Who Made Him a Lawyer?-Chapter 94 - 90: Where Lies the Profit

"Are you sure those fake police are only arresting the homeless?"

Xu Liang frowned.

He recalled what Huang Yao had said, that Wang Hai controlled seventy percent of the charity resources in Hanhai City...

What kind of profit could be derived between the homeless and charity!?

Zhao Huo nodded, very certain.

"At least the other 13 victims I found were all homeless!"

"The reason the cases went unnoticed is also because they were dressed in police uniforms!"

As he spoke, Zhao Huo’s expression turned grim.

"These people are impersonating police officers to enforce the law!"

To promote social progress, the authorities would send people to remove the homeless and scavengers from the streets.

Afterward, they would offer jobs based on the individual’s wishes or house them in nursing homes.

The six people in the surveillance were exploiting this logic of action...

Their actions mirrored the police, raising suspicions but not much thought from onlookers.

Only the victims’ families would cause trouble.

But where would a homeless person have any family?

Without family, who would report it?

"It wasn’t until these six mistakenly caught Wang Cuiping, leading Lu Yao to report it, that the case came to light!"

Zhao Huo’s face was ashen; he never expected anyone in Hanhai City to impersonate police officers.

As it stands, the police have figured out the logic behind the suspect’s actions in capturing people.

But with it came a new problem that left everyone completely baffled.

"What are they doing with the homeless?"

In the office, Wang Chao, sitting on a stool nearby, was puzzled, full of confusion in his eyes.

"What can these people do after being taken?"

Thirteen people, all homeless, essentially prove the suspects were targeting this specific group.

But then another problem arises...

What are they doing with the homeless!?

Human trafficking?

Most human traffickers target women and children, the homeless are of no value to them.

Selling them to illegal factories?

That’s possible, there are precedents, but... even illegal factories don’t take just anyone!

Wang Cuiping is over sixty years old, and there are even older victims—these people have no labor value at all!!!

Organ value?

Are you, as a wealthy person, willing to transplant a sixty-year-old’s organs?

No, you’re not.

So here’s the problem: what value do these victims have that makes the suspect abduct them!?

"I don’t know."

Zhao Huo shook his head, "The police are still investigating where the victims were taken..."

He was about to share his plan.

But unexpectedly, Xu Liang spoke again.

"Have you checked the Bright Welfare Institute in Hanhai?"

Welfare institute?

Zhao Huo was taken aback; he honestly hadn’t heard of any welfare institute in the past two days.

Before he could speak, Xu Liang continued:

"According to you, there were 14 victims in October alone."

"These 14 victims couldn’t have been moved out of Hanhai City; they’re most likely hidden in some region within Hanhai!"

How could he deduce that?

It’s simple, use human traffickers as an example.

A human trafficking team conducting a transaction needs to plan, act, devise escape plans, evade investigation, and travel to the buyer.

This takes a significant amount of time!

But in the current case, they succeeded 14 times in just 30 days; there simply isn’t enough time to traffic the abducted people!

Moreover, let alone selling, they don’t even have enough time to leave Hanhai City with the people!

So...

The people must still be in Hanhai City!

It’s just unknown whether the 14 victims are dead or alive right now.

And where they’ve been taken!

"According to Huang Yao, the Bright Welfare Institute in Hanhai is very suspicious!"

Xu Liang spoke abruptly, walking to the only blackboard in the task force office and pulling out a piece of chalk.

Zhao Huo was taken aback, then watched as Xu Liang wrote a few large characters on the board.

"Based on the surveillance video from the night of the 17th on Ronghua Street, the suspect is seen allegedly administering some standard anesthetic to Wang Cuiping!"

"Standard anesthetics are strictly regulated, but animal drugs are very easy to obtain."

"So, Officer Wang and I looked into Hanhai City’s only Craftsmanship Animal Medicine Plant!"

"And because of the suspects’ tools seen in the surveillance, we suspect they might be related to the ’Dog Catching Team’. Coincidentally, the Craftsmanship Animal Medicine Plant has had trade dealings with the Dog Catching Team..."

