Chapter 424: The Arbitration of Disputes
July 11, 12:30 p.m
"Even if I don't eat and look at me, I won't say anything," Chong put down the knife and fork in his hand, "What do you think?" Tell me in the words of the police code? I also studied at Cross Bell's police academy in Japan, so it's a waste of time except for the fact that survival in the wilderness is a little interesting."
"That Lloyd didn't mean to teach you a lesson," Ellie tried to ease the somewhat stiff atmosphere, "I just think the intimidation was too much"
"That's not a threat, it's a declaration," Chong replied indifferently, "If they refuse to cooperate, then I will shoot and incapacitate them, and not a word of my words is a joke"
"I remember that there was an instructor at the Crossbell Police Academy who told us a doctrine that I didn't get credit for statutes because of an argument with him," Chong tapped the table with a knife and fork, "and he told me that the officer's gun is not for firing, and bullets cannot judge sinners, and I think he was killing both sides by saying this."
"Why?" Lloyd hesitated
"Criminals have no fear because the police can't shoot, overconfidence and thinking that they can seek humanitarian protection will make the conflict rise, and the police will indulge the existence of crime because they can't shoot, my country has had several cases in the era when the legal institutions were not very perfect, the hostages were taken and died, but the murderer was alive and well" Chong took a sip of black coffee "The reason is because the police can't shoot at will, so I think this is nonsense at all"
"There is a profession in Japan called military detectives, they have almost the same code of conduct as guerrillas and the restrictions are more cumbersome, they do things for the country, the elite point has the right to shoot, and the S-level military detectives can kill people at any time, but they don't need to shoot to subdue criminals, do you want to know why?"
"What is the reason?" Randy couldn't help but ask first
"Because criminals know that they can shoot at any time, and no one will joke with their lives, this is the difference" Chong Ban narrowed his eyes, "The gun is a sharp weapon used to kill people, not to be used as a tool to protect the citizens, unless the bullet inside will be shot into the chest of the sinner"
Lloyd bowed his head and was silent, he was worthy of a teenager who had obtained a "professional" certificate from a "professional" institution, and his mind was completely full of so-called social fairness and justice, which was disgusting
"Anyway, all the information that should be obtained has come out of their mouths, and that's the difference" Chong opened the search notes that Ellie had placed on the dining table, "I don't approve of violent law enforcement, I just recognize the most concise and efficient rules, even if they contradict the moral norms of human society"
"Lloyd?" Ellie looked at Lloyd worriedly, and he raised his hand to signal that it didn't matter
"Maybe I'm too dull, I'll prove this kind of behavior to you in the future, now I'll sort things out this time first" Lloyd exhaled lightly, "Although it's just an ordinary street fight, judging from the attitudes of the leaders of both sides, it's likely to turn into a crowd to make trouble, we need to put an end to this kind of thing, so we need to gather enough information, fortunately, I almost asked it just now, Chong, please give me the search notes"
Closing his mouth, he handed him the note, and Chong continued to eat the food in front of him with his head down
"Ahem" was also a little awkward because he was talking about business in public, but the sense of responsibility to protect the citizens quickly suppressed the shyness in his heart
"Judging from the conversation between the leaders of the two sides, the two sides are not bitter enemies, and the fact that they can coexist for so long in the old street proves that there is no deep hatred between them, so this time there is a reason for the sudden intensification of the conflict," Lloyd said, looking through the search notes, "Hmm...... The confessions of both sides were strikingly consistent, each saying that they were resentful because their companions had been attacked by the other, and because they had no contact with each other, there was no way to argue privately, and that the isolation between them was the objective cause of the intensification of the conflict, and the attack was the main reason."
"Actually, it would be better if the group questioning worked, but they strongly asked to ask separately," Randy said helplessly, "This group of people is so cute"
"Forcibly increase the difficulty of the search," Tio said indifferently
"Well, actually, there's only one thing worth caring about in the confession," Lloyd closed the note as if he already knew something, "and they all said that both sides had been attacked unilaterally, not in an ordinary brawl, and that the injured were all knocked down from behind and then assaulted."
