After they were all safely out, He Xin and I passed through some flower beds and arrived at the second cold storage room not far away. This time, it wasn't a password lock, but a fingerprint lock. I'm going in! However, for He Xin, the principles were the same. She inserted the data cable again, and after a series of operations, the second door lock was quickly cracked. As I watched the cold storage door slowly open, I saw Zhang Keying and Xie Chuchu tied up, their mouths gagged with white cloth, frozen inside the cold storage.
I rushed in and shook them violently, turning off the refrigeration equipment. Some criminal police officers came in to help. After we dragged Zhang Keying and Xie Chuchu out, the police officers took care of them. He Xin and I bypassed a few poplar trees and came to the door of the third cold storage. This time, there were no locks at all. It was clear that force would be needed. I asked a few police officers to come over, then held the door frame on both sides and pulled with all my might.
After a minute, this sturdy door was finally opened. As waves of cold air rushed out, I couldn't bother with anything else. As the biting cold enveloped me, I reached Xia Hou and Xiao Yuande. At this moment, I also noticed that everyone from the second team of criminal police was here!
After quickly rescuing them, Xiao Yuande quickly recovered. He rubbed his arm and followed us to the last cold storage room. At that moment, I thought Liu Yuning and the others were inside!
This time there was no password lock, and the door couldn't be opened no matter what. While I was worrying, there were less than 5 minutes left. I and the people around me were terrified: "What do we do? Is this the work of the Cardinal?"
As soon as He Xin finished speaking, countless SWAT officers arrived. They immediately went to the fourth floor of the church, and a few SWAT officers directly used a cutting torch to break open the door of the fourth cold storage. The moment the door opened, I was the first to rush inside. Wrapped in a suffocating chill, I saw the entire third team of criminal police here, along with several technical police officers, but Liu Yuning was nowhere to be found!
I searched frantically among the chilled people but still found no sign of her.
How could this be?
I ran out of the fourth cold storage room. When I got outside, I saw He Jinghui and He Xiaoyu had already subdued all the men in black and the nuns and brought the Cardinal to me.
He Jinghui yanked the Cardinal's back, and the man tilted forward, kneeling before me.
I yanked his collar hard: "Tell me quickly! Where is Liu Yuning?"
"Detective He, hahaha! Are you very disappointed? You can save everyone in the world, but you can't save the woman you love!"
"Stop the nonsense and tell me! Her location, or I'll shoot you right now!" At this moment, I snatched a pistol from a nearby criminal police officer and pointed it at the Cardinal's temple, threatening him fiercely with bloodshot eyes.
"Why would I tell you at this moment? Let your most beloved woman die before your eyes. My purpose has been achieved, and I have no regrets!"
"You!!" At that moment, I really wanted to shoot him, but if the Cardinal died, I would never know Liu Yuning's whereabouts.
I kicked him over and started punching him fiercely in the head. My fists were incredibly fast, as if I were possessed by Ip Man. I beat the Cardinal until he was covered in blood, his face swollen, several teeth knocked out, and he spat out mouthfuls of blood.
I pressed him against the wall of a cold storage room and was about to attack again when someone behind me grabbed me, trying to persuade me: "If you keep hitting him, he won't be able to take it! He Sheng, do you really want to become a murderer?"
Xiao Yuande's persuasion calmed me down a bit. Reason finally prevailed. I let go and rushed in a certain direction of the central courtyard. At that moment, I didn't know where to go. Suddenly, I remembered the video I had seen on the computer, that place? Imagining those walls, my eyes suddenly lit up. I took the elevator down towards the bottom of the church.
I arrived in front of a room door on the third floor and pulled it open. I found Liu Yuning lying on the ground like an ice corpse. I quickly rushed in and held her tightly, but at that moment, she had no color in her face, her complexion was pale, and her breathing had stopped.
When the police officers discovered this place, they were all shocked.
Zhang Keying and Xie Chuchu came behind me. Upon seeing Liu Yuning unconscious, they couldn't help but cry.
I squeezed her hard, trying to warm her body with my own heat, but Liu Yuning still showed no signs of consciousness.
She's dead!!
"If only we could have come earlier..." Xiao Yuande behind me sighed.
I picked up Liu Yuning's corpse. Her arm slid weakly by my side. I carried her out of the room, emotionless, and walked into the corridor outside. I went downstairs aimlessly, like a lost soul, and left the church...
In the interrogation room, the Cardinal, with a bruised and swollen face, stared at us.
"Uncle, can I still call you that?"
That's right! After I pulled off the Cardinal's mask, I recognized him immediately. He was He Qiming!
"I'm sorry, He Sheng. That's right, I've been deceiving you all along, but I was also forced. I'm different from them!"
"No matter what the reason, the law will not forgive people like you! Do you understand?"
"I know. I killed Yuning!"
"How did you become like this? Uncle, are you still the uncle I knew before?"
"He Sheng, people always change. And once interests are involved, there aren't as many good people in this world as you imagine, and there are a lot of bad people. When you understand this truth one day, you will become like me!"
"I won't!! I will always maintain my courage and my patience. One day, the North Star will be completely destroyed!"
"Hahaha! Very good. I also look forward to you completing this mission. Perhaps Lord Pierce will feel he has met a true opponent!"
"He Qiming, tell me, did you collude with him deliberately back then, which led to my parents being killed?"
"That's right. Officer Lu must have told you. I wronged them, but at that time, if it weren't for Du Yuting..."
"But it's all in the past now. I've been arrested, and I'll be judged accordingly."
"You can give me the other names on the organization's roster! I mean, besides Pierce!"