37, Demon Cave (I)
Inside the dimly lit crypt, Jamaji, the mother of Hijra, was moved by Song Wenbin's words and said, "Recently, a large number of children between the ages of twelve and fifteen have gone missing in the neighborhood here, and if you can help us find those children, then I will recognize you as a real Hijra, and you can keep your heights." ”
Song Wenbin heard this. Wiping his sweat, he said, "First of all, my superior self has the final say, but I am willing to fulfill your wish, in return for your help from that group of men, but you must let this Mr. Mohan and his men go, I need their help to solve the problem." ”
Jamagi nodded and said to Amrit, "If you can't help find the missing child, I'll sacrifice your sister to Shiva." ”
"If you dare to do this, this community will surely accelerate its death." Amrit warned as he pulled on his pants.
"Okay, don't argue, my time is precious. Jamaji, you find me some children to bait first, Amrit, you can follow me with the police later, it's night, if there are child abductors around here, this is a good time for them to hang out. Song Wenbin said.
The mother of Hijra agreed, and at her behest, the Mohan siblings were lowered from their posts, but the younger sister Nita was taken to a remote room in the temple, where she was guarded by several Hijra.
His brother Amrit and several other police officers were let go and, led by Jamaji, made their way through the tunnels to the outskirts of the temple, a dilapidated slum.
Walking in the slums, Song Wenbin could see some dark-skinned, broad-shouldered, male-looking guys in the slums, wearing stockings and high heels, standing under the dim pink lamp, smoking cigarettes, and watching the procession pass by.
This scene made Wei Ning a little frightened, he shrank beside Song Wenbin, and asked in a low voice: "I'm tired, this place is so scary... If there is a woman doing such a thing, forget it... Why... Why do men do it too..."
Song Wenbin looked at Hijra in those alleys, but there was not much fluctuation in his heart, he didn't sympathize with them, he didn't hate them, although they existed, they didn't exist for him, he was just thinking, if he could help Amrit and this group of Hijra solve some superficial problems, or he could get some help in finding Sutina and Huo Yu.
"The world has always coexisted with purity and filth." Song Wenbin said: "There is no why. ”
But Song Wenbin's words didn't make Wei Ning relieved, he couldn't help but ask: "Hey, Jamaji, are these their own choices?" ”
"Of course not, my sisters, the Hijra used to be noble dancers who brought good luck to people, but modern people don't believe in this anymore, so there is nothing they can do, and some sisters need to survive, so they can only ......"
Amrit on the side felt quite harsh when he heard this, and said sarcastically to Wei Ning: "I've heard a lot of this kind of words, don't listen to her, they have no other value in existence, they have been the same since ancient times, so they can only become men's slaves, and everything is to blame." ”
"Whatever you want, police. But in my opinion, if you want to find your own value, you have to serve the community. ”
"Over the years, my sisters and I have helped this community resolve disputes, search for thieves, and even help those who are unable to move to get food. ”
Apparently Amlit was unimpressed by Jamaji's words and tried to refute her, but the people nearby saw her and bowed to her, clasped their hands together, and called her Mother of Hijra. I had to shut up and stop talking.
It wasn't long before they made their way through the messy and filthy area to a relatively clean area of the slum. Here, Jamaji knocks on doors, talks to believers in the area, and Amrit occasionally asks for a few words. Song Wenbin stood motionless, waiting for them to discuss a result.
After the discussion, Song Wenbin asked Amrit to get some police tracking equipment and put it on all the 12- to 15-year-old children in the community from house to house.
After doing all this, Song Wenbin, who hadn't slept much for a day and a night, finally couldn't stand it anymore, so he got into the Land Rover driven by Amrit and slept with his clothes. I don't know how long I slept until a violent shaking that he woke up from his sleep.
It's still the middle of the night before going to bed, but now it's dusk. It was none other than the Land Rover under him who woke him up, and at the moment this Land Rover was speeding on the bumpy roads of India.
The police officer in the main driver and Amrit in the co-pilot were babbling words that Song Wenbin couldn't understand.
Song Wenbin got up and looked at the co-pilot's Amrit, Amrit stared solemnly at a tablet in his hand, and a red dot was moving on the tablet screen.
