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Chapter 824 - 824 824 Xu Family in the Capital!

824: Chapter 824: Xu Family in the Capital!

Terrifying as Such!

824: Chapter 824: Xu Family in the Capital!

Terrifying as Such!

Buzz~

Under the clear moon and sparse stars high in the sky,

a large unmanned reconnaissance drone was circling in flight.

Attached to the belly of the drone was a large, spherical, integrated photoelectric sensor.

In recent years, drones have been capable of combat patrols, long-duration surveillance, and precise bombings…

Their high cost-performance ratio has made them the top military procurement choice for many countries.

When it comes to drone technology, the domestic industry leads the world, known as the king of cost-performance.

The drone on tonight’s tracking and surveillance mission was extremely advanced.

With high-definition visible light and infrared sensing detection, it could continuously track vehicles from an altitude of twenty thousand meters, day or night, while people on the ground couldn’t possibly see the drone.

Tonight was special; they had to catch both the suspects and the goods.

Otherwise, the air-to-ground missiles mounted on the drone could have launched three soul-striking strikes and blasted the three vehicles to smithereens.

It was often reported in the news how leaders of certain extremist organizations had been precisely bombed and killed without a trace by drones while traveling or at some location.

However…

Tonight, the drone was merely tracking from high above.

After all, on the ground, arranging personnel surveillance and vehicle tailing could easily startle the targets.

Using drones for a high-altitude overview, how could anyone hide?

Of course.

To be safe, the Security Bureau had made additional arrangements.

On the route from the Medical Center to the airport, in areas like overpass bridges and tunnels where there might be “surveillance blind spots,” personnel were specifically deployed to watch.

Moreover, these pharmaceutical company special vehicles carrying Detox Pills were crucial.

Arranging police escorts for their safety was, after all, not too excessive, was it?

With that set up,

Liuli City’s Xu Family intended to return several thousand Detox Pills to Watanabe Taizo at a low price.

No matter the method of transaction, those Detox Pills would definitely have to be delivered onto Watanabe Taizo’s private plane.

Thus, the Security Bureau had also stationed personnel at the airport disguised as ground staff, ready to act.

…

At half past midnight,

a series of convoys successively arrived at the airport, passed through a special entrance, and reached the customs area.

A few days before the halting of production and sale of the Detox Pills, they had already successfully completed four auctions.

Everyone was naturally familiar with the related procedures.

After all the vehicles arrived, they turned off the engines, disembarked, and underwent customs inspection.

The inspectors checked personnel identities and baggage, ensuring they weren’t carrying any prohibited items.

After passing the checks, a designated person escorted (surveilled) them to board their planes.

The entire process should have encountered no issues.

How would the Xu Family from Liuli City return the thousands of Detox Pills to Watanabe Taizo?

With such a large quantity, it wasn’t something that could be smuggled in shoe soles or belts.

Before long,

the checks were complete, and the quantity of the Detox Pills hadn’t increased.

It matched the count received at the Tianyuan Medical Center.

Could the intelligence have been wrong?

Near the airport control tower, the Security Bureau’s Detox Pills investigation task force set up their command in a cargo truck.

Zheng personally took charge as the leader, gathering many personnel, even requisitioning drones for assistance.

He meticulously arranged the trap, intending to catch both the suspects and the goods.

“It’s strange!

How did they manage to take the Detox Pills away?

Could the intelligence be wrong, and they aren’t transacting tonight?”

Zheng fiercely took a puff of his cigarette, his eyebrows deeply furrowed.

Wu Jie chuckled lightly,

“Impossible!

The several hundred thousand Detox Pills completed at the midnight auction, once they enter the international community, the black market price would plummet.

The Xu Family from Liuli City can’t possibly continue holding onto those few thousand pills, waiting to take a loss!”

“Not to mention, the free trial program has already started.

Detox Pills have no sales potential domestically, they must be eager to unload them, and the pills must be taken out of the country to be sold cheaply, soon becoming worthless domestically…”

As he spoke, Wu Jie suddenly stopped.

Zheng slightly furrowed his brows and glanced over.

“What’s the matter?

Have a sudden inspiration, thought of something?”

Wu Jie muttered, “Given the current situation, it’s clear we’re about to come up empty-handed!”

“We need to think from the perspective of the Xu Family from Liuli City…”

Zheng flicked the cigarette ash, his gaze intensely fixed on Wu Jie.

“How to think about it?

Could they be colluding with others?”

Wu Jie slightly nodded.

“It’s hard to be sure who exactly they are colluding with, but I estimate their method of transaction must be much simpler than we imagined, and not at all complicated!”

Simple???

Zheng’s expression turned cold.

“I set a perfect snare, yet we’re about to come up empty-handed, could it be we overcomplicated the case ourselves?”

Just then, the phone rang.

Zheng pressed the speakerphone to answer, and the voice reported immediately.

“Report, all members from the pharmaceutical companies about to leave have been checked.

Should we clear them all to leave?”

Before Zheng could respond, Wu Jie quickly asked,

“How many Detox Pills are they taking away in total?”

Zheng immediately arched an eyebrow, seemingly understanding instantly.

A brief silence followed on the phone.

“Fourteen pharmaceutical companies, a total of 136,000 pills.”

“Are there any that did not succeed in the auction or exchange cultural artifacts yet are still able to take Detox Pills?”

“There are several, but they likely obtained them through private transactions with other companies!”

Wu Jie glanced at Zheng.

Zheng let out a deep sigh and waved his hand.

“Then fine, let them go if there are no prohibited items!”

Hanging up the phone, Wu Jie couldn’t help but laugh.

