Extreme Almightiest Young Master Chapter 97

"Hello, Director Liu, a major case has occurred in Xiao Wang Village, Pingyang District. It’d be best for the city bureau to handle this," Fan Ming immediately requested instructions from the city bureau chief, knowing this case was beyond his capability to handle. Such a grand case required intervention from higher authorities.

"I’m away at a meeting. Have Zhou Yang deal with it," Director Liu responded casually, not taking the issue very seriously.

"This is a case involving over 20 lives, and a human trafficking group has been taken down," Fan Ming, hearing Director Liu’s indifferent attitude, quickly added, thinking to himself, ’My chief, if it weren’t serious, would I be calling you?’

"What? Over 20 lives? Let Zhou Yang take over for now. I’m heading back immediately!" Now, Director Liu truly felt some urgency. A case with over 20 lives lost was significant on a national scale. Handled well, it could add a shining merit to his record, but handled poorly, it would be a huge problem. How could he not be anxious?

Listened to the busy tone on the phone, Fan Ming shook his head, arranged for his men to secure the scene, and take care of the children who had just been rescued, while continuing to report the case to Zhou Yang over the phone...

Zhou Yang, receiving Fan Ming’s call, was also incredibly shocked. A case with over 20 lives was a particularly serious one nationally. Was it that Wang Ming who discovered it and killed the traffickers? He immediately dispatched the relevant police forces to Xiao Wang Village in Pingyang District. If this case wasn’t handled properly, who knows what trouble it might stir up.

For some reason, a question suddenly surfaced in Zhou Yang’s mind. Lin Feng had called not long ago, and now such a significant case had emerged; could it be related to him?

"Director Zhou, here’s the situation," Fan Ming immediately approached Zhou Yang, eager to report the case details.

"No need to say more. Have Wang Ming accompany me to the scene," Zhou Yang waved a hand, cutting off Fan Ming’s report, preferring action over words, disliking these so-called briefings; he wanted to see things firsthand.

"Alright, I’ll have Wang Ming accompany you right away," Fan Ming also understood Zhou Yang’s approach. This deputy director, known in the city bureau for his impartiality, always worked by the book. There was no point in Fan Ming trying to cozy up to him, so he promptly arranged for Wang Ming to join Zhou Yang.

Accompanied by Wang Ming, Zhou Yang first visited the rescued children. But as he saw the non-human state these children were in, tortured by such scum, with horrific burn and scald scars, limbs broken at unnatural angles, children who could only open their mouths but not speak, even Zhou Yang, who prided himself on being tough, could not control his feelings. His eyes almost teared up – these damn bastards, they had been so ruthless to such small children, it was beyond being cold-hearted; it was utterly monstrous!

It was uncertain whether these children could find their parents again, and even if they did, what then? Children left disabled like this would cause immense harm to a family. Those beasts got off too easily by dying; had it been the ancient times, flaying and burning by a slow fire would have been the least of their punishments. The more Zhou Yang thought about it, the angrier he became. Yet, in a flash, he found it strange – how could such a large gang have gone unnoticed for so long in this village? Was there really no reaction from the village at all?

"Wang Ming, were the children like this when you arrived?" Zhou Yang asked, pressing down his emotions, needing to understand the full scope of the incident for his duty’s sake.

"They were already like this when I arrived! I rescued all the children," Wang Ming answered Zhou Yang’s question. But seeing these children, he felt even more convinced that taking the fall for Lin Feng was well worth it. Just thinking about these children, he felt at peace with his actions.

"Let’s contact the media right away later, send out the children’s pictures, and look for their parents," Zhou Yang thought for a moment. Solving this issue for the children would be better handled through the media since there were so many of them. Relying solely on police to find and contact their parents was impractical.

"Yes, I’ll take care of it immediately!" Wang Ming replied, feeling the integrity of Zhou Yang and even more fortunate to have such a leader.

"Let’s go inside and see," Zhou Yang pushed open the heavy iron gate and saw the bodies of over 20 traffickers lying on the ground. He walked over slowly, wanting to take a closer look and understand what happened, yet internally he wondered when Wang Ming had become so formidable. He had never heard of Wang Ming as being so capable before—an individual killing an entire group of traffickers; it was unthinkable.

"Li Dashan!" Zhou Yang recognized at a glance this A-level fugitive who had been wanted nationwide for many years. His eyes widened in shock; back when they tried to capture him, they had exerted great effort without success, and lives were lost. Clearly, this man was specially trained, or perhaps like Zhou Yang himself, was a cultivator. It was beyond anyone’s expectations that this man, who usually couldn’t be caught by hundreds, would end up dead here, and at Wang Ming’s hands, no less. Whoever would believe Wang Ming was that powerful? If Wang Ming really were that capable, would he still be in his current position? The thought was outlandish.

