog, not a drug-sniffing dog. If it were a voice-activated bomb, wouldn't it be over if it barked?"
"Oh? I understand. What's its name?"
"Johnny."
"Go away! Tell me, what's its name?"
"Haha, its name is actually Johnny..."
"That's nice. It seems everyone has a 'Qiang' in their name." Gao Mingqiang chuckled awkwardly as soon as he finished speaking.
Back at the provincial department, I had resumed my identity as Director He and decided to interrogate Cang Xuesong myself.
Beside me, of course, was my best partner, Liu Yuning. As soon as I sat down, I faced Cang Xuesong, who was wearing leg and hand restraints. At this moment, she stood tall like a pine tree hidden in a snow-capped mountain, truly living up to her name...
"Xuesong, from a forensic perspective, pine is the most tenacious plant. After your gender change, did you intend to use this to solidify your belief in the organization, to change your life with the tenacious vitality of a pine tree, and to rally the beasts in the forest to become your servants, just like the mercenaries under your command? This time, we killed 28 members of the Polaris organization and arrested thousands. And you have finally been apprehended. Cang Xuesong, is there anything you want to say to us now?"
The minister had already obtained the criminal evidence. We just needed a confession.
"Our failure was that we shouldn't have used you, Detective He. If I had chosen to kill you directly back then, perhaps everything wouldn't be like this now."
"Cang Xuesong, why don't you understand a principle yet..." I paused, picked up the interrogation microphone, and looked at her intently: "No matter how thorough your plan is, once you break the law, there will be clues. Even if I were dead, the Punishment Team, the Criminal Police, and the entire Chinese People's Public Security would relentlessly pursue you. At that time, you would be even more like a rat crossing the street. So killing me would only make things worse, do you understand?"
"Perhaps you're right. My plan wasn't thorough enough. There were flaws, flaws..."
"Flaws? I'm not discussing your childish and foolish plans with you now. Tell me in detail, how did you recruit the mercenaries?" This puzzle has always eluded me. A significant number of those individuals were not from our country; I found quite a few Americans and Japanese among them, which filled me with an underlying tension.
"Haha, let me tell you a story... Detective He." A proud expression spread across Cang Xuesong's face, as if she were about to recount an unyielding faith.
"A long, long time ago, due to a disaster, a 'scum camp' appeared. We had to flee our country and came to the vast land of China. Our country was not like yours, China, so stable, prosperous, and flourishing. It was extremely chaotic, with terrible public security. It was a living hell there every day, and we had long wanted to leave, but we never had the conditions..."