"They aren't going to die, you traitor!"
"I am a traitor, but if you knew what happened to me, you might have chosen the same path. I was a good police officer once, but everything has changed. Let's go! Follow me."
After an unknown amount of time, just as Lu Chusheng was about to continue, I interrupted him. I gripped his shoulder tightly. "Officer Lu, what's going on? Did you just say my uncle was a traitor?"
"That's right, He Sheng. Everything I told you is the absolute truth. I just didn't dare show myself back then. In fact, He Guanghui he..." Lu Chusheng trailed off again, changing the subject. "Your father asked me to give this to you. This treasure, open it. Inside, there's another list from the organization, and it's a pair with the one you found in Dongyu Town."
"Ah!" I was a little surprised by Officer Lu's words, but I still didn't do it. At this moment, I was even more curious about what happened to him in the forest afterward.
Seeing that I wanted to know, Lu Chusheng continued, "He Qiming brought me near the area of the gunfight. He hid me in some grass while he watched your father and mother fight those dozens of thugs. You should have seen the details in that novel, right? Actually, I wrote that novel, adding to it. It was published later. Oh, and the reason I did this was because your mother, in her dying moments, entrusted me with it: 'Chusheng, don't worry, they're gone. No one can harm us. Take this jade with you. I've spoken to He Qiming, and he won't harm you. Remember, after 30 years, you must give it to He Sheng. Please, and continue my work. Help me finish writing it, record everything that happened today, so he knows, so he knows, you understand?'"
"'Officer Li!!' After she said that, she coughed up a mouthful of blood and passed away like that. I looked at He Guanghui beside me, who was hacked to pieces by the bandits. Tears couldn't help but fall."
"He was actually chopped ninety-nine and eighty-one times by dozens of thugs, his flesh and blood reduced to a bloody pulp. The scene was unbearable."
"Ninety-nine and eighty-one times!!!!"
Even now, hearing that number makes me gasp. I was also filled with extreme anger. Those bastards in the organization! Many of my father's colleagues told me my father was murdered, and his body was kept at the police station. I didn't know the full extent of it then. Perhaps the forensic examiner helped arrange his and my mother's bodies, so I wouldn't see any marks. Tears covered my eyes then, and I could see some signs, knowing he was murdered, but I didn't know it was this bad."
"Of course, I was so young then. My uncle handled the identification of the bodies. I only took a brief look."
"I never expected that my mother knew she was going to die that day, and from Officer Lu's words, I sensed that my mother had already communicated with him. My uncle eventually compromised and asked Officer Lu for help."
"Now, learning the truth from Officer Lu about 30 years ago, I finally realize how cruel the people in the organization truly are."
"Pierce!! I swear!!! I will personally arrest you!!"
"To the memory of my father's spirit in heaven!!!!"
"And this time, I will catch your true self, not your impostor!!"
"Child, don't lose your mind to anger. Alright, now it's time to open the organization's list of crimes."
With Officer Lu's help, I took out our He family's heirloom treasure. But how to open this jade bead?
I looked around. A beam of light shone down, illuminating it. I realized it was moonlight. Unknowingly, it was night again.
Under the moonlight, the precious jade opened by itself. Inside was a rolled-up piece of paper. I slowly unrolled it and found several names on the list: "He Qiming (Golden Lord), Du Qitai (Death Lord), Dureg (Rita Lord), Cang Xuesong (Demon God Lord)."
Except for Du Qitai and Dureg, only He Qiming and Cang Xuesong are still at large. However, this is definitely not the entire list of the organization's members. If I'm not mistaken, this is only the list of their mid-level leaders. And Pierce, strictly speaking, should be the head of the lower-level leaders.
If He Qiming isn't the leader of the mid-level leaders, then it must be Cang Xuesong.
"So it's these people. Alright, He Sheng, my mission is complete. The rest of the journey, you can only continue on your own!"
"I understand, Officer Lu. I won't let them down. Will you continue to help in the police force?"
"Yes, it's time to return. The Crime Punishment Team, He Sheng, you make me feel like I've returned to the past. You are He Guanghui!"
"Actually, I'm far from my father. Let's go, let's go back! Oh, right, do you know the situation with Xiao Yuande and Xiahou?"
"I heard they went missing, along with quite a few other police officers. Let's go find them!"
"Do you know where they are?"
"No, but we can start by investigating Dongyu Town!"
I knew Lu Chusheng would say that, but it didn't matter. Let's go!
After leaving the Police Cemetery, we immediately set off for Dongyu Town. Returning here, we weren't exploring; we were completely looking for people. Not long after entering, Li Fan called me. "He Sheng, where are you?"
"Dongyu Town. Did you all go back?"
"No, everyone is trying to figure things out. Don't rush alone!"
"Don't worry, I won't get myself lost!"
"Sigh, it's too strange. How could so many people disappear at once? It seems like Liu Yuning and the others went out and never came back!"
"As expected. Sigh, I won't talk about it anymore, I need to keep searching!"
"Be careful!"
I asked Li Fan to send people over as well, then hung up. It's likely that only Lu Chusheng and I would dare to roam around here now.
The streets were still dark and narrow. I don't know how long I'll have to walk, and I don't know where that mansion I saw before is. But Lu Chusheng and I both have a hope: it must be in some hidden corner. As long as we find it, everything will be solved.
However, after searching for a long time, we found nothing. We ended up back on the streets of the dormitory buildings. Lu Chusheng then said to me, "I've actually been here before."
"When was that, Officer Lu? Do you know what happened in Dongyu Town in the past?"