Chapter 809: Cosplay

“Did they say?”

In an office, some gentlemen who looked like they would give people an image of being not to be trifled with were sitting together. They were staring at a plump man sitting behind a desk.

The man, while wiping the sweat from his forehead, was shaking his head. “They didn’t say, nor did they leave me any contact information. But they said they would have the people here contact me.”

The people sitting in the room were all the leaders of the New Birmingham gangs. Under the promotion of the chief of the state police and the local police chief, they had been persuaded to decide to fight against the Lance Family from Likalai State together.

In fact, there was another promoter behind this matter, the Perez family.

The Perez family had suffered a great loss on Lance. Although they had already had peace talks now, under the pressure from the higher-ups, they had given up on continuing to confront him.

But this did not mean that the hatred had really ended!

They had lost so much face. Now they couldn’t get their face back themselves, but they could spend money and have others find trouble with Lance.

Originally, they had supported some gangs to fight against the Lance Family’s claws. Now, after they had gotten some new news, they had become a little more proactive.

Originally, their idea was to trick out the number of the Lance Family’s personnel here. As long as they had these numbers, they could, through the telegraph office, very easily find out where these people were currently living.

With an address, wasn’t it a piece of cake to arrest them?

But the other party… they didn’t know if this was vigilance, or for some other reason, they had never revealed it.

One of them looked at Carl with an unhappy expression. “Did you leak something?”

Carl immediately raised three fingers. “I swear to God, I have absolutely not revealed any news!”

“Guys, I’m from Indeno State, not Likalai State. We are a gang!”

He quickly showed his loyalty.

In this city, the Empire immigrant gangs were not strong. It couldn’t be said that Carl’s choice was wrong. From his point of view, the path he had chosen was the most correct one.

Even if the Lance Family was very strong in Likalai State, no matter how strong, they couldn’t reach here.

He could have bitten the bullet and not cooperated with these people, but what would be the consequence?

These local gangs might unite and wipe out his gang.

Considering himself, and the survival of his gang, he had almost no other choice but to side with these people.

“You’d better not have!” The person who had spoken glared at him. “So what now?”

“Our men are already on the street. We haven’t found anything yet. Are they really in the city?”

Another person said, “If they are not in the city, could they be in the wilderness?”

“The eyewitness said they saw them. They must be in the city. It’s just that we don’t know where they are hiding, or have they already left?”

A group of people had no clue about the people of the Lance Family. They were not clear who had come, but they only knew that it must be a cadre.

However, now that they couldn’t find the person, and had no clues, they could only continue to maintain a high-intensity search, hoping to find them here.

But what they didn’t know was that Lance had already made a strategic retreat, and another group of people had almost arrived in Red Rock City at this time.

After a journey of more than two days, Elvin and his group, driving their vehicles at high speed for twenty-four hours, had already entered the outskirts of Red Rock City.

Police Captain Matthew and the chief of the state police would never have thought that the people of the Lance Family would actually come to Red Rock City at this time. They still thought that the people of the Lance Family would find a way to make a move on Police Captain Matthew.

Although Police Captain Matthew had already made some arrangements, they were still too lax.

A car slowly pulled over outside the main gate of the villa area. Elvin observed the entry and exit of the villa area’s main gate at close range.

“It seems we’re not going to get in easily.”

Alan lit a cigarette. From the highway to the road inside the villa area, there was a pair of double doors. These two large doors looked very sturdy and heavy.

There were four security guards on duty in the security room. Besides the people they knew, if it was a stranger, they needed to register and get the permission of the owner before they would open the door.

Elvin watched for a while and then scratched his head. “Go and try to make a call.”

Alan knew what he meant and then walked to a phone booth on the side and dialed the local police number.

“Yes… I’ve run into trouble. Someone has broken into my house. Quickly send someone over!”

“I’m at… villa area… okay, hurry up!”

He hung up the phone and sat back in the car, and then glanced at the time on the dashboard.

“I told them that a guy had broken into my house. They should be here soon.”

Elvin nodded. If they couldn’t trick the main gate of the villa area open, then they had to consider whether it was possible to take these people away by force.

So they needed to know how much time the police would need to provide support, a few minutes, or a dozen or so.

As a result, in less than seven minutes, four wailing police cars had approached here. They had communicated with the security guard at the door for a while, and then had entered the villa area with the security guard.

Alan looked down and glanced. “Seven minutes.”

Elvin shook his head. “Seven minutes is not even enough for us to find the location of that villa, let alone to deal with the people inside and take out the person we want.”

He felt a little tricky. Alan, on the other hand, made a suggestion. “What if… we pretend to be the police?”

“You see, they got in very easily. If we pretend to be the police, maybe it will be very convenient.”

“We have this address. The security guard will take us there, and we can get closer to that villa, and the people inside, without arousing their tension.”

