Chapter 974: A Terrified Maxley!
On the outskirts of the city, in a luxury villa district!
Early in the morning, Police Commissioner Maxley was fast asleep, his arm wrapped around a voluptuous woman.
Just then, the phone in the room suddenly rang urgently.
However, after a long night of exertion, Maxley was still snoring loudly, showing no sign of waking up.
After the phone had rung for a full thirty seconds, the half-naked woman beside him finally crawled out of bed and picked up the receiver.
“Hello… who is this?”
There was a moment of silence on the other end…
The woman asked again, “Who is this? Who are you looking for?”
There was still no sound on the other end—a silence so thick it was eerie—but the woman could faintly hear heavy, labored breathing.
“You’re crazy! If you don’t say anything, I’m hanging up!”
Just then, the person on the other end finally spoke up: “Qiu Xiang, don’t hang up—it’s me!”
Hearing her husband’s familiar voice, Wang Qiuxiang suddenly felt a bit awkward.
Although she’d been seeing Maxley for several years now—and her husband had tacitly approved of it—this was the first time something like this had happened.
“Did… did he go see you again yesterday?”
“Yeah!”
Wang Qiuxiang clearly didn’t want to dwell on the issue, so she quickly changed the subject: “Did… did you need something from him? Is he still asleep?”
“Wake him up right now and tell him to get to the police station as fast as he can. Something major has happened!” Lin Luolan said in a low, anxious voice.
“What happened? Is it serious?”
“It’s very serious. The police station is being surrounded again. The Governor’s Office just called us, demanding we resolve this as soon as possible. And then… never mind. Just have Mai Sri come to the station right away!”
Lin Luolan’s voice on the phone was frantic, as if she were on the verge of losing her temper. It was unclear whether it was due to work-related issues or because her wife had shown up at her boss’s house.
Or perhaps both…
“Okay… I’ll let him know right away!”
With that, Wang Qiuxiang hung up the phone…
After quite a bit of effort, Wang Qiuxiang finally managed to wake up Mai Sili.
After hearing her account of the situation, Maxley’s brow furrowed involuntarily.
Yesterday evening, they had “brought in” the leader of the last gang to the police station, and he, as Chief of Police, had personally addressed the public, announcing a thorough investigation into the gang-related crimes exposed in the newspapers and promising severe punishment for those responsible.
After receiving the police station’s promise, the crowd that had surrounded the station for an entire day finally began to disperse.
How could it be that after just one night, those riffraff were back again?
Could it be that they left yesterday not because of his promise as Commissioner of Police, but simply to… go home for dinner?
At this thought, Maxley’s mood instantly soured.
After all, he had just reported the situation to the Governor’s Office last night and confirmed repeatedly that the matter had been resolved.
Upon learning that the matter had been resolved, the Governor’s Office was very pleased and did not bring up his professional misstep.
Overjoyed, Maxley had left his lackey, Lin Luolan, on duty at the police station while he went to the Lin residence to bring Lin Luolan’s wife back to his own home to relax a bit…
But he never imagined that, after such a short time, those lowlifes would strike again.
Wasn’t this a slap in the face? How was he supposed to explain this to the Governor’s Office?
Furious, Maxley quickly dressed, tossed a curt “Go home on your own” at the woman, and hurried back toward the police station.
Wang Qiuxiang was already used to Maxley’s cold, “no-nonsense” attitude.
After watching Maxley leave, she quickly gathered her belongings and left his residence.
She had no choice but to leave. If his fierce wife suddenly returned, she would undoubtedly be subjected to a beating.
That’s right, Maxley was married; Wang Qiuxiang was just one of his many mistresses.
It was simply because she happened to be the wife of his right-hand man and was exceptionally beautiful, which gave him a peculiar thrill—that was the only reason he treated her with special attention.
But as for genuine feelings… there really weren’t many…
As Maxley drove up near the police station, he saw that the main street in front of it was already completely blocked by a massive crowd.
Just like yesterday, these riffraff were waving banners covered in slogans, shouting slogans, and looking highly agitated.
Seeing that the road ahead was completely blocked, Maxley immediately turned the car around to take a detour to the back entrance of the police station.
After a Herculean effort—even going so far as to abandon his car in a parking lot far from the station—Maxley finally arrived at work, looking a complete mess.
As soon as he arrived at the police station, Maxley impatiently kicked open the door to Lin Luolan’s office.
“Lin, what the hell is going on? Why are those lowlifes here again?”
Seeing this, Lin Luolan hurriedly explained, “Max, I’ve already sent someone to look into it. Their demand is that we immediately investigate the illegal activities of those gangs and severely punish their leaders.”
“Shit, don’t they know that investigations take time? Besides, do you think those gangs are easy to mess with…?”
Before he could finish, Lin Luolan’s eyes darkened as she said, “Maesri, those gangs have been wiped out!”
McSri froze for a moment, then asked, “What do you mean, what happened to those gangs?”
“Wiped out!”
“Wiped… wiped out?”
“Yes, wiped out completely. Not a single one of the five gangs survived!” Lin Luolan said in a low, grim tone.
“Whoa!”
Maxley sucked in a sharp breath. Even the smallest of those gangs had over a thousand members, and groups like the Yamaguchi-gumi had no fewer than three thousand.
Combined, the five syndicates numbered at least ten thousand. Even if the police had deployed the SWAT team, it would have been impossible to wipe them all out in one fell swoop. Who on earth had wiped them out overnight?
“Was… was it that yellow-skinned monkey… Li Yi’s men who did this?” Maxley asked, his voice trembling.
“I’m not sure!”
Lin Luolan continued, “But on Hong Kong Island, the only ones with that kind of power and a grudge against these syndicates are Li Yi and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce.”
“How do you know this?” Maxley asked again.
Lin Luolan hurriedly replied, “Last night while I was on duty, quite a few gang members came to the police station one after another to pass on messages to Yamada and the others, saying their gangs had been attacked by an unknown force.”
“So I sent people to secretly check out the headquarters of those syndicates. We found that the people there had all been replaced—even the venues and stalls they controlled had been taken over. Those syndicates are finished!”
As she spoke, Lin Luolan’s heart was breaking.
It’s important to note that he has good relationships with these gangs, and he receives a substantial monthly cut from them.
In particular, Meng Lin’s Tiger Hall was practically built from the ground up by him; from that syndicate alone, he could pocket several million Hong Kong dollars every month.
Now that these gangs have been rounded up, aside from the few leaders, the one suffering the greatest loss is none other than him, Chief Inspector Hua.
“What about Yamada and the others? How did they react when they heard the news?” Maxley asked in a low voice.
“They don’t know what’s going on outside yet. I didn’t let the gang’s foot soldiers see them!” Lin Luolan said, making a startling revelation.
“Why?”
Maxley glared at Lin Luolan and said in a dark tone, “Shouldn’t we have notified Yamada and the others immediately and let them go out to clean up the mess?”
“If we wait too long, that yellow-skinned monkey won’t just easily swallow up the gang’s territory—he might even turn on us. Then we’ll be in real trouble!”
However, Lin Luolan shook her head urgently and said, “Max, we can’t let them go. If we release those people, we’re completely finished!”
At those words, a look of confusion flashed across McSri’s face. He then turned to Lin Luolan with a skeptical expression, his eyes betraying a hint of transparent stupidity…
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