fog city detective

Chapter 374 Ten Days of Crisis

Five hours later, the police released a press conference in which Downer explained the basic situation.The counter-terrorism office received a tip-off and made arrangements for the football field, successfully preventing the attack in the football field.However, due to time constraints and other factors, it was impossible to check the ambulance vehicles in time.It can be known from law enforcement video and surveillance that the SWAT team prevented the ambulance carrying the bomb from rushing towards the crowd to avoid greater casualties.At present, 15 people are known to have died and more than [-] people were injured. The possibility of a further increase in the death toll cannot be ruled out.

Downer released another set of news. After the explosion, London has arrested two suspects and killed one suspect.The Italian restaurant standoff continues.An hour ago, twelve employees and five restaurant customers seized the opportunity to escape from the restaurant, confirming that 20 hostages, including the royal sisters, remained in the restaurant.

This was also what Liang Xi had considered before. Six gangsters could take a hundred hostages, because they could change shifts, sleep, go to the toilet, and eat.But it was difficult for three gangsters to hold forty hostages.According to the instructions of the escaped hostages, the gangsters only had a bomb vest, which they put on for Rose.Rose sat on a chair and was tightly bound with rope.

The escaped hostages described the situation at the scene. The gangsters didn't seem to have thought about the situation. A girl wanted to drink water, and one of the gangsters didn't know whether to give it or not.At present, the criminals have not taken the initiative to kill people, which may be due to the 24-hour ultimatum given by the criminals.Before Downer contacted the gangsters, he could negotiate with the Minister of Defense to release the target person, but the condition was that the gangsters would not harm the hostages.

Liang Xi believed that the three gangsters were attacking martyrs, and they had no intention of taking hostages to blackmail Britain.It just happened to be discovered that two members of the royal family had other ideas temporarily.

According to the instructions of the escaped hostages, the criminals had only ordinary pistols.However, the hostages could not explain the detonating device, only saying that the leader of the gangster held something similar to a remote control in his left hand.The police asked whether they had it or held it, and everyone had different opinions.If you hold it, you can kill it directly. If you hold it, once you kill the gangster, the gangster will explode if you let go.But can the gangster hold on to it for 24 hours?Conversely, the gangsters had no intention of holding hostages for 24 hours.

Good news came from Bobby's side. Roger, the director of the Anti-Terrorism Office, went to the blade to get Niri back, and got the judge's approval to grant Niri a refugee status.Bobby let Daisy watch the arrangement.Anyway, at least the promise was fulfilled.

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The next day, the stadium explosion became global news. A TV station received video data, and Shengqi claimed responsibility for the attack.And urged the United Kingdom to release the people on the list immediately, otherwise two members of the royal family will be executed.At this time, there are still 24 hours before the gangster's 12-hour ultimatum.

Liang Xi didn't pay attention to this matter, and Liang Xi casually looked at the information sent by Liu Zhen, but didn't provide any constructive suggestions.Dao Feng found the parents of a gangster, but Liu Zhen didn't know how to operate it.Although there was no loss of personnel from the counter-terrorism office in the stadium operation last night, many people were injured.Roger applied for a temporary leave from the department on the grounds of psychological adjustment after the action. He didn't want to grab the last straw of the blade.Daofeng has no way out now, he must take down the terrorist position of the restaurant and ensure the safety of all hostages.

Roger's reasons were not entirely fabricated. Last night, the special police team supporting the anti-terrorism office was an old acquaintance of the anti-terrorism office. Six of the twelve members were assigned to the south gate, and all six of them died in the line of duty.The counterterrorism office, which understands how things went and how it turned out, wasn't happy about stopping the stadium attack.Coupled with the fact that many people in the department were injured, the atmosphere inside the team was rather depressing.

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Seven hours before the culprit's ultimatum, television broadcasts the British release of several terrorists from Middle Eastern prisons.Blade asked the gangsters to show sincerity by releasing half of the hostages before Blade could release the last three bosses.

The gangsters who saw the TV news agreed to Dao Feng's conditions. When the gangsters released the hostages at the main gate, Dao Feng took advantage of the lack of staff and focused on the front door to attack from the back door.Quickly kill all three with suppressed pistols from behind.Every time a person is killed, someone will step forward to hug the corpse, first to avoid alarming other gangsters, and second, to prevent the corpse from having a remote-controlled detonation device in its hand.In this way, the blade successfully captured the Italian restaurant with fake news, killed all the gangsters, and rescued most of the hostages including the royal sisters.The reason why most of them are said is that after killing the gangster, the police rushed into the control scene and soon found a hostage with a steak knife stuck in his back, bleeding profusely. The ambulance personnel judged that the hostage had died. die.

