Chapter 88: Fledgling
Yu Qiang is like a piece of honey on a spider's web, attracting prey to automatically jump into the web. When a dragonfly flies over and tries to catch prey, it has no idea that its wings have been stuck to the spider silk.
From the force and caution shown by Crow in his several attacks, Shu Qi was actually prepared for the possibility that they would lose their troops and generals, lose their remaining strength, and might not be able to keep Crow. But it didn't matter, as long as Crow made a move, he could catch the opponent's tail.
Many people have done this kind of online test: ask a question, if you answer yes, then jump to question 2, if you answer no, then jump to question 3; the next question will have the same choice: if you answer yes, then jump to question 4, if you answer on, until you get different answers such as abcd, and then verify whether the answer is correct or not. Most people treat this kind of test as a form of entertainment and do not realize that, in fact, when you publish your answer, the choice you made on each question is already obvious and can be easily deduced.
Shu Qi's "Crow Hunting Plan" utilizes the same tactical idea. Of course, its implementation is much more complicated and the design is much more sophisticated than this.
The first step was to create several breakpoints in the surveillance network of City A so that the Crows' surveillance could not be connected, leaving room for maneuver; then Yu Qiang was released as bait, and a certain amount of pressure was put on the Crows from public opinion; then came the main part of the Crow Hunting Plan: among all the people in City A who basically met the requirements for being a member of the Crows, the investigation team compared and screened out the forty-nine people with the highest suspicion, and subtly attracted their attention to Yu Qiang's case - it could be passers-by chatting, newspapers and magazines, web page pop-ups, street TV, etc., and do their job. Judging from the value orientation and behavior patterns of the Crows, even if they have entered the incubation period, they will unconsciously pay attention to this kind of news.
Twenty-two of the forty-nine people showed obvious concern, while the rest completely ignored the news.
If people who are concerned about Yu Qiang investigate further, they will find that due to many breakpoints in the monitoring network, they cannot get complete information about Yu Qiang. At this time, Crow has to walk out of the virtual castle of binary structure and stick his head out in reality, combining monitoring and some clues deliberately arranged by the investigation team to track down Yu Qiang's whereabouts - this process is certainly not easy, the investigation team cannot put clues on the street for them to find, only very smart and careful people can be led to this hotel in the end and find that Yu Qiang is registered in Room 1109.
If we investigate further, we can find that the "Yu Qiang" in Room 1109 has some inconsistencies with the previous investigation. For example, some clues show that Yu Qiang is left-handed, but the Yu Qiang in Room 1109 is right-handed; some clues say that Yu Qiang was injured and his left leg was a little lame, but this Yu Qiang had some inconvenience in his arms; or the investigation found that Yu Qiang accidentally scratched his face while getting a haircut and shaving, but this Yu Qiang's face was intact... and so on.
These clues were carefully planned and designed according to Yu Qiang's activity range and time, the crow's behavior pattern, and the regional occupational characteristics of the suspects. They were like crumbs scattered on the ground, leading the crows into their traps. What's more clever is that these clues seem to be completely different, but in fact they are not contradictory. If there is more than one crow among the suspects, then they can exchange information and verify each other, which will only make them more confident in their own investigation results.
Then further investigation will prove that this "Yu Qiang" is actually just a target in the open. The real Yu Qiang also lives in this hotel, but the room he lives in is not 1109. The clues obtained before will lead him to other rooms , such as 0907, 1304, 1428, 1619, 1836, 2326, etc.
Behind these room numbers, there is a "Yu Qiang" in each room. Of course, they are actually all well-trained Thunder Cloud police and criminals disguised as Yu Qiang. If Crow launches an attack, no matter who he finds, the investigation team can connect some characteristics of the "Yu Qiang" he found with the previous clues and reversely deduce his investigation process. In this way, even if Crow's killer is not left because of the difference in combat power, the suspects can be locked down to a single digit or even one or two people.
Then, they caught a reckless fish, who ignored the various ingenious designs of the investigation team and fell into the crudest net. Later, it was confirmed that the man's daughter was strangled to death and dismembered after being insulted by Yu Qiang. He went to Yu Qiang for revenge and was eventually arrested for attempted murder.
Next, 1304 caught another unexpected fish - no, maybe it was a little crow.
Then they dropped the bait, and the real Yu Qiang was sniped and killed.
Shu Qi looked at Yu Qiang's body with a very unhappy expression. He had anticipated at the beginning of his plan that Yu Qiang would probably not live to see the end of his imprisonment, but he found it hard to accept that he died so early, so simply, and without any benefit.
