Chapter 78: Chapter 74: Caught Up in a Major Case

The daily rental apartment on the 23rd floor obviously seemed more legitimate than the one on the 15th floor, with a reception desk even set up in the corridor.

Upon seeing Gu Ji and the others, the female receptionist widened her eyes, appearing somewhat flustered.

“Don’t be afraid, are you a staff member?”

The female receptionist nodded immediately.

Mr. Zhou took out his police badge, “We are from the Ningjiang District Narcotics Unit and Special Patrol Police, here to arrest a suspect. We hope your apartment can cooperate! Look for the resident in room 2307.”

“2307…”

The female receptionist mumbled, pulling up the guest information from her laptop, and turned the screen: “The registered resident of 2307 is named Chen Rui.”

The photo on the ID card depicted in the image is a young man with yellow-dyed hair styled in a quiff, looking around twenty years old.

“Is he the only one?”

“Yes! Just him.”

The female receptionist thought for a moment, then confirmed.

The bald man in black also pointed out with his finger, indicating that this was indeed his accomplice.

Gu Ji also squeezed forward to take a close look at the apartment layout displayed on the computer screen, noting that room “2037” is 30 square meters with an “L” shaped layout. The door leads to the bathroom and kitchen, and the living and bedroom areas are combined.

This means that besides the bathroom, there aren’t many other places to hide.

“Give me the key to 2037.”

Mr. Zhou requested a spare key from the female receptionist, pushed the bald man in black forward, and slowly approached the security door, warning:

“You know what to do, don’t try anything funny, got it?”

“Got it.”

The bald man in black stood obediently in front of the peephole, while the others took positions on either side of the door, weapons drawn in advance. Gao Bo knocked on the door with his finger.

“Who?”

A suspicious voice questioned from inside the room.

“It’s me, Gangzi…”

The bald man in black called out, but perhaps due to nervousness, his voice quivered slightly.

“Just a moment, Gangzi…”

Chen Rui responded, but after a moment, the security door didn’t open, nor was there any sound from inside, not even footsteps.

Zhang Wenjun squinted his eyes, exchanged a glance with Mr. Zhou, and it was clear that the accomplice, Chen Rui, was already “alert.” So he immediately signaled to Gao Bo to break in.

He inserted the spare key into the lock, gently turned it with one hand, and slowly twisted the door handle with the other.

The door opened, and Mr. Zhou rushed in with his gun drawn.

But before he could assess the situation inside, the bathroom door suddenly opened a crack. A silver glint flashed out like lightning.

“Watch out, Mr. Zhou!”

Gu Ji shouted loudly, his eyes sharp as an eagle’s, and swung his baton with a powerful twist, striking fiercely with full force, the tip of the baton slicing through the air with a whirling sound, like a hungry tiger leaping at its prey, fiercely piercing the silver glint from behind!

Crack! A clear sound of a bone breaking, followed by a tragic scream from inside the crack, the silver glint clattered onto the floor at the threshold, wobbling back and forth. It was a dagger!

“Good lad!”

Mr. Zhou shouted back, kicking open the bathroom door. The figure inside was kicked back against the wall.

“Squat down! Hands on your head! Now!”

“Squat down!!”

“Hands on your head! Quick!”

Mr. Zhou, Gu Ji, and Zhang Wenjun simultaneously charged into the bathroom, shouting, with two gun barrels and a baton all aimed at the yellow-haired man collapsed on the ground, clutching his right hand in pain.

Gao Bo drew out a baton as well, pointing at the bald man in black outside the door, “You, get down too!”

Faced with the police’s strong armed control, the yellow-haired man ultimately couldn’t escape and was handcuffed by Mr. Zhou.

After dispersing the onlookers, two more officers came up at Mr. Zhou’s command. The six of them escorted the bald man in black and the yellow-haired man down to the apartment lobby by elevator, only relaxing after putting them into the patrol car.

Mr. Zhou fanned his neck with his hand, wiped his sweat, and turned to Gu Ji:

“Hehehe, good lad, what’s your name?”

“Gu Ji.”

“Gu Ji… Not bad, quick response, decisive action. How did you guess that yellow-haired guy would ambush in the bathroom?”

“I observed the room layout on the apartment reception computer in advance. The bathroom was the only place by the door where someone could hide, so I paid extra attention.”

Gu Ji spoke truthfully.

Mr. Zhou pointed at him, clicking his tongue in praise:

“You’re meticulous! That’s why they say special police excel in indoor operations. Wasn’t it you who discovered that supermarket owner earlier tonight too? It means I, old Zhou, just caught a ride on your coattails tonight and solved a big case! Plus, you saved me just now. Give me your number, I must treat you to a meal someday!”

“Hey? Mr. Zhou, it wasn’t just him doing the work, Gao Bo and I helped too, right?”

Zhang Wenjun suddenly intervened, “This big case and the credit, shouldn’t it at least involve a big feast?”

“Oh you, you just worry I’ll steal Gu Ji from you!”

Mr. Zhou laughed heartily, “Alright, I’ll treat all of you.”

After saying that, he turned back and whispered secretly in Gu Ji’s ear: “Don’t mind Zhang Wenjun, if you’re interested, come find me in the Narcotics Unit, I have high hopes for you!!”

“Hey! Hey! Mr. Zhou, I’m not deaf!”

“Hahaha…”

…

Huimin Building Restaurant, Wuxuan District, Ningzhou City.

Hiding in the green shrubbery and along the walls outside the building were several armed police officers and special forces, of course, accompanied by quite a few new recruits, among them was Wu Kang.

Wu Kang glanced at his watch; it was already 9:06 PM, six minutes past the scheduled transaction time, yet the seller was nowhere to be seen.

While most officers engaged in routine inspections, as a member of the Wuxuan District SWAT assault team, he naturally participated in tonight’s largest operation:

Drug dealer capture!

At this moment, Wu Kang was eager to make a meritorious contribution.

He anxiously patted his captain, “Fei Zhong, why hasn’t the seller shown up yet, could the information have leaked?”

“You must learn to stay calm, wait a bit more…”

Unexpectedly, just as Fei Zhong started to speak, his tactical earpiece seemed to carry some information, and the next second, he spoke in a low voice: “Two of the sellers have just been jointly captured by Ningjiang District Special Patrol Unit and the Narcotics Unit, all drugs seized. Now all that’s left is the seller inside Huimin Building. Prepare to move!”

Already captured?

Hearing this news, Wu Kang felt as if his heart dropped; two big catches were just gone like that.

As he regretted this missed opportunity, he suddenly felt as though he had overlooked something.

“Ningjiang District Special Patrol Unit… isn’t that Gu Ji’s team?”

How could it be him?

Why?!

Wu Kang couldn’t comprehend how the routine patrolling Special Patrol could have captured drug dealers.

Realizing that Gu Ji snatched his glory, he felt unbearably frustrated, especially now that his earlier boast seemed utterly ridiculous!

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