Chapter 156: Heh, a Chance? Don’t Make Me Laugh, Officer!

Once Rose was completely subdued, the special police and traffic departments no longer needed to assist.

The SWAT snipers hidden on the rooftop and the traffic officers controlling the central city thoroughfares all ended their mission and returned to their original posts.

In the public security system, each department has its own duties, but whenever one needs support, others will unconditionally and fully cooperate.

Because no matter the department, the ultimate goal is always the same—to safeguard the peace and stability of the Dragon Nation.

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At this moment, even though they’d received word that the arrest operation had been a success, Lin Tian, Gao Chao, and the others were still moving at a brisk pace, rushing straight to the third floor of the beauty salon without hesitation.

They hadn’t even reached VIP Room No. 5 yet, but they could already hear faint sobbing—unclear words choked with tears.

The sound made Lin Tian, who had been waiting impatiently, step forward first and push open the door to Room No. 5.

At once, he saw Rose pinned to the ground with Su Ming’s knee on her back, her right arm and jaw clearly dislocated.

Whether from pain or fear,.her eyes and nose were red from crying, and tears were still falling in large drops.

When she saw Lin Tian and Gao Chao in their white uniform shirts, she shook her head vigorously again and again, clearly still clinging to the hope of proving her innocence.

But Gao Chao showed no reaction to her denial.

Expressionless, he turned to Su Ming and asked,

“Deputy Leader Su, are you injured?”

Before Su Ming could answer, Dong Qin stepped in, handing over the pistol she had picked up from the corner to Gao Chao, and gave Su Ming a heartfelt look of admiration as she said,

“Chief Gao, how could he be injured?”

“Really, I wasn’t joking earlier—Deputy Leader Su’s takedown technique is insane. Not just Rose—even if it were a male suspect, they probably wouldn’t have had a chance to fight back.”

“Also, this was the firearm Rose had on her.”

Now that Lin Tian and the others had arrived, Su Ming didn’t continue restraining Rose.

Gripping the handcuffs without an ounce of gentleness, he hauled her up from the ground without caring at all about her dislocated arm.

Then he casually grabbed a pair of medical rubber gloves from the nearby tool drawer and put them on.

The next second, with everyone watching, Su Ming brought his index and middle fingers together, inserted them directly into Rose’s mouth, and began probing cautiously while squinting and explaining:

“Even though I’ve already dislocated Rose’s jaw…”

“We need to take advantage of the fact that the drug trafficking leader is still focused on Gusu’s drug scene and hasn’t alerted others yet, to quickly interrogate her about the organization. If we’re lucky, we might uncover the poison or get leads on other members—even the boss’s location.”

“So she has to be able to speak. But in case she’s hiding cyanide or some other poison in her mouth, this is the only way to check.”

After speaking, Su Ming withdrew his fingers, flicked off the saliva, and peeled off the gloves with a blank face.

“No poison in her mouth.”

“Just like we guessed. Because of the fake intel passed along by that drug boss, these members all thought we were in Gusu.”

“So apart from the poison, everyone’s guard is likely down.”

“The fact that Rose managed to carry a gun at all probably already took everything she had—her vigilance was already quite high.”

With that, Su Ming grabbed Rose’s jaw and roughly jerked it upward.

Click—

The sound of her jaw snapping back into place echoed clearly.

No need for Su Ming to say anything—

Rose immediately let out a loud, tearful cry, pouring out her grievances like a dam burst.

“Officer! Officer!”

“I don’t even know what crime I’ve committed! Why did you arrest me the moment you arrived? You didn’t even give me a chance to speak!”

“In my mind, our Dragon Nation’s police officers are supposed to be reasonable! What you’re doing is illegal, and I don’t even know…”

Wailing and crying, Rose tried to kneel as if to plead weakness.

But just as her knees bent, Xu Changsheng and Guo Ping stepped forward in unison and held her up by the arms, refusing to let her kneel.

Expressionless, Gao Chao raised the pistol Dong Qin had just handed him, expertly removed the magazine, and held a brass-colored bullet in front of Rose.

“Rose.”

“There’s no point pretending anymore.”

“This gun in my hand already proves plenty. And the fact we found you so precisely means we’ve got a lot of key intel.”

“Instead of stubbornly pretending, it’d be better to cooperate with the police and try to earn some credit. Maybe then your case will be handled more leniently.”

“So.”

“Tell us where you made the human-skin masks.”

His voice devoid of emotion, the handgun in his hand cold and undeniable, made Rose fall silent. Her tears stopped completely.

All the grievance in her eyes vanished, replaced by cold resentment and fury.

Then she sneered and said coldly, “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

“Officer, there’s no point trying to talk me into cooperating. All I know is—if I talk, I’ll rot in prison for life.”

“And… and…”

Here, Rose suddenly stopped and looked around the room with venom in her eyes, laughing bitterly:

“Officers, do you think I still have a chance?”

“Hmm?”

“Tell me—do I still have a chance? A chance? Officer, don’t make me laugh!”

——

At the same time, in an underground mall parking lot three kilometers from Red Rose Beauty Salon, a modified heavy-duty SUV was parked in a quiet corner. In the driver’s seat sat a young man around twenty-five or six, sporting an afro.

Right now, this afro-haired man was holding a custom-made phone, dialing a special number.

One second.

Two seconds.

Three seconds…

Until the automated message saying the call couldn’t be connected played.

The man tossed the phone into the passenger seat in frustration, slammed the steering wheel, scratched his head, and muttered anxiously,

“Damn it.”

“Why isn’t she picking up? Could something have happened to Sister Rose?”