Wei Ning, who was on the side, saw that Song Wenbin was awake, so he handed him a piece of bread and explained to him: "We are tracking the kidnappers, and twenty minutes later, two local children were dragged into a van while playing by the river. ”
"So fast?" Song Wenbin thought it was incredible. An ambush was set up just yesterday, and some people were abducted today, which shows that the frequency of such vicious incidents is quite high.
"Yes, they also found this on the spot." As he spoke, Wei Ning showed a small red needle to Song Wenbin.
"What is this?" Song Wenbin asked, biting on his bread.
"It's a tranquilizer gun." Wei Ning replied: "They beat people with tranquilizer guns and then dragged people away. ”
Good guys, it's really rampant enough. Song Wenbin was a little shocked, he didn't expect that this kind of indiscriminate method used by Chinese dog thieves would be able to affect children in India.
Land Rover followed the red dot all the way, weaving back and forth through the streets, and in a short time they followed the red dot to a dilapidated factory area outside the city.
Song Wenbin had almost finished eating his bread, and Wei Ning and a group of police officers jumped out of the car and looked around. It's desolate and dilapidated, with rusty barbed wire and white garbage flying everywhere.
In the distance, you can see some smoking chimneys, which have a more industrial atmosphere than the old and dilapidated streets of India.
"Are those two kids sent here?" Wei Ning asked Amrit.
Amrit didn't answer, he picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Leave one group outside to let the wind out, and the other group will come in with me to have a look, don't make a loud noise, and don't ventilate with the others." ”
After an order, Amrit got out of the car with his tablet. Song Wenbin and Wei Ning followed him and several police officers as they walked through the dilapidated industrial park.
The night breeze of South Asia blew on the two of them, and the air was filled with a strong, pungent smell that came from a pipe not far away, which stretched from a factory in the distance, and was now discharging sewage into the river. The sewage was almost unbearable in the river, churning and emitting endless white bubbles.
"No, can we really find someone?" Wei Ning couldn't help but ask beside Song Wenbin.
"Don't talk, be careful."
Song Wenbin advised: "Criminals may also be very cunning, they may have found the tracker on the child's body, and then took off the tracker and put it in an encirclement. Then we went and found no child, but we were surrounded by a lot of things, and after the last bloody battle, Amrit was defeated and died, and we were both kidnapped and knocked unconscious, and when we woke up we were lying in the bathtub, covered in blood, with sharp pain and emptiness in our lower backs......"
"Don't... Don't say it..."
Wei Ning was frightened by Song Wenbin's dark fantasies, and he said in fear: "Besides, I'm going to resign, and I'll never do it again." ”
Song Wenbin smiled, and couldn't help but think of Su Tina and Huo Yu in his heart, another day had passed, and these two guys still hadn't answered his call, and he didn't have any clue, it's really damn good.
However, unlike Sutina and Huo Yu, who had not heard from them, they walked a short distance along the river of sewage and saw several vans parked next to the abandoned factory.
Everyone walked to the side of the van and saw that the car was empty, but there was laughter in the factory.
With a frown, Amrit walked through the open door of the factory, and before they had gone far they saw several men playing cards around a small boxy table with several rupees piled up.
Several of the people who let loose also leaned over their heads and watched the men play cards, completely unaware that someone had come in from outside the door.
It wasn't until Amrit walked up to them that they reacted from the bustling game and quickly threw away their cards and stood up.
When they saw that it was the police, the men did not run, but appeared quite calm, and one of them, a man with a gold watch and many rings on his hand, stood up and asked Amrit, "What are you here for?" ”
With a cold face, Amrit walked up to those people and asked, "What about the children who were taken away?" ”
The card players looked at each other, and then the man with the large gold watch pointed to the next room.
Amrit went to the room and pushed the door open, and sure enough, he saw four or five children tied hand and foot, and they were lying asleep on the beds, and they seemed to be under anesthetic.
When Amrit saw the kidnapped child, he waved his hand involuntarily, and his men immediately rushed forward, holding down and handcuffing the men with three strikes and five divisions.
Song Wenbin watched those people being subdued, and couldn't help but feel a little unbelievable in his heart.
That's it?
He's also going to fight the criminals for 300 rounds.
