Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 424 Fire Occurs
Summer day, Dongzhou Police Academy, special police skills competition.

As the competition neared its end, hundreds, even thousands, of people gathered on the field, eagerly anticipating the upcoming awards ceremony. The onlookers and students and teachers were jubilant, much like people going to a market in the old days, their mood largely driven by a desire to watch the excitement.

Outside the crowd, some people even set up awnings and set up stalls to sell drinks, snacks and SWAT-related souvenirs during this rare "festival".

The police academy did not interfere, which clearly indicates their tacit approval.

The people looked expectant and excited. The citywide special police system competition organized by the Dongzhou Public Security Bureau's Special Police Detachment is held every year, and each time it is like a festival for the surrounding people. They can watch the special police's performance-like programs, such as the annual grand finale dance - gun drill, and they can also see real guns and live ammunition. The excitement of this day is second only to their Spring Festival.

Kids and adults alike love it!

"Who is this year's sniper champion?" some curious villagers asked.

"Hey, that guy in the green leaf-patterned clothes. Tsk tsk, he looks like a professional sniper. You can't even see his eyes in that outfit!" someone commented.

"Look, look! That young black guy following behind the sniper king is this year's Iron Man! And that guy dressed like the Hulk is the bomb disposal expert! He specializes in defusing bombs, just like the Hong Kong policeman played by Andy Lau on TV!" someone shouted.

"That metal box that three people are carrying contains a drone! It looks really fierce when it takes off, and the machine is huge. With its wings spread out, I reckon it could lift a person up!" Someone pointed into the distance, jumping up and down and shouting excitedly.

Following the direction the man pointed, a group of people dressed in special police uniforms walked over. Their clothes were all different and their equipment was a variety of modern styles, making them look very impressive.

Leading the way was Zhang Zhongzhen, this year's sniper champion, who had won the Sniper King medal. He was now leading his team to receive the overall team medal.

I don't know if it's just my imagination, but even though Zhang Zhongzhen's face was still covered in camouflage, I could tell that he was in a very bad mood.

As the time drew near, special police teams from various districts and counties across the city entered the venue one by one, and the marching music gradually rose in intensity. Thousands of spectators had already gathered at the scene, all of them local residents and school teachers and students. Their eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation; they wanted to know which elites, which sniper kings, iron men, and soldier kings would go on stage to receive their awards once the awards ceremony began.

The crowd loved these things and immediately took out their phones and held them up.

At this moment, the entire scene was completely silent; everyone held their breath and dared not make a sound.

Sitting on the podium, Director Wang slammed his hand on the microphone and began his routine speech: "Comrades, on this beautiful, sunny day, we are here to report on the annual Dongzhou Special Police Skills Competition. More than one hundred elite special police officers from the city's special police system are competing fiercely in various events, including drone combat, sniper rifle elite competition, and special police all-around competition, held at different times, levels, and locations."

After exchanging pleasantries, Director Wang began announcing the winners of each competition and the individual awards, waiting for the SWAT officers whose names were called to come up on stage to receive their awards.

Iron Man, Zhang Lu.

The Sniper King, Zhang Zhongzhen.

Iron Man, Wang Erjia.

The Dongzhou TV station's recording crew set up a large camera and began recording Director Wang. The host, Zhang Yang, standing to the side, was a little nervous, constantly watching what Director Wang was reading.

As a result, she listened to the whole thing but never heard the name she wanted to hear.

Photographer Xiao Zhao, knowing what his seemingly tough female boss was thinking, leaned in to comfort her, saying, "Sister Yang, Brother Shu is a leader now, so he'll definitely be leading the team. He can't be personally charging into battle anymore. I asked around beforehand, and this time Brother Shu's Zhengming SWAT team won first place in the team competition, which is really impressive."

"Hmm." Zhang Yang listened absentmindedly, still feeling a little disappointed. Who wouldn't want the man they admire to be a one-in-a-million hero?

"Dingle bell! Dingle bell!"

Just then, Wang's cell phone, which was next to the microphone, rang at an inopportune moment.

From afar, you could see Director Wang frowning, clearly displeased with the abrupt call. However, he eventually handed the microphone to Captain Gao of the Special Police Detachment, nodded at the medals displayed to the side, and got up to go backstage.

Old Gao took the microphone, gave a long, rambling speech, and then presented awards to the recipients on behalf of Director Wang. About half an hour later, the awards ceremony ended, and the participating teams, who had been busy all day, left one after another, rushing back to their units to get off work. In particular, the champion team from the previous ten editions, the First Brigade, although they had won second place this time, left the fastest.

The crowd that had been watching for quite some time gradually dispersed.

Only the Zhengming SWAT team remained on the field, still brimming with excitement. Today was a rare chance for them to turn the tide, and the first time in over a decade that they had broken into first place in the city. So while other teams dragged their exhausted bodies away from the police academy, their team alone continued to cheer and celebrate on the field.

Pu Shu even took off his shirt and ran around the playground shouting, probably wanting to do another 5-kilometer run without a shirt; Chen Chuan, Zhang Qing, Yan Song and others surrounded Chen Shu at Xu Mingliang's call and played the "toss high" game again and again.

Although Li Da also wanted to participate, as the captain, he remained reserved and stood to the side, smiling as he watched the group of young people.

"First!"

"First!"

"team!"

"team!"

Just as they were in a state of excitement, a voice suddenly interrupted them.

"Li Da, come here quickly!" Captain Gao shouted to Li Da from the passageway below the podium.

Upon hearing his superior's voice, Li Da hurriedly scurried over, stood at attention, saluted, and then, looking up with a smug expression, said, "Chief Gao, how was it? We've achieved our goal today!"

"Listen to me!" Old Gao interrupted Li Da with a stern face and said urgently, "Director Wang just received a call from the command center. There's a fire in a residential building in Cixi. There might still be people inside who haven't escaped. You need to go there to provide support right away."

"Huh?" Li Da was stunned for a moment, not quite understanding.

"You know what to do and what not to do when you get there, right?" Old Gao said, giving Li Da some advice as he looked at Li Da's simple-minded appearance.

Things are different now; professional tasks should be handled by professionals. In the event of a fire, a fire brigade with better equipment and more professional personnel should be dispatched to handle it.

Police officers, just go and lend a hand.

Their special police happened to be reporting the activity not far from the scene. Although most of the people had dispersed, it wouldn't look good if they didn't send police there.

"Oh, I know," Li Da replied.

Old Gao stamped his foot and shouted, "What are you still standing here for! Hurry back and lead the team! The brigade's command center will contact you in a bit to assign specific tasks!"

"Yes!"

Li Da immediately turned around and ran towards the group of noisy, laughing young people in the field. His previous joy was instantly overshadowed by the gloom of the police situation.

"Excessive joy leads to sorrow?"

These four words involuntarily popped into Li Da's mind.

Pooh! ! !
Hopefully, nothing bad will happen now.

(End of this chapter)