amaotonovel Chapter 167 Trainee Detective 5
Chapter 167 Trainee Detective 5
After returning home and getting a good night's sleep, Lingyi arrived at the police station the next day and saw Captain Shi, looking very energetic, talking to several other equally energetic middle-aged officers.
In stark contrast to them were groups of young people chugging strong tea.
The naive and innocent young man who came here yesterday has grown a really long beard today.
In this situation, it goes without saying who was working hard to write the materials yesterday.
"Xiao Ling, you've come at the right time!" A group of old men who were pointing and commenting on the serial theft case in the hands of the young policeman suddenly lit up when they saw Ling Yi.
"Yesterday, Director Gao specifically named you and invited you to join the new task force!" Shi Lei patted Ling Yi on the shoulder: "This is a great opportunity. With this experience, you might get an award at the end of the year."
The older woman, who had dark circles under her eyes yesterday, was full of energy today: "Team Leader Shi, please be gentle. Don't make the young lady look like a dwarf before she even gets her reward."
"Qian Hui, how dare you talk like that?" Shi Lei glared at her. "Even if this girl lost another twenty centimeters, she wouldn't be considered a dwarf!"
He glanced at the crown of the fifty-something-year-old man next to him and chuckled, "That's taller than you."
Today, he selected some of the more unruly but definitely skilled veterans from the police force.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but say to Ling Yi earnestly, "Little Ling, you are still young, you can't learn from them."
This kid will be working under me for a long time, and if he picks up this awful personality, his life will be even harder.
Ling Yi smiled sweetly: "Captain Shi, it's getting late, aren't you going to the task force?"
Shi Yi sighed, "Young people are still the most obedient."
Even their tone of voice is more pleasant than those old-timers.
"go!"
When they arrived at the task force's office, they saw a group of people sitting around like zombies, each holding a stack of documents.
At this moment, the "No Smoking" sign on the wall was ignored by everyone, and a light blue mist had already filled the room.
When you stay up late for a long time, caffeine doesn't work, so you have to resort to nicotine. Both men and women smoke a lot at this time, afraid that they will fall asleep without realizing it.
Further inside, you'll find a huge office with dozens of computers running simultaneously. A group of young people are blankly scrolling through the surveillance footage, trying to find any clues.
Walking to the back of the office, I saw Xiang Ke intently looking at the documents, and... Director Gao handing out fruit to everyone next to him.
Looking at the round orange, Shi Yi felt a chill: "Director Gao!"
His voice was loud enough to draw the attention of the police officers from headquarters who had come to the branch office with Xiang Ke.
Director Gao wiped his hands on his white shirt, which he hadn't washed in days, and walked towards them carrying a few oranges: "You're here? I've prepared the documents for you. Go take a look."
As he spoke, he handed out oranges to everyone one by one: "Eat these oranges, I bought them myself, just to sweeten your mouths."
Upon hearing this, all the veteran chefs, except for the young Ling Yi, tensed up, their hands holding the oranges as if they were holding bombs.
Xiang Ke put down the documents in his hand behind the table, ate the grapes that Director Gao had personally washed, and said, "Please sit here for now, and go to the smoking area when you're tired."
"Yes!"
The group glanced at the various files that were about to fill the office and the smiling but ruthless Director Gao, and then cautiously found a corner to sit down.
"Xiao Zhao, go check the surveillance footage here." Suddenly, a voice rang out from afar, clear and cold: "Don't check the time of the incident, check back one month."
"The target is a male, 1.66 meters tall, wearing size 40 shoes, does not work nearby, and has a history of violent crimes."
"Yes!" a voice rang out hastily, and then a German Shepherd rushed out of the office, leading a group of German Shepherd pups out of the police station.
"Check these too, the time and people are the same as above."
"here……"
"here……"
In the office, the man analyzing the data simply talked, giving the young people, whose eyes were almost blind from reading so much more work, an extra lot of tasks.
Director Gao, amidst this bustling scene, wore a contented smile, much like a farmer enjoying a bountiful harvest.
Why would he give oranges to everyone else, but give Xiang Ke grapes separately?
A good car that can go 200 km/h absolutely needs to use 98-octane gasoline!
After dismissing everyone around him, Xiang Ke turned to Director Gao and asked, "Have you found anything about the knife we were investigating?"
Director Gao, who was being controlled by his superiors, was taken aback and quickly said, "Wait a minute, let me ask!"
A moment later, he returned with a middle-aged, weathered man.
"This brand of knife is a common product, with tens of thousands sold in the vicinity of Beijing. About 10,000 of them are men. There are 322 people who meet the age criteria of 26 to 28, and 16 of them are under 1.7 meters tall. And those who meet these criteria and whose whereabouts overlap with the crime scene..." The uncle shrugged: "None."
That's how investigations are; taking detours is the most common thing.
As for those who solve cases quickly based on clues right from the start, let's not even talk about how many of them there are.
The most important point is: the court does not recognize it.
Xiang Ke nodded: "Then let's put this one aside for now. We can try investigating women and their families later."
The veteran detective nodded, then scratched his head helplessly: "We've checked their height, weight, and age, but we still can't find them. It's really..."
He took a deep breath and swallowed the curse back down his throat.
Logically speaking, at this point, a comprehensive investigation should be conducted.
Unfortunately, a meeting was about to be held in the capital, so there was no way to do it in such a grand manner.
A meeting is about to start, and we must solve the case to ensure safety. The meeting is about to begin, but we cannot hold a large-scale event that would create a tense atmosphere.
The two situations are intertwined at this point, creating a restrictive and extremely uncomfortable situation.
Unlike him, Xiang Ke calmly said, "There's nothing we can do about it. All we can do now is solve the case as soon as possible."
He paused for a moment, then said, "Once the pollen test results from the biological laboratory come out, we'll be able to pinpoint the overlapping areas of activity for the victims, making it easier to find them."
Amidst the restless atmosphere of the entire group, Xiang Ke, unusually, managed to offer a small measure of emotional intelligence to comfort them, but that was all.
When he looked down again, his gaze unconsciously swept in one direction.
There, Ling Yi was holding a notebook, writing and drawing on the information, and occasionally taking out her phone to compare it, looking very serious.
Here, the five people huddled together looking at the data, and Lingyi was assigned the part about the victim's crime scene.
After glancing at the gruesome state of the corpses, Ling Yi focused her attention on textual analysis.
Suddenly, her brow twitched, and she jotted down a set of numbers in her notebook.