The Hunter's Path: Starting as a constable, ascend to the Old Ones.

Chapter 90 The Cycle of Heaven's Retribution, Taking the Blame

Police Department Meeting Room!

The police force urgently convened a temporary high-level meeting. Apart from the Commissioner of Police, the newly appointed Chief Superintendent of the Hong Kong Island Region, the Commissioner of Central Police Station, Uncle Biu, the Special Branch Director Peter Lee, as well as two Deputy Commissioners and three Assistant Commissioners were all present.

The kidnapping incident at the Cointreau Hotel jewelry exhibition immediately threw the entire police force's top brass into chaos.

The leader's face was dark, and he was clearly in a bad mood.

The incident began when Lu Ming and his team discovered a problem with the jewelry exhibition at the Jundu Hotel. They immediately reported it to the Director, who then contacted the Political Department to verify the information before informing the Headquarters, thus absolving himself of responsibility.

As it turned out, the Directorate General of Customs was not one to back down. They directly escalated the case, summoning the Director General, who was supposed to be resting at home, back for a meeting. Naturally, the Director General wouldn't take responsibility alone, so he simply called back the other deputy directors and assistant directors as well.

Thus, this emergency high-level meeting was convened here.

The leader, his brow furrowed, tapped the table and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, let's discuss this case!"

Political Secretary Peter Lee slammed his fist on the table. "This case occurred within the jurisdiction of the Central Police Station. It is a huge problem with their security management that led to this kidnapping. The Central Police Station should be held accountable."

Upon seeing Peter Lee making baseless accusations, the police chief was furious. Known for his refined demeanor, he glared and launched into a tirade, "Peter Lee, have you lost your mind? What nonsense are you spouting? Our Central Police Station had already issued warnings before the kidnapping occurred and relayed the information to your Special Branch. We even suggested that your Special Branch send personnel to the jewelry exhibition to ensure its safe operation. But your Special Branch is full of useless incompetents! Even with so many people guarding it, the kidnappers still managed to slip through—"

Damn it, if you dare to block my career path, I'll bite you to death.

Upon hearing the director's explanation, the others immediately looked at Peter Lee with strange expressions. Knowing the truth, they secretly cursed the political department as a bunch of useless idiots.

If the political department had dealt with the kidnappers in time, they wouldn't have been forced to come out of their homes for a meeting late at night, and such a serious kidnapping case wouldn't have occurred.

The people at the jewelry exhibition are all wealthy and powerful; if something goes wrong, they will all be held accountable by their superiors.

Even the top leader has to be summoned by the judicial authorities for questioning!

The leader snorted coldly, "Now is not the time to shirk responsibility. The most important thing is to rescue the hostages and take care of these kidnappers." Based on the intelligence at the scene, they have confirmed that this group of kidnappers is not the international terrorists they have been guarding against, but a criminal group led by "the doctor".

This criminal gang has been committing crimes in Southeast Asia for years, known for kidnapping and extortion. More importantly, these kidnappers are extremely brutal. They often plant time bombs on their hostages after receiving the ransom. If not properly defused, the bombs will explode and kill the hostages.

This is exactly what they are most worried about right now.

The Chief Superintendent of the Hong Kong Island Region said quietly, "The Special Branch is responsible for resolving the issues they caused."

"Why should we be responsible? Our political department sent people in advance to guard against the kidnappers' invasion, which was already more than enough. Now, most of the people sent out by our political department have died heroically. Even if they didn't make any great contributions, they still deserve credit for their hard work."

Peter Lee immediately shouted.

Given the current state of the jewelry exhibition, anyone who takes it over is a fool.

If anything goes wrong, he expects to be complained about to death afterwards.

Uncle Biao shrugged. "You guys made this mess yourselves, why aren't you cleaning it up? Are you expecting us to clean up your mess?"