Officials have yet to comment on the dead hostages, but the media basically agrees that this was a very successful rescue.The royal sisters were interviewed at the scene and expressed their gratitude to the blade in front of the camera, hoping everyone is safe.

"Propaganda means, or tricks of politicians." As a former intelligence officer, Karin is quite familiar with such means: "Italian restaurant is thickly ink, reducing the impact of the stadium. On the one hand, it will downplay the panic caused by terrorist attacks, on the other hand, it will Minimize failure and maximize success." Even if the information is transparent, it can still guide public opinion, which has more or less certain effects.

Liang Xi said: "A member of the royal family should die on the court." One member of the royal family has more influence than two members of the royal family.

Karin asked with a smile: "You don't seem to have any affection for the royal family."

Liang Xi nodded noncommittally.

Karin said: "Hundreds of years ago, if the royal family hadn't taken the initiative to hand over power, do you know how much blood and lives would be needed to achieve the current situation?"

Liang Xi replied: "The purpose of the royal family's surrender of power is for the royal family to survive forever, and even forever."

Karin agrees: "It's a quid pro quo. I think the focus of mi6 will shift from global intelligence gathering to holy flag intelligence gathering next."

Liang Xi said: "I feel that this sentence is a bit grammatical."

Karin asked, "Honey, what's a prison for?"

Liang Xi: "A lot. In my opinion, the most important role is to make criminals pay the price, increase the cost of crime, and deter would-be criminals."

Karin said: "The reason why prisons exist is that society cannot fundamentally eliminate crime. The reason why the intelligence service exists is that Britain cannot fundamentally eliminate all threats. The reason why the counter-terrorism department exists is that it cannot fundamentally eliminate terror. The Nine Crusades Still haven’t solved the fundamental problem. Why do we weed? Knowing that the grass isn't perfect, the grass attracts the mosquitoes, and the mosquitoes attack us."

Karin said: "The work of mi6 is not a complete extermination of terrorism, because it cannot be exterminated. It is also an example of the lawn. When weeds grow wildly, you need a weeder. When mosquitoes are rampant, you must have insecticides. mi6 is the preparation Weeder and pesticides. Before the terrorist attack, mi6 has been monitoring the data, passing on information, and will also take action to eliminate some pests. After the terrorist attack, mi6 will target the pests that caused damage.”

The intelligence service and the police are completely different things, and the police represent order.The intelligence department represents the interests. When the police find a wanted criminal, they will immediately arrest him.The intelligence services have found a wanted man, how much will they assess the value of this person?How much intelligence is there?Is it possible to develop into an informant?Treat differently according to different objective situations.

Liang Xi said: "It's not necessarily a good thing to do so."

Karin replied: "It is a good thing for some people. In any case, it must be a bad thing for the holy flag. The United Kingdom is attacked, and the United Kingdom can ask the intelligence agencies of various countries for assistance. The intelligence agencies of many countries are very willing to help each other. Mutual aid. It can be foreseen that in the next few months, the main structure of Shengqi will be destroyed. However, Shengqi is different from other gangs. The boss behind the scenes is Davis, who everyone thinks is particularly important, depending on the further development of the situation .”

Liang Xi nodded. Davis was the closest person to know the cause of John's death.It's a pity that I can't keep up with this case.Counting the time, a new round of blood moon invitations will be held within a month, and I hope it will be held later, waiting for the truth about Davis to come to light.At that time, you can try to buy information with gold coins.

Counting again, there are only five days left for the Lonely Elders' Association and the Kefu family to cease fire. I wonder if the Lonely Elders' Association can produce evidence to prove that they did not kill Xiaoan?If it can't be proved, will the lonely old man act preemptively and make the Kefu family blood flow into rivers?It's a pity to think about it, Thresh died like this, it's not very fun.

As a civilian, Liang Xi was excluded, and as a doctor, Karin received a call for recruitment.Karin's mentor, Jane, asked Karin to end her vacation and return to Mary's Hospital.The reason is that there were a lot of wounded who needed surgery last night, and every surgery required a consultation, most of which involved neurological problems, so Karin was asked to return to London as soon as possible.

On the one hand, Liang Xi is very happy that Karin is successful in her career and is valued and needed by others.On the one hand, he was reluctant to let Karin leave, and finally contacted Bobby, who asked his friend to arrange a private jet to send Karin back to London.Liang Xi stayed in Iceland for the time being, soaking in hot springs, reading books, taking walks, and admiring the northern lights. The ease of life made Liang Xi feel rather reluctant to leave.Liang Xi re-examined the necessity of owning a house.

Although the detective agency is comfortable, it is always limited to the environment and area.Checking my investment account, my current total assets are about 900 million pounds, which is more than enough to buy a nice house in London.Don't be too big, hygiene is an issue, please call housekeeping once a week at most.Have your own space, convenient and safe.

