The Chief Detective Inspector is dead. I'm now the top police officer in Hong Kong!

Chapter 93 A Great Merit (24)

Unsatisfied at failing to kill Lin Tiansheng, Robin's eyes darkened as he tossed the gun to his partner. He strode up to Lin Tiansheng and swung his fist, yelling, "Damn it, shooting me in the back!"

Lin Tiansheng dodged the right punch with his head, raised his arm to block the left punch, and reacted quickly, uppercutting the opponent's jaw. Robin, enraged, had no time to dodge, his vision went black, and he stumbled backward to the ground.

Seeing Ah Tou suffer a loss, Liu Shifeng's anger flared, and he led more than a dozen of his men to swarm forward. Chen Anquan and Bao Zhongren stood in front of them, protecting their superior. The two groups, on the verge of exchanging blows, showed no mercy and engaged in a fierce brawl. Lin Tiansheng also joined the fight, taking more than a dozen punches in just a few minutes, his body covered in bruises.

He and Chen Anquan were quite skilled and could hold their own against the wall. However, Bao Zhongren was grabbed by the limbs by the men from East Kowloon and was about to be thrown off the sixth floor.

After all, several people in East Kowloon had been injured at the hands of West Kowloon, and some had even been struck by lightning, their fates still unknown. A fight could easily escalate into a fatality. Fortunately, Pu Yongshi had already led a mobile unit upstairs, shouting sternly, "What are you doing? Don't want to wear a police uniform? Want to be in Stanley?"

Heavily armed mobile units rushed forward and separated the two groups. Seeing Lin Tiansheng at a disadvantage, Pu Yongshi strode up to Robin and slapped him across the face: "Smack!"

The blow landed squarely on Robin's face as he roared, "Don't you know how to do things? If you want to fight, my buddy will fight you!"

Lin Tiansheng was the leader of the remnants of the gang, while Robin was just a traitor who sided with the gentry. It was obvious who he supported. Although Pu Yongshi's police rank was only the same as Robin's, on the front lines, it was all about who had more men. If the mobile unit had more men, his fist would be harder.

Robin's eyes turned sinister. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and glared at Pu Yongshi, saying, "A bunch of bastards, just wait until you're in trouble."

Although the mobile unit arrived at the scene, they had no authority to handle the case. He had already arranged for his men to take control of the scene.

Once we get the gold inside and find the accounts, it'll be a piece of cake for the foreigners to deal with them, right? Pu Yongshi's eyes showed a hint of fear, but he wasn't intimidated. He sneered, "Just you wait, you loser."

Then, for the East Kowloon Major Crimes Unit, the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB) arrived first, with more than forty officers. Henry, Pi Chi-pong, and Wong Yip, three West Kowloon officers, arrived shortly after, only two or three minutes later, bringing over fifty officers. The injured officers were carried on stretchers and taken to the hospital, followed by the forensic and intelligence departments.

When Superintendent Yuen Wai-lun arrived, he did not rush upstairs. After understanding the situation downstairs, he frowned and said, "Our own people are fighting each other, and two people have died. How are we going to write the report?"

Lin Tiansheng had just finished treating his wounds, with a bandage on his face. He stood up and said, "Write it down, write it down. At worst, I won't wear these clothes."

Pi Zhibang tugged at his sleeve and said with a fawning smile, "Officer Yuan, you solved the case in less than twelve hours. What a great achievement, a truly great achievement!"

Although Pi Sir was just smiling, Yuan Weilun, Henry, and Pu Yongshi all knew what he meant. Don't let a small incident ruin a great achievement.

Clearly, Lam Tin-shing had weighed the options before firing the shot, confident that Inspector Yuen was unlikely to bring the scandal to light. This is also one of the benefits of escalating the investigation; with a senior official involved, certain things can be suppressed.

Robin gritted his teeth, unconvinced: "The two who died were both my men."

Lin Tiansheng, with an arrogant expression, provocatively said, "Check the number to see who took the mine."

