Chapter 370: So Simple and Brutal?
by xennovelChapter 370: So Simple and Brutal?
Three sets of files were laid out in front of Xiao Yu.
Xing Chuyang, Male, 41, from Bincheng, owner of a nightclub…
Fang Jie, Male, 41, from Bincheng, unemployed…
Gan Yuzhen, Female, 41, from Bincheng, unemployed…—Xing Chuyang’s wife.
“Although we got their profiles, the individuals remain elusive.”
Guo Qiang, his face laden with guilt, explained, “Fang Jie is single with no fixed address… Meanwhile, Xing Chuyang and Gan Yuzhen went on a trip recently. To track them down, we need to follow their trail and even get help from the police in another province.”
“They were out of town?”
Xiao Yu, a bit taken aback, remarked, “They should be coming back. We can set aside that couple for now… Have you checked Fang Jie’s ID and spending records?”
“Yes, he’s still in the city.”
Guo Qiang nodded, “It’ll take some time to locate him.”
“I’ll give Da Ju a call.”
Taking out his phone, Xiao Yu immediately dialed Da Ju Yun Xiangguo’s number.
The Wild Wolf Murder Case had already claimed two victims; the case was enormous.
Zhao Changshan had already reported upward, and the City Bureau was pressing for a swift breakthrough.
All the case files had been distributed to other investigative units.
The Criminal Investigation Team took the lead, with police forces across the city on standby.
A routine operation.
With the whole city’s police assisting—and with the ID and spending records at hand…
Fang Jie was quickly located.
……
At an apartment, a day-rental room.
When Xiao Yu arrived at the door of the day-rental room, his expression instantly shifted.
Wangdie’s Nose immediately caught a distinct scent.
The smell of Du Pen!
“Breach the door!”
Xiao Yu commanded coldly.
Bang… The wooden door was smashed open by two criminal police officers.
As the team entered, they found a man lying on the bed.
Upon seeing Xiao Yu and the others, he still wore a maniacal grin.
On the bedside table sat a contraption— a baby bottle repurposed into a smoking pipe.
It resembled a hookah.
Flanking the pipe were a glass mouthpiece and a straw.
It was a device specifically fashioned for consuming Du Pen.
On the bedside cabinet lay a tiny plastic bag, no larger than a thumbnail.
Inside was nearly half a pack of a milky, translucent crystalline powder.
Du Pen?!
The group’s faces fell.
They had never expected this.
While probing the Wild Wolf Murder Case, they had stumbled on Du Pen.
The Du Pen case, like the murder case, was a major incident.
It could be escalated into a special case in an instant!
But it’s just a drug—could it really be that outrageous?
It certainly is.
Where there’s such a drug, there’s bound to be trafficking.
And with trafficking come distribution channels.
Follow the trail and you might uncover the drug manufacturing factory…
This was the standard procedure for narcotics officers tracking a case.
“Call our colleagues in the anti-narcotics unit and get someone over here.”
Xiao Yu ordered, his eyes fixed on the man lying on the bed with a foolish grin—Fang Jie.
Du Pen is terribly damaging to the brain.
Long-term use impairs neural pathways, and overdoses can be fatal.
According to top international research, 31% to 43% of users of the drug suffer from neurological disorders.
They become prone to brain ailments.
One wrong move and you’re done for!
In under ten minutes,
Two police officers arrived.
Upon seeing Xiao Yu, a first-level inspector smiled and extended his hand, “Captain Xiao Yu, we’ve been virtually connected for a while. I’m Cheng Shuai from our City Anti-Narcotics Sub-Team, and this is my colleague Li Helong.”
“Pleasure to meet you.”
Xiao Yu smiled as he shook hands with the two anti-narcotics officers.
“Virtually connected?”
That phrase always struck him as odd.
As for the ‘pleasure to meet you’ part…
Honestly, he hadn’t heard of them before—but Xiao Yu was nothing if not skilled at exchanging pleasantries.
“Let’s cut to the chase.”
Xiao Yu pointed at Fang Jie, who was lazily lying on the bed, then gestured toward the tiny half-pack of Du Pen on the bedside cabinet.
The two anti-narcotics officers’ expressions darkened slightly.
Cheng Shuai stepped to the bed, gave Fang Jie a cold, scrutinizing glance, and remarked, “He’s overdosed—but he won’t die!”
Li Helong pulled on a pair of white gloves.
He picked up the Du Pen bag and examined it closely.
Then he retrieved a metal box from his pocket and opened it.
Inside, he took out a glass tool and inserted it into the Du Pen bag.
After the tool collected a bit of powder,
He finally used a lighter to burn it.
Subtle changes began to appear on the glass tool…
“Ice—it’s of exceptionally high purity!”
Li Helong’s expression shifted dramatically as he informed his colleague.
At that, Cheng Shuai’s face hardened noticeably.
Xiao Yu and Guo Qiang exchanged looks, watching the anti-narcotics officers at work.
They couldn’t help but admire their professional technique.
Inside, they mused, that was pretty flashy!
……Now, throw some praise our way……
Xiao Yu noticed as well.
He felt his own training was somewhat lacking.
Compared to their elaborate methods, his techniques were rather plain.
But you can’t blame him— in his previous life he rarely dealt with Du Pen cases.
In this life, he’d only encountered it once, while retrieving a new Du Pen formula.
When it came to drug-related crimes, Xiao Yu still had many gaps in his knowledge…
“This is a serious problem.”
Cheng Shuai stepped forward, his face solemn, “In our city, high-purity ice like this is almost unheard of, and all those channels are under our control. This is a new supply line—the case might be bigger than we thought.”
Xiao Yu absorbed his words and immediately understood the implication.
The Anti-Narcotics Sub-Team’s task was to crack down on drug trafficking.
Whoever’s selling Du Pen, whoever’s supplying it—
…………….
All are under surveillance by the Anti-Narcotics Sub-Team.
Those so-called ‘channels’ are literally supply lines.
They hadn’t arrested the small players because they intended to dig deeper along the channels.
What’s the point of seizing minor offenders?
So then…
If not a selective arrest, then an all-out sweep!
The case is huge.
It’s because they’ve uncovered a new drug trafficking channel.
Everything’s blown up!
Xiao Yu maintained a calm exterior.
Inside, he was already fuming.
We were only investigating the Wild Wolf Murder Case—how did Du Pen come into play?
Of course, these things aren’t rare.
During investigations, it’s not unusual to find a case within a case.
They can be handled separately or in tandem.
“Let’s wake him up and interrogate him; you two can take him away later.”
Xiao Yu smiled at the two anti-narcotics officers, “Handle that part as a separate case afterward.”
He simply didn’t have the energy to juggle two investigations at once.
Just one pack of wild wolves had his head about to explode.
He still couldn’t figure out how the murderer managed to direct the wild wolves.
The professionalism of Cheng Shuai and Li Helong was unmistakable.
They dumped the man into the bathroom.
After a cold splash of water, Fang Jie finally came to.
Xiao Yu and Guo Qiang rolled their eyes.
Is it really going to be this simple and brutal?!
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