Yu Qiang's room was located at a very high position. There were squares, scenic spots, small lakes, and old villas that had become historical relics near the hotel... In short, the window of this room faced a group of low buildings, and there was no feasible sniping point within the effective sniping range. In addition to the angle problem and his location at the time, Shu Qi did not expect that he would die like this - he thought that even if the crows found the real Yu Qiang's location, they would have to invade the hotel and kill him at close range. Therefore, after Yu Qiang was killed, although he had mobilized manpower at the fastest speed and located the sniper's position according to the flight trajectory of the bullet, the armed police were still a step slower when they rushed over, and the killer had already disappeared without a trace.
A massive, long-planned and ingenious operation ended in a whimper. He didn't even know who killed Yu Qiang. After Yu Qiang's death, the intrusion attacks on the nearby surveillance network also stopped suddenly. All traces were wiped out. The action was very fast and the technical team failed to catch them. The only clue in hand was the small fish caught at 1304.
The subdued young man had already realized that this was a trap. He was handcuffed to a stool in a daze, with a numb look in his eyes, and looked extremely haggard and pitiful.
Shu Qi looked at the other person, and suddenly a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart: this young man is very smart, well-educated, strong in action, has a strong sense of justice and right and wrong, and has experienced ups and downs in life, and has no good feelings towards the authorities. If the Crow wants to recruit members, this person is undoubtedly quite suitable in all aspects. Shu Qi didn't think he was the Crow at first, at most he was just a pawn used by the Crow, but now the more he looks at him, the more he thinks this person is like the Crow.
Shu Qi pulled a chair over and placed it in front of the young man, then sat down. He looked at the other person's lowered head and said, "We've been wanted for so long but still can't find him. I didn't expect you to come in here on your own, Zhou Dong."
Zhou Dong slowly raised his head and looked at him coldly.
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A beautiful lady with revealing makeup, one hand holding her small handbag, the other holding her high heels, walked down the hotel's emergency passage crying. Few people choose to use the emergency passage when there is an elevator. Occasionally, one or two people would come across her, looking at her fair waist and slender legs, and want to approach her to talk to her, but when they looked up, they saw her ghostly face with makeup smudged by tears, and they were so scared that they almost screamed, and they lost all thoughts.
Xiaomei cried all the way back.
The woman who lived in the same dormitory was shocked when she saw her like this. She asked, "Xiao Mei? Why are you like this? Where's Zhou Dong? Didn't you go on a date with him?"
Xiaomei's eyes were dry from crying all the way, and she couldn't shed any tears. When asked this question, she burst into tears again and said, "Sister Hui, Zhou Dong... Zhou Dong may not come back... What should I do... Wuuwuwu..."
"What's going on? What do you mean you can't come back? What happened?" Sister Hui asked hurriedly.
Xiaomei just shook her head, hugged her and cried, but didn't say another word.
She really liked Zhou Dong, even though he was just a construction worker with a dirty face all day long, even though he had no relatives or friends and no money, Xiaomei still liked him. Sometimes, looking at the vicissitudes in Zhou Dong's eyes, she guessed that he might have a lot of stories, and always felt that she, a hair salon girl who had not received a few days of education, was not worthy of him.
——But she still likes him very much, what can she do? She likes him so much that even if she never gets a promise or response from him, she is willing to give everything for this relationship.
Even though she knew that he was actually a wanted criminal and that he was going to kill someone, Xiaomei still stood by him without any principles.
She used her self-taught makeup skills to make them look like completely different people, and they stayed in a big hotel she had never been to. Then in the room, Zhou Dong washed off the makeup on her face and said to her: "If I don't come back in half an hour, you should go back to the dormitory immediately and pretend that we have never met."
Xiaomei didn't want to agree, but these things had been agreed upon before they came, so she could only nod with tears in her eyes. Zhou Dong took out the blades from her bag, put them together, turned around and left without looking back.
Half an hour later, Xiaomei followed Zhou Dong's instructions, wiped away the fingerprints and other traces they left in the room, and left through the security passage with her handbag. She kept crying all the way no matter how hard she tried to hold back.
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The lights above his head were deliberately dimmed, and Jin Yang slowly opened his eyes with a dazed look on his face.
"Yangyang! Baby! How do you feel?" A person rushed over excitedly. Jin Yang subconsciously shrank back, and his pupils suddenly contracted because of nervousness.
Then he was wrapped in a warm embrace.
The warmth and familiar breath on his cheek made him realize that this person was his mother. His breathing slowly recovered, and his hands that were tightly clenched on the sheets also relaxed.
Warm liquid dripped on the top of his head. Those were her tears. Drop by drop, they seeped into his hair, calming his heart and dispelling the nightmares and pain.
"mom."
Jin Yang called out softly, rubbed his head against her, opened his arms and hugged her tightly, like a wronged baby bird returning to the nest, sheltering under the wings of its parents.