Xu Liang slowly shared what he had uncovered in one afternoon with Zhao Huo.

Initially, Zhao Huo still felt puzzled.

But the more he listened...

The more astonished his face became!

The clues from both sides linked together, forming a circle pointing directly to the Bright Welfare Institute!

But here’s the problem...

"Found all this in one afternoon?" Zhao Huo felt a buzzing in his head.

Even without the intelligence team’s information, the next step would still be to investigate the Bright Welfare Institute!

And there’s no escaping if the institute has issues!

All of this—from Lu Yao going to the station, to checking the surveillance, to where they are now—took less than an afternoon...

Yet it took them nearly two days just to identify the victims and confirm they’re still inside Hanhai City!

"One afternoon..."

Xu Liang furrowed his brow, sighed.

"It indeed was a bit sluggish; lack of information held us back."

Zhao Huo:...

He suddenly fell silent, unsure what to say.

After a long pause, he finally spoke, shifting topics:

"Looking at the clues combined."

"Did the suspects transfer all the victims to the Bright Welfare Institute?"

"It’s hard to say, but the Bright Welfare Institute is highly suspicious!"

Xu Liang nodded.

Zhang Mang, working secretly in the welfare institute, is under Wang Hai’s command, and Wang Hai runs the charity institutions, including the Bright Welfare Institute...

If the welfare institute is legit, then what’s the deal with recruiting henchmen secretly?

Zhao Huo remained silent for a moment.

Then he waved his hand, instructing his subordinate to bring over the archives of the welfare institute.

Before long.

The archives related to the Bright Welfare Institute were in front of everyone.

"The Bright Welfare Institute was the first charity institution invested in by Wang Hai."

"It had previously engaged in deep collaboration with the authorities, providing free aid to vulnerable groups."

"It has a good reputation in Hanhai City, becoming a top choice for most people in their later years."

"Its scale... includes over twenty staff members, more than a hundred help-seeking individuals requiring assistance, males and females, young and old..."

Yang Ruoxi read aloud as she skimmed through the document.

A very clean record, if not for the information Xu Liang uncovered pointing here, no one would pay attention to such a spotless welfare institute.

"What’s the maximum capacity of this welfare institute?"

Xu Liang suddenly asked.

Yang Ruoxi flipped through the documents for a while before finally responding, "Three hundred people."

Three hundred people...

Xu Liang then looked at Zhao Huo, "What’s the government subsidy for the welfare institute?"

Zhao Huo pondered for a moment, then said:

"Two hundred yuan per person per month; the Bright Welfare Institute receives a monthly subsidy of twenty-five thousand."

The welfare institute only houses a little over a hundred people, consistent with a subsidy within thirty thousand.

Which means...

"No embezzlement of subsidies..."

Xu Liang twisted his eyebrows into a tight frown, unable to relax.

Some welfare institutes would abduct homeless people and scavengers or even sell or purchase children within the institution.

Why would they do this?

The reason is the government provides subsidies based on headcount!

If the missing victims were all within the Bright Welfare Institute and capturing people was an attempt to pocket subsidies and donations, it would make sense.

But the problem is...

The reported number is just over a hundred, with no ’ghost headcount’ at all!

Thinking of this.

After a moment of contemplation, Xu Liang suddenly spoke:

"Where is the address of the Bright Welfare Institute?"

"Ten kilometers east of Hanhai City, in the Xinjiang District, near the coast."

The victims have no utility value or labor capacity.

The welfare institute itself also hasn’t utilized ghost headcount.

Yet even so, they’re still constantly taking people away...

Where did the people go?

And why are they capturing people!?

Only ’profit’ can incite organized crime.

These victims, to put it bluntly, are those with absolutely no ’value’!

How could such a thing yield any profit!?

Or is it... that their thinking is too conservative, and there’s some value in the victims they’ve overlooked?

And are the victims currently dead or alive!?

Various thoughts intermingled in his mind.

Finally.

Xu Liang suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharpened, uttering a few words.

"Come with me to the welfare institute!"

He intends to see just how this group of lunatics... is extracting oil from these people!?