Chapter 166 - The Rescue (1/2)
Sean rushed to the end of the pier at full speed and looked down at the spot where Alexander and Trojan had fallen. All that remained were little bubbles where the two men had broken the water's surface.
As it was night time and there was no light, it was hard to see where Alexander and Trojan had gone.
Sean immediately tore off his shirt, his bulletproof vest, and his pants. He needed to get rid of anything restricting his body as quickly as possible. He then dived straight into the water like a missile while the other officers shone flashlights to provide some light and to see if they could spot the two men.
”Alexander Dupont,” the officers yelled.
Under the water, it was silent. As Sean looked around, all he saw were streams of light hitting pure darkness. There was no one in sight.
Suddenly, he felt a ripple next to him; another officer had entered the water to help. Following on, another entered...and another. Everyone was trying their best to find and save the two men. Sean looked at them thankfully as he continued to scan the water around him.
Finally, he noticed some movement a little further down from where he was. He immediately waved at the other officers and pointed downwards.
They had found Alexander and Trojan!
Alexander was still conscious and he was trying his best to swim back to the surface while tugging at the unconscious Trojan. Unfortunately, Trojan wasn't the only thing weighing him down, the clothes and the bulletproof vest he wore were now soaked in water and it added extra weight to his body.
Sean and the officers quickly swam towards the two men. Just as they reached them, Sean could see that Alexander had reached his limit and was running out of oxygen. Sean and the officers immediately dragged the two men to the surface and carried them back up onto the pier.
Alexander took a big gasp of air as soon as he reached the surface and coughed a bit of water out. Any longer and he would have drowned. ”Thank you,” he said to Sean and the other officers. He then glanced to his side and saw Trojan, who was still handcuffed to him, lying unconscious on the ground. An officer was knelt down beside the man, trying his best to resuscitate him.
Trojan had stopped breathing and blood was oozing from his chest where he had been shot. Everything had happened so quickly.
Alexander looked around. Where did the bullet come from? Was it one of these officers? Or was someone watching them?
Perhaps, the shooter was trying to shut Trojan up because they knew he had been compromised.
Trojan was soon rushed to the hospital. The officers had managed to resuscitate the man, and the doctors at the hospital successfully removed the bullet from his chest; fortunately, it had missed his heart and vital organs. He had simply lost a lot of blood and needed a blood transfusion.
But, due to drowning and losing oxygen to his brain for a while, the man remained unconscious. The local police somehow heard about the man's admission to the hospital and immediately sent officers to guard his hospital room. Sure, Interpol and the Chinese SPU had special permission to hold an investigation in their city, but the man that was injured was an important figure from neighboring Hong Kong. So, they had no choice but to intervene.
”We will have to step in here. If you have any complaints, speak to our boss. This man is innocent until proven guilty and it is our responsibility to protect him while he is on our land and in this vulnerable state,” the head officer explained.
After speaking to the head officer, Sean and his team finally discovered the true identity of Trojan. His name was Stanley Rong - he was the senior superintendent of the Hong Kong police!
And, judging by Macau police's refusal to cooperate as well as the speed at which they responded to the man's accident, Stanley Rong seemed to have a huge influence in Macau as well.