Wang Ye's motorcade roared into the city police headquarters, where he found the place already buzzing with activity, brightly lit throughout. Quite a few officers hurried past, while police cars blared piercing sirens as they sped out.
Clearly, the impact of Gryzlov's assassination attempt was beginning to show.
Gryzlov might not have held much real power, but his official rank was anything but low!
Strictly speaking, he was on equal footing with the Kremlin. Yet now, he had been attacked by a gunman in Moscow, the capital. It was foreseeable that Moscow's political scene would be thrown into an uproar.
The first to be affected would be the police department. How incompetent did they have to be for someone of Gryzlov's stature to be unable to guarantee his own safety even in the capital...
After receiving the news, Minister of Internal Affairs Yevrogen and First Deputy Minister Vladimir had both rushed to the city police headquarters. They took Gryzlov's report, recorded the details of the case, and personally deployed police forces to conduct a full-scale manhunt for the fugitive gunman.
By the time Wang Ye, led by the city police chief, arrived at the large conference room, Gryzlov, Yevrogen, and Vladimir were already talking.
When they saw Wang Ye arrive, all three stood up to greet him.
Gryzlov had calmed down by now. He gripped Wang Ye's hand tightly and said with deep gratitude, "Misha, you saved my life this time! If you hadn't given me that bulletproof car, I suppose the only place you could see me now would be... the hospital."
Wang Ye paused, not expecting that the car he had given Gryzlov had truly saved his life!
The reason he had given Gryzlov that bulletproof car in the first place was indeed because he feared the situation