Considering it was the first time Qi Xingzhou took the initiative to ask, after paying the bill and coming out of the restaurant, standing by the roadside waiting for a taxi, Jiang Ning explained in more detail to Qi Xingzhou, "We are now in City A, and the next bad guy we need to catch is in Sanlan City."
"City A is very close to Sanlan City. If we take the high-speed train, it will only be a little over half an hour."
"We’re going to take a taxi to the high-speed rail station now. Once we’re on the train, if you want to rest at noon, you can take a break on the high-speed train."
"The bad guy we need to catch this afternoon is in the hospital; we don’t know what the situation is yet, so we’ll have to play it by ear when we get there."
Jiang Ning’s actions were crisp and decisive, and her voice was as clear and pleasant as the babbling of a mountain stream.
She deliberately slowed down her speech, and Qi Xingzhou listened attentively, nodding from time to time.
After Jiang Ning finished speaking, Qi Xingzhou asked in a low voice, "Have we caught all the bad guys we just apprehended?"
Jiang Ning was startled, "Why do you ask?"
She looked up and saw Qi Xingzhou frown slightly at her counter-question, seemingly struggling with how to phrase his thoughts.
For Qi Xingzhou, this initiative to communicate was already a significant improvement.
Jiang Ning didn’t make it difficult for him and said lightly, "No, we haven’t caught them all."
"This criminal gang has recruited many part-time workers like Bao Huai, Shen Guang, and Chang Sunhuang on the internet, scattered all over the country."
In the past two days alone, the number of tasks released by the System was around fifty.
Jiang Ning could still see those scattered little red dots on the System’s map.
Each red dot represented a criminal.
"But we are only two people. If we run all over the world just to catch these people, we might spend a long time on the road, and that would be too exhausting," Jiang Ning said.
"Besides, we have reported the case to the police, and they have taken over this case. The police will surely conduct a thorough investigation after bringing these criminals back, and they will interrogate them one by one."
"Now that there’s a nationwide police network, police forces are spread all over the country. Once they identify the other suspects, all it takes is a call to the local police to catch the suspects. There’s no need for the two of us to go to great lengths anymore."
Of course, what Jiang Ning didn’t mention was that she and Qi Xingzhou were not police officers. If they continued to apprehend the remaining offenders of this case after having reported it, they might end up being interrogated themselves alongside the criminals.
That was also one of the reasons why Jiang Ning didn’t immediately report the previous day, and didn’t take Shen Guang, Bao Huai, and Chang Sunhuang to the station.
The task rewards for today were clearly much more substantial than those for the trio of Shen Guang. And ultimately, the outcome of taking down the criminal gang was to be the same.
After hearing Jiang Ning’s words, Qi Xingzhou nodded earnestly, having taken her words to heart and completely convinced.
At that moment, Jiang Ning suddenly felt somewhat relieved that the person standing by her side and undertaking the task with her was Qi Xingzhou.
Had it been anyone else, they would have been exceedingly curious about the information on criminals that emerged from her hand, nowhere near as straightforward and obedient as Qi Xingzhou, who listened so well to her.
However, if it weren’t for Qi Xingzhou, Jiang Ning would rather work alone than wish for the existence of a task partner.
As they were talking, a taxi happened to drive up from not far away. Jiang Ning hurriedly waved her hand, led Qi Xingzhou into the taxi, and headed towards the high-speed train station.