Zheng couldn’t help but give a self-deprecating laugh.

“People, you see, shouldn’t think too much.

Often, very complex matters have simple reasons!”

It seemed that the answer had been found.

Whether it was cultural relics transactions or free auctions, the delivery of Detox Pills indeed took place inside the Tianyuan Medical Center.

However, there were no strict restrictions; pharmaceutical companies from various countries traded among themselves in private.

In fact, after the first four secret auctions had ended, some pharmaceutical companies had obtained Detox Pills through private transactions.

Some of these companies, right inside the Medical Center, acted as ‘second-hand dealers’.

As long as other pharmaceutical companies provided political or economic benefits, they were willing to part with some of their Detox Pills.

Especially the pharmaceutical companies from certain countries, which had successfully bid in the auctions before and acquired tens of thousands of Detox Pills.

But in reality, the number of Detox Pills that were taken back to their countries was less than half.

So where did the other half of the Detox Pills go?

They were invariably given to other allies who were in good relations and had provided benefits in international politics and trade.

So…

The Tianyuan Medical Center had inadvertently become a trading venue for pharmaceutical companies to exchange Detox Pills for benefits.

Naturally, some influential international entities with extensive connections were also involved in the profit-sharing.

If the Xu Family of Liuli City were conspiring with Watanabe Taizo, then getting Detox Pills wouldn’t be difficult for them.

Watanabe Taizo could simply take fewer pills back to his country and arrange for someone to transport the Detox Pills out of the Tianyuan Medical Center to the Xu Family.

So…

The Xu Family of Liuli City wanted the Detox Pills, Watanabe Taizo just had to leave some in the country for them.

Anyways, how the “kidnapper” inspected the goods and whether the count was correct was known only to Watanabe Taizo himself.

Of course.

Currently, there was no concrete evidence to prove that the Xu Family of Liuli City was conspiring with Watanabe Taizo.

But one thing was certain…

For the Xu Family of Liuli City, getting Detox Pills was extremely easy.

After all, proximity bestows advantage!

Zheng stubbed out his cigarette, still feeling somewhat aggrieved.

He immediately ordered his men to check the data, examining all records of Detox Pills that had entered the international community through cultural exchanges, free auctions, and hostage exchanges.

Only then did he discover that the numbers didn’t match up.

The total number that had entered the international community was definitely over one hundred and twenty thousand pills.

But fewer than a million had left the country through Tianyuan International Airport.

Were nearly thirty thousand Detox Pills simply lost in transit?

This was going to be tough to investigate.

After all, before production and sales of the Detox Pills were ordered to stop, they could be freely bought and sold.

Representatives from pharmaceutical companies of other countries were also able to carry them out of the country personally.

It couldn’t be ruled out that they kept them temporarily, waiting for the right moment or a private plane to arrange for transportation back to their country.

Especially since twenty-nine companies had participated in the secret cooperation, the relationships were complex.

And since a specialized cargo plane was different from commercial flights, most of the time, checks only involved scanning for prohibited items.

Transporting Detox Pills in and out was all too easy.

Moreover…

For an old, established family like the Xu Family of Liuli City, their background and connections were too complex.

So…

Zheng gave up.

Simply tracking the whereabouts of the Detox Pills was not going to pin down the Xu Family of Liuli City.

And as for catching them through financial transactions or communication links, that was even less likely.

Such top-tier big families likely had countless overseas accounts and satellite phones.

Just like Xu Feng’s domestic mobile number, which Wu Jie had long ago investigated—the registered owner was not even him.

Ding-ding-ding—

Ding-ding-ding—

The red telephone rang, and Zheng immediately answered.

After listening, he sighed once.

“Okay, got it!”

He hung up and glanced at Wu Jie:

“Internal intelligence, Xu Kuishan has already sold off the Detox Pills at a low price and received the money.

He lost quite a bit and is now throwing a tantrum at the Xu Family Mansion in Liuli City, cursing you for practically ruining their Xu Family!”

Wu Jie couldn’t help but curse with a laugh:

“Damn!

Trying to steal chickens only to end up losing the rice, messing with the Detox Pills and not making money, and they blame it on me?”

Zheng chuckled awkwardly: “Of course they hope the Detox Pills would continue to be halted from production and sales, so they could sell them at sky-high prices and make a huge profit, but alas, forget it, it’s truly screwed up.

So much ado for nothing, not even a single thread caught!”

Saying so, Zheng then commanded to pull out.

However…

Just as the command vehicle was about to leave the airport, Zheng’s phone rang.

It was an unknown caller.

Zheng immediately ordered recording and tracing, then answered the call.

“Hey Zheng, this is Xu Kuishan.

You’re really working hard late into the night…”

With a whoosh, Zheng stood up furiously.

Wu Jie was also somewhat shocked.

The Xu Family of Liuli City was indeed terrifying!

No wonder the night had been fruitless, no wonder the case had fallen into complete disarray.

“Are you calling to flaunt your omnipotence and strong connections?”

Zheng asked coldly.

Xu Kuishan laughed heartily:

“Of course not, I just want to ask—is our Xu Family of Liuli City really violating any specific law?

Are you suspecting that our family has conspired with a pharmaceutical company to smuggle Detox Pills for huge profits?”

“Even if it’s true, does it constitute a crime so heinous that you need such a massive operation?

You even deployed drones, is this an attempt to catch us red-handed?”

“Also, since Wu Jie is with you, let me chat with him for a bit!”

As soon as these words came out, Zheng’s gaze swept coldly across.

He felt like the mole might be right in this vehicle…