Chapter 209 Hostages
After the telegram was sent, Director Lei also ordered the car to drive there, and when it was almost reaching Olive Street, there was a response to the situation there.
After the car slowly stopped at the intersection, a captain from the Inspection Bureau walked up to the car, rolled down the window, and said:
"Director, following your instructions, we found three pillars wrapped in decorations in the surrounding shops and attached paper figures with names written on them. We then went to search the company and discovered that a total of eight people were not in the company.
We checked their work supplies and found traces of absence ranging from five or six days to at least two months.
But the people in the company thought they were still there, and they were with them day and night, and didn’t think anything was unusual.”
Director Lei said, "Give me the list."
The captain immediately handed over a piece of written paper. Director Lei took a look at it and handed it to Chen Chuan beside him. "Is there the person you are looking for?"
Chen Chuan took it and took a look. He saw Senior Sister Min Lan's name on it and nodded to Director Lei.
Director Lei said: "Those employees must have been affected by the esoteric rituals. They thought the person was there, but in fact he was no longer with them."
Chen Chuan thought to himself, no wonder when I called just now, they said that the person was there, but then said that they couldn’t answer the call. It must be that this person existed in their consciousness, but this person was obviously unable to come over and talk to others.
But even so, it is impossible for the families of these employees not to feel something is wrong for such a long time, so there must be other reasons for it to be concealed.
The captain added, "When we were checking just now, we found that quite a number of employees from this company have disappeared due to commissioned tasks in the past six months, and most of them happened during a single commissioned task."
Director Lei thought for a moment and said, "Any results from the Communications Bureau?"
The captain said, "We're waiting. It should be here soon." At this moment, a team member came over and handed him a note. He glanced at it and handed it back, "Director, I found it. When we entered the Qingyao Company, a telegram was sent from the building, and the receiving station is right here."
Director Lei took it, glanced at it, and said, "According to this address, notify Lao Gao immediately to go over and check and take the people inside under control."
The captain said yes, turned around and left quickly.
Director Lei told Chen Chuan: "Those who are still feeling it should still be alive, because in order to achieve this effect, those people must be kept alive. Tantric rituals are usually restricted rituals, requiring certain costs to be borne and certain conditions and costs to be achieved."
Chen Chuan couldn't help but think of Director Lei's son. In order to maintain the existence of the ritual, he needed to keep someone alive. Maybe because the child was too young, he was afraid of killing him, so he didn't do anything too extreme to him.
But if we just keep these people alive without worrying about anything else, the outcome is hard to predict.
One can only hope that these people remain intact.
He asked, "Director Lei, why are they doing this?"
Director Lei said, "After reading the information you provided, I know this is probably a branch of the 'Life Sect.' This esoteric cult has unknown origins and complex components. Simply put, members of this sect believe that a person's life force can be transferred to another person through certain methods."
This theory may not be correct, but the result is possible to achieve. However, there may be some things that you cannot grasp and control.
Judging from the situation, they must have deliberately given some kind of commission, and then made the company employees disappear in the process of carrying out the commission, actually capturing them and using them to perform esoteric rituals."
Chen Chuan thought about it and decided that this approach wouldn't necessarily arouse suspicion. After all, commissioned tasks inherently had a high risk of failure. He also noticed that, to make the commission credible, the company had also extended similar commissions to other companies, perhaps hoping to trick the people at those other companies.
This is consistent with what Senior Sister Min Lan said before. No wonder the employees of this company have failed several times. It must be the company's own fault. How could they let you find out the result?
Senior Sister Min Lan probably found some clues at the time and felt that there was something wrong with the company, so she sent a message to him.
Director Lei said, "As someone who works on commissioned ghost stories, you'll likely be dealing with esoteric cults frequently. Outsiders won't be able to distinguish between the two. I'll send you some information when I get back, but remember not to leak it."
Chen Zhen expressed his sincere gratitude: "Thank you, Director Lei."
He knew that ghost stories could be dealt with by some people among the people, but esoteric rituals were too professional and it would be impossible to get any clues unless through official channels.
After the two men waited here for half an hour, the captain came back and told Director Lei that they had found the place and caught the man. The man knew that the matter was exposed, so he confessed without much questioning.
The leader involved in this incident is none other than the company's top executive. He also revealed the location of the hidden personnel, which was less than 500 meters away from here. Now a large number of personnel from the Inspection Bureau have gone there to arrest them.
Director Lei said: "We will know the results soon."
