My autobiography is definitely not a tragedy!
Chapter 342 - 225: Wait for My Good News

Chapter 342: Chapter 225: Wait for My Good News

Three o’clock in the afternoon.

"Captain! There’s movement!"

Wang Zhao Ping, who was napping, opened his eyes at the news and immediately moved to the car window, taking out his binoculars to look toward the courtyard in front of them.

Indeed, an old-looking van slowly pulled up at the entrance of the courtyard.

A man wearing a baseball cap got out of the vehicle and knocked on the iron gate of the courtyard.

Soon, the small door opened, and a cautious man peered around before he finally spoke a few words to the man in the baseball cap.

The gate was then opened to let the van in.

"They finally arrived. The transaction is tonight, and they only meet up now; they’re really cautious."

"Could it be that the van is loaded with our target loot?" Qin Xiaoru said excitedly.

"Very likely!"

"So, are we going to let them board the ship before we catch them?"

"Yes! Although it’s risky, according to reliable information, the thing we’re looking for might not be here but on the cruise ship.

I have already asked the chief to get us the tickets, and I’ve also notified the marine customs police.

We now have to follow this lead and uncover the full scope... when the time comes, we’ll nab them red-handed and capture everyone in one sweep!"

After weighing the pros and cons, Wang Zhao Ping finally decided to adopt a long-line and big-fish approach.

"Understood, Captain Wang. Then I request to join the boarding operation tonight!"

"You?" Wang Zhao Ping glanced at her.

"You just need to do your technical duties well. For this operation, we can’t bring firearms aboard, and since it’s not clear how many people they have, we must select the male officers with the best combat skills!"

Organizing large-scale transnational illegal artifacts trade, they surely weren’t minor players.

What might happen aboard the cruise ship was unpredictable.

Qin Xiaoru was always positioned as a precious technical resource within the police force, and he didn’t want to risk taking her.

"Who says that the ones with the best combat skills are always male officers? Captain Wang, have you forgotten? Last time in the combat competitions, I was the runner-up for the whole district!" Qin Xiaoru immediately contested, unwilling to accept this.

Wang Zhao Ping was speechless.

"Moreover, a bunch of men going up without a female companion would be too conspicuous. With me there, it’s less likely to draw attention!"

Wang Zhao Ping was pondering...

"Captain Wang, look, I’ve been on the job for so long and have never been on a real front-line mission. When people ask me how many criminals I’ve caught, I’m embarrassed to answer.

Please let me go this time~"

Wang Zhao Ping was thinking carefully...

"Captain Wang, if you don’t let me go, I’ll tell your wife about the stash of private money you have hidden behind the family photo on your desk at the station!"

Wang Zhao Ping was stunned.

Dammit!

Have you been using the investigation techniques I taught you against me?!

The other colleagues in the car also looked over, their faces bearing odd expressions, trying hard not to laugh.

Wang Zhao Ping glared at her fiercely.

"Have Xiao Li prepare a set of clothes for you!"

"Oh yeah!"

Just then, Wang Zhao Ping’s phone rang.

He glanced at the caller ID, paused for a moment, then quickly instructed the others in the car.

"Keep a close watch on everything!"

He then got out of the car and found a corner to answer the call.

"Hello! Brother Meng, what’s up?"

Receiving a call at this time, Wang Zhao Ping’s instincts told him something was amiss.

"Well! There is something. I just received some new information.

The situation on that cruise ship might be more complicated than I originally anticipated."

Uh... new information? Didn’t you say you’d be boarding the cruise ship tonight?"

"Yes, that’s why I have to prepare for all eventualities with thorough intelligence work!"

Is that what I was asking...?

Wang Zhao Ping was somewhat speechless.

As far as he knew, the cruise ship was still out at sea and hadn’t docked yet. How are you updating real-time information in such an isolated scenario?

How did you manage that?!

"So, what’s the new information?"

"The latest news is... that boat is very dangerous, and I suggest you call off the operation."

"Um..."

Indeed, Meng Lang had decided to give up on this quest.

