Chapter 58: Operation: Hidden Suspect

Call someone.

Xiao Yu looked at Wang Dong and said, “The guy probably didn’t run!”

Wangdie’s Nose indicated that suspect Wang Hu was hiding on a boat.

But in cases like this, he couldn’t just announce it outright; he had to catch the culprit directly.

Otherwise, how would you explain being able to predict things by merely calculating?

“Hmm?”

Wang Dong’s eyes fixed on Xiao Yu as he asked, “How did you figure that out?”

“Anyone who gets into National Security isn’t exactly simple-minded,” he remarked.

“Did you really think Wang Dong never considered that possibility?”

“I just thought it was a bit unrealistic, yet you’re so sure?”

In that instant, Xiao Yu felt a tingling on his scalp, his emotions a tangled mess.

Instinctively, he felt a wary respect for Old Silver Coin!

“I don’t know,” he admitted.

Xiao Yu shook his head. “It’s just a feeling!”

Sometimes a person’s intuition works in mysterious ways.

Even scientists admit that humans can sometimes sense what’s coming.

Mystical as it sounds, it’s real!

Only then did Wang Dong lower his gaze, pull out his phone, and call for backup.

An hour later.

Four military vehicles arrived, and a hundred armed riot police leaped out like dumplings in boiling water, scouring every boat.

National Security is truly something else… Xiao Yu mused quietly.

For instance, when the police need to deploy riot police, the City Bureau must apply to the Provincial Department because they lack direct command.

Yet one call from National Security brings in the riot police immediately.

Is it really that casual?

Xiao Yu began to grasp the true extent of National Security’s power.

Forget it—don’t tread on thin ice. Don’t even think about joining National Security.

It’s just not safe for a time-traveler like you!

Another hour passed.

The riot police commander reported that no suspicious individuals were found, and suspect Wang Hu was nowhere to be seen.

Wang Dong gave Xiao Yu a half-smile.

“Don’t look at me like that. Don’t I deserve some face?” Xiao Yu said seriously. “Brother Wang, let’s go search together.”

“Alright,” Wang Dong agreed.

Wang Dong nodded and walked with Xiao Yu toward a boat.

Acting under pressure was exhausting; Xiao Yu pretended to search three boats.

Until they reached a small freighter.

Though small, it was still a hundred-ton vessel—immensely larger than ordinary boats.

The vessel featured rest cabins and a bridge at both ends, with a large recessed platform in the middle holding cargo containers.

Boarding the freighter, Xiao Yu and Wang Dong noticed numerous containers arranged on deck.

Everyone on board—from the crew to the passengers—gathered uneasily in front of the armed riot police.

With the suspect likely onboard, Xiao Yu quickly scanned the containers and began checking the rest cabins and bridge.

Eventually, he ended up standing before the containers.

Many had already been opened by the police.

Yet a full inspection wasn’t possible without lifting equipment.

“Are you suspecting the containers?”

Wang Dong frowned as he watched Xiao Yu scrutinizing each container.

“I don’t know—let’s take a closer look first,” Xiao Yu replied.

He approached one container, began climbing, and eventually made it up to the fourth layer.

Usually, a cargo container measures about 5 meters long, 2 meters wide, and 2 meters high; four layers would be just over 8 meters tall.

At the top, Xiao Yu walked along the containers…

Until he reached a wide gap amid the stacked containers.

There was no one in the gap; Xiao Yu could see it clearly.

So why was suspect Wang Hu’s scent wafting through that gap?

A gap only a foot wide couldn’t allow a person to open a container and enter.

“What’s the matter?” Wang Dong came over to Xiao Yu.

“Nothing… just one possibility,” Xiao Yu murmured, still fixated on the gap.

He then asked, “Were the containers modified?”

Most containers have doors that open outward, rarely inward.

Unless they’re special containers.

And the ones piled up before him were the most ordinary kind.

Upon hearing Xiao Yu’s comment, Wang Dong frowned, “We’ll know once we check.”

A crane truck rolled up as Xiao Yu and Wang Dong climbed down, and the machine began lifting each container toward the shore platform.

Just then, with a splash, a crew member jumped into the sea.

Xiao Yu and Wang Dong exchanged a glance and smiled.

Both clever men had anticipated something.

How could someone escape in front of armed soldiers? What were they thinking?

Within twenty minutes, the crew member who had jumped was hauled ashore by two towering riot police.

He had been knocked out in the water before being pulled out!

The fact that a crew member tried to escape already indicated trouble.

The remaining captain and crew turned pale, their expressions filled with panic.

“You sure have some luck,” Wang Dong remarked, his gaze lingering on Xiao Yu.

Wang Dong gave Xiao Yu a deep, meaningful look.

“I was thinking the same,” Xiao Yu replied.

Though he smiled, inside he silently pleaded: Old Silver Coin, stay away from me!

All the personnel on the freighter were now under complete control of the riot police.

Xiao Yu and Wang Dong then approached a special container.

Their smiles grew even wider.

This container was indeed unique; it had a hidden door in its center.

A faint buzzing sound could be heard.

That was the generator!

Why would all containers contain a generator?

It was for refrigeration!

Refrigerated containers aren’t unusual, but they are costly and typically used for transporting perishable goods.

Yet such containers usually rely on the ship’s power, and it’s rare to see one with a built-in refrigeration unit.

How does an ordinary container get converted into a refrigerated one? Something’s off.

The hidden door was forcibly cut open by riot police armed with tools.

At that moment, as the door swung open, a man appeared before everyone.

He knelt obediently at the entrance of the hidden compartment, his hands raised high.

“Suspect Wang Hu!”