I am a super cop

The fat man was a little embarrassed and could only walk obediently to Gu Chen.

"Are you a staff member here?" Gu Chen asked.

"Uh, yes, yes, but I'm just showing off." The fat man was a little timid and stuttered when he spoke.

Gu Chen asked again: "How many rooms are there here? Is there a floor plan?"

"There is no floor plan, and these are all the rooms there are." The fat man was obviously pretending to be stupid.

Of course, none of this escaped Gu Chen's eyes, and he asked directly, "How many staff members do you have here?"

"Just... just two." The fat man lowered his head and spoke slowly.

"Two? Where is the other one?" Officer Wang asked quickly upon hearing this.

The fat man quickly pointed outside: "There is another one outside."

"Standing guard?" Lu Weiwei asked.

The fat man didn't dare to give a direct answer and could only nod silently.

After learning about the internal members, which mainly consisted of two staff members, Gu Chen also looked around.

The gamblers here are of all ages. The youngest ones look less than 20 years old, while the oldest ones look to be over 70 years old.

But in such a place, so many people gathered.

To say that people around them were unaware of the situation is definitely not true. This group of people had already arranged for those around them who knew about the situation not to tell on them.

This is why these people gather together to gamble on such a scale.

Of course, what shocked Gu Chen was not the question of how people could gather to gamble in the basement of a vegetable market, but the various secret rooms inside, which were connected to each other like nesting dolls.

Without an exact topographic map, it is difficult to discover other locations.

Or it may take a long time to detect.

Before that, the Russians had only learned about some specific structures at several locations on the periphery.

As a non-VIP member, he naturally could not enter the inner area.

Therefore, the clues that can be provided to Gu Chen are very limited.

Now that he knew the general structure of the interior, Gu Chen walked directly to the fat man and reminded him, "Take me with you and open all these secret rooms."

"This……"

"What's going on?" Seeing that the fat man seemed to still be resisting, Yuan Shasha reminded him in a bad mood.

"Well... well then." It seemed that he had lost his temper at this moment. The fat man lowered his head, sighed heavily, and said:

"Actually, I'm just a janitor, I'm just an employee."

"Who is the boss? Tell me?" said Officer Wang.

"do not know."

"Pfft, haha, don't you know who you're working for? Are you kidding me? Do you think it's fun to play tricks on us?"

"No, no, that's not what I meant." Feeling that Officer Wang was not someone he could easily mess with, the fat man could only explain:

"I don't normally interact with my boss. He asked me to come over to manage the business. If there's anything, we communicate over the phone."

"Every month, at the end of the month, there will be an extra amount of money in my account, and that money is my salary."

"Apart from managing the casino, I don't have to do anything except sending the bills to the boss every day."

"You sound so relaxed." Lu Weiwei knew something was wrong, and she walked back and forth in front of the fat man, saying without hesitation:

"For a casino of your size, you are the only one who can manage it casually, and the boss won't show up. Do you really think we are easy to fool?"

Walking up to the fat man, Lu Weiwei looked him up and down and continued, "I see, you are the boss here, right?"

"No, no, I'm not the boss. I'm really not the boss, police comrade, you must have misunderstood." Feeling that he had to explain, the fat man quickly retorted.

"Bring that man here." Officer Wang was not vague at this moment and shouted directly outside.

Soon, the man who was on guard outside was taken to the underground casino by two trainee police officers.

The two looked at each other and quickly looked away.

Officer Wang walked up to the man on guard and asked, "Who's the boss between you two?"

"Boss? There is no boss?" The man on guard responded quickly upon hearing this.

But this was not the answer that Officer Wang wanted. This guy must have been reported to him before.

So he pointed at the fat man and said, "Is he the boss?"

"No... no, he's just an employee. We've never met the boss."

"Never met him? You wouldn't just take the salary and never meet the boss, would you?" Lu Weiwei felt that the two were being too perfunctory and said jokingly.

But the man on guard also nodded vigorously and quickly explained: "Yes, that's right, I am like this. I don't usually see the boss at all."

"You are really good at pretending." Seeing that the sentry seemed to be stubborn, Officer Wang decided not to tolerate it anymore. He walked directly behind the group of gamblers and reminded them:
"Does anyone here know who the boss is?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the group of people who were squatting facing the wall with their hands on their heads looked at each other and whispered to each other, but no one responded.

Officer Wang then said, "If you guys can tell us who the boss is or know anything about the boss, we can punish you based on your meritorious service."

"Otherwise, do you know what punishment you will face? Think about it carefully. I'll give you one minute."

As soon as Officer Wang finished speaking, the people who were lying on the ground began chattering and communicating with each other again.

Gu Chen noticed a tall, thin, middle-aged man with short hair who had been squatting there hesitantly. It seemed that he knew something but was not sure what to say.

So Gu Chen kept observing secretly to see when this guy would get up.

As if he had thought about it, the short-haired man turned his head and his eyes happened to meet Gu Chen's.

The short-haired man immediately turned his head away, as if he didn't want Gu Chen to see him.

Gu Chen didn't say anything, he just walked behind the short-haired man and stood there.

The light shone on Gu Chen's tall figure and reflected on the wall.

The short-haired man looked up at Gu Chen's figure, which appeared on the wall in front of him, and his heart skipped a beat.

He slowly turned his head and glanced back. Seeing Gu Chen standing there, not saying anything but staring at him intently, the man hesitated for a few seconds before standing up.

"Do you know who the boss is?" Gu Chen asked.

"I know." The short-haired man pointed directly at the fat man and said, "He is the boss of this place."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fat man gnashed his teeth in hatred and wanted to fight with the short-haired man.

