Tracking Smoke

"Come with me."

Huang Hui followed the smoke, also telling everyone behind him to come along.

This was the start of a pursuit, and everyone followed Huang Hui and the smoke in silence. Team Leader Zhao had some people stay behind while he led a few others to follow.

Zhou Yaning and the others also followed, a group of people chasing the smoke to another street.

The smoke flew ahead, dissipating a little more with each passing second. No one dared to stop, and the members of the Serious Crimes Unit prayed in their hearts that the smoke wouldn't disappear too quickly.

They chased it for several hundred meters until the smoke drifted into the entrance of a hotel.

"Go inside and take a look!"

They rushed into the hotel and saw the white smoke drifting upstairs, so they continued their pursuit without stopping.

"Hey, who are you people? What are you doing?"

The hotel receptionist was so startled by the sudden rush of people that she couldn't speak. Seeing them running towards the stairs, she mustered her courage and stepped forward to stop them.

"We're police officers!"

The people behind ignored the receptionist's attempts to stop them, shouted a warning, and continued running upstairs.

Hearing that they were police officers, the receptionist froze in place. Seeing them disappear into the stairwell, she realized something was wrong and quickly called the manager.

Lu Chengchuan and the others followed them to the third floor and stopped in front of a room.

The white smoke flew to the ground and slipped under the door. Everyone looked at each other, unsure of what to do.

"Break down the door!"

Finally, Team Leader Zhao spoke. The white smoke was dissipating quickly, and they didn't have time to find someone to open the door. They had no choice but to break it down. As for compensation, the Public Security Bureau could afford to pay for a door.

With his order, a member of the Serious Crimes Unit stepped forward and kicked the door open. The crowd rushed in, and the white smoke drifted towards the window. After flying out the window, the white smoke went straight down and disappeared several meters away.

"They went down from here. Which way did they go…"

Everyone looked down. The smoke had flown in that direction. Team Leader Zhao thought for a moment and turned to the person next to him, saying, "Xiao Li, go find someone from the hotel and ask them who rented this room."

Now they had a lead. Whoever rented the room was a suspect.

Xiao Li turned to leave, when the receptionist came up with a few other people, seeing that they had broken down the door and were crowded inside, the hotel staff were somewhat bewildered.

What was going on? Had criminals entered the hotel, and these police officers were catching them?

"Who are you people?"

Seeing someone turn to question them, the hotel manager quickly stepped forward. "Officers, I'm the manager here. Could I see your identification?"

Although he was uneasy, the manager still wanted to see their credentials to make sure they weren't being tricked.

They couldn't just believe they were police officers based on their words alone. Even police officers had to follow procedures and the law, not just do things arbitrarily based on what they said.

"Show them your credentials."

Xiao Li stepped forward and showed the hotel manager his identification, while the others looked around, unconcerned.

"Officers, is there anything we can help you with?"

Seeing the identification in front of him, the hotel manager immediately straightened up and asked in a low voice if they needed any assistance.

Of course, they did. Xiao Li went up and explained the situation to them, and the manager immediately said they would check the records to see who had rented the room.

"Team Leader Zhao, is there any hair left?"

While they were investigating who had rented the room, Huang Hui came up and asked if they still wanted to track them.

"Yes, we have a few strands of hair left. Leave two for testing, and use the rest for tracking."

Of course, they had to pursue them. They had to catch the person who rented the room and continue to look for clues. They could do both at the same time, not necessarily abandoning one.

"You two stay here and work with Xiao Li on the case. As soon as you find out who rented the room, arrest them immediately. Send more people, and take weapons. Don't let anything unexpected happen."

Leaving a few people at the hotel, the rest ran downstairs. Huang Xuan picked up a strand of hair and used his ability to summon white smoke to continue tracking.

Huang Hui used seven strands of hair in total, and the group chased for several kilometers, making passersby think there was some kind of race.

"Team Leader Zhao, there's no hair left." Without a medium, Huang Hui's ability couldn't be used.

They chased to a scenic bridge. Ahead was the central part of the west side of the city. The mayor's daughter was probably kidnapped here, and the kidnappers were likely hiding inside.

"Team Leader, Xiao Li and the others have news. They said they found the person who rented the room and are carrying out the arrest."

"Good, have them arrest the person as soon as possible. Send a message to the bureau and mobilize personnel to investigate the west side of the city. Conduct a secret investigation, and don't alert the enemy or expose our movements."

After running five or six kilometers, even the detectives of the Serious Crimes Unit were a little exhausted.

They found a place to rest and prepared to call a car to leave.

"Captain Zhou, you are all Espers. Can you assist us in the investigation?"

While resting, Team Leader Zhao found Zhou Yaning.

Zhou Yaning agreed to his request. "Of course, we also have a mission. As long as we can find Miss Li, we'll go anywhere."

"Come back to the bureau with us first. We'll interrogate the person as soon as they're caught, and you can listen in."

Less than an hour later, while they were in a car heading back to the police station, Zhao Lei's phone rang.

"What? You caught him! Good, keep a close eye on him, I'll be back soon."

After running around for so long, finally some good news came. Team Leader Zhao told the driver to speed up; he wanted to get back to the police station as quickly as possible to interrogate that audacious fellow.

Back at the police station, Team Leader Zhao immediately arranged the interrogation. Because of Zhou Yaning's connection, Lu Chengchuan managed to snag an observer seat.

Team Leader Zhao straightened his clothes and opened the door to the interrogation room.

Inside the interrogation room sat a middle-aged man, slightly overweight and balding, looking rather disheveled. He was handcuffed to the interrogation chair, his expression tense.

Seeing Team Leader Zhao enter, the man spoke before he could say anything, "Hey, what are you doing? Why are you arresting me! Let me tell you, I'm a law-abiding citizen, and I've donated money to the police station, a lot of money!"

"Chen Dun, from Anyang City, a real estate developer by profession, with a medium-sized company."

In the monitoring room, a detective introduced the identity of the arrested man to everyone.

This guy was actually a boss. Although not a big one, he could still be considered a successful person, especially since he had donated money to the police station.

In normal times, the police would have to consider the impact of arresting someone like this and have absolute certainty before doing so.

But things were different now. The mayor's daughter had been kidnapped, and anyone related to the matter had to be brought in for questioning. Better to arrest a hundred innocent people than let one guilty one go.

"Of course we have something to talk to you about! Tell me honestly what you've done! Confess voluntarily and it might reduce your sentence. If you resist stubbornly, no one can protect you!"

"What are you saying? I want to see your superior, I want to see your leader! This is slander! Slander!"

"Shut up!"

Team Leader Zhao raised his hand and slammed it hard on the table. The loud bang scared Chen Dun into silence. He looked at the fierce-looking policeman, and beads of sweat involuntarily flowed down his face.