The Halls of Power: A Nobody's Ambition
Chapter 62

The times make the hero

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Before long, police cars arrived at the entrance to the alley, lights flashing and sirens wailing.

Guo Yong, head of the Municipal Public Security Bureau's Criminal Investigation Detachment, stepped out of his car and immediately spotted the culprit, Sun Zhe, trussed up like a dumpling.

Well now, that's some impressive rope work.

Sun Zhe's helmet had been removed, revealing a thin, sinister face. After regaining consciousness, he quickly realized that his end had come. No amount of struggling would help, so he simply closed his eyes and said nothing.

"Thank you, thank you! Thank you so much!"

After learning that the handsome young man before him had captured the culprit, Guo Yong gripped his hand and shook it over and over.

His gratitude was genuine!

Did anyone have any idea what these past few months had been like for him?

The May 24 armed robbery and murder case had weighed like a mountain on every criminal investigator involved, himself included, leaving them barely able to breathe.

The Criminal Investigation Detachment was a department that cared only about results, not the process.

There was no point stressing how hard clues were to find or how cunning the criminals were. The provincial and municipal leaders cared about only one thing: when would the case finally be solved?

Then, before the major May 24 case had even been cracked, bam, a second armed robbery and murder had struck today. It was no exaggeration to say that Guo Yong had already braced himself for dismissal.

Yet what no one could possibly have expected was that, at the most critical moment, a public-spirited young citizen would step forward, turn the tide, and bring the culprit to justice.

"You're too kind, Chief Guo. Apprehending criminals is part of my duty, too," Zhou Yi said with a

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