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I suddenly stood up and flipped the desk in front of me, scattering documents and pens all over the floor.
"Damn it!" I slammed my fist down on the surface, my knuckles turning pale from the force.
"Chen Ge, calm down!" Li Na quickly grabbed my arm, worriedly advising, "What we need to do now is find that girl as soon as possible, not blame ourselves here."
"Calm down? How can I be calm?" I shook off Li Na's hand and paced back and forth in the office, anxiously running my fingers through my hair. "He has succeeded again, using my sympathy for the victims to manipulate me! If I had just..."
"There are no ifs! Chen Ge, you've done your best!" Li Na interrupted me, her tone firm. "Now is not the time to assign blame; we must act quickly!"
I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down. I knew Li Na was right; the most important thing now was to save someone. Everything else could wait until we caught the killer.
I picked up my phone and quickly dialed a number: "Hello? Lao Zhang, help me check a number..."
On the other end, I heard the sound of rapid keyboard tapping.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" I asked anxiously.
"Captain Chen, I found it; it's a public phone located near..." Lao Zhang paused for a moment, his tone becoming serious, "the abandoned chemical factory in the west of the city."
A tightness gripped my chest as an ominous premonition surged within me.
"What’s wrong? Did you discover something?" Li Na asked beside me.
"The killer is cunning; he deliberately led us to this number, and then..." My pupils dilated as a terrifying thought flashed through my mind, "Oh no! We might have fallen into his trap!"
I suddenly looked up, fixing my gaze on Li Na with intensity, speaking urgently: "We need to head to the abandoned chemical factory in the west of the city immediately! The killer's real target isn't Director Wang; it's..."
Before I could finish my sentence, a faint struggle came through the phone, followed by a girl's terrified scream: "No! Don't come over! Help! Help me..."
The girl's scream abruptly cut off, leaving only the busy signal and suffocating silence.
An ominous feeling washed over me like a bucket of ice water poured from head to toe. My fingers trembled slightly as I held the phone; an unprecedented sense of fear gripped my heart.
I realized that I might have stepped into a carefully designed trap, with his sympathy for the victims as bait.
"Damn it! This demon!" I cursed through clenched teeth, veins bulging on my forehead. I slammed my phone onto the ground, shattering the screen into pieces.
"Chen Ge!" Li Na looked at me with concern but didn't know what to say.
I took a deep breath and forced myself to calm down. Slowly crouching down, I picked up the SIM card from the ground and inserted it into another phone.
"All units, listen up! This is Chen Ge! The target is likely at the abandoned chemical factory in the west of the city; proceed there immediately for support! Repeat: The target is likely at the abandoned chemical factory in the west of the city; proceed there immediately for support!" I shouted into the phone, my voice filled with anxiety and anger.
"Chen Ge, wait for me!" Li Na exclaimed as she grabbed her coat and rushed out after me.
The sound of police sirens pierced the night sky as I slammed on the gas pedal. The police car shot out of the station like an arrow, speeding toward the west side of the city. Li Na sat in the passenger seat, gripping the overhead handle with one hand while holding her phone in the other, constantly communicating with the Technical Team.
"How's it going? Can you locate the girl's position?"
"The signal is very weak; we're still trying to track it," the technician's voice sounded anxious. "Captain Chen, please remain calm!"
"Calm? How can I be calm!" I gritted my teeth and slammed my fist on the steering wheel, causing the horn to blare loudly. "Damn it!"
Li Na understood my feelings at that moment. She took a deep breath and tried to speak in a calm tone. "Chen Ge, this isn't the time for self-blame. We must believe in ourselves and trust the Technical Team. We will save the girl."
I remained silent, fixated on the road ahead, my hands gripping the steering wheel tightly as I accelerated again.
Li Na glanced at me and then at the time displayed on her phone, silently praying, "We have to catch up! We have to catch up!"
Meanwhile, inside an abandoned chemical factory in the west of the city, a man dressed in a black raincoat, wearing a baseball cap and a mask, stood in the center of a deserted workshop. The man was tall and wore pale yellow Rubber Gloves, holding a gleaming knife that glinted coldly under the dim light.
In front of him, a young girl was tied to a chair, her long hair disheveled and her face streaked with tears as she looked at him in terror.
"What... what do you want?" The girl's voice trembled, barely audible.
The man said nothing but walked closer to her, crouching down to gently stroke her cheek with his gloved finger, a cruel smile curling at his lips.
"Don't... don't touch me!" The girl struggled desperately, but it was futile.
The man stood up and walked to the side, picking up an old tape recorder and pressing play.
"Congratulations, Captain Chen; you've once again successfully guessed my thoughts wrong..." A familiar voice echoed from the recorder—the same voice Chen Ge had heard over the phone.
"No! Don't!" The girl cried out in despair as tears blurred her vision.
The man chuckled softly and picked up the knife, slowly advancing toward her.
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