Sometimes I wonder, what's the use of the police?
I picked up a gun, thinking I had gained power to protect others, but in reality, we always end up after tragedy has already occurred, helplessly trying to salvage the situation.
The old captain patted me on the back and told me not to worry about it.
No organization can completely prevent tragedies from happening, but that doesn't mean our existence is meaningless!
Without police and public order, criminals would have no fear, and society would descend into chaos. Our role is to act as a lock on the world; if someone tries to break the lock, we will punish them accordingly after they have done so!
With our strength, this is all we can do.
Police officers are not gods; they cannot predict the future, nor are they omniscient or omnipotent. As long as they do their best and have a clear conscience, that is enough.
god......
If there really is an absolutely just God in the world, who controls the rules of the world with a power that no one can resist, then... it might not necessarily be a bad thing.
That concludes the mission.
I gradually went from a rookie police officer to a seasoned one, spending my days on routine training and missions within our assigned area.
I have witnessed more than one murder case.
There are murders for money, murders of passion, murders of revenge, and even murders committed by madmen without any rules. In my years working in the police force, I have witnessed the fragility of human life.
So this is how simple it is for a person to die. Someone lent money to a friend, who didn't repay it for a long time. When the friend came to collect the debt, he got angry and stabbed him to death!
Feelings? What a joke. They're worthless in the face of self-interest.
Sometimes, society needs absolute rationality!
"Yang Kaixu! From now on, I'll call you Captain Yang!"
The old team leader retired, and due to my outstanding performance in recent years, I was selected as the new team leader. We saluted each other and completed the handover of the position!
From that day forward, I officially became a police officer capable of working independently, and I had my own police squad!
The first case I encountered after taking over as captain was a troublesome serial killer!
The killer has murdered two people! Both victims were women with respectable jobs and happy families. This case quickly caught our attention and was handed over to me!
While we were urgently investigating the clues, the murderer struck again, harming a third victim!
This also gives us more clues!
"All three victims share the surname Zhao and are women around 25 years old. This suggests that the killer did not commit random killings, but rather targeted murders!"
"Initial assessment suggests the killer committed a revenge killing! But instead of directly targeting those he hated, he chose three innocent victims first, intending to instill fear in them!"
The murderer must have had a serious conflict with a woman surnamed Zhao, who was around 25 years old. However, the perpetrator's methods were so skillful that they almost completely covered up all the evidence at the scene that could identify him!
He didn't want to slit the other person's throat with a single stroke; he wanted the other person to die in endless fear!
Three attacks have undoubtedly given us a lot of clues, so this experienced killer's next target is most likely not an innocent person, but his real target!
Because with each additional person he kills, the risk of exposure increases, and a cloud of fear and suspicion has already filled the air. The atmosphere is already thick enough, so the next step is to ensure that his true objective can be successfully achieved!
"First, identify all the women who fit the criteria and are suspected targets. Analyze their recent experiences to determine the one who is most likely the target!"
The department acted swiftly; we immediately began searching for information. We had to be fast! Only by protecting the target before the killer could we ensure she didn't die at the killer's hands!
Those who have died cannot be brought back, but we must do everything we can to protect the living!
We quickly identified several women, but since we dared not make a direct conclusion about who the killer was, we could only disperse our police force to provide protection for each of them!
Before I went out on the call, I saw my subordinate, Xiao Liu, in the room, holding Buddhist prayer beads in one hand and a cross in the other, muttering incantations.
"What are you doing, you rascal?"
"Phew—it's the captain! You really scared me to death!" Xiao Liu laughed and raised his hands. "We're about to go out on a call, and this time we're dealing with a tough guy!"
"If I pray more, if I ask for more, if I ask for both Buddha and God, surely one of them will protect me! I'll feel more at ease, right?"
I was speechless for a moment, but faith is a matter of personal freedom, so I didn't interfere any further and just let it be.
In the darkness, we rushed to the location of every suspected victim!
This time, I miscalculated.
Based on the clues left in the first three cases, we were able to easily determine that there was only one murderer. It was precisely because we confirmed that the murderer was acting alone that I dared to implement the tactic of dispersing police forces.
But the result was completely wrong! The opponent was not only not a single person, but also a small unit with extremely good combat skills, about ten people!
Their goal wasn't to kill some 25-year-old woman surnamed Zhao at all; their real target was us! They hate our police, and they want revenge on our police!
This isn't a TV drama, and I'm not the all-powerful protagonist.
There are only two officers with me right now, and we've run into their entire ambush! Three of us are surrounded by ten people, and their combat skills are no less than ours, perhaps even more ruthless!
Gunshots shattered the silence of the night. I saw Xiao Zhao fall in front of me, his Buddhist prayer beads falling to the ground from his pocket. Neither Buddha nor God protected him.
I failed to protect him either.
I've never been so humiliated! If it were a one-on-one fight, I wouldn't be afraid of any of them! But now, two of the three of us have already died at their hands, and I've only managed to kill one of them!
The overwhelming number of people created a sense of oppression that I didn't even dare to think about annihilating the remaining nine people. Just being able to leave this place alive would be the greatest victory!
Unfortunately, not everyone who reaches a desperate situation can unleash the power to turn the tide; such things only exist in novels.
A bullet pierced my thigh! Then my chest, and then my head!
I fell to the ground.
I collapsed in the cold night.
This reminds me of something my old captain told me when I first became a police officer.
You must be careful enough!
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