But under the warning look from the police, he immediately suppressed his anger.

Gu Chen turned his head to look at the short-haired man and asked, "How do you know he is the boss?"

"I came here on a business trip, and I learned about this underground casino through an acquaintance, so I wanted to try my luck here."

After he finished speaking, the short-haired man sighed and continued, "Anyway, I just came here to have some fun. I have to go back to work afterwards."

"I won't come here again, so it's okay to tell others."

Turning his head to look around, the short-haired man said again: "They are different. They have to come here frequently, so they dare not say it."

"Is that true?" Upon hearing this, Officer Wang was immediately delighted and quickly asked a follow-up question.

The short-haired man nodded vigorously and said without hesitation: "Yes, I have observed that this person is the boss."

"Come here." Seeing that the short-haired man had explained everything clearly, Officer Wang pointed at the fat man and motioned him to come over quickly.

The fat man gnashed his teeth in anger, but he suppressed his anger and walked straight up to Officer Wang.

Seeing that the fat man was staring at the short-haired man, Officer Wang deliberately patted the fat man's shoulders a few times with his hands, reminding him not to mess around, and asked:
"You are the boss here? Are you sure?"

"Haha, that's right, that's right." With the accusation from the short-haired man, the fat man no longer pretended to be stupid and began to speak with some confidence.

His expression changed so smoothly that Gu Chen felt that this guy was really good at acting.

But no matter how good the acting is, it cannot escape Gu Chen's eyes.

After understanding the situation, Gu Chen also looked at the fat man and asked, "Let me ask you, are you sure you are the boss here?"

"Sure." The fat man nodded silently, but he was not convinced in his heart.

Gu Chen didn't care about that and continued to ask: "Then why did you lie when I asked you just now?"

"I……"

After hesitating for a while, the fat man slowly said, "Are you trying to get away with it?"

"Why are there so many secret doors here?" Gu Chen asked.

"That's right. It's just to fool people when they check from above. It's a cover because there are supplies piled up inside, and once the power is turned off, it will be pitch black."

"Even if there were people in uniform checking up there, they wouldn't have thought there were so many things hidden in this cellar."

"Haha, you're quite smart." Upon hearing this, Officer Wang couldn't help but tease her.

The fat man also sighed heavily: "It's over, you guys have wiped us out this time."

While speaking, the fat man looked at the Russian man wearing a hood and handcuffs.

Because Maozi was wearing a hood at the moment, the fat man became wary. He looked in Maozi's direction and casually asked:
"Brother, you brought all these policemen here, right?"

Hearing what the fat man said, Maozi subconsciously dodged backwards, as if he didn't want to be recognized by the fat man.

The fat man looked at her carefully and asked, "Do we know each other? Have we ever had any conflicts? Why did you bring the police to harm me?"

It seemed that he was very clear that his secret place had been leaked by someone, so the fat man was very angry at the moment.

At this moment, Maozi continued to retreat and hid behind several policemen.

Seeing that the fat man wanted to take a few more steps forward, Gu Chen directly stopped him with his body and said earnestly:
"What are you going to do? What were you pretending to be? Let me ask you again, are you the boss here?"

Feeling that he had lost face here, and feeling somewhat humiliated, the fat man struggled with his thoughts and nodded in acknowledgment:
"Yes, I am the boss here."

"That's what I told you." Seeing the fat man finally speak, Lu Weiwei also smiled and said:
"For such a small casino, the boss doesn't rely on his own people, but on an outsider? He doesn't even show up to pay salaries. He's quite pretentious."

"Things like this are obviously problematic, especially the accounting issues. You are the one handling all the commission accounts."

"If you're not the boss's confidant, how could you have done this? So from the beginning, we were suspicious of you, but your acting just now was really good."

"Huh!" Feeling that he had been exposed, the fat man was a little embarrassed and quickly apologized to the police:
"I'm sorry to bother you. This place was originally a warehouse, and it was just a warehouse before."

"But later, as more and more people gathered in my shop to play cards, I began to realize that I should build a basement and renovate it."

“So I started taking care of these things.”

"But why do you have so many dark rooms here?" Lu Weiwei looked curious.

The fat man also sighed and responded, "For privacy and safety, because some guests prefer places with fewer people."

"So, it might be noisy and bustling in the lobby."

"Okay." Hearing what the fat man said, Lu Weiwei quickly took out her cell phone, showed the fat man a photo of Wen Jun, and asked:
"Have you seen this person?"

The fat man squinted his eyes and observed. When he took a closer look, his expression instantly turned ugly.

But in just a moment, the fat man shook his head again, as if he had no idea at all.

But these micro-expressions were successfully captured by Gu Chen.

Gu Chen also smiled slightly and continued to ask him: "Have you seen him? Not only have you seen him? This person may still be in your basement?"

"Hey, police comrade, don't joke with me. The main purpose of my casino is to make a commission."

"How do you know this person? Who is this person?"

"Okay." Feeling that the fat man was going to give him a hard fight, Gu Chen didn't bother to talk too much with him. After walking back and forth twice, he took a general look at the hall and the surroundings, and then said:

"Everyone go in and search. If you find any gaps or secret doors, be careful."

"As long as there is a crack in the wall, go in and find the person. Even if you have to dig three feet deep, you must find him."

"Yes." Following Gu Chen's order, everyone joined the search.

This scene instantly made the fat man extremely nervous.

Seeing that this group of policemen really started to study the gap and successfully opened one of the rooms with a secret door, the fat man's psychological defense seemed to be on the verge of collapse.

...(End of chapter)