I Play Dungeons in the Police Station-Chapter 136 - 117: Cross-City Operation

"So strict? It seems the mission’s confidentiality level is extremely high."

Everyone handed over their phones to the staff while quietly discussing, then sat down in the conference room.

By precisely three o’clock, most of the people had arrived in the conference room.

Yu Chengzhang took a headcount: "Has Captain Guo Dajun from the Fourth Squad arrived?"

"Here, here."

As soon as Yu Chengzhang asked, Guo Dajun’s rough voice came from outside the door.

"Quickly find a seat. The meeting is about to start. I’ll go get Director Song."

After Guo Dajun sat down, Song Jun also walked in from outside the door: "Is everyone here?"

Yu Chengzhang: "Report, everyone is present."

Song Jun waved his hand: "Sit down."

"The reason for calling everyone together suddenly today is that there is a very important operation tonight. This operation has been classified as confidential. From this moment on, no one present is allowed to contact the outside world. If there is a leak, the operation may fail completely. So, allow me to emphasize once again the confidentiality protocol for tonight."

Song Jun reiterated the confidentiality protocol for tonight again, emphasizing that whoever leaks is accountable and will be investigated thoroughly.

Then he began to introduce the operation for tonight:

"For this operation, we are mobilizing all elite officers from the entire city along with special police units. The target location: Jinling City, to participate in a large-scale anti-drug operation. Because the target individuals are a group of desperados, according to intelligence, they may also have some homemade weapons posing a certain danger. Therefore, in this operation, all officers must be fully armed, ammunition issued, follow the command, and act in unison."

On stage, Song Jun was detailing the key points of tonight’s mission, while below the stage, upon hearing the mission’s target location, Li Xiang instantly associated it with Zhou Yuelong in Jinling City. This operation might very well be Yan Xiong’s net-closing operation.

Because Zhou Yuelong and the Baolong Group behind him have been deeply rooted in Jinling City for many years, their influence extends across various industries. Therefore, this operation will secretly mobilize police forces from other cities to besiege them.

"Bring all the drug-sniffing dogs from the Fourth Squad as well. This time, we must wipe them out completely to prevent any resurgence."

"Yes."

"Is Detective Li Xiang from the Criminal Investigation Team present?"

Song Jun acknowledged Li Xiang. In this anti-drug operation, Yan Xiong personally mentioned Li Xiang and invited him to participate in this capture operation since he had previously promised Li Xiang.

The success of the undercover in infiltrating the enemy’s ranks is inseparable from his contribution. If it weren’t for him taking life-threatening risks and attracting Zhou Yuelong’s attention, the undercover operation wouldn’t have been so easily successful.

Drug lords are involved in life-and-death matters. There’s no way they would easily allow a stranger to appear by their side.

Those who could stay by their side have all been tested over time, and whenever someone approaches him, his first consideration is the reason for getting close. Is the person a cop?

This is also why the undercover hadn’t succeeded before; the risk is too great.

But with the emergence of Li Xiang, who inadvertently offended Zhou Yuelong, it provided the police with an opportunity to follow the plan, proceeding with Li Xiang’s script.

Li Xiang played a crucial role in this plan.

So, for the final capture operation, Yan Xiong included him, as participating in such a major anti-drug operation is also an accumulation of experience and achievements for himself.

"I’m here."

"I hear your dog Meiqiu is quite impressive. This time you’ll be assigned to the police dog team, part of the operation."

The police dog team is not the assault team, so the level of danger is relatively low. Typically, they wait until the assault team neutralizes the threat before the police advance to locate all the drugs.

"Yes."

After Director Song gave everyone some motivational words, he then allowed everyone to start preparing.

From this moment on, everyone here lost contact with the outside world, then one by one went to the equipment warehouse to receive their gear.

Li Xiang, with Meiqiu, also went to the equipment warehouse, registering and collecting equipment.

