Special District 9 Chapter 172: One Case, Two Directions

That very night.

After Squad 4 retreated from the crime scene, the first thing Qin Yu did was to whip out his phone and dial Superintendent Li’s phone number.

“Hello?

“Are you sleeping soon, Uncle Li?”

“Nah. Go ahead and speak.”

“The Police Bureau received a report that the culprit of Wu Yao’s murder case is at Mapleforest Road’s Charity Apartments earlier on,” Qin Yu quickly summarized the situation. “Liu Baochen brought us there. We failed to stop those fellows, but we found a phone and an accounting record in the room.”

“Oh? Go on, I’m listening,” Superintendent Li replied.

“We have yet to take a look at the handphone yet, but we found something interesting on the accounting record. It states clearly in there that Dajun owes the gun dealers money, and Wu Yao’s name is mentioned too,” Qin Yu said with a smile. “This implies that Wu Yao could very well be involved in the gun smuggling business too.”

“What do you mean?” Superintendent Li asked.

Qin Yu took a while to ponder over the matter before replying, “Uncle Li, Yuan Ke is clearly trying to get on the same bed as Wu Wensheng, or else he wouldn’t get Liu Baochen to investigate this matter. Shouldn’t we bite onto this lead?”

“It’s just an accounting record mentioning Wu Yao. What kind of lead is this?” Superintendent Li replied with a frown. “It isn’t persuasive enough. You won’t be able to get Wu Wensheng.”

“For now, yeah, but what if we were to investigate the matter seriously?” Qin Yu said. “If we push the case in other directions, even if we can’t push anyone down in the end, we’ll at least be able to send a warning out to Wu Wensheng. He’ll have his hands full trying to do damage control.”

“His son just died. Don’t you think it’s a little cruel to do this?” Superintendent Li asked with a teasing voice.

“Wu Yao deserved it. It’s karma for everything that he did,” Qin Yu replied coldly. “Besides, if Wu Wensheng gets too close with Yuan Ke, the ones to suffer are us. Rather than waiting for them to consolidate their strengths, we might as well make the preemp

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