The head of the B City Branch showed no sign of sleepiness on his face.
Instead, there was a sense of seriousness and urgency:
"You finally made it!"
Seeing Officer Hu push the door open and enter, he stood up immediately:
"The phones over at the patrol team are ringing off the hook!"
"The patrol team?"
Officer Hu was taken aback.
Then he shrugged helplessly and asked:
"Boss, the patrol team's phones are blowing up, what's that got to do with us in criminal investigation?"
This tone carried a tinge of resentment.
The implication seemed to be, calling me out of bed in the middle of the night for something like this?
"Nonsense!"
The boss said to Officer Hu, exasperated:
"If the patrol team could handle it, would I need to call you?!"
"I'm not just calling you, I've already contacted the SWAT team!"
"What?!" Hearing this, Officer Hu got excited!
The SWAT team has been alerted?
Doesn't that mean something big has happened?!
In an instant, his expression turned serious, and he briskly walked over to the boss and asked:
"Boss, what on earth happened? A murder? A robbery? A kidnapping? Or some fugitive gang made it here?"
Seeing Officer Hu like this, the head of the B City Branch's eye twitched slightly, and then he shook his head and said:
"None of those."
"None of those?" Officer Hu's eyes suddenly had that clarity typical of a college student.
The boss continued:
"Over in the west of the city, several high-rise buildings, the top four or five floors' glass shattered simultaneously!"
"More than a hundred households are affected, and our patrol officers are nearly stretched thin."
"When we investigate door to door, people talk even more bizarrely; someone mentioned something about an air bomb? Some even said they saw something flying? The glass shattered because the flying object broke the sound barrier and caused vibrations?"
"In short, there's all sorts of talk, but our investigation found absolutely no traces."
The more Officer Hu listened, the more his gaze became like that of a college student.
Eventually, he just stiffly twitched the corner of his mouth and said to the boss:
"Are you dreaming?"
"Whack!"
"Ow!"
The boss gave Officer Hu a crisp thump on the forehead on the spot!
"Can you be a bit more serious?!"
Officer Hu awkwardly stood straight, chest out, head high, ready to be reprimanded at any moment.
The boss rolled his eyes, waved his hand, and said:
"Take your team from criminal investigation to the scene to check out what's going on."
"Report if you find any clues, if not, turn it over to...."
But just as the boss got to this point in his sentence.
"Ring! Ring! Ring!"
The phone on his desk suddenly started ringing urgently.
Both the boss and Officer Hu were startled.
Although the phone had just started ringing.
They both felt that this call was probably related to what had just happened.
So, Officer Hu didn't leave, and the boss picked up the phone immediately:
"Hello? It's the head of the B City Branch..."
"Clack!" As soon as the boss said half a sentence, he instantly stood at attention:
"Good evening, sir, you're working hard!"
Wow, Officer Hu pursed his lips as he watched this scene.
But from his behavior, it was clear this call came from higher-ups.
He then heard the head of the branch say persistently:
"Yes, yes, it really happened."
"Exactly, we haven't figured it out yet, sorry to disappoint you."
"No, no, this is our fault for neglecting our duties...."
"What? Withdraw everyone? Stop investigating?"
Suddenly, the boss of the branch produced a strange sound.
This made Officer Hu curious, so he leaned closer.
But the boss's attention clearly wasn't on Officer Hu, instead, he curiously asked into the phone:
"Boss, what exactly happened?"
But the next second, he stood at attention again, with a "Clack!":
"Yes! Your criticism is right, sir!"
"Yes! I guarantee the mission will be completed, I'll arrange it right away!"
After saying this, the branch boss hung up the phone, pursing his lips.
Then he slowly sat down in his chair, staring at the phone in a daze.
But this made the very curious Officer Hu anxious!
He quickly came closer and asked:
"Boss, who was that on the phone? Related to what just happened? Did we receive any special instructions?"
The branch boss was brought back to reality by Officer Hu.
He didn't explain to Officer Hu, and instead waved his hand and said:
"Alright, there's nothing more, go back and rest, I still need to contact the SWAT team to tell them not to assemble."
"Huh?"
"That's it?"
Officer Hu stared blankly at the branch boss:
"So what exactly happened?"
Upon hearing this question, the branch boss seemed to get instantly irritated and loudly opened his mouth to Officer Hu:
"Ask only what should be asked! Don't ask what shouldn't be! Do I still need to teach you this?!"
"Go execute the command!"
Fine!
Officer Hu finally understood why his boss had to say that before hanging up the phone.
You have to admit, this branch boss was pretty good at passing down orders from higher-ups.
Even the wording was replicated a hundred percent accurately.
Though Officer Hu was grumbling inwardly, rank has its privileges.
He could only stand and withdraw.
After leaving the office, Officer Hu kept looking back, seemingly a bit reluctant to leave.
"Dad!" But a sudden clear voice almost made Officer Hu jump on the spot.
Seeing Hu Huixin standing in front of him, Officer Hu suppressed his annoyance and said:
"Why are you being so jumpy?!"
Hu Huixin didn't care about her father's mood at all, and instead directly asked:
"So, what happened for us to be called over in the middle of the night?"
Hearing this question, Officer Hu coughed, straightened his clothes, clasped his hands behind him, puffed out his chest, and said:
"Ask only what should be asked! Don't ask what shouldn't be! Do I still need to teach you this?!"
With that, he strode off, leaving Hu Huixin bewildered!
Wow, this kind of practice really does get passed down from one level to the next?
However, Officer Hu might as well have told Hu Huixin!
Maybe, if Hu Huixin heard there was something flying, causing building glass to shatter.
The first thought that might come to her mind would be whether Zhang Feng was back?
Zhang Feng indeed came back, but now he's gone again.
Even though he had Lin Rui clinging onto him, along with the corpse of Lin Rui's aunt.
His speed through the night sky didn't slow at all.
Except the golden light enveloping him had also extended to Lin Rui.
After all, his skin and muscles were tough enough to endure such speed.
But Lin Rui's delicate skin definitely couldn't take it.
Before long.
The Toy Park in Haicheng, brightly lit, illuminated Zhang Feng and Lin Rui's little faces.
Qin Huan was still standing in front of that circular building.
The man Qin Huan kicked away earlier was panting heavily in front of Qin Huan, seemingly reporting something serious.
Qin Huan didn't seem to hear what was said, but he looked disappointed and muttered lowly:
"If only Zhang Feng were here now."
"Boom!!" A violent tremor was felt.
"Ah!" The man was so frightened he was sent flying again!
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