As an official police officer, he was already eligible to carry a gun. However, he lacked training, and others assumed his gun skill was rather weak.

"Li Xiang, dare to shoot?" Mao Ji, after getting his gun, clicked the bullet into the chamber, making a loud noise. That crisp sound is almost every man’s favorite.

"Why wouldn’t I dare?"

"There are plenty of people who don’t dare to shoot. Some people find shooting troublesome—they end up writing reports until they’re sick, and in serious cases, they have to shed this police uniform. Some, after shooting, get harassed online by indiscriminate internet users."

"There are quite a few of these cases. I remember, four years ago, there was an incident where a gangster with a knife was holding a hostage. The gangster was quite emotional, and the hostage had already been stabbed several times, with blood all over the place.

Given the complicated on-site environment, the sniper assessed the risk and wasn’t confident about a one-shot kill. The gangster used the hostage as a shield, making it hard for police to get close, and the negotiator couldn’t calm the gangster down.

At this critical moment, our instructor Su Jiayi stayed calm, changed into civilian clothes, disguised as a passerby, and under the guise of offering water, approached the gangster. She skillfully and swiftly fired three consecutive shots, killing the gangster on the spot, and rescued the hostage, only then showing a relieved expression."

"You probably know about that event; afterward, Su Jiayi was subjected to online harassment because of it and has never touched a gun since."

That event indeed stirred quite a sensation in the city, and Li Xiang certainly knew about it. At that time, he was not yet a part-time police officer. Later, the female officer who fired the shots was ’mobbed’ online because of her three consecutive shots and her relieved expression.

Many people’s excessive empathy led them to believe that one shot would suffice. Why fire three? Could it be due to a dark heart, enjoying the thrill of shooting and killing?

Others felt her relieved expression after the kill was akin to smiling, indicating a possible psychological issue.

But he did not know that the cop who was harassed online turned out to be their instructor, Su Jiayi.

This made him feel a great pity; those netizens who caused havoc online were simply outsiders enjoying the spectacle, able to criticize easily from afar.

In such a crisis, even highly professional detectives might not handle it perfectly. Could those key-tapping netizens do any better under such pressure?

Without a certain psychological fortitude, facing such a complex environment is vastly different from practicing at a shooting range.

At that moment, Su Jiayi bore enormous pressure, firing to kill out of necessity. She was at the scene first-hand, naturally assessing the threat posed by the gangster. Not everyone is instantly neutralized with one shot. If the first shot did not kill, giving the gangster time to react, he might have dragged down the hostage in a desperate act.

Therefore, as the first responder in crisis management, Su Jiayi had to act based on the scene to completely neutralize the threat.

And the subsequent expression was merely a natural relief from tension once the threat had been neutralized and the hostages were safe, feeling consoled.

Due to unjustified online harassment, their First Squad lost an excellent sharpshooter capable of quick crisis response.

"Let’s drop the subject. Some people are simply too timid to pull the trigger. Of course, not daring to shoot means you can’t be a detective. You’re okay with this, right?"

"No problem at all."

Li Xiang had no issue with it. In his simulations, he was an expert marksman; whether it’s fixed or moving targets, it’s all no big deal.

Sometimes, when he felt restless, he would open the ’Gun King Championship’ simulation, fire a few rounds, and practice his feel.

He dared to say, even ten times Mao Ji’s gun skill couldn’t compare to his.

After receiving all the weaponry and equipment, even Meiqiu had donned a tactical vest, looking very spirited.

"Come on, Li Xiang, ride with us in the same vehicle."

In the parking lot, vehicles were all set to go, and Guo Dajun waved at Li Xiang upon seeing him.

Li Xiang saw this and led Meiqiu over: "Captain Guo, hello."

"Get in the car. Your dog, Meiqiu, is well-trained. In the future, if there’s a chance, come to our Fourth Squad’s police dog base for an exchange."

"No problem, after this operation concludes, I’ll definitely visit your base for some learning."