"That's why I'm so angry, if I get injured in a quarrel, I won't leave any regrets and resentment, but if it's a sneak attack, it's different," Ellie Yan said, "In their eyes, it's a stupid thing that violates the rules, so they have to get justice"
"And it's really troublesome that both parties belong to people who won't settle it in private," Tio said indifferently
"Because the injured people haven't recovered yet, they can't go to the hospital to collect evidence, but they all say that the injuries match the weapons used by the other party, one is a mace and the other is a slingshot," Lloyd carefully recalls the weapon they used
"I don't know if it's something that is a few times behind" Chong gave it a disdain from a scientific point of view, "The mace weakens its weight and sense of impact in order to strengthen the pain aspect, and it has no effect other than simple sadism, and the slingshot is a shame for long-range weapons, and now even children don't use this to fight but directly throw stones out with their hands, are they all stupid"
"Please don't make such a serious joke," Lloyd said helplessly, "I'm doing business now"
"I'm talking to you about the right thing, it's clear that this is not something that their members did in private" Chong said indifferently, "The group of COS assassins said that the injured person was knocked unconscious by a mace in the back and was beaten, and the evidence is that there are fractures and holes in his body, so is there anyone present who has studied surgery?"
"I only know how to bandage wounds," Ellie, who was born as a young lady, shook her head
"I've only learned wilderness first aid and toxin cleanup," Lloyd shook his head
"I'm about the same as Lloyd"
"Didn't learn," Randy said, too, saying they didn't understand it
"As I said just now, the mace is a punishment tool, a weapon made to torture people," Chong Leng said "I also saw the mace held by the group of ramps just now, it is a forgery, it is a special product that strengthens the weight, so let me ask you, with that kind of weapon that not only weakens the sense of blow, but also relieves the pain of the person who is hit, how to knock a person to the ground with one blow, it is not an iron rod, even if it hits the head, it is impossible to faint instantly without preparation, And why would the people who did such things go out of their way to leave eyewitness evidence, plus they are just some streets. Liang, without special training, they are all half a pound and eight taels, this kind of person can use a slingshot to accurately stun a person at a long distance? ”
"This is," Lloyd's expression couldn't help but harden after thinking about it carefully
"But they don't understand it when you give an explanation like this," Randy may not be complaining, but he did get the atmosphere wrong
"Of course, everyone knows that this is not something that can be solved by this kind of talk alone, and they will only listen to this evidence if we drag the murderer in front of them" Chong handed the tray to the waiter and motioned for another one, he didn't like to eat Western food because the portions were so small
"But who will the murderer be" Lloyd, who did not know much about the situation in his hometown after returning after three years, said distressedly, and he now urgently needed a hint from someone who knew the local situation in recent years
"Yoha~ The newcomers of the Secret Service Support Division should be quiet when discussing things in public~" Someone suddenly slapped Lloyd in the back, and then Lloyd hurriedly turned around
"Ah...... I remember you were a journalist at the magazine, right? Randy paused for a moment before speaking
"That's right~ What bottle tops do the newcomers seem to have encountered~ Do you want to sister, I'll help you solve it" Grace smiled and waved the camera in her hand, "I only need first-hand on-site reporting"
"Sorry, it's an internal matter of the police department"
"Since she dares to write anything, it proves that the police department doesn't care about this, remember, if you want to solve the case, the reporter and the prisoner are your best assistants," Chong said indifferently, "unless you want to make a bigger deal out of it"
"Yes, Mr. Guerrilla is right," Grace chuckled, "Newcomers need to remember this, I can help you a lot in the future."
