Chapter 166 Set the Stage

Hou Guoyu looked at Su Tianyu: "It's me again? What for this time?!"

"Because no one else has your skill." Su Tianyu unhesitatingly buttered him up: "You don't have to worry about anything on the periphery; just give me the crucial shot."

Hou Guoyu felt pretty good after being flattered: "Speaking of which, I won't argue with you on that. In the entire Dragon City, no one has a steadier hand than me!"

"Exactly, exactly, you're the best, you're the brightest!" Su Tianyu gave him a thumbs up.

"Stop the nonsense, tell me, what's the plan?" Hou Guoyu asked.

Su Tianyu scratched his head: "Actually, the hardest part is how you get away. As for the target, it's best if we can eliminate him, but if we can't, a gunshot will do. Our main goal is to startle them and get them into our rhythm..."

After listening to Su Tianyu's plan, Hou Guoyu nodded slowly: "You have arrangements for the periphery?"

"Yes, Feng Ge went to handle it tonight. Spent over a hundred. We have people inside and out." Su Tianyu replied.

"Then there's no problem." Hou Guoyu agreed without hesitation: "Leave it to me."

...

Around 8:30 PM, inside the investigation team's compound.

Zhou Xian led his team out of the interrogation room and headed for the restaurant.

Just now, the investigation team interrogated four officers from the 112th Regiment, including the regimental staff officer. These people insisted that Yang Gang had accepted bribes from outside the district and colluded with the Tongji Society and the Chi Army to steal military supplies.

Zhou Xian was definitely skeptical about this statement, but he didn't show any unusual emotions.

The group arrived at the investigation team's restaurant. Zhou Xian drank his soup and casually asked the core members next to him, "What do you think?"

"It feels a little too smooth." A middle-aged man frowned, smoking a cigarette, and replied, "The 112th Regiment didn't say anything sooner or later, but these four people suddenly came out at this time, all pointing the finger at Yang Gang. It looks a bit strange."

"Same as what I was thinking." Another person chimed in, "It feels like this was arranged."

Zhou Xian nodded slowly: "The military supplies case is definitely related to the Tongji Society, but Yang Gang may not be the key suspect. Someone wants us to finish the investigation and leave as soon as possible, so they came up with these four reporting officers. Heh, the military and political circles of this Dragon City are truly rotten to the core! Before I even drew my Shangfang sword, someone already pissed their pants in fear."

"Indeed."

"Don't rush. After dinner, we'll meet Yang Gang and see what he has to say." Zhou Xian chuckled to himself, "If he admits to colluding with the Tongji Society, he'll have to provide evidence."

"Yes, yes!"

Everyone nodded.

...

Dragon City, Longkou District Electricity Department.

The director of the department found a team leader in charge of street areas, and the two met inside a car.

"You go do it. After you're done, go through the normal maintenance procedures. Make sure to record all the steps clearly, and don't leave any hidden dangers." The director said in a low voice.

"Understood." The team leader replied softly, "We just receive a call and respond normally, right?"

"Yes." The director nodded.

"Alright, then I know."

After the two finished communicating, the team leader quickly left the parking lot, while the director drove home alone.

At the same time, near the investigation team's office compound, Lu Feng, Wei Xiangzuo, Gu Baishun, and Da Bai, among others, had each called their brothers, waiting for Gou Liu Zi's call.

...

Around 9:00 PM.

Zhou Xian and the others had finished dinner at the restaurant and were heading towards the main building.

"Any news from Fei Pingsheng's side?" Zhou Xian asked softly, walking ahead of the group with his hands behind his back.

"It seems like he was taken by Jin Maohui..."

"Shua!"

Just as the assistant was about to reply, all the lights in the entire compound suddenly went out. Everyone was stunned for a moment and immediately looked around, seeing that the buildings and residential buildings in the surrounding neighborhoods were also dark.

"Power outage?!"

The assistant muttered, "Why is it all dark here?"

Zhou Xian frowned and immediately ordered, "Have someone call the Electricity Department and ask what's going on. If it's a regional power outage, have them restore power to this compound. We still have to work tonight."

"Alright!" The assistant responded.

Zhou Xian looked at a man next to him and asked, "This compound doesn't have a backup power system, does it?"

"It's just an old, disused headquarters office unit. It's not a business, why would it have a backup power system?" The man shook his head: "It doesn't have that function."

Zhou Xian, with his hands behind his back, urged again, "Hurry up and ask!"

Five minutes later, the group returned to the entrance of the main building, standing outside and talking in the moonlight.

The assistant returned after making the call and immediately said to Zhou Xian, "The fault is near us. The people from the Electricity Department are working on it, but it's estimated to take two or three hours to restore power."

"Doesn't that mean we can't get any work done tonight?"

"...!" Zhou Xian looked at the surrounding scene, feeling inexplicably annoyed: "How can we run into such coincidences?!"

...

Tianhong Port.

Su Tianyu sat in a pavilion, holding a phone and asking, "The power is out, right?"

"It's out." Da Bai replied.

"Apply some pressure." Su Tianyu immediately instructed, "Remember, no matter if they take the bait or not, don't cross the line."

"Understood!"

Da Bai hung up the phone, picked up the walkie-talkie next to him and shouted, "Brothers, let's get to work!"

With the order issued, Wei Xiangzuo, Gu Baishun, Lu Feng and the others immediately sat in their cars, remotely directing their subordinates to carry out the planned operations.

Around 9:20 PM.

On a street to the left of the investigation compound, more than a dozen cars with out-of-district merchant licenses appeared.

The convoy stopped, and the people in the cars didn't get out. They all sat inside talking.

Five minutes later, in several streets less than two kilometers from the investigation team's compound, vehicles with out-of-district licenses appeared. Some were in groups of three or five, others in groups of two or three.

Soon.

A captain responsible for the investigation team's security ran to the main building's front door, sweating profusely, and said to Zhou Xian, "Deputy Team Leader... I... the situation here is a bit unusual!"

"What's unusual?" Zhou Xian asked.

"There are many suspicious vehicles in the surrounding area, about twenty or so in total, and they're full of people." The captain replied in a low voice, "They're near us!"

Hearing this, Zhou Xian's heart skipped a beat.

"Zhi Ga!" (sound of brakes)

At this moment, two vans appeared at the main entrance of the compound, their windows heavily tinted.

Zhou Xian looked towards the entrance, his heart rate inexplicably accelerating.

Quiet, after a brief silence, everyone at the main entrance of the main building became nervous and lost the mood for joking.

"Something's wrong, something's wrong...!"

Just then, a shout suddenly came from inside the building: "The warehouse is on fire!"