Captain Archido Martell also reacted immediately and frowned.
“You’re right. The person who knew in advance that evidence and personnel would be transferred is not an ordinary clerk.
But now should we first see if we can catch the murderer.
After we finish dealing with things here, we will analyze it carefully. "
Major Antoné Rosa turned to look at Captain Archido Martel and nodded.
“You’re right, let’s solve the problem we see first.
However, we have to be careful not to be used as a gun by others."
Captain Archid Martell understood what the other party meant and nodded.
"Then I'll attack from the right, and you from the left. We'll split into two groups and surround the murderer, trapping him inside."
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He was about to leave when Major Antonie Rosa stopped him and said:
"Ten minutes have passed, and we don't know which direction the enemy is heading. Rushing in blindly won't help."
He turned around and looked at the reinforcements that were still coming in.
"We immediately blocked off the entire area and set up checkpoints at major intersections. No one was allowed to enter but not leave. If we found any suspicious people, we would arrest them first."
Captain Archid Martell nodded and said:
"You're right, let's do this. After we seal off the entire area, we'll check every household. As long as the killer is still inside, he won't be able to escape."
Because this was an emergency and there was no unified commander-in-chief, and the Ministry of Justice's chief of investigation, Orenz Rivian, had already gone after the murderer.
Therefore, a command system was established according to the military rank.
Major Antonie Rocha, head of the Navy's investigation team, served as temporary commander and began to block the entire area with the cooperation of the São Paulo Police Department.
The blockade had just been established, and Major Antoné Rocha met the Ministry of Justice's chief of investigation, Orenz Riven, on the blockade.
At this time, Director Orenz Rivian no longer had the arrogance and dominance he had just had.
Because of the intense running while chasing the enemy, his face was a little flushed and sweaty, and he looked very embarrassed.
Seeing that Major Antonie Rosa had already set up a blockade at the intersection, he hurriedly took a few steps forward and said:
"Did you spot anyone suspicious?"
Major Antonie Rocha shook his head and said:
“We have just completed the blockade and no suspicious persons have been found so far.
Didn't you see the murderer?"
Director Orenz Rivian shook his head grimly.
“We followed the direction of the gunshots and found the location where the gunman fired.
There was only one bullet shell left at the scene, nothing else was left.”
Major Antonie Rocha looked at the director in front of him speechlessly. You didn't even see the murderer, and you didn't know which direction the murderer ran, but you just chased him randomly. Isn't this a waste of expression?
But he certainly couldn't say this directly, so he could only say helplessly:
"Now we can only pray that the enemy doesn't escape our blockade.
We immediately arranged for people to search every house to see if we could find any suspicious persons.
Did Sheriff Wallaway Geller take him to the hospital?"
Major Antonie Rocha did not go to the Ministry of Justice's transfer convoy to check the situation, so he did not know the murderer's current condition, nor did he know where the murderer's shot hit.
Upon hearing this question, Director Orenz Riven's face turned blue and red, and he looked embarrassed and angry.
After a while, he sighed and said:
"The gunman was less than 100 meters away from the convoy and shot the prisoner directly in the head. The prisoner was confirmed dead on the spot."
Although he had expected it, Major Antoné Rocha still found it hard to accept this answer.
With a serious tone and eyes fixed on Director Orenz Riven, he said:
"Did you prepare for this transfer or was it a spur of the moment decision?
How many people know your transfer plan and route?"
When Director Orenz Rivian heard this question, he clearly understood what the other party meant.
His face flushed and he was about to retort.
But facing the other party's uncompromising gaze, there are some words that I couldn't say after all.
“We had planned this long ago, and even the Sao Paulo branch had prepared offices and detention rooms for us in advance.
Many people know about the transfer plan.
The transfer route was a spur of the moment decision made by me, without making any plans, I just took the shortest route.
You don't need to say more. I know you suspect that one of us has leaked the information. I will report it immediately and request an investigation of all of us.
But now please work together to find this killer."
Major Antoné Rocha also looked very unhappy when he saw the other person's expression.
What’s the point of finding the person who leaked the information?
The only living person who might know the truth has been killed.
How to continue the investigation of the entire case is what he cares most about.
I know in my heart that the most important thing now is to catch the killer, and this requires everyone's cooperation.
In the end, he could only look at the other person deeply and nodded helplessly.
The blocked area was very large and the house-to-house search lasted until midnight, but the results disappointed everyone.
Due to the whole day's blockade, the people in the area were very dissatisfied and kept protesting.
The city government had to force the investigation team to lift the blockade early the next morning.
At this point, the case of Fang Lang’s attack reached a bottleneck on the day the Ministry of Justice took over the case.
All members of the investigation team involved in the operation were restricted in their movements, awaiting screening.
Meeting room of Fangyuan Group’s Investigation Department.
“Minister, the sheriff is dead, and all the information and evidence have been sealed by the Ministry of Justice.
