Apocalypse Rebirth: 3000 million won at the beginning

Chapter 2138 Look, this is what you call professional!
Lai Peng, the head of the supervisory office stationed in the oil city, led dozens of supervisory personnel and aggressively took away Su Minghui and his four companions.

However, because they were dressed in plain clothes and the inspection department usually kept a low profile in the oil city, few people knew their identities.

Gu Xuan, the owner of Paradise Water Bath, was resting in a private room on the top floor of Paradise Water Bath at this time.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open by his men.

"Boss, a group of uninvited guests came and caused trouble, and they took our customers away." The subordinate rushed over to report the news and did not see the inspection certificates that Lai Peng and his group showed behind them.

"What? There are still people causing trouble in the territory of the oil city? Do they have a death wish?"

Gu Xuan, his face full of anger, said:
"Have you contacted the patrol team yet? Tell them to come over right now and stop those people immediately. We absolutely cannot let them get away."

The subordinate replied:
"I have already contacted Squad Leader Shen Yifan, and they are on their way."

Gu Xuan nodded upon hearing this and said:
"Alright, get the brothers over here, let's go to the lobby and stop them!"

After saying that, he pushed away the woman lying next to him and walked out in his slippers.

In this trading market, doing business inevitably involves dealing with the patrol team.

He was fairly familiar with Shen Yifan from the patrol team, so he could give him some face.

Besides, this time, Paradise Bath didn't violate any regulations; they were just disturbed while doing business. He has a valid point!
Just as Lai Peng and his group were about to leave the lobby of Paradise Water Bath, a number of Paradise Water Bath employees ran out from both sides of the passageway and blocked them at the entrance, preventing them from leaving.

Gu Xuan walked out of the crowd with a displeased expression.

"and many more!"

"How dare you cause trouble in my Paradise Water Bath? Are you ignoring Paradise Water Bath, my Valley Pavilion, and the management regulations of the Oil City?"

Upon seeing Gu Xuan, Su Minghui quickly cried out for help:
"Boss Gu, it's me, Lao Su! Help me!"

When Gu Xuan saw that it was Su Minghui, his old customer, his anger intensified.

Su Minghui frequently patronizes their store, and he often comes in large groups, which brings him considerable profits.

Privately, he also has a decent relationship with Su Minghui.

How could he stand by and watch these people brazenly take away his loyal customers?

So he stepped forward and angrily said to Lai Peng:

"I advise you to release them right now, or you'll be in big trouble when the patrol team arrives!"

Lai Peng was unfazed by Gu Xuan's threat.

He slowly turned his head, glanced at Gu Xuan, and took out the supervisory certificate from his pocket.

"What, do we in the Inspection Department need your permission to arrest people, or is it...?"

Lai Peng, with a serious expression, questioned, "Or are you colluding with Su Minghui as well?"

Inspection Department?
Boom!

Gu Xuan's brain suddenly went blank, as if thunder had struck and he had completely lost his mind.

His figure swayed, and he almost sat down on his bottom.

Having spent a considerable amount of time in the oil city, he naturally knew of the existence of the Inspection Department.

However, the inspection department has always focused on investigating high-ranking officials and rarely deals with matters related to the trading market.

Why did they suddenly come to Paradise Bath today and arrest an ordinary resident like Su Minghui?

Moreover, in the oil city, no one would dare to impersonate the inspection department, given the sheer number of people there.

If you dare to impersonate someone, you'll definitely be targeted.

No one would dare to do something so foolish.

Therefore, these people in front of us must be from the Inspection Department!

As for why they suddenly arrested Lao Su?

perhaps
Perhaps Su Minghui did something wrong?
Gu Xuan isn't a fool to be able to do business in the oil city.
In a flash, he realized what was going on.

He glared fiercely at his subordinates, who hadn't even figured out what was going on before giving false information.

They called them uninvited guests? Damn, these are a bunch of big shots! They're big shots he can't afford to mess with!

Damn it, he was also annoyed that he hadn't thought things through more before coming over.

Once this matter is over, he will definitely punish his subordinates!
"Ahem, that leader from the inspection department... I... I..."

He glared at Su Minghui, his previously aggressive expression instantly softening:
"Um, boss, I'm actually not that familiar with Su Minghui."

He quickly pushed aside his subordinates who were blocking the doorway, shouting, "Make way for the leaders!"

After pushing his men aside, he walked up to Lai Peng and said with a fawning smile:
"Leaders of the Supervision Department, I'm so sorry, it's a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding, please go ahead."

He gestured for them to leave, bending low to the ground, hoping they would just leave.

Lai Peng stared into his eyes, his gaze narrowing slightly.

He shouted to his men behind him:
"Take this person with you!"

The reason he wanted to take the owner of Paradise Bathhouse away was because he suddenly thought of something:
In a crowded and diverse place like Paradise Water Bath, you're bound to get more information.

Perhaps he also knew about what Su Minghui and his gang had done, and about other teams that did similar robbery and murder.

Arrest him, interrogate and torture him; perhaps we can get some information out of him.

