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"I'm already in. You can close the window now." Suddenly, Li Tianzhi heard these words.
He paused for a moment before realizing that the person he remembered was no ordinary person, so he closed the French windows again and drew the curtains.
Just then, another person appeared on the sofa in the living room.
It was Gu Ran.
"You guys really are unpredictable." Li Tianzhi looked at Gu Ran, who had suddenly appeared, took a can of beer from the refrigerator, and threw it at him.
The Avengers were a secret code that Gu Ran and Li Tianzhi agreed upon back in Siam. Over the years, Li Tianzhi would share any clues he found with Gu Ran, and Gu Ran would tell Li Tianzhi what he found out through Norma.
"I'm cooking noodles, would you like one too?" Li Tianzhi asked.
"Okay," Gu Ran said with a smile.
"Did you just use invisibility?"
"I suppose so." Ninja Art: Camouflage Concealment, which makes the body transparent, just like an invisibility technique.
Gu Ran came to find Li Tianzhi because he needed to define the scope of the investigation.
Finding people shouldn't be done blindly; it must be planned.
Southeast Asia comprises 11 countries. Gu Ran first excluded the major cities, ports, and transportation hubs of these countries that were under surveillance.
Because these places have always been monitored by the Secret Service, Norma would immediately notice any actions they take.
However, the Zhang family in Nanyang were very careful and did not appear on the surveillance cameras at all.
After excluding these areas, it's just the wilderness.
That would cover a very large area, and the presence of numerous islands in the South China Sea would further expand the search area.
Therefore, Gu Ran needs to consult with Li Tianzhi to see if he has any clues.
The two ate noodles together, drank beer, and reminisced.
"Our first official meeting was also over beer and peanuts." Gu Ran took a sip of beer. "Back then, we watched fighter jets drop bombs on the Zhang family's estate in Chiang Mai. To be honest, that was the first time I had ever seen fighter jets dropping bombs."
"This is actually the first time I've ever seen this in my life. In a peaceful country, where would I have the chance to see footage of fighter jets in combat?" Li Tianzhi remarked with emotion.
"I came to Southeast Asia secretly this time. I've only met with you once so far, and I want to get some information from you." Gu Ran got down to business.
“I’m sorry, I haven’t been able to find any information about the Zhang family in Nanyang recently,” Li Tianzhi said, shaking his head.
"What about his downstream organization?" Gu Ran said. "Such a large family and such a large criminal group, besides the core members, there should also be peripheral and downstream people. They should also have some clues. After all, the people at the top have made enough money and can go a year or two without making money, but the people at the bottom... probably can't bear to give up their previous ways of making money."
Li Tianzhi immediately understood: "You're right, how come I didn't think of that!"
He took out his laptop, found several files on it, and said to Gu Ran, "Since the Zhang family of Nanyang stopped drug trafficking and human organ trading, many more people have emerged to seize the market gap left by the Zhang family. I think that among these newly emerging forces, there must be some former peripheral members of the Zhang family of Nanyang!"
“That’s right.” Gu Ran nodded, confirming his guess.
With a direction in mind, Li Tianzhi gained motivation and prepared to search for these clues.
Gu Ran then asked another question: "By the way, have there been any serious crimes in Southeast Asia recently?"
“Serious crimes?” Li Tianzhi thought for a moment. “In places like the Philippines and slums in Myanmar, serious crimes happen almost every day. In comparison, Singapore has the best public security in Southeast Asia.”
Gu Ran hadn't considered this aspect. He explained why he asked the question: "I suspect that the Zhang family in Nanyang is conducting a drug experiment. They turn living people and hybrids into monsters, like Deadpool. These monsters have a strong killing intent and will commit extremely cruel crimes."
Li Tianzhi thought for a moment, then suddenly stood up, took out a brown paper bag from his briefcase, opened it, and handed the documents to Gu Ran.
Gu Ran took it and glanced at it. It was a report in English, containing reports on missing persons over the past ten years.
Li Tianzhi said, "When I was looking at this report today, I found something interesting that I thought might be related to the Zhang family, so I brought this file home to take a look. You just mentioned the drug trial, and I think the connection is even stronger now."
As Gu Ran flipped through the report, she suddenly noticed a problem.
Over the past decade, there have been many missing persons, with Indonesia having the most, due to the devastating tsunami that year.
Among the missing persons in the Indonesian tsunami, the bodies of a group of 55 people were found two days ago. They were confirmed to be tourists who came to visit during the tsunami, including Europeans, East Asians, South Asians, and locals.
The bodies were found two years after the tsunami and were highly decomposed, but forensic experts estimated that the time of death was no more than two months.
In other words, they did not die in the tsunami, but were involved in other cases.
Their remains all shared a common feature: the palm of one of their hands had been chopped off!
In other words, they may not have died from the tsunami.
Indonesian police immediately launched an investigation, but the local security officers were not very competent and could not find any useful information. Moreover, it was like searching for a needle in a haystack, and there were not many clues to begin with. In addition, it was already difficult to find missing persons from shipwrecks, and it would take even more manpower and resources to involve criminal cases. Therefore, Indonesian police hastily closed the case and did not continue to investigate in depth.
"Recently, at a port in Singapore, local security officers discovered an identical body, also missing a hand."
Li Tianzhi produced another case file and explained, "This body was brought to the harbor by a merchant ship. No one knows the exact area where it was found. However, this person was a citizen of Singapore, a released prisoner who had nothing to do after his release. No one knows when he left the country, and there are no records from customs."
