Chapter 205: This time, no leniency for confession—only the truth!

After a brief conversation, K hung up the phone, placed the satellite phone and the silver ring back into the sturdy safe.

It was clear.

The call he had just made wasn’t just to inquire whether Priest could be sacrificed. The key point was… seeking help from an experienced external source and asking his former teacher how to handle the current crisis.

Now that he had his answer, his face had returned to its usual confidence and calmness.

He then took a bottle of expensive red wine from the suite, sat on a lounge chair by the pool, poured himself a glass, and gently swirled it while looking at Priest, who was still practicing his punches. With confidence, he spoke.

“Priest.”

“I just spoke to my teacher, and he gave me the most appropriate solution.”

Upon hearing K mention his teacher, Priest was clearly stunned for a moment, then stopped his punching, and despite his sweat, he picked up a cigar from the nearby table and lit it.

He took a heavy puff and exhaled a thick cloud of smoke, looking at the heavy sniper rifle nearby but said nothing.

Because no matter what decision K made, he would carry it out unconditionally, even if it was seemingly a suicide mission.

K seemed to have known Priest’s attitude, and without waiting for his agreement, he continued.

“Priest.”

“What do you think… about Butcher, who has already been detained at the Huaihai Criminal Investigation Brigade? Even if he confesses everything in the end, how much impact do you think it will have on our organization?”

Upon hearing this question, Priest, who wasn’t particularly skilled in thinking, furrowed his brows and pondered for a few seconds before responding in his deep, gravelly voice.

“Although Butcher’s counter-reconnaissance ability is excellent, and he has helped us eliminate a few key figures, he’s more of a mercenary behind the scenes rather than an internal member, so the impact might be smaller?”

K took a sip of the red wine, still wearing his confident expression, and continued.

“Exactly.”

“Butcher is a useful knife, but he’s killed too many people. I couldn’t be sure when he’d be captured, so I didn’t disclose much internal information to him.”

“Or rather… Butcher doesn’t need to know much. He has his own methods for killing and most likely wouldn’t waste time learning others’ methods.”

“Even if his mouth is pried open, the impact might not be that big. It might involve other people, but it absolutely won’t affect us.”

“Priest, if other people are accidentally arrested due to the information Butcher gave to the police, will it affect me?”

This time, Priest didn’t answer right away. He simply shook his head, expressing his opinion, then turned and leaned against the guardrail, gazing at the direction of the Cangshan Criminal Investigation Team.

K changed to a more comfortable position, lightly swirling his wine glass, squinting at the sun hanging in the sky, feeling the intense, blinding sunlight.

In his heart… it seemed like the day had brightened again, returning to its familiar shape.

…

Meanwhile, at the familiar Huaihai Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Taking advantage of Butcher needing some time to recover and regain his composure, Su Ming and Liu Yang, along with the others, seized the opportunity to rest for several hours in the police dormitory.

During this period of the arrest operation, none of them had gotten any rest.

Their bodies and minds were at their limits.

If they kept pushing themselves, they might collapse before they could capture K.

After a brief rest, in the meeting room of the Huaihai Criminal Investigation Brigade, Su Ming, Liu Yang, Bai Yu, and others were analyzing the current clues about the drug trafficking organization.

At this moment, Su Ming stood in front of the whiteboard, holding a marker, and wrote Priest’s name and the city name Jinling City. He tapped the whiteboard and spoke.

“According to the latest call from Chief Lin…”

“They’ve uncovered Priest’s original identity as a mercenary from a Central Asian war-torn region, and he is currently on his way to Jinling City.”

“They’re trying to find other key useful clues through Priest’s relatives in order to break through K’s identity.”

“And they’ve also uncovered an important lead: the source of K’s high-purity drugs is highly likely related to his overseas experiences from several years ago.”

“Based on the speculation from Chief Lin and Bureau Chief Huang, during that time abroad, K most likely also met Priest and brought him in as an elder of the drug trafficking organization and helped establish its foundation.”

“Therefore, based on my cautious judgment of K, it’s highly likely that Butcher knows very little about K’s identity. It will be difficult to extract the structure of this drug trafficking organization from him.”

“So, during the interrogation later, the main focus will be to gather the specific identities of other organization members and capture any other hidden members.”

“We cannot let go of Priest’s line, it will be crucial going forward. We will even have to use it to uncover the procurement channels for the high-purity drugs.”

“And then…”

At this point, the door to the meeting room was suddenly pushed open. Xu Changsheng stood in the doorway, raising his head as a signal.

“Xiao Ming, it’s time to go to the interrogation room.”

“Currently, Butcher’s condition has stabilized, and he’s under detention in the interrogation room. Two people are specifically watching him to prevent him from doing anything extreme.”

“But hurry up, I have a feeling the interrogation might not go smoothly.”

“I went to the interrogation room earlier and noticed that Butcher’s eyes showed no fear or panic, and he was very calm.”

“From past interrogation experience, people like this are usually the hardest to break, and he has taken the lives of more than ten people. There’s no need for leniency in his confession.”

In response to Xu Changsheng’s concern, Su Ming shook his head, expressionless, and spoke slowly.

“Brother Sheng.”

“We don’t need Butcher to confess for leniency because the weapons and evidence we currently have are enough to sentence him to death.”

“This time, we only need the truth. No matter the methods… just the truth!”