“At that time, we will kill the bodyguards and the security guard, and then take them and leave.”

Elvin thought about it seriously. Alan’s suggestion was indeed not bad, much better than methods like a direct assault.

As they were talking, the police cars had already come out from inside. They had found that it was a false alarm. It might have been that someone had made a false report, or had provided a wrong location.

They had arrived at the villa that the person who had reported the crime had mentioned and had found that no one had reported a crime. They had soon left.

This kind of thing could not be said to happen often, but it did exist.

After the security guard had handed over to them for a while, the four police cars had slowly left.

Elvin’s gaze shifted from the departing police cars to the very high walls and anti-climbing measures around the villa area.

A smooth, ninety-degree wall of at least three or four meters, plus the exaggerated anti-climbing protective fence on the top of the wall. The possibility of climbing in without alerting others was not high.

He considered for a moment and then nodded. “We can give it a try. The problem now is that we need to get a few police cars, and also police uniforms.”

As he spoke, he stepped on the gas, started the vehicle, and left this place.

“A police car is easy to get,” as the car was driving towards the place where they were temporarily hiding, Alan took the initiative to say. “The parking lot in the police station is full of police cars.”

He took out the lock-picking tool that Lance had suggested and that a locksmith had developed, which was very convenient.

After a simple training, even Alan, Elvin, and these people who were not proficient in lock-picking could, in a very short period of time, a few seconds, easily open the large and small locks.

Now it was still mainly the pin tumbler lock. Before a new generation of locks appeared, they simply could not guard against these lock-picking tools.

“Then what’s left is the problem of the police uniforms.”

More than ten minutes later, they returned to their temporary hiding place. Elvin sat opposite Officer David. He was tied to a chair, and the ropes were tightly tied him and the chair together.

Let alone falling down and using a corner of a wall or something to break the rope, it was very difficult for him to even move a little, and there were also people watching him.

“Do you have any friends who are police officers in Red Rock City?” Elvin asked.

The tall police officer hesitated for a moment and then nodded. “I do.”

In this period, 70% to 80% of the police were from training centers that specially cultivated relevant majors, such as a police academy or the like.

Applying to a police academy was not a very complicated matter. You just needed to be a federal citizen, have graduated from high school smoothly, and then you could apply to a police academy.

A police academy was not a university, not even a junior college. It could only be considered a short-term technical training center. From admission to graduation, it only took six months to two years.

Some of the students with an ordinary performance would be allowed to graduate after six months. They would be recommended to the police department where they wanted to go to work.

And some of the outstanding ones in the training would be kept to receive a higher level of professional knowledge training. After these people had graduated and were recommended to a local job, their starting point would be a little higher. They were trained as police officers, not just as policemen.

Officer David was a police officer who had graduated from a police academy, so many of his “classmates” were working in this vicinity.

He had joined the state police just because he had been deceived by the person who had recommended him. They had said that the welfare and treatment of the state police were better. He actually didn’t know these things and had chosen to go to the state police.

As a result, when he had arrived at the state police and had been assigned to the highway patrol, he had finally known how stupid his choice was.

Some of his classmates, people who knew this very well, had basically all stayed in the city police department.

He didn’t even ask what Elvin was asking this for, but had very proactively provided Elvin with a name and a contact information. At this point, he had completely let it go. He was actively cooperating with only one purpose—

That is, after all this is over, this group of people will leave him his little life. He doesn’t want to die.

To live is always the ultimate goal of a living being.

In order to live, humans can do everything they can’t believe themselves!

Half an hour later, Alan arrived at a branch office. He, at the front desk, asked the receptionist with a smile, “I’d like to find someone.”

Alan’s appearance was not bad. Ever since he had followed Lance, a series of changes had given him a better temperament.

The thing about temperament is very wonderful. When a group of people stand together, if one person’s temperament is better than the others, you can tell at a glance.

Temperament can add a kind of charm to a person, and can also make people have some good feelings.

The police officer who was receiving at the front desk was a young girl. She looked at Alan, and a smile involuntarily appeared on her face. “Who are you looking for?”

She just felt that this young man, who looked to be of the same age as her, was very special, and her speech naturally became much gentler.

Alan said the name provided by the tall police officer. “I have something I want to consult him about. Is he here now?”

The female police officer didn’t even ask for Alan’s name and nodded. “You go to the office hall on the third floor. He’s at position A-12.”

Alan said thank you and turned to go upstairs. He had a premonition that if he continued to flirt for a while, perhaps this female police officer wouldn’t mind going out to eat with him at night.

But now was not the time to deal with these matters. He soon arrived on the third floor and found that police officer in the main hall.

The police officer was sitting behind his desk, reading a magazine out of boredom. When Alan’s shadow blocked some of the light and appeared by his side, he looked up at Alan with a puzzled look.