Chen Chuan sat here and watched the whole process. Director Lei only needed to look at the information for a while before he could accurately determine what kind of secret religion this was and how to deal with it. In less than two or three hours, the matter was almost resolved.
As expected, professional matters should be left to professionals.
In addition to Director Lei's rich experience in esoteric Buddhism, he also has a strong professional team under him, which has the endorsement of the state and can coordinate multiple departments to participate in the operation.
If he were to solve this matter alone, he would have to conduct an investigation first, slowly sort out the clues, and then make a decision. Also, because the other party is a person of status and position, it may be difficult to take down the target immediately even if the target is determined, and the final result may not be satisfactory.
Before individuals become strong enough, teams are always better than individuals.
The same is true for fighting training. If there is no systematic organization to provide him with the necessary training resources, there is no way he can calm down and practice.
This is both a constraint and a help. Before you have enough strength, these are things you cannot get rid of. You should even actively integrate into them and make the best use of them as much as possible, allowing them to become the power and ladder to push yourself forward.
"You should have submitted your application to go to the central city, right?" Director Lei asked at this time.
Chen Chuan said: "It has been handed over."
Director Lei said, "You have the talent to work in the field of esoteric Buddhism. It would be a shame to waste it. So after graduation, if you are interested, you can come to the Esoteric Buddhism Examination Bureau. I can be your recommender."
Chen Chuan's heart was moved. Director Lei was the director of Yangzhi. Could he influence the central city? Or was he going to be promoted?
This may also be because Director Lei has an unusual background. After all, to sit in this position, ability is necessary, but the key still lies in background. Sometimes ability is not that important.
For example, no one could remove Director Lei from his position despite the things he did before. This is a good example.
After waiting here for about a quarter of an hour, the captain came back in a hurry.
"Chief, that place is being guarded by a number of security personnel from the commissioned company, illegally carrying a number of guns. They are likely the backbone of the cult. When they saw us contact the police and surround the building, they still stubbornly resisted and threatened the hostages inside.
Judging from the employee information, there should be a second-level fighter here. The people we brought with us will have a hard time breaking in, so I'm afraid we'll have to transfer people from the bureau."
After hearing this, Chen Chuan thought for a moment and said, "Director Lei, the longer this takes, the more dangerous it will be for the hostages. Why don't you let me handle this?"
Director Lei looked at him and said, "You should still be in the national conscription period, right?"
Chen Chuan said: "Yes."
Director Lei said, "Well, since I'm also a member of this operation team, this also counts as a national commission. Practitioner Chen, as a member of the operation team, I now request your cooperation in resolving the cult members ahead and rescuing the hostages as much as possible."
Chen Chuan nodded and said, "Director Lei, just leave it to the students."
While the two were talking, the car started and drove to the location, which was a five-story office building. The patrol officers from the police station who had rushed over had set up barrier ropes around it and evacuated all irrelevant personnel.
After the vehicle stopped, the door was pushed open and Chen Chuan walked out. Although he did not bring the Xuejun Sword with him when meeting Director Lei this time, it did not matter. As long as the opponent did not have a three-limit fighter, it would make no difference whether he used a weapon or not.
If there were such a master, those people would not have to hide inside and rely on hostages as a threat. They would have rushed out directly long ago.
The September sun was not as scorching, but still dazzling, especially the reflected light on the windows. He looked up for a while and then retracted his gaze. Then, under the watchful eyes of the members of the Police Bureau and the Esoteric Bureau, he slowly walked forward.
He put one hand in his trouser pocket and slowly approached the building. When he was about forty meters away from the building, the second I overlapped instantly, and everything around seemed to slow down suddenly.
The next step seemed to be just one step, and he arrived in front of the building. He did not choose to go in and walk up the stairs, but stepped onto the outer wall.
From his perspective, it seemed as if he was standing on flat ground at this moment. He leaped forward with his own momentum and arrived at the same level as the fifth-floor window in almost the blink of an eye.
He controlled his strength just right, and when he reached this height, his momentum was just exhausted, so he paused slightly in mid-air.
At this moment, he could see the person in the window looking at him with shocked and angry eyes, and the muzzle of a gun ready to be raised to shoot him. He looked at it calmly, leaned forward, stretched out his arm, grabbed the man's wrist, and pulled it lightly. With this force, he jumped in, and the man was pulled out directly.
The two of them crossed each other in an instant, and then with a thud, his light and powerful feet landed on the floor of the room, and he stood up straight, with a distant scream behind him.
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(End of this chapter)
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