Gu Ran noticed something suspicious about the other person's identity and asked, "Are there many missing persons like this?"
Li Tianzhi picked up a document:
"There aren't many missing people in Singapore because the security is relatively good. But in countries like Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam, there are a lot of missing people. They are mostly unemployed people or people who have been released from prison and have nothing to do. No one cares if they go missing. If I hadn't deliberately investigated, I wouldn't have been able to find out the identities of these missing people."
Chapter 308 Only working for half a year
Gu Ran pondered, "In other words, someone is specifically recruiting these unemployed people or those who have just been released from prison. They are using these people to carry out unknown criminal activities, but why cut off their hands... that's very puzzling."
Gu Ran analyzed the case file again and found that all the missing people were young and middle-aged, with no elderly, weak, sick, or disabled people among them.
"Are there any eligible prisoners who have been released from prison in Singapore recently?" Gu Ran asked.
"how do you want to do it?"
Gu Ran said, "To impersonate them or follow them, they need people with good physical fitness, so there should be criminals in that category, and they may have been targeted and pre-selected long ago."
“That makes sense,” Li Tianzhi said. “I’ll go back to headquarters tomorrow to check this information; we can’t find it on the external network right now.”
Gu Ran could use Norma to search, but he kept his whereabouts a secret from Norma this time, so no one could find him.
So after thinking it over, he decided to wait for news from Li Tianzhi before making any further plans.
……
James Bond, male, 31 years old, is a Singaporean ex-convict. Before his imprisonment, he was a fitness instructor. He was sentenced to prison for multiple acts of sexual harassment and indecent assault during his time as an instructor.
For more than a month after his release from prison, he was unable to find a suitable job, and his previous savings had been spent on compensating the victims.
Now, apart from the release allowance, he is penniless.
His previous job was actually quite easy, but he couldn't control himself for a while. However, he felt that he couldn't be entirely blamed, since the women who came to the gym were so beautiful and had such great figures.
But because of that incident, his reputation in Singapore's fitness circle was ruined, and no one would hire him anymore.
After all, Singapore is only so big; bad news doesn't need to travel thousands of miles to spread, it'll be known throughout the streets and alleys within a hundred miles.
His family also cut off ties with him because he had done something so shameless that his parents really didn't want to see him anymore.
So he is currently homeless.
To make a living, he had no choice but to work part-time as a waiter in a remote bar.
In this kind of place, all sorts of people are hired, and it doesn't matter what the employees' backgrounds are, as long as they are obedient and can do the work.
"Seeking a son for a hefty sum... 100 million US dollars, location: Myanmar... Do you think I'm stupid!" James Bond saw the ad in the bar restroom and sighed, "Isn't there any job that pays fast?"
For most people, the only way to relieve their worries is to get rich quick!
"Young man, looking for a job?" Just as James Bang stepped out of the restroom stall, he saw an old man in a suit wiping his glasses by the sink.
The old man looked to be around fifty years old and spoke Mandarin.
James Bond noticed that he was well-dressed; the gray suit was from a sophisticated Italian luxury brand. So, not daring to underestimate him, he asked with a touch of humility, "Does the old man have any good job recommendations?"
"Yes," the old man smiled and said, "Let's go outside and talk."
"okay."
The two went to the bar together. It was only a little past eight o'clock in the evening, and there weren't many people in the bar yet, so James Bond had some free time.
The old man ordered a cocktail and started chatting with James Bond.
"Hello, sir, my name is James Bond."
The old man nodded, without giving his name, and simply said, "I have an island in Indonesia that needs some people to work there. The annual salary is $10, and they will work for six months each year. However, they must work every day during those six months. You look quite strong. Why don't you consider it?"
"Work for six months, $10..." James Bond thought the salary was pretty good; the average person's annual income was just over $2.
After a moment's thought, he asked, "What projects do you run on the island, and what are your job responsibilities?"
"Oh, we're a resort-style island, and we're hiring waiters/waitresses. Their job duties... are to serve guests and accompany them on activities, such as jungle adventures."
How big is the island?
"The area is about five square kilometers, which is neither very big nor very small."
"Approximately where is it located?"
"South of Indonesia, near the equator."
"Are you inviting a lot of people?"
"There are quite a lot. We need to hire about 50 men, and the quota is almost full."
The old man finished his cocktail and put down a business card: "Think about it. I need strong people here who can endure hardship, because the work is quite tough."
After saying that, he got up and left.
James watched him walk out of the bar, get into a very high-end vintage car, and have a chauffeur open the door for him.
He glanced at the business card: "Zhang Wenhai, phone number 843XXXXX..."
It shouldn't be a scam, right?
James looked at the old man's clothes; that outfit was quite expensive. There was no need for him to hire someone specifically to swindle him.
What's there to fool about me? I'm just an ordinary person who's been released from prison.
Moreover, the phone number was a local Singaporean number, so there were no major problems. The salary was also normal, not as exaggerated as some people say, which is several million... In short, everything was quite normal.
"Could it be a human organ trafficking organization?" James Bond remained cautious.
However, the sale of human organs generally requires DNA information such as blood type matching.
James Bond thought for a moment and made a decision: "I'll give it a try first. If they need DNA information or medical examination information, then they must be scammers and I won't go. If they don't need anything, then I'll go!"
Now he's all alone, and the little money he earns from odd jobs is far too little. He plans to work on the island for a month and pull off one big job.