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There are still 48 hours before the ultimatum from the Orphan Association and the Kefu family, Liang Xi has not received any calls, maybe the matter has been resolved, which somewhat disappoints Liang Xi.He especially hoped that the Orphan Association and the Kefu family would bite the dog, and he would not be sad whoever died or was injured.

Because of Bobby's mother's birthday, Bobby went back two days early.Liang Xi didn't stay long, booked a plane ticket, and went to the airport by himself with a little luggage to board the plane.I bought a gift while waiting at the airport, and I just received a call from Baker. They will return to China in a week, and the gift will be prepared first.As long as it is not a common item in London, it shows that I have spent a lot of time choosing it.It doesn't matter what the gift is, what matters is that it is rare in London.

After waiting at the airport for a while, Liang Xi changed his mind and booked a flight to Sweden instead.Go and see Mordo, who is terminally ill and dying soon.This is the advantage of being a bachelor, you can go wherever you want.

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Sweden is an interesting country, with a population density of 150 people per square kilometer in the south and center of Sweden, and only three people per square kilometer in the high altitudes and high latitudes of the north.

Modo lives in the north of Sweden, only [-] kilometers away from Finland.He has a large piece of private land.The land includes a forest, a lake, and a coastline.In this land, there is a famous canned herring raw material processing factory, that is, a processing factory of pickled herring.Canned herring is similar to stinky tofu. It smells stinky and tastes stinky, and once you taste it, you can't put it down.

In addition to the processing plant, there is also a logging field, with a plantation forest on one side and a logging forest on the other.There is also a pasture.

None of the three factories belonged to Modo. Modo leased its land to businessmen at a low price. The money they asked for was not much, and the condition was that they would not damage ecological resources and clean up.The three factories support a community police force of 20 people, who daily supervise the work of environmental pollution, wild animal control, and personnel search and rescue.Mordo is the king of this land.

The guard of Modo's manor who received Liang Xi told Liang Xi that Modo had the hereditary title of Earl of Sweden, and this land was the fiefdom of their ancestors.Modo is not good at management, and the land affairs are all handled by the housekeeper.Modo has seven children, four girls and three boys.Modo's oldest great-grandson is now ten years old.

After walking on the mountain road for more than an hour, the car finally arrived at the Modo Manor by the lake.Liang Xi stopped the car, got out of the car and looked around, thinking that this was the real manor.On the edge of the forest not far from the manor, there are more than a dozen horses grazing and galloping freely, and wooden houses that look rough in appearance are scattered around.Sheepdogs are chasing the sheep, women are wearing headscarves and milking cows in the cowshed, and there is smoke in each house. The whole manor is dotted across the land like a small village.

The butler greeted him at the gate of the main manor. After the introduction, he explained that Earl Modo was in poor health and the weather was relatively cold today. The doctor did not recommend too many outdoor activities.At the same time, he said that Earl Modo was very happy about Liang Xi's visit.

Moduo was waiting in the reception room on the second floor. After seeing Liang Xi, he happily stepped forward to shake hands with Liang Xi. The housekeeper guided them to sit by the stove intentionally or unintentionally.Modo smiled at this, and explained to Liang Xi that he had been weak due to the side effects of the medicine these days.The little girl and the maid brought tea and complained casually, saying that she had been running a high fever since returning from London, and she could only get out of bed the day before yesterday.

Moduo smiled and told the little girl to go away, but the little girl sighed helplessly.

Liang Xi told Modo that he happened to be transiting in Sweden when he returned to London, and he would leave tomorrow morning without disturbing too much.Modo accused Liang Xi of lying. He said that he might not be able to tame the wild horse anymore, but he could still use his brain.Modo guessed part of Liang Xi's intention. After Liang Xi explained all the situation, Modo found that his mind might be too busy.

Liang Xi frankly explained to Modo a series of situations about John, the Orphan Society, the Dark Society, Davis, and Mr. X.In some cases, Modo has heard about it, in some cases, Modo has studied it specially, and in some cases, Modo has heard of it for the first time.

The situation is too big for Liang Xi to handle alone, he needs someone to analyze everything with him.For the people Liang Xi knew, Modo was the most suitable.One reason is that Modo is the most objective, and there is no interest for all parties.One reason is that Modo is a dying person with status and pride.One reason is that Modo has a lot of experience and experience.Of course, the most important thing is Modo's strong in-depth analysis ability.

　During the Ching Ming Festival, it rains heavily...

　　But my house is clear and sunny, the temperature is moderate, spring flowers are blooming, and the most terrible thing is that the children have normal holidays.Going out in the wild, climbing mountains and looking far away, life is infinitely better.

　　So I will ask for a day off tomorrow, love everyone.

　　By the way, it is said that some people questioned why Qingming did not ask for leave. This is the most powerful answer: I have asked for leave.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)