Chapter 33: Stop Playing Dumb And Acting Clueless
Cao Weida stopped his forward steps. These two staggering men were not tall, just a bit over five feet.
The Type 38 rifles on their backs were very conspicuous. While supporting each other, they shouted loudly on the street, staggering as they walked. They were clearly little devils drunk and causing a drunken scene on the street.
Thinking about it, it made sense. During this strict crackdown period, only little devils would dare to shout so arrogantly in the middle of the night without worrying about being questioned.
Watching the two little devils walking slowly ahead, Cao Weida narrowed his eyes and followed them silently.
He had been acting in front of this little devil Ono Shiota all day, and he had long been fed up inside.
On top of that, what he had just heard Zheng Chaoyang say in true emotion about some Communist Party matters made Cao Weida even more frustrated inside.
He had originally planned to take the chance to kill a few little devils, and now such a good opportunity was right in front of him, making his hands itch immediately.
Lagging a dozen meters behind, he trailed far behind the two little devils. After walking about four or five hundred meters, the two little devils turned into a hutong.
Cao Weida knew that hutong. Two more hutongs ahead and they would reach the underground establishment gathering place.
The so-called underground establishments were places doing flesh business, and many people from the police station were regular customers here.
There were plenty of johns around the underground establishments who came at night to have fun.
To avoid too many eyes, Cao Weida no longer hesitated. He took a black cloth from the space and covered his face, then immediately quickened his steps to chase after them.
For him with a top-tier physique, a dozen meters was reached in an instant.
The two little devils were obviously very drunk. Of course, it could also be that Cao Weida’s footsteps were too quiet. While the two little devils were still boastfully bragging in Japanese, Cao Weida had already sneaked up behind them without them noticing.
One of the little devils suddenly felt his head gripped on both sides. He thought it was his companion messing around and was about to shake his head to shake it off, but unexpectedly, a great force came.
Crack~~
The other little devil was startled by his companion suddenly falling to the ground. He thought his companion was joking with him, but the next moment.
Crack~~
“Tsk, actually killing little devils is pretty simple.”
The two little devils on the ground were not completely dead yet, their bodies twitching. Their heads had twisted irregularly by one hundred eighty degrees, eyes staring straight at Cao Weida, full of fear of death.
“Be careful in your next life, don’t be reborn as a little devil again. Be reborn in our China, pick any beast path casually, maybe you’ll be reborn as a giant panda.” Cao Weida spoke softly while searching all over the little devil’s body.
Two Type 38 rifles, four boxes of bullets, and a few military scrips.
“Poor bastards!” Not even a single silver dollar was found. Cao Weida cursed contemptuously and kicked the two who weren’t dead yet a few times in frustration.
Military scrip could only be used in occupied territory, but it had depreciated severely due to over-issuance.
It couldn’t be called toilet paper, but he really despised it.
This thing was completely made by little devils scraping together the people’s fat and oil, just like the Kuomintang’s legal tender.
Cao Weida had planned to collect the corpses and destroy them, but then he thought, this seemed to be the funeral stick’s dog’s area.
So, Cao Weida stopped his action of collecting the corpses and showed a playful smile.
He quickly stripped the little devils naked, threw them spread-eagled in the middle of the road, with only the loincloth in the middle of their legs strikingly visible under the dim streetlight.
Dead and still stripped naked, thrown on the street for ‘display.’ Cao Weida could imagine how furious the little devils would be upon discovering the corpses.
“Funeral stick, oh funeral stick, let’s see how miserable you are this time!”
After confirming the two little devils were dead, Cao Weida quickly left, acting as if nothing had happened, went home, and slept soundly.
While he was sleeping soundly, the people at the police station had gone mad.
The reason was simple: the two little devils’ corpses had been discovered.
Outer Fifth District Police Station Chief’s Office.
Xu Hancheng’s bureau chief police uniform was worn crookedly, with buttons fastened in the wrong places.
Especially conspicuous were his cheeks, which had originally recovered, but now the finger marks were so obvious. His already somewhat comical face looked even more ridiculous.
But at this moment, he didn’t care about that. He kept wiping his forehead with a handkerchief, grimacing in pain when he accidentally touched the wound. “It’s over, it’s over. The last incident hasn’t died down yet, and now two more are dead.”
“If you can’t find the culprit for me, not only will my official hat be gone, but your heads will be at risk too!”
The little devils’ patrol team discovered the corpses on the street. Such arrogant behavior was practically slapping the little devils’ military police and special agents in the face!
The little devils had been slapped in the face, so they naturally had to share this humiliation downward.
Thus, Xu Hancheng was out of luck. Ono Shiota called him over and gave him several big slaps, ordering him to find the culprit within a week.
Xu Hancheng almost cried at the time, cursing in his heart all the way up to Ono Shiota’s ancestors eighteen generations in indiscriminate attacks.
Your little devils’ military police led the team and caught people for so many days, only grabbing some ‘suspected’ elements. What the hell did you catch?