"Well, Miss Grace, in fact I do have a doubt right now" Lloyd nodded, "We can sue you if we can, but we also need secrecy and information"
"No problem, sister, I'll tell you now," Grace pulled a chair from the table next to me and sat down, "because I still have interviews to do, so let's make a long story short, have you heard the name Rubache?" ”
“!” Lloyd's and Ellie's bodies trembled at the same time, but they quickly returned to their upright position
"I've heard the name Lubache, but I don't know if it's the one" Chong put aside the second plate of clean steaks, "the underground chamber of commerce, right?"
"Yes, yes, I didn't expect you to know about it from Japan," Grace chuckled happily, no, I don't think there's anything to be happy about
"I know about some underground organizations, and besides, they haven't been to Japan," Chong said indifferently, "I remember that a man who came was as strong as a bear, and I heard that he was the second-in-command, and the reason for coming was because he wanted to find out if there was a channel for buying and selling obsidian in Japan."
"What?!" Lloyd suddenly became nervous: "Did they even start to get involved in this kind of thing?" ”
"It's a felony to sell obsidian in private, but I didn't expect them to be so unscrupulous," Ellie said with some loneliness, perhaps she never thought that Rubahce would be so arrogant
"A qiē trade is not a crime as long as it has something to do with the state, but in the end, the deal was not negotiated "worship the black coffee left over in one sip" because Japan has already negotiated with Britain for the export quota of the Philosopher's Stone, and its similar obsidian cannot be negotiated as a legitimate trade, and judging from the distribution of power in the backstreets, it seems that they have not been in Japan for long."
"A company that even dares to sell obsidian that is strictly forbidden to sell to the outside world, and there is also a stock that can trade with the country, presumably their power here can be said to be one-handed" Chong didn't know if he had eaten and drunk enough, but in the eyes of others, it seemed that he was about to eat, "But now that you know this, then this matter can be closed, and the next question is whether to interfere"
"Huh? Do you already know something? Ellie asked in surprise, and Grace looked surprised
"The instinct of struggle is the best nature to motivate the beast to jump out of its cage, and when I went to East Main Street just now, I saw a familiar name, "Chong stood up, and then I will talk about it when I get to the building, Miss Grace, we will fulfill the payment we will pay you, please go to the back street at eleven o'clock in the evening in two days, and I will give you an excellent report"
"Okay, sister believes you," Grace chuckled, and then put a stack of money on the table, "Sister is very satisfied with you newcomers, I'll pay for the meal."
"Then I'll trouble you" Chong walked straight out of the restaurant, wouldn't it be stupid not to take advantage of it
—————————————————————————————————— two days later in the evening......
"Hey, I said they were too calm, I didn't expect that the five big and three thick orangutans could actually hold back and not do it first" The man in black snorted, "If we continue like this, we can't make a difference."
"No way, just add fuel to the fire," said his companion, "and when he saw the blue guy, he knocked him unconscious with a glass bottle and beat him with a mace, and when he saw the red guy, he threw a stone at it, and remembered that the other guy imitated the sound of a slingshot with a rubber band."
"Okay, got it" The other two immediately walked around the corner, while the two of them waved the glass bottle in their hands and walked to the other side
"After a little over ten minutes, a man with a blue hood came out of the speakeasy, and as he walked towards the container, they came from behind with a stick
......After a muffled sound, the man in black collapsed to the ground, and the men in black gathered around
"I found a blue rabbit~ Okay, don't waste time, take a mace and wash him first, remember not to kill him" The man said after taking out the mace
"Hmph~ don't blame us," they raised their weapons with a wicked smile
"I know, I'm not going to kill you," the man who fell to the ground made a cold sound, and then the black muzzle of the gun pointed at the abdomen of the two people in front of him, "Don't move, or I'll shoot right away"
"What" the men froze for a moment, and then two people jumped out of the roof and pressed the latter two to the ground
"Don't move, Crossbell Police"
"Get on your stomach, or I'll take a shower," warned Lloyd and Randy
"Hehe, it's unexpectedly simple~" Waji also jumped off the roof like a falling swallow
"Run! The strip won't shoot! The two people who were being robbed immediately ran up the stairs
"Bang bang bang!" Three bullets knocked his hat and sunglasses off
"Tsk, this damn hood" Chongyi tore his clothes open, "I don't have the confidence to shoot me in the hands and feet"
"I think that hand just now is much more difficult than killing directly, anyway, no kidding, Chong, you hurry up and catch up," Randy said strictly
"Long-winded, don't order me" Chong jumped directly onto the roof with the help of the container, and then quickly landed on the other end, the house here was inevitably too low
"Bang!" A gunshot knocked one man to the ground
"What" his companion immediately panicked, what kind of joke, the police actually dared to shoot directly?!