The final "strategy" had been used up, yet this "cruise replica" still couldn’t be perfectly cleared.

He could of course make one last attempt, but the future was uncertain, the outcome unpredictable...

Adhering to the basic principle of not hanging oneself from a crooked tree, Meng Lang, after some thought, decided to quit while he was ahead!

Although somewhat concerned about the "secret" hidden inside the Buddha head, this quest, beyond improving Wang Zhao Ping’s opinion of him, basically had nothing to do with his core interests.

He didn’t need to fiercely confront these criminals at all.

Considering both the gains and risks, Meng Lang would rather choose the future outlined in the "Human Extinction Report."

Although the mastermind and accomplices had escaped, the police didn’t come away empty-handed, and both he and Yan Weiwei were unharmed.

Surely this level of clearing the mission couldn’t be rated "excellent," but at least it could be called "normal," right?

"Hehe! Brother Meng, I know boarding the ship will be dangerous, but in our line of work, what isn’t risky?"

Wang Zhao Ping laughed, clearly not willing to give up easily.

"Even if there might be casualties among you, it doesn’t matter?"

"Um..."

These words... we haven’t even boarded the ship yet, why are you so sure that there will be casualties?

If this were ancient times, this would be considered demoralizing the troops!

"Brother Meng, could you first tell me what exactly the information you received is?" Wang Zhao Ping asked.

"Hmm... alright, I’ll put it this way.

On that ship, the captain is the mastermind, the first mate the accomplice, and they additionally have several gunmen hidden on board, along with a timed bomb placed under the auction table, amid a pile of artifacts.

The moment anything goes wrong, the enemy will immediately detonate the bomb to create chaos and international pressure.

Even if you manage to subdue all the criminals gloriously, in the end, you might not gain anything and will attract a heap of trouble.

Simply put, it’s their home field; unless you can sneak in a hundred or so brothers, with just a handful of you, it’ll be hard to come out unscathed.

For your and your colleagues’ safety, I advise you to act according to your capabilities..."

Wang Zhao Ping: "..."

There it was again, this method of providing information in excruciating detail...

In just one evening, you managed to figure out the identities of the mastermind and accomplices?

What kind of efficiency is this!

That’s enough; they haven’t even docked yet, and we haven’t even launched the "ok let’s go" opening animation, yet you’ve got the exact coordinates of the C4...

Is this a hack room or what!

The limit of my imagination was your undercover inside the enemy ranks, I never thought your undercover would be at their headquarters!

But, since it’s not the first time collaborating, Wang Zhao Ping was somewhat immune to this by now.

"If that’s really the case, then that really is a bit troublesome..."

"Right, right? Which is why I say, step back to broaden the horizon, endure for a moment for a peaceful future, there are so many criminals out there, so many cultural relics and historic sites.

Who else would you ask for? Next time, I’ll introduce someone even better!"

Wang Zhao Ping: "..."

Next time introduce someone better?

Do you think finding criminals is like a dating show, waiting for you to pick?

"Brother Meng, your mind is sharp, help me think this through, is there any way to save the artifacts, catch the criminals, and yet not cause an international dispute?"

Having come this far, the intelligence system even reaching their headquarters, letting such a big fish get away was somewhat regrettable for Wang Zhao Ping.

Upon hearing this, Meng Lang couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

"Save the artifacts, catch the criminals, and not cause an international dispute?

Please! I’m an insurance salesperson, not Special Forces!

Do you think this is something a person with a monthly salary of 3000 should be concerned with?"

Emm...

Precisely destroying murder scenes, rescuing abducted children, finding national treasures like a snake head, combating dark gangs—was any of this something a person with a monthly salary of 3000 should be concerned with?

Didn’t you still consider it when asked?

Wang Zhao Ping inwardly criticized, but Meng Lang’s words suddenly enlightened him.

Yeah! They’re not Special Forces, why should they rush to do the work of Special Forces?

"Alright, I got it, thanks for the intelligence support, Brother Meng. I know what to do now, wait for my good news!"

"Huh? What do you mean, ’wait for your good news’? Didn’t I just say... Hello? Hello?!")