Chapter 196 The Situation

After talking with his father, Jiangzhou left the residence by car.

Sitting in the car, Jiangzhou fell into deep thought. He felt that conventional negotiation methods would definitely be too slow. Su Tianyu and the others were still missing, so every minute wasted could worsen the situation further.

The United Alliance of the Fifth District was a political organization established in the Asean region in the last decade and quickly gained international recognition.

To explain this in detail, one must go back to the early years of the New Era. At that time, the Little Sun region and the Stick region were first submerged by seawater and then frozen by glaciers, forcing them to leave their homes and integrate with the natives of the Fifth District. The Asean government was the driving force behind this at the time.

For nearly twenty years, temperatures have been warming, and the water has receded. Some of the original islands of the Little Sun and Stick regions have melted, revealing themselves above the water and becoming habitable again.

Although the land area and living space have shrunk dozens of times, making it impossible to rebuild to their former scale, from their perspective, they couldn't possibly abandon their homeland. So they formed the United Alliance and applied to the United Government and the Asean Government for land recovery.

As a result, there is a small, palm-sized area at the foot of the Hua region that belongs to this government. This area is very small, only enough to accommodate hundreds of thousands of people and a certain number of military bases. But this is enough, at least completing part of the maritime layout.

While Jiangzhou was thinking, the car arrived at another nearby residence.

He immediately got out of the car and entered the residence to communicate with Meng Xi, the current Director-General of the Hua region.

...

Dragon City, it was already late at night. Several military vehicles were parked in the exclusive parking lot of the Huarong Hotel.

An Zecheng, with a serious expression, led a group of guards up the elevator to a lounge next to the banquet hall.

He pushed the door open and found that Tan Hengqiang was already waiting inside.

"You're back?"

Tan Hengqiang turned to look at him and asked softly, "How is Bai Hongbo doing?"

An Zecheng sat on the sofa opposite him and shook his head, "Not good, he's seriously injured. I've communicated with the hospital, and they say they will do their best to save him. Now... we can only leave it to fate."

Hearing this, Tan Hengqiang fell silent.

An Zecheng observed his expression and immediately said to him, "Lao Tan, the more it's like this, the more we have to finish the engagement ceremony."

Tan Hengqiang didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, agreeing with An Zecheng's idea.

After a moment of silence, he took out his phone, dialed Tan Mingzhao's number, and asked, "Where are you?"

Tan Mingzhao replied, "I'm at the hospital."

Tan Hengqiang said in a tone that brooked no refusal, "Come back, and quickly settle the guests. No matter how late it is, we have to hold the engagement banquet today."

Tan Mingzhao naturally understood the intention and couldn't help but feel a surge of energy, "Understood!"

Tan Hengqiang nodded, hung up the phone, exchanged a look with An Zecheng, and then continued to talk in a low voice.

...

At the same time, An's military headquarters.

In a dimly lit interrogation room, the female gunman caught at the Foreign Affairs Hotel sat in a chair, handcuffed and shackled, undergoing interrogation.

Xu Nan and Qiu Ge were in charge of the interrogation.

Xu Nan sat directly across from the female gunman, expressionless, leading the interrogation.

Qiu Ge sat to the side, staring straight at the female gunman, without saying a word.

Behind them, was a black, opaque glass. Behind the glass, Liu Hongxu watched the female assassin's every move with his arms crossed.

Gu Baishun and some of the All-System Bureau's intelligence personnel stood in the surveillance room, cooperating with the investigation.

Not only that, Yu Mingyuan and Su Tianbei also came, because of Da Bai, they were all angry about this case.

In addition to them, Wang Daolin, the temporary acting director of the police department, also arrived, as this case was also related to him.

The glass in front of them was one-way, so they couldn't be seen from the inside, but they could clearly see the other side. The speakers on the wall would also transmit all the sounds in the interrogation room to them in real time.

In their view, the female gunman sat there, her expression as usual, as if she were an outsider.

Xu Nan gently tapped the table, called the other party's attention, and asked, "Who sent you?"

The female gunman lowered her head and didn't say anything.

Xu Nan wasn't in a hurry and asked again, "Where's the gun? How did you get it?"

Xu Nan looked at her calmly, "I used to work in the First District Intelligence Agency. I understand the methods there, and I understand the methods here even better. Let me tell you frankly, the All-System Bureau's interrogation methods are ten times more brutal than those in the First District. There's no mouth that can't be pried open here, especially for women... it's even more miserable here, it's hard to even die."

Qiu Ge interjected, looking at her, "Or, how about we talk in a different way?"

The female gunman's gaze fell on the two of them, and she said slowly, "Actually, I want to know the answers to these questions even more than you do. I don't think this is your first day in intelligence, don't you understand this? With my identity, do you think I could know that information?"

She paused and continued, "The person who hid the gun never even met me. The upper echelons told me to get the weapon from the bathroom. And my handler is called Xiao Ke, he's the one who arranged the job for me. He's probably not in Dragon City now, and probably not in the First District either. I just do things for money, as for who I'm working for or what the purpose is, I have no idea."

Xu Nan didn't believe it at all, "Heh, you do things for money, can you swallow poison? So dedicated?!"

The female gunman spread her hands, "The risks are like this in this line of work. If you catch me, I'm dead anyway, why suffer that torture? Look, I'm telling you the truth, whether you believe it or not is your own business. If you torture me... I can only tell you the truth."

Xu Nan glanced at her, didn't say much, got up and walked to the door, opened it and walked out, turning into the surveillance room next door.

After entering the room, Xu Nan looked at Liu Hongxu and directly suggested, "Let's use torture. This woman has a strong mental fortitude, ordinary methods won't work on her."

As he spoke, his gaze turned to the interrogation room.

Seeing this, Liu Hongxu nodded, "Okay, you do it, let Xiao Qiu cooperate with you."

"Okay." Xu Nan rubbed his hands together, preparing to get some interrogation props.

"Wait a minute." Gu Baishun suddenly stopped him.

Everyone turned to look at him, and Liu Hongxu also asked, "Is there a problem?"

Gu Baishun gently stroked his chin, "I think this woman has no value, she's just a gunman. My personal suggestion is to investigate the administrative faction, especially the police system."

Everyone was silent for a while. Gu Baishun paused and continued, "The security of the Foreign Affairs Hotel is the responsibility of the police department. The gun certainly couldn't have been brought in casually. If we investigate according to this line of thought, there shouldn't be any problems, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Daolin frowned, and the others also had serious expressions, especially those from the administrative faction.