Chapter 426: Decisive and Swift
by xennovelChapter 426: Decisive and Swift
“You’re feeling drowsy now. Go to sleep – you’ll wake up on your own in three minutes!”
Xiao Yu gently patted Lai Jun on the head, as though he were patting a dog.
The suggestion and order to break the hypnosis were given, using inducement to rouse the subject from deep hypnosis.
Wake up in three minutes!
Exiting the interrogation room, Xiao Yu encountered Zhao Changshan, Zhou Tinghu, and his apprentice Wang Cheng.
They looked at him with astonishment, as if beholding a dinosaur from the Cretaceous.
“Xiao Yu, your hypnosis technique…”
Zhao Changshan struggled for words: “It’s quite remarkable!”
Zhou Tinghu and Wang Cheng nodded in agreement.
Remarkable? It’s almost like magic!
“It’s not as amazing as you think.”
Not wanting to sound like a monster, Xiao Yu smiled and said, “Hypnosis is simply a blend of medicine and science—mainly psychology. ‘414’ has nearly two centuries of history in medicine, dating back to 1843. The process is cumbersome and challenging, so most people just can’t master it.”
Hypnosis is not a branch of psychology.
Yet, knowing psychology doesn’t guarantee mastery of hypnosis.
Only those who truly understand psychology can wield hypnosis.
“If this ability fell into the wrong hands…”
Resourceful as ever, Wang Cheng piped up, “Thankfully, our mentor is a cop—a good man!”
“Are all cops really good?”
Xiao Yu’s smile faded as he fixed his gaze on his apprentice.
“Huh?” Wang Cheng was taken aback.
Had he misspoken?
He thought, if cops weren’t good, how could they be cops?
Zhao Changshan and Zhou Tinghu exchanged amused glances and shook their heads.
Youth really is a blessing!
But there is still a long road ahead…
For veteran detectives…
They clearly understood the meaning behind Xiao Yu’s words.
Do good men truly wish to be cops?
What a joke!
If that’s what you believe, you might as well leave the force now.
Otherwise, sooner or later you’ll get hurt, even to the point of sacrificing your life.
You could be killed in brutally cruel ways by criminals!
“A senior once told me something, and now I pass it on to you.”
Xiao Yu fixed his gaze on Wang Cheng, enunciating each word, “Compassion leads to weak leadership; kindness doesn’t mix with policing. Good men just aren’t cut out to be cops!”
After speaking, he ignored his stunned apprentice and turned to the boss, “Apprehend Second Elder Liu Changcheng!”
He needed to rest.
He hadn’t slept for two days and one night.
If he kept this up, even if he didn’t suffer a heart attack…
His body would bear unnecessary strain.
He couldn’t risk his own life…
Watching Xiao Yu’s departing back, Wang Cheng remained lost in thought for a long while.
Zhao Changshan also left.
While calling the City Bureau to arrange a joint capture,
he led his team in pursuit of the suspect Liu Changcheng…
As a mentor in the Criminal Investigation Team, Zhou Tinghu was determined to teach rookie Wang Cheng a lesson: “Have you really understood what your master said?”
“Huh?”
Coming to his senses, Wang Cheng scratched his head and said nothing.
Silence meant he hadn’t figured it out.
“Heh heh…”
Zhou Tinghu laughed and patted Wang Cheng’s shoulder, “Your master wasn’t wrong. Good men really can’t make it as cops!”
“This…”
Wang Cheng was both shocked and confused.
Remember, Zhou Tinghu was the mentor here.
His work focused on political and ideological education.
How could he say something like that?
“I’ve encountered countless bizarre crimes and cases,”
Zhou Tinghu sighed, “Sometimes to catch criminals we have to think like them—even mimic their actions at times.”
“We constantly rack our brains, trying to figure out how to find and capture them.”
“I was young once too. I still remember when I’d only been on duty for a couple of years after being confirmed as an officer.”
“On one mission, a fellow rookie—only a few months into his job—was sacrificed!”
“Do you know how he died?”
“He and a senior detective went to investigate a case and tracked down a suspect.”
“A woman—a mother of a child.”
“The senior detective went to the vicinity of the suspect’s home to gather clues while leaving the young officer to keep watch over the female suspect.”
“The rookie, thinking the woman looked frail and was just a mother, didn’t pay much attention to her.”
“Then the woman pleaded with him to remove her cuffs, saying she needed to feed her baby, who was crying loudly.”
“Moved by pity and kindness, the young officer unlocked her cuffs…”
“But as soon as the woman began to undress to feed her child and the officer turned away,”
“The woman grabbed the fruit knife from the coffee table and slashed the officer…”
“By the time the senior partner returned, the rookie was lying in a pool of blood.”
“He had been stabbed more than twenty times and was long dead!”
“Even in death, the rookie’s expression remained blank—unable to comprehend what had just occurred…”
“A kind heart is admirable; humanity is inherently good. But such kindness must never be extended to criminals.”
“To those who commit crimes, your compassion appears as a laughable weakness. They will weaponize your kindness.”
“They will exploit it in countless ways to escape—even… kill you!”
“If you don’t change this mindset…”
At this point, Zhou Tinghu looked earnestly at the dumbfounded Wang Cheng and said, “I suggest you either switch to a desk job or… leave the force!”
…
When Xiao Yu finally awoke, six hours had passed.
Stepping out of the office, he found Wang Cheng sitting on a bench in the corridor.
At that moment, Wang Cheng looked dazed and confused, as if his soul had deserted him.
Xiao Yu smiled.
It was the first time a man had moved him so deeply.
Even the pure camaraderie among men hadn’t yet had time to flourish.
He recalled how in a past life his master had said that good men couldn’t be cops.
He himself, at 3.9, felt as perplexed as Wang Cheng did now.
His mind had been in knots for most of the day.
What a promising recruit… Xiao Yu smiled as he walked over.
Their eyes met—had he finally found the right one?
“Still confused?”
Sitting beside Wang Cheng, Xiao Yu pulled out a cigarette and handed it to his now-alert apprentice.
Wang Cheng accepted the cigarette with a complex expression.
Xiao Yu took out his lighter and lit the cigarette for his apprentice.
Sometimes a man lights a cigarette while his loneliness burns within him.
It’s as trivial as a fart—
Just like the food you swallow, along with your unyielding spirit…
“Stop overthinking it.”
Xiao Yu took a long drag and said, “From now on, whether you face a male or female criminal, just remember one thing… take him out!”
A true man acts swiftly and decisively!