You couldn’t catch them, but you want me to catch them in a week? Where the hell am I supposed to catch them from!
But even if he cursed happily inside, he still had to catch people.
No choice, Xu Hancheng, the Outer Fifth Branch Bureau chief, could only pass the pressure downward.
First, he called the jurisdiction officer Sang Liuji to the office and beat him severely, then called all the patrol captains over, ordering them to immediately and fully search and arrest!
Especially Sang Liuji, if there were no clues in three days, then come see him with his head in hand!!
Sang Liuji felt wronged. If someone wanted to kill little devils, what could he do? He couldn’t control it!
If he could control it, he would have caught them long ago to claim rewards from Taijun!
He cursed inside, not only Xu Hancheng but also the resistance elements. You kill people, fine, we’re not stopping you from killing, but why kill in my jurisdiction? What’s that about?
This is just making trouble for me!
Xu Hancheng didn’t know Sang Liuji’s inner thoughts. After scolding him, the pent-up anger eased a bit, and his face looked slightly better.
“Everyone, buck up recently! A few people died a few days ago, the next day an Imperial Army and two puppet soldiers died, and today two more Imperial Army died. The officers are very angry!”
“These resistance elements are definitely still in Beiping. Keep a close eye on suspicious personnel, and when you see them, grab them directly without questioning!”
“Everyone else, leave. Master Duo, stay.”
Duomen had wanted to slip away directly, but hearing him told to stay, he could only stand obediently. Who made him the bureau chief?
After everyone else left, Xu Hancheng changed from his previous gloomy face and stood up smiling:
“Master Duo, why stand? Come, sit, sit and talk.”
Duomen was flattered. “Oh, Bureau Chief, you’re too kind. What kind of master am I? Just call me Duomen. You sit, you sit.”
He didn’t know what medicine Xu Hancheng was selling in his gourd, so he just stayed steady no matter what.
After sitting down, Xu Hancheng’s attitude was very amiable, smiling: “Duomen, how many years have you been at our police station?”
Duomen answered truthfully: “Two more months and it’ll be ten years.”
“Ten years, time flies by so quickly.” Xu Hancheng sighed first, then started building rapport:
“Speaking of which, we’re old colleagues. I’ve been at our police station for six or seven years too. Time flies.”
Yes, you’re so capable. You came as police chief, became patrol officer in less than two years, and bureau chief in five.
Look at me, ten years, and I just barely got to be a police chief. Tsk, people really can’t be compared.
“Yes, time flies by so quickly.” Duomen didn’t know what the other wanted exactly and didn’t dare speak carelessly, so he just chimed in vaguely.
“Duomen, in the entire police station, you’re the one I’m most optimistic about!” Xu Hancheng said quite seriously:
“Whether by seniority or ability, everyone sees it.”
“Not to mention others, in our Beiping City, just ask around—who mentions you, Master Duo, without giving a thumbs up!”
Duomen quickly waved his hands: “Nah, Bureau Chief, you’re overpraising me. I don’t have that much face. It’s just that people don’t bother with a small fry like me.”
“You’re too modest. Capable people have good cultivation, hahaha.”
Xu Hancheng chatted idly with Duomen, who was full of question marks.
What’s going on?
After saying so much, what exactly does this old guy want?
Puzzled inside, he could only force himself to keep chatting with Xu Hancheng.
After a while, Xu Hancheng even started calling him brother, which made Duomen even more alert.
“Brother, in the entire bureau, you’re the one I’m most optimistic about.”
Hmm… He just said that, and now emphasizing it again. What exactly does he want?
“Look, there’s a patrol officer vacancy in the bureau. After thinking it over, you’re the most suitable in our bureau.”
Duomen was stunned, then quickly waved his hands to refuse: “Thank you for the promotion, Bureau Chief, but let’s forget it. Family knows their own affairs. I can only handle patrolman errands. I don’t have the ability to be a patrol officer. Please choose someone else.”
Out of nowhere, such a big pie falls—Duomen didn’t dare touch it. Who knows if there’s a hard lump inside that could break his teeth?
Duomen didn’t want it, but Xu Hancheng insisted. “Hey~~ Brother, you’re too modest! If you, Duomen, don’t have the ability, who in our bureau does?”
“Besides, you haven’t tried it, so how do you know you can’t?”
“Actually, being a patrol officer is very simple—just manage the patrolmen’s work daily, organize patrols, handle cases, supervise tasks, that’s about it.”
“…” Duomen wanted it even less. I don’t want to do it, and you’re forcing it on me. Can this be good?!
Duomen cupped his hands pleadingly and smiled bitterly: “Bureau Chief, just say it straight. If you keep this up, I can’t take it.”
“Ahem… That obvious?” Xu Hancheng coughed dryly, a bit embarrassed.
Duomen’s mouth twitched. Obvious or not, don’t you know in your heart?
Pretending to be dumb and playing stunned with me—what for?
