Chapter 115 It Feels Like Dreaming

"How did you figure that out?"

"It was simple. You were wearing a photograph around your neck – a baby girl and a woman. People only keep photos of those they hold dearest close to their hearts. Based on their ages, I deduced what just happened. You thought you wouldn't come back this time, and you intended to keep the photo as a memento, didn't I guess correctly?"

"You!"

At that moment, SWAT and armed police appeared from behind. The criminals didn't even react before they were subdued. Their attention had been focused on me. I picked up the gun, took the pregnant woman, and escorted her downstairs along with the other hostages. After securing the area, I went upstairs with a few SWAT officers.

Hearing gunshots, I hid with them and cautiously approached a criminal nearby. I suddenly lunged forward, pinned a criminal to the ground, and handcuffed him.

Following my lead, other SWAT officers subdued several more criminals. Li Fan came over and said to me, "No wonder Director Zhang made you the team leader. You're skilled in both combat and intellect!"

"Not bad. Isn't this basic apprehension technique something everyone knows?"

"Haha, you're so confident! They've all been taken away. These people must have some issues to storm a hospital and commit murder. It's likely an order from their organization!"

As we were talking, we suddenly noticed a blood-covered girl being helped down, accompanied by a young man. They were using the elevator.

I quickly drew my weapon and approached them, shouting, "Don't move!"

The girl initially hesitated, but seeing my gun, she immediately raised a hidden shard of glass and held the boy next to her hostage.

Perhaps I shouldn't have drawn my weapon so quickly, but it was too late to change now. Li Fan and the others had gone to handle other matters, leaving me to face the criminal alone.

"Don't come any closer! I'll kill everyone here!"

"What's going on with you people? Who ordered this?"

"Don't you already know? Why ask? We're just doing their bidding, so what? You don't allow it?"

"There must be some vested interest involved. How much did they pay you?"

"It's not about money. We're just members of the organization!"

"Alright, you show high loyalty. Why not channel that spirit into contributing to society? You know, committing murder like this will ultimately lead to a death sentence!"

"I don't care. We do whatever the organization tells us to do!"

"Do you know Du Qitai?" I asked suddenly.

The girl shook her head. "I don't know. You dead cop, back off immediately, or I'll kill him!"

The boy didn't dare to say a word. I could see his wrist was bleeding, and his face was extremely pale. He looked about 15 years old, while the girl seemed to be around 25.

"Calm down. You're a grown woman bullying a young boy. How could you do this? Don't you have a younger brother at home?"

"Stop spewing nonsense. I won't fall for your tricks. I recognize you; you're that Detective He, aren't you? You're so famous now. I'll tell you, one day you'll be hacked to death by our organization!"

"I'm not afraid. Rather, if you don't drop your weapon now, you'll be dead when reinforcements arrive. They won't talk as much as I do; they'll shoot you on sight!"

Hearing this, the girl seemed to waver. She looked around, but didn't let go. She then took a bottle of gasoline from her pocket and threw it on the ground, threatening, "I have a lighter. If you don't back down, I'll burn him!"

I holstered my weapon and said, "If you want to die, so be it, but why drag him down with you? Have you not committed enough sins already?"

"You are the ones committing sins! This world has gone mad, it's become decadent. Only our organization can restore the world. You people must be harvested so that new strength can be awakened in the world!" As the girl spoke, her phone rang several times. She inadvertently answered it, and a boy's voice could be heard calling her "sister." The girl glanced sideways but didn't dare to answer.

"I don't understand your insane theories, but you've broken the law, and you must be punished!"

"Our organization is the law, is everything!"

"But your brother doesn't think that way, does he!"

"Don't mention my brother. How do you know about him?"

I sneered. "Your phone just rang, and someone called you sister! From his voice, he sounds about the same age as this young man here! If you stop now, I can let him come to see you!"

"You!" The girl hesitated again. At this moment, Li Fan and many armed police arrived, surrounding the girl. Knowing she had no escape, she viciously raised a lighter!

"Don't be rash!" I shouted and charged forward regardless. Li Fan and the others opened fire, bang, bang!

The girl's legs were hit, but she flung the lighter away. Just as it was about to fall, I narrowly caught it, somersaulted a few times, and put it away.

The girl knelt on the ground, controlled by numerous SWAT officers. I quickly rescued the young man, but his body was growing weaker. Before the paramedics arrived, he coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, his eyes rolled back, and he died.

I punched the hard floor, ignoring the pain in my fist. I could only carefully pick up the boy, found a black car, and put him in it.

After the scene was slowly brought under control, Gao Mingqiang ran over and told me, "Bad news, things have gone back to how they were in 1988. The surrounding surveillance has been disrupted. I don't know what they used to transport them here!"

I didn't reply. I checked the roads around the hospital and later found very deep tracks on a road behind the hospital. I crouched down and moved a few steps in one direction, discovering what appeared to be tire marks left by an armored vehicle. They must have disembarked from this armored vehicle. Although the surveillance didn't capture it, judging by the direction of the tire tracks, it must have escaped towards the nearby Huandong Road.

I called Xiao Yuande and asked him to contact the traffic management bureau to track the nearby roads and check any available footage.

With the tasks assigned, I returned to the hospital to help escort the criminals. Li Fan took a headcount and told me, "A total of 22 people, 2 shot dead!"

"Alright, take them all back for interrogation."

Back at the police station, these individuals were interrogated one by one. However, when asked about the incident, they seemed to be in a daze, claiming they didn't know what had happened.

I used a blood collection device to draw a small amount of blood from these individuals. Later, verification in the forensic department revealed that their bodies contained hallucinogenic substances. When Gao Mingqiang and others asked them how they arrived at the hospital, they all said they didn't know. Some then recalled that they seemed to be outside earlier but were unintentionally taken into a vehicle, after which they lost consciousness.