Down into the cellar.
The first things that caught the eye were basic furnishings like beds, tables, and chairs.
Though the cellar wasn't large, it had all the essentials - small but complete, like a tiny sparrow with all its vital organs.
The cellar didn't feel stuffy either, as the ventilation was quite good.
It was evident that these traffickers had put considerable effort into expanding the cellar.
In the corner of the cellar, several trembling girls were huddled together.
After counting, there were exactly thirteen.
This matched the number of missing person cases they'd received during this period.
"Don't be afraid, we're police officers. We're here to rescue you," Han Fei said to the girls huddled in the corner.
They had all been wearing plain clothes before setting out tonight, so it was understandable that the girls didn't immediately recognize them as officers.
Han Fei turned to look at Wang Dachuan beside him.
"Contact the families who reported the missing persons, tell them to come to the police station to pick up their loved ones."
"Yes, sir!"
...
At the police station.
After returning all the rescued victims to their respective families, the officers immediately began tracking down the three remaining fugitives.
Thanks to the 'Pig Monk' providing names, home addresses, and other information about the other three suspects.
The police quickly found detailed information about the remaining three, including their ID numbers.
They then used the surveillance system to search for them.
Almost immediately, the system located where all three were hiding.
Han Fei immediately gathered officers and launched arrest operations based on the surveillance results.
The arrests went very smoothly.
All three were captured in succession.
That night, Han Fei began interrogating all four suspects.
The first to be interrogated was 'Pig Monk,' and the process went exceptionally smoothly as he answered everything Han Fei asked in hopes of receiving a reduced sentence.
From 'Pig Monk's' testimony, Han Fei learned about their method of operation.
Their approach was simple, mainly exploiting young women's sympathy to achieve their goals.
The little girl that Chen Ke had saved earlier was actually their 'tool' for luring young women into their trap.
Most people, upon seeing a dirty, pitiful little girl crying in an alley at night, would likely approach to ask what was wrong.
Once their sympathy led them into the alley, they had fallen into the traffickers' trap.
The traffickers hiding in the shadows would immediately spring out, knock them unconscious, and take them away.
According to 'Pig Monk,' this method was foolproof and highly efficient.
That's why they were able to succeed multiple times within three days.
"I see..." Han Fei nodded. "And that little girl, she was also kidnapped by you, wasn't she?"
'Pig Monk' nodded.
"Yes, we kidnapped her recently. We originally planned to sell her directly to a buyer, but when our boss saw her, he said we could use her as bait to trap others, so we kept her and used her to kidnap the dozen or so girls afterward."
Han Fei checked the records.
A week ago, officers from another jurisdiction had received a missing person report, and it was confirmed that the missing little girl was the one kidnapped by these traffickers.
He immediately contacted the officers from that jurisdiction, asking them to help contact the parents who filed the report so they could return the little girl.
With 'Pig Monk's' confession.
The subsequent interrogation of the remaining three became much simpler, as they knew everything about this trafficking group in detail.
Even if they tried to stay silent, it wouldn't help.
When the remaining three saw that the police knew all the details, they immediately confessed as well.
After the interrogations, they were held in the police station's temporary detention cells, waiting for transfer the next morning.
...
"You have successfully captured the fugitives, receiving reward - Enhanced Sensory Perception across all aspects," a prompt sounded in Xu Mo's mind.
After briefly reviewing the system's description of this reward.
He discovered that this sensory perception was actually an enhancement of various abilities.
This included hearing, smell, touch, and more.
The most interesting was hearing - while not as dramatic as supernatural hearing, it was significantly better than normal human capability.
Xu Mo tried it out.
When he concentrated, he could clearly hear tiny sounds from twenty meters away that he would never have noticed before.
It was quite an extraordinary feeling...
Of course, Xu Mo didn't spend all his time at the police station testing his various enhanced senses, instead he packed up to head home.
"The case is closed, you're still here?" Han Fei, walking out of his office, asked when he saw Xu Mo hadn't left the station yet.
Xu Mo smiled.
"Just finished packing up, about to leave."
"By the way, Captain Han, this kidnapping method is quite devious, specifically exploiting people's kindness. People who don't know about this technique would easily fall for it... Maybe we should get the media to report on this tomorrow, make this new kidnapping method public knowledge, remind everyone to be vigilant and not give traffickers any opportunity."
Han Fei seriously considered Xu Mo's suggestion.
Then nodded.
"Good idea, I'll contact the media tomorrow. This definitely needs to be reported to help people strengthen their awareness of personal safety. When the media arrives tomorrow, you can do the interview."
Previously, most cases the police station handled were murders and such, which they preferred to keep quiet as reporting them could easily cause panic.
But this case was clearly suitable and necessary to report. Human trafficking cases wouldn't cause widespread panic, and it would remind people to be mindful of their personal safety.
Especially since this was such a novel kidnapping method, specifically exploiting people's kindness to trap them. People unaware of this technique would likely fall for it.
Han Fei also believed this must be publicized to raise everyone's awareness!
...
That night.
When Xu Mo returned home, he found all four women still awake and waiting for him.
As soon as he entered, all four came to greet him.
"You're back! Did you catch the traffickers?"
"Were the kidnapped girls rescued?"
Xu Mo was surprised at first, not expecting them to be so concerned about this matter.
He immediately nodded and replied, "Yes, we caught them. The trafficking gang had four members in total, and all the kidnapped girls were rescued. We've contacted their families who have taken them home."
"By the way, let me tell you about this new kidnapping method so you can be careful and not fall for it..."
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