“I don’t know you!” This police officer put down his magazine. This was a police station. He wouldn’t feel that he was in danger.

He leaned back in his chair and looked Alan up and down. He was a little unsure of what this young man’s background was.

There was something strange about him. He couldn’t say what it was, but he was definitely not an ordinary person.

“David recommended me. Officer David, the one from the highway patrol.”

When Alan said this name, the police officer was stunned for a moment. The wary expression on his face softened a lot. “David?”

“Alright, we are good friends. What do you want to do?”

As he spoke, he took the initiative to stand up. “Let’s go to the side and talk.”

The two came to the corridor outside the office. This place was relatively less crowded.

Alan took the initiative to give him a cigarette. This police officer, looking at the pack of cigarettes worth 1.99 that he was handing over, his expression softened a little more.

In this day and age, the rich and the powerful are all the same. As a police officer, he had a more obvious feeling than an ordinary person.

After the two of them had lit their cigarettes together, he had a smile on his face. “David and I are like brothers. Just say what’s on your mind!”

The tall police officer had also made a lot of money over the years. As his friend, this police officer was also very clear. He subconsciously thought that this was a rich person introduced by David.

To do things for a rich person will definitely not be for nothing.

Although his income was not bad, he might not smoke this kind of two-dollar-a-pack cigarette.

Alan smiled. “My boss plans to invest in some businesses in Red Rock City, but some things are not very familiar, and he needs to find someone to consult.”

The police officer was a little curious. “If you want to consult on these matters, you should go to City Hall. They have a special consulting business and office for investors.”

He didn’t react at first, until Alan reminded him, “Our business… might need a little extra ‘care’.”

Hearing this, the police officer roughly understood something, and the smile on his face grew even wider.

To need special care, doesn’t that just mean you need some special care from the police?

“What are you planning to do?”

“How big is the scale, and how much is the investment?”

Alan looked at both sides of the corridor. “Why don’t we find a place outside to sit down and talk?”

The police officer did not hesitate. “Alright, wait for me downstairs…”

A few minutes later, the police officer got into Alan’s car. He and Alan were both sitting in the back row. There were people in the driver’s seat and the passenger seat. He didn’t pay much attention.

After the car started, just as he was about to say something, a cold object was pressed against his temple. “If I were you, I wouldn’t do anything that would make people misunderstand.”

Twenty minutes later, the police officer appeared in front of the tall police officer. He glared at Officer David with a look of anger, and said nothing.

But anyone could see that he hated his good friend with a vengeance!

Now it was too late to say anything.

He obediently sat down in a chair, and then was tied tightly, so much so that he couldn’t even struggle.

Elvin stood in front of him. “There’s something I want to consult you on. If your answer can satisfy me, then you and your friend can both live.”

“If your answer doesn’t satisfy me…”

He did not continue. Sometimes, the unknown is the most terrifying.

Officer David looked at his friend with a pleading look in his eyes. What else could the other party do but sigh helplessly?

“What can I do for you?”

Elvin was very satisfied with his attitude. “If I want to get a batch of police uniforms, where should I go?”

Although the police officer didn’t know why they wanted a batch of police uniforms, and what they were going to do with them, he knew that he also wanted to live.

A little later in the day, Elvin straightened his police uniform in front of a mirror. The person in the mirror had an upright figure, and his temperament was not bad. He even raised his hand and gave a salute. He looked extremely handsome!

Then he couldn’t help but laugh, because he saw more of his brothers who had changed their clothes come out of the room.

“Officer Alan?”

“Officer Elvin!”

It had to be said that it really did look like that.

At a little after five in the afternoon, just as it was about to enter the evening rush hour, four police cars had once again arrived outside the main gate of the villa area.

As soon as they got close to the villa area, they had turned off their sirens, which was also the result of their previous observation.

The people who lived here were all rich. They didn’t like to be disturbed by sirens, and might even be frightened by them, so the police cars had stopped their sirens after they got close.

Alan’s one hand was on the open car door window. He was wearing a pair of sunglasses and was chewing a piece of gum, looking exceptionally relaxed.

Two of the security guards from the security room immediately came out. Alan showed the police officer’s badge. “Someone reported that his house was broken into.”

The security guard sighed. “It must be someone’s prank again.”

But he didn’t dare to say that the police shouldn’t go in. He checked the badge and confirmed that it was real, and then he took out the registration book. “Can you sign?”

“Officer?”

Alan took the pen and casually wrote his name, which was the same as on the badge. It was just that he had used a little force. The security guard had not held the registration book steady, so the signature was a little messy, but it was still legible.

The security guard didn’t think much of it. “I have to go with your car to have a look.”

Alan signaled for him to get in the car. “As it happens, you can show us where it is. My colleague said this place is very big…”

(End of a Chapter)