"Huh!? Me? I didn't do anything! I'm a law-abiding citizen!" Gu Xuan didn't expect the inspector to be so domineering. He had only said a few words and was about to take him away as well.

Seeing him struggle, the staff of the inspection department forcefully pressed him down.

When the workers around saw their boss being arrested, they all wanted to step forward to help stop him, but they were afraid of getting into trouble themselves.

Upon seeing this scene, Zheng Bi, the loyal subordinate who had come to deliver the message, cursed, "Damn it, charge!"

"They might be fake! Let's go!"

But the staff around him hesitated. Zheng Bi ignored them, picked up a nearby trash can, and was about to smash it at the inspectors who were detaining Gu Xuan.

"Put it down!" The inspector drew his gun from his waist and pointed it at Zheng Bi's head.

Zheng Bi was stunned when he saw the gun.

It’s true!

His legs trembled as he put the trash can down.

"Um, I was just kidding."

Lai Peng glanced at him and whispered:

“Take him with you.”

"Yes."

Among the staff of Paradise Bath standing nearby, many showed expressions of satisfaction when they saw Zheng Bi being taken away.

One of the young men whispered to the middle-aged man in work clothes next to him:
"Brother, now I finally understand why you wouldn't let me tell Zheng Bi that those guys had guns and licenses. You wanted to use someone else to do your dirty work!"

The middle-aged man sneered:
"This Zheng Bi always maliciously deducts our points. Now he'll behave himself."

“They’ve been arrested, so there will definitely be a thorough investigation. They’ll find out they’re falsifying accounts, underreporting their points income, and underpaying business taxes. Then we can appeal together and definitely get the points back.”

The young man nodded and said:
"Why not just report them directly? We can write a letter and put it in the leader's mailbox."

The middle-aged man sighed and said:
"I think the patrol team members have a good relationship with this Gu Xuan, so I'm afraid it will be useless to vote for him."

The young man frowned and said:
"Who said that? I heard that some people's votes were effective."

After a moment of silence, the man said:
"You're still young; some things aren't as simple as you think."

Gu Xuan and Zheng Bi were both detained, and no one dared to stop them.

Just then, the door to the hall was pushed open.

It was Shen Yifan, with a pistol slung over his waist, followed by more than a dozen patrol team members.

As soon as he entered, he saw Lai Peng and his men holding down Gu Xuan, the owner of Paradise Water Bath, along with five or six other people he didn't recognize.

Gu Xuan also spotted Squad Leader Shen Yifan at a glance.

He quickly cried for help:
"Squad Leader Shen Yifan, please save me! I'm innocent! Please speak up for me!"

Unexpectedly, after seeing Lai Peng, Shen Yifan didn't dare to look at Gu Xuan even once.
He completely ignored him and ran up to Lai Peng:

"Captain Lai, is there anything I can help you with?" "I just received a message from our Captain Li, asking me to cooperate with your inspection department. But you didn't contact me when you came to the trading market. If I had known you were coming here on business, I would definitely have come and helped you arrest them!"

Shen Yifan's heart was trembling.

Damn it, this is Supervisor Lai from the Inspection Department stationed in the oil city!

The Inspection Office has the authority to inspect all organizations and personnel and is not under the jurisdiction of the Big Camphor Tree Management Committee.

They are directly under the control of the leader!
If they catch us doing something wrong, they'll make our lives miserable!

Although Shen Yifan hadn't violated any rules, he was still afraid of being targeted by the supervisory department.

Offending the people in the inspection department will not end well.

Power is chained, and that chain is the supervisory department!
Lai Peng also knew Shen Yifan and had investigated Shen Yifan, knowing that Shen Yifan was quite clean.

Therefore, he didn't make things difficult for Shen Yifan, and given his tight schedule and heavy workload, he said:

"It's alright, I'll take the person away first."

"Okay, okay." Shen Yifan nodded and quickly stepped aside.

Lai Peng waved to the crowd behind him and led Su Minghui, Gu Xuan, Zheng Bi, and the others away.

After they left, Shen Yifan looked at Tiantang Shuimu, his eyes flickering slightly.

Damn, that scared me to death.

"Xiao Sun, go investigate this Paradise Bathhouse. The Inspection Department is arresting people here, so there must be something wrong with Paradise Bathhouse."

Xiao Sun nodded and said:
"Yes, Captain, I'll have Paradise Bath temporarily close and conduct a full search of the store!"

If the inspection department has absolute deterrent power over the patrol team,

The patrol team also has absolute law enforcement authority over the shops in the trading market.

Following Shen Yifan's instructions, Paradise Bath was ordered to close down immediately, and people were sent to thoroughly search Paradise Bath to see if there were any problems.

Meanwhile, the other surveillance personnel who were dispatched, with the assistance of the combat team members,

It took two hours in the oil city to gradually capture all members of team 24975 and take them to the Trading Market Prison.

Da Pao and Xiao Wu, who had been waiting there for a long time, were overjoyed to see that Lai Peng and his group had brought 37 people at once.

"Little Wu, it seems we master and apprentice are going to be busy."

Xiao Wu's eyes gleamed as he looked at Su Minghui and his group as if they were a pile of gold.