"There are narcotic bullets inside, but there are only four rounds, and the next two are live ammunition" Chong Leng said "Do you want to try it, I will be responsible for taking out the bullets, I have a medical qualification certificate"
"Damn!" He was about to die when he was knocked out by Wald's punch
"Tsk, it's so easy to solve," Wald said with a vague sigh of relief, "and I want to make a big fuss."
"When they get out of prison, you can move as you please, provided you don't die," Chong dragged the two men up and threw them behind their backs
"Woo!" The four men collided with each other and let out a dull cry of pain
"Oooh! It's really a newcomer, and it was solved all at once~" The flash kept flashing "Sister believes in you~"
"Tsk, why are there any reporters coming," Wald glared at him grumblingly
"It's just an exchange, anyway, you're going to have to be on camera sooner or later" Chong Dan said indifferently, that's it, it's none of your business, just wait to read your own expression in the newspaper tomorrow"
"That's what the "sanctions" are against you, that's it"
postscript
"Hey, don't follow me with a strange expression" Ellie and Theo get back in the car because they are sleepy, Randy goes back to report the incident to the section chief, and he and Lloyd return a little later after throwing the Rubache group into the police station
"Ah, I'm sorry, I was just thinking about something" Lloyd came back from his contemplation, "Also, thank you for this matter, thanks to your reasoning, this matter can be solved so easily"
"That's right, if it weren't for your incompetence, I wouldn't have wasted even two days" Chong nodded, "I'll just throw the evidence in their faces, and then arrest them all, because all I want is a peace of mind"
"So what are you thinking about now, because this matter is actually just a small matter that Arios has given you, or because you know the black corner of the city and you are uneasy" Chong said indifferently, "Both are too stupid"
"No, it's neither, I'm just thinking about you," Lloyd said, shaking his head
"Huh? About me? Chong was stunned for a moment by the unexpected answer: "What?" What do you want to know? ”
"Not only do you know that Rubahce is all, but even the Black Moon who is fighting against you knows that you must have a lot of status in Japan," Royd said sternly
"That's right, I've made it very clear, I have the right of asylum outside the law, and I won't be judged by the law unless I do something unconscionable, unlike those who do whatever they want because of the fragility of the legal institutions, I can do whatever I want because I go beyond the law itself" Chong thought about it and said "No, I didn't go beyond the law, strictly speaking, I helped stimulate the progress of the law, anyway, it's a bit too arrogant"
"I'll tell you directly, the country will let the strongest underground organization survive, and the confrontation between Rubache and Black Moon is because of this, because the weak will be slaughtered first, and then thrown into prison to spend their lives" Chong said indifferently, "Because there are no three who can manage the citizens, if Rubache can really not accept the trial of the law, he should directly hire mercenaries instead of using this kind of childish means, they are just puppies under the government in the end"
"So as long as you don't belong to a government agency, you can bully them casually" Chong dropped countless bombs in a row when Lloyd didn't react, "It's a pity you're not, you're also a puppy"
"Where the court only rules the final result based on the words of the lawyer and the injured party, do you think anyone can really sanction anyone?"
Note 1: I deliberately skipped a plot because "Black Moon" will help promote the plot in the future, and I can only talk nonsense after saying it here (definitely not because I'm lazy)