Peter Li protested, "What do you mean it was our political department that caused this trouble? Do you think these kidnappers wouldn't have acted if our political department hadn't sent people to guard the area? Our political department has been actively on guard, it's just that the kidnappers are more cunning."

"We already suspected something would go wrong, yet your political department was still so careless. You deserve to die!"

Inside the meeting room, the group started arguing.

Suddenly, Brother Yi slammed his fist on the table and shouted angrily, "What's all the noise about? Do you think this is a vegetable market?" His words silenced the entire room.

"The Special Branch just lost a number of personnel, and morale is low. The Hong Kong Island Headquarters has just changed its leader and has not yet sorted out its internal affairs, so it is not appropriate for them to go to the site to command."

The police chief calmly said, "This incident occurred within the jurisdiction of the Central Police Station, so the Central Police Station will be in charge of this kidnapping case. We will try our best to rescue the hostage as soon as possible and prevent the situation from escalating."

"agree."

"Agreed."

"It's settled then."

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Damn it, are you just bullying me because of my low rank?!

The chief cursed inwardly. Rank is everything, and he was the lowest-ranking officer present, plus the case happened to occur within his jurisdiction.

Therefore, the leader's words were reasonable and well-founded, making it impossible for him to refuse.

"Fortunately, Ah Ming and Jiaju had already launched a rescue operation."

A sense of relief suddenly rose in the director's heart.

Uncle Biao looked at the superintendent being pressured by his rank by higher-ups with a strange expression. In the past, he was always one rank lower than the superintendent and ordered to do all sorts of messy things.

What goes around comes around, and now it's finally the director's turn to taste this bitter fruit.

"Ha, best of luck to your Central Police Station!"

Peter Lee offered his "blessings" with a touch of smugness. With the Security Bureau and the British standing behind him, he would never normally be pushed out to take the blame.

The Chief Superintendent of the Hong Kong Island Police Department looked at the Commissioner with some pity and said, "You are free to use all the police forces in the headquarters. I hope you can rescue the person as soon as possible."

The commissioner naturally has his own backers; otherwise, how could he have risen to the position of commissioner at such a young age? But no matter how strong his backers are, they are no match for the group of high-ranking police officers in front of him.

They were forced to take on this hot potato.

"Sending me to the front lines to command is clearly a way to make me take the blame. Isn't this bullying me because of my low rank? These bastards, relying on their high ranks and powerful backers, all of them shrink back when something happens—if they're so afraid of taking the blame, why don't they retire and go home to warm their beds?"

The police chief got into the police car, still cursing under his breath.

It's unpleasant for anyone to be pushed out to take the blame.

He even tried to shift the blame to the political department beforehand, but unexpectedly he was still dragged into it.

"This is quite frustrating, but we need to look on the bright side." Uncle Biao stepped on the gas and drove towards the Grand Hotel. He looked at the director, who was still angry, and said with a smile, "Now that Ah Ming and Jiaju have infiltrated the Grand Hotel, this is good news for us. If this matter is handled properly, promotion is a sure thing."

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"you're right."

The director took a deep breath. The only good thing about this case was that if he handled it well, a promotion would be a sure thing.

"Quickly, quickly, stop this bastard!"

Lu Ming came out of the monitoring room and glanced around at the surrounding environment. Outside the monitoring room was a huge warehouse, where many hotel vans, trucks and other vehicles were parked.

After a brief observation, he crouched down behind a bread cart in the middle, and with his mimicry skill, his body transformed, quickly blending into the bread cart.

Even the Uzi submachine gun in front of him, now a battle-damaged version gleaming with metallic luster, looked like a rusty lump of iron.

Just as he finished disguising himself, the sound of bandits cursing and swearing came from the passage. The leader was none other than "Idiot Shrimp Head," who had been speaking on the walkie-talkie earlier.

The group hurried through the passage. As they passed the pile of corpses, they instinctively fired a burst of submachine guns to prevent anyone from disguising themselves as a corpse to evade their pursuit.