Chapter 148: Poison Will Pay the Price for His Arrogance!

At this moment.

Liu Yang, who had once been focused on his declining criminal investigation skills and was gradually becoming more adept in the world of bureaucracy, no longer hesitated or second-guessed himself. His resolve had never been firmer, and he immediately gave the order to lead the team to the Shuiyuan Longting villa district to trace Poison’s whereabouts.

According to Su Ming’s instructions earlier.

All actions to track down Poison in Gusu City did not need to be deliberately concealed or overly dramatic. They only needed to follow the usual procedures.

This was to avoid the extremely cautious drug lord from noticing that the real target of the operation was not Poison, but something more important: Rose.

Of course, Liu Yang, Bai Yu, An Quan, and the others were well aware that, given the drug lord’s ability to spy on their every move, this operation had a high chance of failing. But even with a one percent chance, it was definitely worth a shot.

After all, a one percent chance now was far better than having no clues at all, like in the past.

…

The orders were quickly executed.

Three police cars from the Xiangcheng Criminal Investigation Team and two from the Magic City, all emerged from the parking lot of the Xiangcheng Criminal Investigation Team.

At the same time, two armored police vehicles were deployed, heading toward the Shuiyuan Longting area, packed with heavily armed SWAT officers and experienced snipers.

Clearly.

After the painful lessons from the earlier operation involving Zhou Shiru, everyone had adopted a default approach for dealing with members of the drug cartel.

They would rather violate traditional arrest protocols and use more aggressive methods to control the suspects. Even if it meant leaving the suspect barely alive, they would never allow a suspect to commit suicide in front of them.

Because.

Capturing a member of the drug cartel and extracting information about the others was the fastest way to uproot the entire operation.

Five criminal investigation cars and two SWAT armored vehicles converged at an intersection, speeding towards Shuiyuan Longting villa district, their procession moving rapidly down the road.

This unusual sight.

Naturally, caused curiosity among pedestrians and drivers on the road, who began guessing…

Was a major case unfolding?

Why else would the Xiangcheng Criminal Investigation Team mobilize such a large operation?

Of course, no one dared to stop the police cars to ask, but many immediately pulled out their phones to capture the scene and share it on social media platforms, asking for information.

As mentioned earlier.

The people of Dragon Country were never short of onlookers, always curious and eager to speculate on things they didn’t fully understand.

…

On the top floor of the Xing Sheng Building in Cangshan District, Luhu City.

Although the sky had completely darkened, the light pollution was so severe that no stars were visible.

Dressed in a high-end hand-tailored shirt, K elegantly held a knife and fork, cutting into the imported tomahawk steak in front of him, with a glass of fine red wine and a small dessert on the side.

Indulgence and style.

These were the words that defined K’s life at this moment.

Besides these, there was also a laptop on the table, running numerous scripts.

Just as K was about to take a juicy bite of steak, the laptop screen suddenly popped up with a notification.

The ongoing scripts began fetching tweets containing specific keywords.

Among them.

The image of seven police cars—captured by netizens and uploaded to social platforms—immediately caught K’s attention.

Without hesitation.

K put down his knife and fork, using his right index finger to swipe on the laptop’s touchscreen, enlarging the pictures of the police cars one by one.

By examining the road signs and the location tags from the tweets.

K could almost certainly confirm that the target of these police vehicles was the Shuiyuan Longting villa district, which undoubtedly meant…

Those damn dogs had already discovered Poison’s new identity.

This situation.

Made K furrow his brows slightly, feeling for the first time that things were a bit more troublesome than expected.

The most crucial thing was…

The speed at which the special task force, led by Su Ming, was uncovering the case was beyond K’s imagination.

How much time had passed since they found out about Poison’s original identity being canceled?

Perhaps not even half a day.

And yet, they had already tracked down Poison’s new identity?

Was this how different things were now? Was the difference in efficiency really that large compared to the useless detectives of the past?

At this point.

K involuntarily recalled his past experiences of smashing his computer, and also remembered something Su Ming had once said in an interview.

“In my eyes…”

“There has never been a perfect crime, there isn’t one now, and there won’t be one in the future!”

At this moment.

K’s gaze grew increasingly calm, yet there was an unsettling madness hidden beneath it. He glanced at the priest, who was leaning against the wall and smoking a cigar while admiring the night view of Cangshan District, and said with a hint of implication:

“Poison’s new identity has been discovered.”

“Those dogs who’ve caught the scent are now heading to his villa.”

“Although I’ve already made sure Poison left the villa and hid elsewhere, I have a feeling…”

“Poison’s arrogance before left too many clues, and I might not even be able to protect him.”

“But I’m not worried about Poison, because the butcher has already gone ahead.”

“I’m worried about…”

K’s calm words were left unfinished.

But the priest had already picked up on the meaning. He took a deep drag from his cigar, exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, obscuring his weathered face, and said in a deep voice:

“K, do you want me to deal with that person?”

“If we can eliminate that genius detective, the other idiots should get confused like before.”

K didn’t immediately respond to the priest’s words. Instead, he picked up his wine glass from the table and gently swirled it.

After a few seconds.

K took a small sip of the now-decantered red wine, then picked up his knife and fork again. As he continued cutting into the tomahawk steak, he said calmly and confidently:

“Priest, it’s not yet time for you to take such risks.”

“Although most of the clues and information about Poison have been unearthed, as long as Poison hasn’t been truly found, we will never lose.”

“Once Poison is on the brink of being discovered, we can turn him into a corpse that will never leave a trace, then throw him into the sea so that those people can never find him.”

“Poison should pay the price for his previous arrogance, don’t you think?”

“Perhaps, by using this method, we can lock these police in Gusu for good.”

“If that happens.”

“No matter how big the fire gets, it should never reach anyone else…”