No police officers were killed in the shooting. Six people were injured, but none were fatal. The bullet that struck Chen Musheng in the chest was stopped by a bulletproof vest, causing only superficial wounds. The only two fatalities were Chen Musheng's colleagues who had shielded him from a grenade.

Yuan Weilun felt that this was a difficult situation, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "The scene is chaotic. Five or six groups of people have come from all directions. It's normal for some to recognize their mistakes."

“Although we’ve recovered the stolen goods, we still need to track down the fugitives, and we need more people to do the work. Officer Luo, your two men, the report says they were killed in a shootout with the robbers, I guarantee they’ll get a medal for bravery.” Robin had already taken the accounts from a backpack filled with gold, sneered, and said, “No problem.”

"Pi Sir, keep your men in line," Yuan Weilun warned, making rough arrangements to let the matter drop. The subsequent paperwork and verification of testimonies would be handled meticulously by each group.

Clearly, Lin Tiansheng was unlikely to gain any credit in this major case. Even Henry felt a little guilty and walked up to him, gently comforting him: "Be more careful next time. There will be many opportunities to make a contribution. Don't be in a hurry."

“Yes, sir.” Lin Tiansheng nodded in agreement.

Huang Ye, smoking a cigarette, exchanged a knowing smile with Hou Canxing. Offending his colleagues like this, how could he possibly climb the ranks in the police force? Corrupt cops are indeed incorrigible. In a couple of years, when Robin is promoted to superintendent, he'll definitely get him!
A dozen minutes later, Pi Zhibang returned from the scene, looking worried, and said in a low voice, "Young Master Sheng, we couldn't find the bottom line."

Lin Tiansheng was a little surprised that such a grand show was arranged to present the bottom line as "physical evidence" to all the workers.

Since the foreigners couldn't determine who was behind it and couldn't retaliate against Inspector Yuen, they naturally had to eliminate a few low-level clerks in the accounts to appease the public.

"Sixty-five kilograms of gold, not a single gram missing, and a worthless ledger, vanished without a trace?" Lin Tiansheng smirked, disbelieving that the corrupt police would take the ledger after losing the gold.

If the corrupt police wanted to renege on their promises, they had countless ways to blackmail him; relying on a tattered ledger was pointless. Considering that Robin had taken control of the scene first, Lin Tiansheng couldn't help but become suspicious, glancing towards East Kowloon.

Luo Bing's figure disappeared; he had already gotten into a car and left.

"That bastard has already sided with the foreigners and is trying to take credit for the ledgers?" Lin Tiansheng felt something was off. If he wanted to take credit, why didn't he just hand it over to Inspector Yuan?
Yuan Weilun was still at the scene, supervising the forensic department's work. With careful analysis of the jewelry store robbery, it wasn't hard to guess that the robbers were after the ledger. Was Robin's swift and decisive action solely for hacking the ledger, which contained his money? Lin Tiansheng lit a cigarette, pondered for a moment, then pulled out his mobile phone and asked, "What's Robin's number?"

If you can't figure it out, why not ask the person in charge?

Pi Zhibang grinned, finished reciting the number with a smile, and asked curiously, "You really want to ask him?"

"Let's sound them out. Anyway, we have the ledgers, so it's not really a secret." Lin Tiansheng let out a breath, and when the call connected, he said loudly, "Officer Luo, where are the things?"

Robin drove with one hand, answered the phone, and easily recognized Lin Tiansheng's voice. He sped towards headquarters, saying sarcastically, "Is what you're talking about the accounts? Sorry, they're mine now."

Lin Tiansheng slowly put down the phone, paused for a moment, and guessed, "He wants to personally deliver the ledgers to the foreigners."

"What a nutcase," Pi Zhibang thought to himself. "Isn't Inspector Yuan upstairs?"

"Perhaps... he's trying to blackmail the foreigners?" Lin Tiansheng felt that if they didn't hand over the ledgers, this was the only possibility left. Pi Zhibang's pupils shrank sharply, and he exclaimed in astonishment, "He's asking for death!"

"Who knows what he's thinking, that foreigners are great philanthropists?" Lin Tiansheng said.

(End of this chapter)