When Yang Qingyue received the notifications, she immediately called the relevant police chief in that area because the location was outside her jurisdiction.
Bursting into other's areas of responsibility with her subordinates without alerting was impolite. Fortunately, if things went south, Ling Qingyu's guards were already ready to come out of the shadows.
She paid attention to the victim; not the gangs' fight for territories. As long as ordinary people weren't hurt, it shouldn't be too late for the police to act.
Naturally, she wanted to act but her authority and strength weren't enough. Let the gangs play around for the while before she struck them in one fell swoop.
Nonetheless, this wasn't the first time, Yang Qingyue had to step up communicating with other's jurisdiction.
Last time, Su Ruomei's subordinates raided a man with a prestigious reputation as a teacher at midnight.
There was no time for a search warrant or so. Yang Qingyue only knew the suspect had kidnapped two females matching the descriptions of missing lists two days ago and the special unit detected their presence merely for the slightest moment.
Looking backward in time, there was no record of the women entering the house. That was the biggest anomaly for Athena. It seemed like the man purposefully avoided several CCTV spots. The victims' origin also appeared to come from another province.
The problem arose—there was no direct evidence to search or probable cause except the guards' hypothesis. However, Athena's logic wasn't without any explanation.
Since the CCTV around detected the figure in the house, resembling 80 percent of the people on the missing list, Athena pressed up attention and tried to investigate, even resorting to hacking the owner's electronics and discovering the truth.
Su Ruomei and the rest of the sisters believed Athena's statement because all the intelligence she delivered had been proven. None had ever shown falsehood.
Although they didn't know the real identity of Athena, they nearly regarded her as a human version god of wisdom.
Despite Yang Qingyue's persuasion to hold tight before taking action, Su Ruomei and her team didn't care because someone's life was at stake. If they didn't know, it was fine to do nothing.
But they knew. That was the problem. Nonetheless, the following events deemed their decision was the most correct.
Under the cover of the night, the team chose the most appropriate time when the suspect wouldn't be around public areas. Illegally searching might be detrimental to their image in public eyes.
Just when the suspect parked in front of the cars, Su Ruomei's team members stepped out of the vehicle and apprehended him, who was caught off-guard, exclaiming innocence as if to draw attention from the neighborhood.
Despite some eyes laid on them, the team continued its action, breaching the door and clearing the house. Inside the basement, they found two women, unconscious, naked and bodies filled with severe wounds.
No one needed to think more, about what happened to the two female victims, judging from their appearance. Outer injuries could be healed easily and the rescue was on time. The mental damages the victims bear wouldn't be able to recover in a short time.
But these were none of Su Ruomei's team business. They did the real deal. The consequence was Yang Qingyue having a headache to deal with the aftermath.
Even if the guards successfully arrested the criminals, their actions were under others' jurisdiction. Yang Qingyue and the other chief quarreled over the punishment of the guards.
As allies, Yang Qingyue would defend her group without hesitation. Not to mention, they were in the right. Because of a timely raid, two women's lives were saved early.
As time passed, everyone unraveled the suspect was a serial killer, linked to the murders of dozens of women. The case had risen to the national level and must be transferred. The contradiction died down when news leaked to the public, causing outrage.
The ones who felt the most fortunate and intense were family members of the rescued women. They were relieved and glad for the police's timely action.
The culprit Athena did a good deed without leaving her name so that the attention went elsewhere. Now, everyone selectively forgot the guards' misappropriate methods and chimed in praises to take over some reputation values.
After all, what no other province could solve, had been taken care of easily by the police of Province N. No one would be a fool to raise problems and objections. This was the best moment for a good record in their career. Athena hid her name and facilitated Yang Qingyue.
Of course, during this month, Su Ruomei's team and Yang Qingyue's subordinates targeted the Tiger gang.
With Athena's timely intel, they would arrest many gang members with evidence on their hands, without giving them the opportunity to dispose.
Caught red-handed meant more difficulty in extracting them out of prison through politics. No matter how much connection and how many handles Leader Hu had, he couldn't waste his only chance to save his subordinates.
Even if he made a move, Yang Qingyue had the confidence to catch them again. Besides, no one liked to waste and risk their careers, trying to return a favor or help the gang leader, especially under strict monitoring and the situation without any more room to maneuver.
His subordinates were getting thinner as more entered the prison. However, the gang boss wasn't afraid someone would betray him because the desperadoes knew desperadoes best.
No one dared to endanger their family members. Gangs had no moral codes and since they committed these crimes before, they knew their boss was also a ruthless character.
Their mouths remained shut even if they were aware they would spend the whole life in prison. Yang Qingyue's and her subordinates' heads became dizzy when tackling such issues. No one confessed to leniency.
Fortunately, Ling Qingyu would deal with the tiger gang, Yang Qingyue thought bitterly. As police, her hands were tied and it seemed gangsters were more fearful of the same kind than punishments in the law. Funny, was her belief wrong in the first place?
Nonetheless, the pressure kept up. Su Ruomei and her team helped Yang Qingyue in apprehending the suspects. As long as Athena found Tiger gang's mistakes, the team acted.
Both Su Ruomei and Jiang Yu were busy this month.
They had raided several gambling spots and rescued many women from prostitution and sex trafficking. They had seized drugs and contrabands. Any spots related to Tiger gang were targeted.
Sometimes, Athena's intels were relayed to Yang Qingyue by Su Ruomei on purpose. The two cooperated in several successful operations, even digging out weapon caches, breaking teeth and nails of Tiger gang.
Naturally, other gangs weren't spared if they accidentally entered the eyes of law enforcement and Athena. Although Athena specifically aimed for Tiger, some things couldn't be ignored, forcing many gangs to stay low, achieving another short peace across the Province.
Any moves to hide or transfer away contraband couldn't escape Athena's eyes. Even the secret communication in codes was easily deciphered. Those obstructions couldn't stand Athena's careful computation.
The gangs were frightened so much so that they believed an undercover was within their team. Or else, how could the police receive exact news as everything they did was on the radar?