Now they have to conduct an internal review and have no time to conduct an investigation.”
Zhong Ze listened to the intelligence officer's report and his face turned blue with anger.
“It seems that we can’t rely on these wastes, we can only investigate ourselves.
We originally had no direction, but this time we have been given a new direction.
The intervention of the Ministry of Justice was very sudden. Why didn't the Ministry of Justice intervene in the investigation when the incident first happened?
Instead, they intervened five days later.
Even if they received an order from the president to conduct the investigation, why did the investigation only start at this time?
Is there any special reason?
Also, since it is an investigation, why should the Ministry of Justice take back the investigation rights of other departments? Wouldn't it be better for everyone to investigate together?
In addition, the investigation should focus on why all case-related information and personnel need to be transferred.
I feel that there is something wrong with the investigation team of the Ministry of Justice. Do you think the mastermind behind this is within the Ministry of Justice?
Maybe it's some big shot in the Ministry of Justice.
After all, the police department is also under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Justice!
If you want to insert people into the police system, no one can do it easier than the bigwigs in the Ministry of Justice!"
All the intelligence personnel in the conference room nodded, although no one was familiar with the situation in Brazil.
But as a Military Intelligence Bureau agent, he did not lose his ability to analyze intelligence.
“But Minister, this is the Brazilian Ministry of Justice!
If we investigate rashly like this and get caught, will it cause trouble for the boss?"
After Zhong Ze pondered for a while, he nodded and said:
“You are right. Times are different now. We are unfamiliar with Brazil and we still need to be more cautious.
I will send a telegram to my boss, report the matter to him, and then act according to his orders.
Don't give up on the clues we are investigating, we must continue to pursue them.
This is the time for us to demonstrate our value, and I hope we can let our boss see our abilities.
Do you understand?"
Everyone responded in unison:
"clear!"
Then everyone started to organize the documents and files in their hands and left one after another.
Just as Zhong Ze said, everyone knew very well that they were no longer the original Military Intelligence Bureau agents.
Fang Lang took them in. They became Fang Lang's eyes and ears, serving only Fang Lang.
If the boss is assassinated and they fail to play any role they should, then their existence will lose its meaning.
You will lose your current job and your boss's protection.
This is not something they can accept.
Therefore, even if everyone gives up on pursuing the truth of the matter, they must hold on to it.
Even though they had poor language communication, were unfamiliar with the area, had no law enforcement power, and even had difficulty distinguishing the appearance of white and black people, they had to overcome it by force.
Many of the people being questioned even ignored their inquiries.
Everyone had to show some terrifying ferocity in order to get the answers they wanted.
This made him feel not restricted in every way and very passive.
At the same time, Fang Lang's order required them not to carry out activities in public and to conduct investigations in secret, which made the matter even more difficult.
So, what they can achieve now is very little.
Just as Zhong Ze walked out of the conference room, a young intelligence officer came up to Zhong Ze and said:
"Minister, because the Ministry of Justice has transferred all personnel, our contact with Mr. Sebastiao Hodges has been cut off."
Zhong Ze turned his head and glanced at the young man next to him. It turned out to be Wu Shanyong, the youngest intelligence agent in his team.
Precisely because of his youth, he sometimes lacks experience, and the task assigned to him is the easiest, which is to keep an eye on the situation of Chief Sebastiao Hodges at all times.
Mr. Director, as a scapegoat arranged by the enemy, there is no need to worry about your safety.
But as an important party in this case, he is also a very important character, and we might be able to find some clues from him.
No matter whether it was the several investigation teams or their investigation department, their eyes never left Chief Sebastiao Hodges.
Their investigation department could not contact Chief Sebastiao Hodges, but fortunately the chief had some of his own people in the police station, and he happened to be detained in the police station.
His people were able to contact him, so through the code words left between Fang Lang and Hodges, he had never lost contact with the Investigation Department.
With this communication channel, Hodges can answer all the questions the investigation department wants to know.
Although they are far less timely than official investigation agencies, they are not completely in the dark.
Wu Shanyong's words made Zhong Ze frown, and he also understood the current situation.
It turned out that Sebastiao Hodges could still pass on some information to the outside world when he was in the police station, but obviously he had no chance after joining the Ministry of Justice.
This news gave Zhong Ze even more headaches. He shook his head bitterly and said:
"I understand. Let's first investigate the staff of the Ministry of Justice and see if we can re-establish a communication channel."
Wu Shanyong also understood that it was too late to infiltrate the Ministry of Justice, so he could only shake his head helplessly.
Sebastiao Hodges, who everyone was concerned about, was extremely anxious at this time. He was pacing back and forth in the detention room of the Ministry of Justice.
The people at the Ministry of Justice thought that he had witnessed the murder of Sheriff Wallaway Geller and began to worry about his own safety, so they did not take his abnormality seriously.
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