Chapter 1 An Unjust Beginning

Inside the disciplinary department of the Dragon City garrison corps, a lieutenant colonel was hanging naked from iron chains, covered in blood.

"Will you talk?! Are you an inside man?" An officer of the disciplinary department, a full colonel, grabbed the lieutenant colonel's hair and questioned him.

"I...I said...I'm not an inside man." Blood flowed down the lieutenant colonel's face as he slowly shook his head and replied, "I'm a perfectly good, regular army lieutenant colonel... why... why would I be an inside man?"

"If you're not an inside man, why didn't you intercept the bandits? A thousand or two people ran through your defense zone. How do you explain that?" The full colonel questioned with a grim face, "Did they have wings? So many goods, so many people, did they fly out of the border? Huh?!"

"I didn't even see them! They cut through the gap between two regiments." The lieutenant colonel roared, feeling extremely wronged, "We received the interception order and rushed to the scene as soon as possible!"

"Damn it, isn't there a helicopter formation between the two regiments? Aren't there military radars? Aren't there thermal maps? Did you have no direction for interception? So many people, just cut through like that, are you kidding me? Still arguing with me?!" The full colonel got anxious, waved his hand, and shouted, "Take him away!"

Upon hearing this, four burly men from the disciplinary department rolled up their sleeves, grabbed torture instruments, and stepped forward.

The lieutenant colonel lost control of his bowels and bladder, completely unable to withstand the physical pain and inner fear. Seeing the four burly men approaching, he immediately shouted, "I... I'll talk!"

"Talk about what?!"

"I... I was drinking that day, I was hosting friends." The lieutenant colonel replied, gasping for breath, "I... I didn't expect anyone to dare to transport goods in the district, I drank too much... I didn't participate in commanding the escort at first, I let the deputy lieutenant colonel take people. As soon as the gunfire rang out, the troops were in chaos. Without my command, they couldn't make up their minds and had no direction. I arrived at the scene later."

"Bullshit, you're dodging the important points!"

"What I said is true, I have some businesses in the Third District, two friends came... I was entertaining them." The lieutenant colonel immediately replied, "If you don't believe me... if you don't believe me, ask the regimental staff officer, he was with me."

"You're really stubborn! Fine, fine, I'll see just how stubborn you are." The full colonel waved his hand, and the four burly men stepped forward.

In less than three seconds, heart-wrenching screams echoed from the interrogation room.

...

Half an hour later.

Inside the garrison corps headquarters, Tan Hengqiang stood by the window, hands behind his back, and asked, "What did that lieutenant colonel say?"

"All the procedures have been followed," his son, Tan Mingchao, replied with a frown, "but he insists that he was delayed because he was drinking. We also verified it from the side, and he wasn't lying."

"What do you think?" Tan Hengqiang asked.

"Based on past interrogation experience, ordinary people can't withstand the disciplinary department's procedures. It's not something a person can endure. And our interrogators also said that he doesn't seem to be lying." Tan Mingchao paused for a moment and replied, "But it's hard to say, the matter of the military supplies being robbed is a matter of life and death, it's possible that he's just stubbornly refusing to confess."

Tan Hengqiang was silent for a moment, "He said he went to drink with someone. Have those people been found?"

"No, they're gone. Probably afraid of trouble, or maybe there are other reasons." Tan Mingchao replied.

"This case is different from the past. The investigation team sent by the governor's office has already arrived at Kang Dinghuang's place, and it is estimated that they will come to Dragon City this afternoon." Tan Hengqiang frowned tightly, "Try to close the matter before they arrive, don't let them investigate. What is there to investigate in my troops!"

Tan Mingchao paused slightly, "I understand."

"Hurry up and get it done, get a result, everyone will be relieved." Tan Hengqiang sighed and replied, "This spring is a troublesome spring."

"Then... then what about Xin Chaojie?" Tan Mingchao asked.

"Let him continue to stew." Tan Hengqiang replied, "The incident happened in his territory, there's nothing I can do."

"Understood!" Tan Mingchao nodded.

...

Xin Chaojie arrived at the headquarters last night to attend the meeting, but after he arrived, he never left.

Tan Hengqiang's original words were, you carefully recall at the headquarters how the bandits infiltrated.

This sentence of recalling directly left Xin Chaojie feeling unsure. Although he is a division commander, he is no different from a regular soldier in front of Tan Hengqiang. A word from the higher-ups could strip him of his skin and throw him in jail.

The military supplies were robbed in his own defense zone, and Xin Chaojie knew the seriousness of the matter even with his ass. He tried to explain to Tan Hengqiang several times, but the other party ignored him.

Inside the headquarters' guest house, Xin Chaojie kept drinking iced mineral water to relieve his inner anxiety.

"Knock knock!"

A knock sounded on the door.

"Come in!" Xin Chaojie shouted.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man walked in. This man was Xin Chaojie's deputy division commander, and also his comrade-in-arms for many years.

"Division Commander Xin isn't feeling well, so just a moment, don't stay too long." The guard at the door told the deputy division commander.

"Understood!" The deputy division commander smiled and nodded at him.

The door closed, and Xin Chaojie immediately stepped forward, reaching out and grasping the deputy division commander's wrist, "What's the situation outside?"

"... The regional council's investigation team is arriving soon." The deputy division commander replied with a frown, "This investigation team was personally appointed by the governor's office, and the higher-ups are paying great attention to this matter."

Xin Chaojie's head buzzed when he heard this, "The regional security bureau isn't coming to investigate?"

"No!" The deputy division commander shook his head, "The higher-ups have determined that there are insiders in the Dragon City garrison corps, so they are letting a third party investigate the case."

"Fuck your mother, who is the insider?! Who are they pointing at?!" Xin Chaojie cursed anxiously, "This is just an escort mistake!"

"This is going to be difficult." The deputy division commander lowered his voice, "Your nephew, Xiao Yang, has already been taken away by the disciplinary department, and he was beaten until he lost control of his bowels and bladder..."

Xin Chaojie was stunned.

"I'm not afraid of the investigation team coming to investigate now." The deputy division commander said with a serious expression, "I'm very afraid... that even if there's no ghost, the higher-ups will create one, and quickly find a scapegoat to quickly settle the matter. Don't you know the situation here? An investigation into a military supply can uncover a hundred other cases."

"I...I!" Xin Chaojie wasn't stupid, he understood the meaning of the other party's words, and immediately took two steps back with a pale face, suddenly feeling dizzy and suffocated.

Due to a sudden event and being shot for no reason, Xin Chaojie suddenly suffered a heart attack amidst his anxiety and anger.

"I...I...!" Xin Chaojie clutched his heart, sweat dripping from his forehead, and weakly called out, "I can't breathe... send... send me to the hospital!"

"Okay!"

...

On the ship returning to Dragon City, Su Tianyu held a new phone, a sinister smile on his face.

"What are you laughing at?" Lao Hei asked.

"Don't make noise!" Su Tianyu waved his hand and dialed a number.

A dozen seconds later, the phone connected, "Hello, this is Zhang Zhengchen, who is this?!"

"... Hello, this is the 415 Son-Finding Hotline, global service, do you need any help?" Su Tianyu asked politely.