Chapter 345 Interrogation

On a street in Huadu, nine agents from the Third Division got out of their vehicles. Three stood guard outside, weapons raised, preventing the criminals inside from firing back. Two men in thick bomb suits stepped forward, pulled open the car door, and, seeing that Lao Hei was already disoriented from the tranquilizer darts, dragged him out.

One person got into Lao Hei's car and drove away. The others quickly returned to their four vehicles and sped away with practiced efficiency.

...

A little after five in the morning.

The underground interrogation room of the Huadu Security Bureau's Third Division.

The black man, wearing only his underwear, sat on the iron chair, his mind cleared.

In the monitoring room, Yu Jinhang, Yu Mingyuan, Su Tianyu, Bai Hongbo, and others watched the scene in the interrogation room through the one-way mirror.

According to normal procedures, Su Tianyu and the others would never have been allowed to enter the security department to watch the interrogation, but Yu Jinhang had a lot of clout in the Third Division, and a word from him got them all brought in.

In the interrogation room, the black man stared dumbfounded at the three blond, blue-eyed interrogators.

The lead interrogator wasted no time and used a projector to display all the evidence and exhibits related to the arrest.

The man was a gang leader who hung around the old Mexican district. He had a long criminal record and had been imprisoned more than once for selling "gold bricks," armed robbery, and assault.

The Third Division's efficiency was completely different from that of the police. Through the vehicle used by the criminal and the identities of the dead gangsters at the scene, they quickly narrowed down the range of suspects. Then, through informants in the old Mexican district, they inquired about which black clinics had been unusually active that day and immediately found the ringleader who carried out the kidnapping plan.

The Regional Security Bureau, the Military Intelligence Agency, and the Military and Political Special Operations Department were all special agencies at the regional level. For these units to investigate organizations with ties to the underworld was like using a cannon to kill a mosquito. Especially in places like the old Mexican district, which was already sensitive, they were "specially monitored" by special departments even when nothing was happening, so it was easy to investigate them. After all, the initial outbreak of the First District's War of Independence started in the old Mexican district.

The captured gang leader was also a seasoned veteran, having served two prison terms, so he knew how to resist interrogation.

But this kind of "skill" was useless in front of the Third Division. After the interrogator asked a few questions and the other party kept dodging the issue, Yu Jinhang lost his patience and shouted into the walkie-talkie, "Inject him with the drug."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man carrying a medical kit entered from outside. He elegantly took out a vial of medicine and a syringe from the kit and, amidst the old black man's screams and protests, injected him directly.

Bai Hongbo was stunned in the monitoring room. He whispered to Su Tianyu, "What happened to freedom? What happened to human rights? He hasn't even been convicted yet, and they dare to drug him?"

"You dare question the freedom and human rights here?!" Su Tianyu glanced back.

Bai Hongbo turned to look at the department he was in and immediately chose to shut up.

The drug took effect after about a minute. The man who administered the injection pried open the criminal's pupils to take a look and then attached some equipment to monitor his heartbeat and bodily functions before nodding to the lead interrogator.

The team coordinated and began the interrogation.

After being injected with the drug, the black man's mind was a little hazy, but he could still answer questions. This drug was only available to special departments, and its dosage was strictly controlled. The Security Bureau internally called it "Truth Serum" and generally used it with auxiliary equipment.

But the effectiveness of this thing also depended on the subject's psychological and physical qualities. People with strong wills were very resistant to the drug, and it was not perfectly effective on people who had undergone special training.

When the interrogation began, the lead interrogator first asked where the hostage had been taken, but the black man claimed that as soon as he got the person, he handed them off, and they should have been transported out of Huadu by now. He didn't know exactly where they were taken or who took them.

The observer gave the lead interrogator an "OK" gesture based on the feedback from the electronic equipment, meaning the other party was probably not lying.

Immediately afterward, the lead interrogator asked who had ordered them to do this.

The criminal's forehead was sweating, but he answered almost without hesitation that Nick from the Warhammer organization had contacted him. Nick was the supplier of the gold bricks and had been supplying the criminal's small gang. The motivation for him to agree to kidnap the person was simple: Nick promised that after the incident, he would waive part of his payment and increase the amount of goods he would supply in the future.

Guns and gold bricks were rampant in the old Mexican area. Increasing the amount of goods meant making money and recruiting more underlings, so the criminal agreed without thinking.

The rest of the interrogation revolved around the planning of the kidnapping, the escape, and how to transport the hostage, but the more Su Tianyu listened, the more he felt that something was wrong.

In the monitoring room, Su Tianyu found Yu Mingyuan and said in a low voice, "We can't interrogate like this!"

Yu Mingyuan turned to look at him, "What's wrong?"

"The people here in the Third Division don't know about the conflict between us and the Ma Gang and the old Mexican area. Their interrogation is focused on finding the hostage. But the one who was caught is obviously just a gun. The person has already been sent away, and it will be difficult for us to get them back." Su Tianyu said in a low voice, "The mastermind behind this is that Warhammer organization. We should learn more about them, about these people."

Yu Mingyuan nodded involuntarily when he heard this, "Then how do you want to ask? I'll have my second uncle say a word to the interrogator."

"Can you let me go in and ask?" Su Tianyu made a very excessive request.

...

Half an hour later.

All the interrogators left, and the criminal was still affected by the drug. The surveillance in the monitoring room was also turned off. Then Yu Mingyuan, Su Tianyu, and the others walked into the interrogation room.

Su Tianyu lifted the black man's chin and frowned, "What level is Nick?"

"He... he is the core of Warhammer, responsible for the gold brick business in Huadu and The Dragon City," the other party replied.

Su Tianyu frowned at him and asked in English, "Why did Nick do this? Do you know his motive?"

The black man paused, his eyes darting around quickly, as if recalling before saying, "He... he seems to have said that there were some problems in The Dragon City, and he wanted to get the gangs there back to work as soon as possible, to restore normal operations, so he contacted us."

"What problems happened to the gangs in The Dragon City? Was it because the offshore business stopped? Did he say whether the gangs in The Dragon City asked him to do this?" Su Tianyu asked eagerly, intending to find out whether Xu Hu and the others were involved.

The criminal shook his head, white foam forming at the corners of his mouth, and replied, "Oh, he didn't mention anyone there to me... I don't know. He only said that the market in The Dragon City had been infiltrated by other organizations, and someone was mixing goods into his channels and selling them, so he was eager to resume work and stabilize the channels. Oh, that's right, the gangs there... someone contacted other suppliers."

Su Tianyu frowned unconsciously when he heard this, "There are other suppliers who want to compete with Warhammer for business?"

...

The Dragon City. At the entrance to an abandoned air-raid shelter, a car stopped, and a man got out and said in a low voice, "Don't move, I'll go in and take a look."