But that's all?
This has been found?
The criminals in this country are inevitably too disagreeable, they don't have any sense of anti-reconnaissance, and after tying people here, they sit on the table and play cards, and they don't even react when the police come in.
This made Song Wenbin feel very bored.
But looking at the guys who were caught, he felt a little weird, it stands to reason that these guys should be a little afraid of being caught abducting and selling children, but not only were they not afraid, but they were even very calm, they just sat on the ground and repeatedly argued with Amrit, as if they were not arrested for child trafficking, but just peed on the street.
Amrit didn't talk nonsense, and after catching people, he pushed them into a police car and drove all the way to the local police station.
Although the process was very boring, Song Wenbin felt that he had completed the task anyway. After the mission, he could continue to look for Sutina and Huo Yu's traces.
Besides, with Amrit here, this time the people in the police station will take him seriously no matter what, and seriously help him find clues.
So, when Amrit brought people to the police station, he and Wei Ning stayed at the front desk of the police station, asking for clues about the whereabouts of the two missing colleagues.
Indeed, this time the people in the police station did not take them seriously like last time, but their work efficiency was still stretched, and several people searched in front of the computer for a long time without finding any clues.
Just when Song Wenbin was waiting a little impatiently, there was a sound of giggling from the upstairs of the police station, and the guy with a gold watch and a gold ring nodded and accompanied Amrit and several other police officers out of the office.
There is no doubt that the guy with the gold watch is the same human trafficker who was previously captured by Amrit and brought back to the police station.
Song Wenbin was stunned as the group of people passed by him and went to the courtyard.
After a group of people chatted in the courtyard for a while, the guy with the gold watch bowed his head and said a few words to the policeman, then waved goodbye to them, smoked a cigarette, and boarded a van parked at the door and drove away.
Song Wenbin was stunned. He was so stunned that Sutina and Huo Yu were almost forgotten by him.
He strode up to Amrit in the courtyard, looked at him directly, and asked, "What's going on?" Why was this guy released again. ”
Amrit was silent, his brow furrowed.
"Hey, Mr. Mohan, speak."
Song Wenbin urged: "Child abduction and trafficking is a felony in any country, so you let him go??? ”
"He... He did not abduct or sell children. Amrit said with some difficulty.
"He didn't kidnap children?" Song Wenbin was puzzled, "Didn't he shoot people with a tranquilizer gun on the street?" And that's not counting child trafficking? ”
"No, he's looking for volunteers."
"Looking for volunteers?" Song Wenbin was puzzled.
"Yes, help test new drugs."
"To test the new anesthetic, the man just now gave fifty thousand rupees to each of the children and told them that the test was over. The children also said they were free, and even their parents, said it was allowed. ”
"No, do you believe that?" Song Wenbin asked in astonishment.
"It doesn't matter if I believe it or not, the local sheriff does." Amrit said indifferently.
"Crazy? Mr. Mohan, are the people in this place crazy? Song Wenbin really couldn't help but shout: "Is it bought for 50,000 rupees, if it's really just a test of anesthetics, then how can someone go missing for ten years and not come back, obviously this is only when you found these words, isn't it?" ”
Amrit looked at him with helplessness and regret in his eyes.
Seeing Amrit's eyes, Song Wenbin couldn't guess what was going on, he looked around and whispered in shock: "That guy bribed the police, didn't he?" So he doesn't care at all if he gets caught or not, so he doesn't even bother to hide, because, the police here have long known about the disappearance of people, and they can even get a piece of the pie, right? ”
"Don't talk about it." Amrit shook his head, "Don't say it. ”
"You must know something." Song Wenbin was shocked: "I heard Nita say that you are a police specialty, it should be a very high position, they dare to do this kind of thing in front of you, don't you care?" ”
Song Wenbin's words made Amrit very angry, and he rebuked in a low voice: "I know what's the use, what's the use of being a police officer, I'm a police officer in West Bengal, not a specialty of this state, it's not easy for me to manage my own territory, besides, these pharmaceutical companies almost control the lifeblood of India, what can I do if they want to do something." ”
"Pharmaceutical companies?" Song Wenbin was shocked: "What pharmaceutical company?" ”