Yantai.
On the highway heading south toward the downtown area.
"A-Hao, with the cooperation of the Yantai police, I figure these guys won't be able to run anywhere."
"They are still inside Yantai City."
After notifying the chief of the Yantai Public Security Bureau, Qi Tongwei felt the anxiety in his heart ease just a bit.
Originally, he had been extremely worried!
After all, when Li Hao came to him, it was precisely for his status as the director of the Handong Provincial Public Security Department!
This status could help Li Hao smooth over a lot of trouble to a great extent!
Yet what had just happened?
Not only had it failed to help Li Hao, it had instead caused him a lot of unnecessary trouble!
If Hou Liangping hadn't come to arrest him, Li Hao wouldn't have been forced to fire a shot at Hou Liangping.
Nor would he have become a criminal in the eyes of other top officials in Handong Province!
If those drug lords were allowed to escape on top of all this, then he, Qi Tongwei, truly wouldn't have the face to face anyone!
A close friend had asked a provincial public security director for help, only to end up helping with a whole lot of nothing!
Oh no!
It was helping a whole bunch of trouble into existence!
Fortunately, though.
He had just received word that those drug lords had not yet left Yantai.
Since they hadn't left Yantai yet, they had nowhere left to run!
Once the roads were blocked, where could they possibly escape?
"You don't understand the temperament of the drug dealers around Mosaikou!"
"Just because they are still in the city doesn't mean we can capture them with absolute certainty!"
"Unlike the ordinary drug dealers we used to encounter, they are not the kind of people who will surrender when driven into a corner!"
"They will definitely fight us to the death! Even if they can't win in the end, they will kill themselves!"
Hearing Qi Tongwei's words, Li Hao shook his head and calmly described how these drug lords differed from ordinary ones.
Back in Mosaikou, if he hadn't smashed a high-level drug trafficking stronghold, he would never have known that several of their contacts were hiding right here in Handong Province, Hua Nation!
It was also from that dismantling operation that he first realized how different the Mosaikou drug dealers were from the ones he had encountered before.
Namely, an exceptional ruthlessness!
Not only toward their enemies, but equally toward themselves!
"If you put it that way, these drug dealers are dangerous enough!"
Hearing Li Hao's words, Qi Tongwei felt a jolt in his heart, and the relief he had felt moments ago vanished as his tension surged back.
These drug dealers were actually this dangerous!
According to Li Hao, whether they could capture any of these drug lords alive today was now a completely open question!
Thinking of all this, Qi Tongwei couldn't help feeling a few more degrees of admiration for Li Hao in his heart.
The drug dealers Li Hao encountered were far more vicious than the ones he used to face in the narcotics squad!
When dealing with ordinary drug dealers, he, Qi Tongwei, had once nearly taken three bullets and lost his life.
And Li Hao?
Dealing with such vicious drug dealers abroad, he had come away completely unscathed!
It was simply freakish!
"Right! Tongwei, give the police comrades here in Yantai a heads-up! Tell them to be careful, careful, and more careful! This is no game!"
"Originally, this was my own mission, and I don't want to see any extra casualties!"
Hearing Qi Tongwei's words, Li Hao nodded.
He did not want unnecessary casualties caused by his mission.
After all, he was a member of a red family and was bound to develop his career in Hua Nation in the future, so he naturally had to be mindful of certain things.
Hearing Li Hao's instructions, Qi Tongwei hesitated slightly.
Although Li Hao was an absolute powerhouse, when was anything ever foolproof in this world?
If something went wrong right beside him, he would really be completely done for!
Just as he wanted to discuss it further, Qi Tongwei turned his head and met Li Hao's gaze, which brooked no refusal.
"Fine! I'll say it right now!"
Qi Tongwei gritted his teeth and dialed the head of the Yantai Public Security Bureau once again.
"Tell the comrades to mind their safety, and it's best not to act rashly! Wait until we arrive before taking any action!"
"If there's any movement at all, contact us immediately!"
On the other end of the line.
Hearing this, the head of the Yantai Public Security Bureau immediately replied, "Director Qi! We have already spotted the criminals' tracks!"
"Because of our road blockades, the criminals are now driving toward downtown Yantai!"
"We are currently rushing to the downtown area!"
The Yantai bureau chief was starting to panic!
If these criminals had fled outside of Yantai, it would have been fine, and he still would have felt quite relaxed!
But now, these criminals were heading straight for the city center. Once an irreversible situation occurred, he, the bureau chief, would be in massive trouble!
Especially since he had learned from Qi Tongwei and Zhao Donglai that these criminals were extremely dangerous individuals!
"Hold those people in check! It's best not to act rashly for now!"
Inside the car, sensing the Yantai bureau chief's anxiety, Qi Tongwei hurriedly issued orders to steady the man's state of mind.
"Just tail right behind them! Evacuate people from places like shopping malls ahead of time! Drive them inward!"
"As for the rest, just wait for us to arrive!"
In the back seat, after once again using Traceable, Li Hao leaned over to Qi Tongwei's phone and reminded the Yantai Public Security Bureau chief.
After the reminder, Li Hao said to the driver, "Comrade, why don't you step out and let me drive?"
Hearing this, Qi Tongwei nodded and likewise said to the driver, "Let A-Hao drive."
And so, the car came to a brief stop.
Li Hao took over the driver's seat.
Turning on the navigation system, Li Hao slammed his foot down on the gas pedal, and the car sped like lightning through the highway.
Its direction was precisely toward the center of Yantai City.
......
"Who is this?"
Seeing the call hang up, the head of the Yantai Public Security Bureau was filled with bewilderment.
Who was that young voice on the phone just now?
Director Qi actually allowed someone to interrupt him and meddle in the deployment of the public security system?!
This person's identity definitely wasn't simple!
With that thought popping into his mind, the Yantai Public Security Bureau chief acted in accordance with Li Hao's wishes.
He instructed his subordinates to evacuate the crowds from the Yantai shopping mall while keeping their cars trailing closely behind the criminals without rushing.
In the end, to his astonishment, the criminals' car really did drive straight into the mall's parking lot!
This young man by Director Qi's side was truly a talent!
Could he be a new subordinate Director Qi was grooming?
Shaking his head as he watched their cars slowly come to a halt outside the mall, the Yantai Public Security Bureau chief took out his phone.
Finding Zhao Donglai's number, he dialed it.
"Director Zhao, the criminals you're looking for have arrived at the Yantai shopping mall!"
Meanwhile.
On the road heading to Yantai.
Receiving the call from the Yantai bureau chief, Zhao Donglai wore a blank look of utter confusion.
"What?! They've reached the mall?"
Zhao Donglai asked instinctively.
He had only asked the other party to help him blockade the highway, nothing else!
And he hadn't even specified who the criminals were, so how did this Yantai bureau chief know?
Therefore, Zhao Donglai tentatively asked, "Have Director Qi and the others reached the mall?"
"Yes, Director Qi and the others will be at the mall very soon!"
Hearing the reply, Zhao Donglai didn't even have time to ponder how the other party knew, and instead told his subordinates to floor the gas pedal and rush to Yantai at top speed.