Qingcheng Police Station, Chief’s Office.
Zhou Ran held the landline receiver to his ear, a smile full of apology on his face.
“Um, Chief Liu, the thing is… the thing is like this—we may have been scammed by Jiang Chuan.”
When he said this, he felt so ashamed that he couldn’t even bear to open his mouth.
And that was indeed the case. They were the police, the police!
They specialized in anti-fraud work, yet they’d actually been scammed by a rookie kid. Just thinking about it felt absolutely absurd.
But that was the reality, and there was nothing he could do about it.
The main thing was, although he’d told the officers that they absolutely had to catch Jiang Chuan and not let him get away, the truth was that the chances of catching him were almost nonexistent—nearly impossible.
After all, aside from tracking Jiang Chuan’s communication methods, they had no other good options now.
Hearing this, Chief Liu on the other end of the line didn’t speak right away. A heavy, rough breathing sound came through the phone first, followed by a deep sigh.
“Chief Zhou, my dear Chief Zhou, I waited a whole week for you, and this is the result I get? Scammed? And you still have the nerve to say it!”
Zhou Ran shrank his neck and smiled awkwardly. “Um, Chief Liu, we only resorted to this desperate measure because we wanted to lure Jiang Chuan out…”
“Just get to the point. What do you want?” Chief Liu snorted coldly.
Zhou Ran answered without hesitation: “We just want the provincial bureau to give us a bit of help. After all, Jiang Chuan still needs to be caught, but relying on our own strength alone, catching him won’t be easy.”
“So, what are you planning to do?” Chief Liu said again.
Zhou Ran smiled. “So, I’m planning to borrow the provincial bureau’s Global Information Tracking and Detection System.”
The Global Information Tracking and Detection System, as the name suggests, can detect a target’s approximate location worldwide through cell phone signals, and display the final location where the signal disappeared.
It’s a tool the police use to find suspects, but currently the cost of using it isn’t small, and ordinary suspects don’t even qualify for it.
But Jiang Chuan fully qualified.
After all, he was the first criminal suspect who dared to scam the police.
Chief Liu on the other end of the line was silent for a long time, then finally spoke: “Fine. But I have one requirement—you must catch Jiang Chuan! If you use this and still can’t find Jiang Chuan’s location, then you might as well quit!”
“Yes, Chief Liu. I guarantee we’ll complete the mission!”
…
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
“Yaaawn~”
Jiang Chuan stretched comfortably and yawned.
He was sitting in his office, bored, browsing various information on the internet.
Currently, all operations at the military factory were under control.
The firearms workshop had Wang Mingyuan keeping an eye on it. The workers in the mortar production workshop had also begun production in an orderly manner, and Wang Mingyuan would check in from time to time to prevent any unexpected situations.
Task Force 141, on their first day at the military factory, had gathered all the soldiers, conducted more rigorous training, and formulated a brand-new patrol plan.
They remained vigilant about everything around the military factory at all times.
One had to admit—professionals doing professional work. With Task Force 141 around, the military factory’s security had absolutely been raised several levels.
With that, the entire military factory was gradually getting on track, and Jiang Chuan now needed to start thinking about how to take the military factory one step further.
Knock knock knock!
Just then, there was a knock at the door, and Wang Mingyuan walked in.
“President Jiang, the order for ten thousand firearms has just been fully manufactured, and they’ve all passed inspection—no problems at all.” Wang Mingyuan said solemnly.
Jiang Chuan stood up thoughtfully. “Alright, then load them up immediately. I’ll contact the buyer shortly to see how to deliver the goods.”
“Understood, President Jiang.”
After dragging on for half a month, this batch of guns was finally finished.
And making the other party wait half a month did hurt their reputation somewhat, but fortunately he’d made up for it. Even if the other party was unhappy, they probably wouldn’t hold too much of a grudge.
But he still had to make the call—at the very least, he needed to tell them the goods were done and discuss delivery and the final payment.
Still, having gone so long without contacting them, would they think he’d run off?
Actually, that was possible.
Jiang Chuan wasn’t worried about their threats at all. Although they’d warned him that if he couldn’t deliver the goods, they’d find him, Jiang Chuan knew that even if they exhausted every effort, they might not be able to find him.
After all, to be safe, whether it was his satellite phone, his cell phone, or any traces that could be preserved, he’d erased them all through the system.
No matter how skilled the other party was, they simply couldn’t find his location.
Picking up the satellite phone, Jiang Chuan called back directly.
Soon, the familiar jumbled noise came through the satellite phone.
Great—this satellite phone specifically for contacting Jiuzhou was still unreliable.
According to Jiang Chuan’s analysis, it was probably a satellite problem causing the satellite phone to malfunction.
Putting down the satellite phone, he pulled out his cell phone.
Coincidentally, his cell phone actually had signal this time.
Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong…
Dense notification sounds rang out, and countless message notifications spread across the entire screen. Among them were many text messages—either from the carrier, or game invitation codes, or [XXX, junior, 36D, 268 yuan, one time, 568 per night…]
Automatically ignoring those incomprehensible texts, Jiang Chuan quickly discovered that Zhang Songyang had also sent him several messages.
Sure enough, the content of the messages was asking why the goods hadn’t been delivered yet and whether something had gone wrong.
Moreover, the messages included an address. The other party said that if they really couldn’t get in touch, they could just send the goods to this address. After inspecting the goods in person, the final payment would definitely be transferred.
Jiang Chuan rubbed his chin, squinted his eyes, and thought carefully.
He was also wondering whether he should deliver this batch of goods to them, and about the in-person inspection.
Normally, an in-person inspection was the right way to do things, but this address was in Laoyue Country, near Jiuzhou.
For such a large-scale arms deal, conducting the transaction on-site in Laoyue Country near Jiuzhou—the other party was clearly no pushover. They might even pull a black-on-black double-cross.
Besides, this was the first transaction. If they met in person to inspect the goods and something went wrong with the other party, what then?
Better to just deliver the goods and have Task Force 141 secretly watch. If the other party was legit, complete the transaction. If the other party had bad intentions, have Task Force 141 find a way to bring the goods back.
That way, both sides would be covered.
With this in mind, Jiang Chuan made up his mind. He stood up, walked out of the office, and went to find Task Force 141 to discuss the matter.