There's really nothing to do in the interrogation room most of the time; it's so boring it's like there's nothing to do.

Therefore, the new interrogation techniques that the two devised were completely useless.

The arrival of thirty-seven people finally gave them an outlet for their hunger.

After handing them over to Dapao, Lai Peng explained the situation to Dapao:

"Director Zhao, these 35 people are team number 24795. They are the same team that Guo Peng captured and interrogated Xiong Da. We hope you can find out from them whether they were involved in the murders and robberies outside the city."

Secondly, I hope you can dig deeper into their area and see if they know of any other teams doing this.

The cannon nodded and asked:

"What about the other two? What do they do?"

The cannon was pointed directly at Gu Xuan and Zheng Bi, and Lai Peng quickly said:
“These two are Gu Xuan, the owner of Paradise Water Bath, and another is his employee. These two tried to obstruct our arrest, and I suspect they are also involved in this matter. Please interrogate them as well.”

A heavenly bath?

Da Pao was somewhat surprised, "A newly opened water bath massage parlor?"

Lai Peng was somewhat taken aback by the question. "Uh, yes, it just opened three months ago."

Da Pao sighed in despair, pointing at Gu Xuan with a pained expression and cursing:

"Why the hell do you have to do this illegal thing instead of running your business properly? What's the point?!"

He had one more thing he didn't say: "I've never even been there!"

Lai Peng couldn't understand why Da Pao spoke to Gu Xuan like that, but seeing Da Pao's righteous and awe-inspiring demeanor, he immediately felt admiration.

Director Zhao, although your interrogation methods are a bit harsh, you are still a very righteous person.

Then, Da Pao took these people to the prison's interrogation room and began to torture them.

Just as Lai Peng was about to return to the Oil City Information Center, he encountered Qi Wei, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Team, downstairs at the Information Center.

"Captain Lai, Captain Li Zhengping asked me to come and assist you with a case. May I ask what the case is?"

Qi Wei had just arrived and was still unaware of what had happened.

Lai Peng is currently in charge of oversight matters, and his jurisdiction is mostly within the oil city.

Moreover, the previous focus was mainly on anti-corruption and anti-abuse of power in the management of the Dazhangshu and military departments, and the main targets of supervision were high-ranking personnel at the first, second and third levels.

Qi Wei is mainly responsible for various types of cases, and the people he deals with are mainly level four, five, and six personnel.

This robbery and murder case happens to be in Qi Wei's area of ​​expertise.

Lai Peng quickly told Qi Wei the whole story, including the cause and course of events, and how far the investigation had progressed.

As they spoke, they arrived at the information center.

Lai Peng pointed to the busy staff in the information center and said:
"Qi Wei, we have compiled a list of residents who have not returned to the oil city for three months, totaling more than three thousand people."

The immediate problem is to determine who was killed and who left the oil city due to accidental death or fear of the sea fog disaster.

"In addition, we have already apprehended two teams, and we hope to follow the leads from these teams to uncover more perpetrators!"

After listening, Qi Wei glanced at the list of missing persons again.

This was his first time at the information center; previously, he didn't have enough access to enter and view the information center.

He had no idea that the information center had developed to this point:
From the information center, you can find all residents' personal information, consumption records, as well as their entry and exit times and statuses.
The team can also be found.

After understanding the role of the information center, he was amazed.

This is almost indistinguishable from the pre-apocalyptic public network and surveillance system.

After a moment of silence, he said to Lai Peng:

"Captain Lai, actually, there's nothing wrong with your approach..."

But we can take a simpler approach.

"Make full use of our points number card system data center, plus the surveillance cameras we have installed in various parts of the oil city."

"We'll tally up those who haven't returned in the last two weeks, but whose points cards have still been used at the base. Then, we'll monitor their faces, match them with our resident facial data in the backend, and automatically identify them."

"In this way, we can find out in a very short time who has used the points number cards of personnel who haven't returned to the base for half a month!"

"After all, based on my observation, most of these scavengers who go out to scavenge only stay for less than a week, and very few don't come back for more than half a month."

"Let's first identify these people, cast a wide net, and then gradually narrow down the scope, determining little by little which people borrowed their friends' points cards and which people robbed and seized other people's points cards for unauthorized use."

Upon hearing this, Lai Peng slapped his forehead.

"As expected of someone who specializes in criminal investigation, they are just different. I never thought of such a simple principle."

Qi Wei was not arrogant, but continued:

“These people may not be in the oil city right now, so we will arrest those who meet these requirements first.”

"In addition, have Cao Le, the captain of the city garrison, cooperate by sending him the list and numbers of the personnel who meet the requirements but have not returned to the city, so that he can keep an eye out."

Once those who meet the requirements return to the city, have Cao Le's men immediately apprehend them at the city gate!

Clap clap clap!

Lai Peng couldn't help but applaud; this time, he truly admired Qi Wei.

His thinking was clear and his considerations were thorough; he was very professional.

"Okay, we'll do it your way!" Lai Peng looked at Qi Wei with appreciation, then turned to Ding Meng beside him and said:

"See, that's what you call professionalism."

(End of this chapter)