"Li Dahai!" Another A-level fugitive, long-standing on the wanted list, one whom Zhou Yang could not possibly fail to recognize. The Li brothers had killed many people across the nation, and to think they were both lying here today. If the bureau found out, what an achievement it would be – even the Ministry of Public Security would likely award them.

But Wang Ming didn’t have that ability; these people were still lying here—what on earth was going on?

"Don’t feed me that crap about how it was you who killed them," Zhou Yang’s eyes fixed on Wang Ming, making him shudder, because just having seen the wounds on these corpses, he recalled incidents from his time in that department and naturally knew how these people had died—they had been beaten to death by a master. To say more than twenty, even if it were just one, would be impossible because Wang Ming was not a master of that caliber.

"Director Zhou, about that Huang Niu gang, you should know what’s really going on," Wang Ming scratched his head and chuckled, seeing Director Zhou’s expression, he knew he couldn’t hide it any longer. Mulling it over in his heart, he reckoned that, considering Lin Feng’s quite special relationship with Director Zhou, a subtle hint might not lead to trouble after all, especially since he was taking the fall for Lin Feng.

Lin Feng, it was you after all!

If it had been Lin Feng who did it, everything made sense. Zhou Yang thought of the words that Brother Yang had once said to him—despite being so formidable, Brother Yang was only a nominal disciple. This made him realize just how powerful a true disciple like Lin Feng must be. There was no need even to think about it; these twenty-odd scumbags were nothing, let alone if their number doubled or tripled, the outcome would be the same. Such was the power of a true master, that even he, in his prime before injury, wouldn’t find the twenty-odd a tough task!

But now, these twenty-plus lives were nonetheless not a trivial matter; it certainly wasn’t fair to let Wang Ming take the fall alone. Righteous police were already too few; one couldn’t let people lose heart any further. If, for the sake of these scumbags, anything happened to Wang Ming, then it would truly be an injustice to heaven.

But how should one smoothly handle this situation?

Since Wang Ming had already taken responsibility, it wasn’t possible to switch to another reason; the only way was to make the public statement a reality! With that realization, Zhou Yang’s mind cleared. Covering up the truth was something he had done countless times before; he was very familiar with the process.

"Why are the corpses still lying around? Arrange for them to be cremated immediately." Zhou Yang instructed the personnel from the city bureau to handle the scene, while at the same time, he gave Wang Ming a meaningful look and walked towards a corner of the warehouse.

Wang Ming certainly noticed Director Zhou’s glance, but he didn’t understand what Director Zhou meant.

"Director Zhou?" Having reached the corner, Wang Ming asked quietly, realizing that Director Zhou must have some private words for him.

"I’ll handle the matter with the bodies. Solidify the conclusion that you rescued the children and bravely fought against the child traffickers, killing a national A-list fugitive, understood?" Zhou Yang didn’t beat around the bush and spoke directly to Wang Ming. He wanted to deal with the situation swiftly and decisively, leaving no evidence even if there was a retrial later.

"Ah..." Wang Ming was a bit stunned; he had already prepared himself for being laid off, and now suddenly Director Zhou said this, the turnaround was really too big! Having been a police officer for so many years, of course he understood what Director Zhou was implying—this was attributing major credit to him! He hadn’t expected to receive commendation after preparing for punishment; the sudden shift was beyond his comprehension...

"You’re a smart man, you know what to do. Insist that the deaths occurred during the rescue struggle, and even if there’s an inquiry, it won’t be a problem. I don’t want you to take the fall," Zhou Yang patted Wang Ming’s shoulder, said his piece, and went back outside.

At this point, if Wang Ming still didn’t understand what was going on, he would truly be a fool. It was clear that Director Zhou knew he was taking the heat for Lin Feng and was purposely helping him. Thinking of this, Wang Ming’s steps lightened. Following Director Zhou’s instruction, he could certainly continue being a police officer, continue to work for the people. Why not embrace it?

"Little Fan, your officer Wang Ming here is really outstanding, just cracked the biggest scalping case in the city, and now has taken down a huge human trafficking ring, and what’s more important, he killed a long-pursued A-list fugitive. I’m considering what award to give your sub-bureau at the party committee meeting to encourage you all," Zhou Yang said bureaucratically to Fan Ming.

"This is all thanks to the cultivation of the superior organization. We will definitely work hard in the future and take Wang Ming, the excellent comrade, as our role model," Fan Ming said, hearing Zhou Kai speak like this and seeing people starting to move the bodies outside. Even a fool could understand what Director Zhou meant. To set up Wang Ming as an exemplary figure, to wrap up the case quickly, would leave no room for trouble. And most importantly, it would reflect well on him, on his police station, and it was a significant achievement for his own career prospects.

With this in mind, Fan Ming’s face broke into a smile. He began arranging for care for the children and for photos to be taken of Wang Ming with the children...

With the full cooperation of Directors Zhou Yang and Fan Ming, this large-scale case finally concluded successfully. Heroic police battled desperate traffickers, rescued 31 kidnapped children, and killed a long-wanted A-list fugitive...