After Beating the Game, I Became the Villain BOSS

The kidnapper, confident that Su Mo couldn’t find him, was extremely arrogant, spewing insults: "I fuck your whole family’s ’Dawn of Civilization’! If you’ve got the guts, come on over, you worthless shit, watch me tear out your kidneys! Your mama’s dead tonight without a doubt!"

After cursing, the other party hung up the phone.

They didn’t pick up when called back.

The sheriff sighed, a hint of reproach in his voice: "You shouldn’t provoke the kidnappers; it’s not good for rescuing the hostage. 200,000 ransom isn’t much; we could negotiate if you talk properly."

Su Mo laughed coldly: "Negotiate my ass, you guys call yourselves professionals and can’t even tell? They only talk about ransom and deadlines without mentioning the release location, and the signal is overseas... They just want to scam some money, they never intended to release the person."

"These kidnappers went through great lengths to abduct Pomelo, it’s impossible it was just for a mere 200,000 ransom, there must be another motive."

The sheriff didn’t argue with Su Mo, and after several people surveyed the scene, they routinely asked Chen Hao some questions and packed up to leave.

Chen Hao hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "Officer, where are you going?"

Sheriff: "We’ve done what we could, there are several other cases we need to handle after this."

Chen Hao anxiously grabbed him: "But what about my daughter?!"

The sheriff said patiently: "We’ll inform you once we have the investigation results."

Saying that, he pried off Chen Hao’s hand.

Chen Hao wanted to ask more, but Su Mo stopped him: "Let them go. These people aren’t in charge, it’s no use pestering them."

Chen Hao collapsed on the ground, distraught: "But... they said they’d ’tear the ticket’ after noon if we didn’t pay..."

Su Mo patted his shoulder: "Trust my judgment, they won’t ’tear the ticket’. Keep the money, don’t transfer it; transferring won’t help."

Chen Hao stared at him blankly: "What should we do next then..."

Su Mo: "I’ll help you find the people in charge."

...

[Saint Rivelan Public Security Bureau, Director’s Office]

The Director’s office was located on the top floor of the Public Security Bureau, over a hundred square meters, extremely spacious. The mahogany furniture exuded a faint fragrance, and the sunlight streaming in through the large floor-to-ceiling windows made the room appear very bright.

Director "Song Sangla" brewed a pot of tea for Su Mo and said courteously, "Mr. Su Mo, please sit."

Su Mo: "Let’s skip the formalities. I want to ask you for a favor, about that kidnapping case I just mentioned, please have your people investigate it as soon as possible."

Song Sangla crossed his hands together, his thumbs twirling around, with a look of hesitation.

After a moment of silence, he said softly, "First of all, please believe me, you are a distinguished guest from New Moon City and a friend of Mr. Sikinkov, I will definitely help with anything I can. But this matter isn’t that simple..."

Su Mo said directly: "Name your price."

Song Sangla said helplessly: "I’m not asking for a bribe; it’s not a question of naming a price... Do you know what’s across the sea from Saint Rivelan?"

Su Mo: "I know, the Land of No Master."

Song Sangla nodded: "That’s right, the Land of No Master. Saint Rivelan is a coastal city, located at the edge of the World Government Territory."

"In other words, beyond the territorial waters, it’s not just outside Saint Rivelan’s jurisdiction, it’s a region even the World Government can’t control."

"The technical expert told me, the kidnap call was traced to the Land of No Master across the sea, it’s almost certain that ’Outer Siege Forces’ are involved. If the person has already been taken to their hands, how do you expect us to handle it?"

Su Mo discontentedly asked: "What’s with your city? Don’t you have any emergency plans? Can those Outer Siege Forces from the Land of No Master just come and go as they please, kidnapping people and leaving?"

Song Sangla smiled awkwardly: "It’s not that exaggerated, at least compared to New Moon City... uh, no offense... As a tourist destination, Saint Rivelan’s public security is still decent."

"But, this place is at the edge of the World Government Territory, and with the long coastline, even though we’ve repeatedly expanded our security forces, there are bound to be loopholes, and smuggling crimes like this are hard to completely eradicate."

Su Mo: "What about the stationed troops? The three major corporations should have stationed troops in Saint Rivelan, right? They don’t care if Outer Siege Forces run over here?"

Song Sangla explained: "Of course there are stationed troops, those of the Hegemony Company, Iron Blood Alliance, and Black Domain Group are all here. But it’s the same problem, they’re outside our jurisdiction."

"A few years ago, the three major corporations initiated a joint military operation and wiped out a batch of Outer Siege Forces across from Saint Rivelan, but it was no use, those guys are like weeds, you can’t cut them all down. Look, they’ve sprouted again these past two years."

"Cross-sea military operations are costly, the three major corporations tried a few times, found it was costly and not profitable, and simply left it to our Public Security Bureau to handle."

Su Mo fell silent.

Song Sangla’s words did ring true.

The Land of No Master is a chaotic zone without order.

The Outer Siege Forces entrenched there have their own territories and armies, forming various warlords, and have been funneling all kinds of black industries into the World Government Territory for years, such as organ trafficking, online gambling, and telecom fraud, etc.

If you liken the entire World Government Territory to New Moon City,

then the Land of No Master is the frontier.

Each Outer Siege Force is a violent group in the frontier.

These forces are completely independent and self-governing, they couldn’t care less about the authorities.

And due to geographical reasons, even the influence of the three major corporations on them is very limited.

There’s even a saying, if you unfortunately offend the three major corporations one day, the only way to survive is to go to the Land of No Master and join the Outer Siege Forces.

Su Mo thought for a moment and asked: "So what’s your conclusion?"

Song Sangla licked his dry lips: "Let me put it this way. Last year, there were 47 kidnapping cases related to the Outer Siege Forces in Saint Rivelan, and 46 have yet to be resolved."