Chapter 227: Chapter Two Hundred and Twenty-One – The Scheme (II)
The group responsible for handling extraordinary cases across the nation is a task force that has just been established for a little over a month.
They are located 1,792 kilometers away in the capital city, specifically tasked with handling extraordinary cases.
Its members come from various departments, primarily the heads of those departments, to facilitate coordination and collaboration.
Among them, the leader of the task force appears weary and worried. Previously, the results from the people’s democratic conference concluded:
“For extraordinary criminals, we should insist on lenience in arrests and captures…”
“…in handling, we generally adopt a more lenient approach.”
The leader of the task force agrees with this conclusion and has spent considerable effort trying to persuade others.
According to the investigation report on the first extraordinary individual, their awakened extraordinary abilities have no impact on their character and pose no significant malicious threat.
Additionally, after just a month, the appearance of a second extraordinary individual raises questions: how many other extraordinary individuals have awakened in the shadows, and how many more will awaken in the future?
Is a new era upon us? At this pivotal moment between the old and the new, it is crucial to handle the extraordinary individuals’ issues properly.
No one wants to see confrontations between ordinary people and extraordinary individuals. Take, for example, the “donkey of the production team”; despite its low lethality, its inability to defend itself can disrupt social order.
Who can guarantee that the extraordinary individuals of the future won’t possess even more terrifying abilities?
Demonstrative effects are important, much like the ancient saying of spending a fortune for bones. It is essential to make it public and let society know that the country will not take strange actions against them simply for awakening extraordinary abilities.
In fact, the task force is still discussing what kind of treatment to accord the “donkey of the production team.”
When the entire society is aware of the preferential treatment received by the “donkey of the production team,” those extraordinary individuals hiding in the shadows will feel safe enough to come forward.
Moreover, with the “donkey of the production team” as a reference,
the task force believes the danger posed by Wan Ziqi is probably only slightly higher than that of the “donkey of the production team,” belonging to a category of extraordinary abilities that are highly insulting, have peculiar methods of transmission, and are very difficult to extinguish promptly, yet have low substantive harm.
Based on the principle of “two light, one wide,” they decided to detain and arrest her; as for the trial? It certainly wouldn’t lead to imprisonment. Despite the fact that Wan Ziqi’s restrictions have caused significant losses to the capital’s Intelligent Science Company—where high-level personnel are silenced, making it similar to the company’s brain being paralyzed.
The leader of the task force remains restless.
He wonders if the local police in Tianfu City understand the spirit of “two light, one wide.” If something goes wrong during the middle of the operation, and they draw their guns, heaven forbid it accidentally goes off… he cannot imagine the trouble it would cause for future strategies.
He also wonders whether Wan Ziqi has other extraordinary abilities? Perhaps the kind that can cause explosions. If many are injured or killed during the arrest, can local police maintain their composure? How would the subsequent societal impact be managed? The public would undoubtedly panic about extraordinary individuals.
The more he thinks, the more his two days of sleeplessness causes his head to throb.
Even if Wan Ziqi’s extraordinary ability currently manifests only as cursing others online. Although the lethality is low, if he curses specifically at a prominent figure…
The leader of the task force dares not contemplate this.
He paces back and forth.
The more he walks, the more anxious he becomes; the group leader starts to regret perhaps he acted too hastily.
Two hours ago.
They ordered the lifting of the ban on speaking for Wan Ziqi to verify if she is an extraordinary individual; shortly after verifying, they ordered the local police station to detain her.
It was too rushed, truly too rushed. He wanted to watch the live broadcast, but because of the haste, he had no time to prepare.
While the leader of the task force was pacing,
more than twenty plainclothes police officers had already surrounded the area. They were all veteran officers called in urgently, who dealt with everything from finding lost dogs for grandmothers to busting car thieves and drug trafficking rings.
As for “blowing up the door, throwing bombs, storming in with bulletproof shields, followed by a group of brothers armed with short rifles,” they certainly couldn’t do that.
But when it comes to covert law enforcement, disguising and deceiving criminals, they are much more skilled than the flashy helicopters and advanced fighter jets that swoop down to drop bombs, or soldiers wildly firing assault rifles.
Especially Team Leader Li, who is confident that he can lead his team to surround the criminals’ courtyard without alarming the cats. They plan to disguise themselves as couples in the park to capture the criminals.
The entire building has been cordoned off, even considering the possibility of the target jumping out the window. They secretly arranged for someone to hold a trampoline ready to catch the target.
As Team Leader Li mentally reviews whether he has missed anything, he and several veteran officers approach Wan Ziqi’s rented apartment door.
The apartment door is a sturdy anti-theft door. If they were to force it open, they would need a bomb to do it quickly; otherwise, they would have to break it down with a battering ram.
However, their superiors demanded they arrest Wan Ziqi at the fastest speed without alarming her.
This requirement ranks among the top ten most frustrating demands in Team Leader Li’s career, but he feels very confident now.
He lowers his voice and quietly tells the police communication device, “Ready to arrest at any time.”
After layers of relays,
a real-time report traverses through electrical currents and light, crossing 1,792 kilometers, and becomes a voice:
“All teams are ready.”
Upon hearing this news, the leader of the task force takes a deep breath and says, “I’ll personally call him.”
First, diplomacy before force.
He personally dials Wan Ziqi’s phone number.
He has mentally prepared for the possibility of being silenced and only able to communicate through small stones with the outside world.
This would be a tremendous blow for someone like him. But who asks him to be the leader?
“Beep… beep… beep… beep…”
After each beep, an unfamiliar male voice could potentially emerge, indicating that things might proceed in an uncertain direction.
The leader of the task force intends to use a tone as he would speak to his granddaughter to communicate nicely with Wan Ziqi.
“Sorry, the number you dialed is not answering…”
A pleasant female voice comes through, and the leader of the task force secretly breathes a sigh of relief; he dials several more times, a total of six times, before opening his mouth to say, “No answer.”
“I can hear you speaking.”
Confirming that he has not encountered a silencing curse, the leader of the task force relaxes and says, “It’s good.”
The electricity and light again traverse the distance of 1,792 kilometers, finally transforming into a voice on the police communication device: “Make your move.”
Team Leader Li takes out his handy tool to quickly deal with the anti-theft door—a key he obtained from the landlord—and hands it to the veteran officer beside him, who directly inserts it into the keyhole, twists the key, and the anti-theft door opens without being locked.
Team Leader Li is the first to rush in, holding up his police badge and shouting, “People’s police!”
At the same time, the network is directly cut off, and the base station cuts the signal.
Someone pulls out shiny silver handcuffs; without weapons, the officers can only rely on their own hands and experience.
Far away, 1,792 kilometers away, the leader of the task force receives confirmed news:
“Arrest successful, no casualties.”
The leader of the task force can no longer hold back; he sits deeply in his soft-backed chair, sinking into it, and lets out a long breath.
