Are You Crazy? He’s only an Intern Lawyer?
Chapter 390 - 386: Is the Silly Person Actually a Genius? Major Case Squad Visits

Chapter 390: Chapter 386: Is the Silly Person Actually a Genius? Major Case Squad Visits

The intern at the Criminal Investigation Department must pass an assessment to be officially hired.

Generally speaking, the promotion path in the Criminal Investigation Department goes like this.

Intern - Analyst (non-fieldwork) - Investigator (fieldwork) - Officer, and once you become an officer, you have essentially completed your training.

This signifies that you now have the capability to independently investigate cases, and you are a veteran in criminal investigation.

After becoming an officer, the next steps are management or leadership positions.

For example, team leader of the major case squad, leader in the Investigation Department or internal affairs, responsible for fieldwork, or even higher up.

Of course, these roles are irrelevant to most people, as ordinary people are mostly in contact with field officers.

And now, Xia Qianyue is facing the most critical moment.

The simulation assessment.

If she passes, she can work independently in field assignments.

Instead of, as before, only following Wu Yong and the others, only to help out at crime scenes.

The simulation assessment is the necessary path from rookie to veteran.

If you fail, then you have to start again as an analyst, occasionally going out with the main team on fieldwork.

At this moment, Xia Qianyue is facing a dilemma.

In front of her, a masked "bandit" has taken a female "hostage."

Although everyone knows that this is a simulation.

Both the bandit and the hostage are played by one’s colleagues.

But the requirement of the simulation assessment is to treat everything as real.

Before the assessment begins, the examiner hypnotizes all the examinees for nearly an hour, making them treat this place as a real crime scene.

"Don’t come any closer, or I’ll blow her head off with one shot," the bandit said, playing along and holding a gun to the woman hostage’s head.

The woman hostage also cooperated with his act, waving her arms frantically, and screaming at the top of her lungs: "Help, help, I don’t want to die, someone save me..."

On the sidelines, many people nodded in admiration.

Though everyone knew the stakes, they could still applaud your acting skills.

The only exception was a certain someone, who looked utterly uninterested.

"This woman’s screaming just seems so fake, not at all like someone who’s been captured, completely emotionless," they remarked.

"Especially that face; does that look like fear? The resignation hidden in the corners of the eyes doesn’t resemble someone taken as a hostage at all. It’s more like they have to keep performing, and there’s this tired resignation."

"And this bandit, if you’re going to shoot, do it quickly. Stop posturing. If you were an experienced sharpshooter, you would have already gauged the trajectory and be ready to act."

Watching the scene, Zhang Wei couldn’t help but make sarcastic comments.

Wu Yong, standing beside him, couldn’t help but look at him as well.

"How do you know so much? This criminal psychology, identifying criminal characteristics..."

"Captain Wu, I am a criminal defense lawyer. I deal with criminals the most. This is right up my alley," Zhang Wei explained lightly, allaying Wu Yong’s concerns for the moment.

But then he thought again, if an experienced lawyer had said this, it might make some sense.

But Zhang Wei, you’ve just graduated, where did all this experience come from? Was it conjured out of thin air?

"It’s started!" Zhang Wei’s interjection pulled Wu Yong’s attention back to the simulation training room.

Xia Qianyue made her move, taking a small step forward.

"What are you doing? I told you not to come over here, didn’t you hear?"

"Keep moving like that, and see if I don’t shoot!"

"Don’t come any closer; try moving again, I mean what I say!"

The bandit panicked, pressing the gun against the woman’s head.

"You, don’t come over here. I don’t want to die yet!"

"Really, I haven’t been working long. I still have a mortgage to pay, car payments, and elderly parents to look after..."

The woman also panicked, waving her hands frantically.

"Heh, that excuse is just too illogical!" Zhang Wei commented, shaking his head at the scene below.

"You mention a mortgage and car payments, but you’ve only just started working; where would the salary to afford a house and a car come from? And you have elderly parents to care for?"

"If you have so many expenses, you could totally skip a car payment, because in Dongfang Capital, owning a car is like supporting an ancestor, less convenient than taking the subway."

Wu Yong, hearing this, also felt it made some sense.

"But what if the woman works in sales and must drive?"

Pointing at the woman’s face, Zhang Wei sneered, "If she’s in sales, she would need to meet clients. Which salesperson doesn’t wear makeup?"

"When you put it that way, yeah..." Wu Yong couldn’t help but nod, as it was something he hadn’t considered before.

After all, the majority of women he had encountered belonged to the mother tigers of the Major Crime Unit, so they didn’t have that many workplace rules.

"Hold on, what is Xia Xia going to do?"

But suddenly, Wu Yong felt something was off.

"Good lord, is she planning to take out the hostage with them?"

Zhang Wei also sensed something wrong with Xia Qianyue’s aura.

In the field.

Xia Qianyue took another step forward, ignoring the bandit’s roars and the hostage woman’s cries for help.

Her momentum climbed higher and higher until it reached its peak.

"Ha!"

With a loud shout, she threw a punch, and the force of the punch turned into an air cannonball, tearing through the area in front of her.

Boom!

The air bullet hit the bandit and the female hostage squarely, their bodies taking the impact as they were blown backwards.

Wow!

Both the bandit and the female hostage spurted out a mouthful of blood, unable to get up for a long while after hitting the ground.

The surrounding examinees and examiners, as well as some operatives who had come to observe, were all dumbfounded.

This...

Is this even human?

A punch from afar that could send someone flying ten meters away?

Do you think your fist is an air cannon?

This isn’t scientific at all!

Whether it’s scientific or not isn’t important, what’s important is that the assessment is over.

"The bandit is unconscious, the hostage is unconscious, the assessment... barely passes!"

In the end, the examiner, after checking on their condition, could only helplessly announce the result.

What he found even more helpless was that both colleagues had fainted, and they had to find someone else to play the parts.

When Xia Qianyue found out she had passed the assessment, she was naturally extremely excited.

She hopped and cheered joyfully, bouncing over to the side of the field.

"Captain Wu, I passed!"

"Zhang Wei, how come you are here, did you come to watch my assessment?"

"Congratulations, Xia Xia, you’ll be an official investigator next month. However, the rules of the Major Crime Unit state that new investigators, for the first three months, still have to follow the team and cannot conduct independent investigations!"

"I know, captain!"

Xia Qianyue was a bit disappointed upon hearing she couldn’t investigate independently, but she remained happy about passing the assessment.

"Congratulations, Simple-minded person, from now on I’ll be counting on you to cover for me."

Zhang Wei congratulated her as well, then asked, "Speaking of which, Simple-minded person, how did you determine that the female hostage was an accomplice in disguise?"

"Ah, she was fake?" Xia Qianyue scratched her head, some confusion setting in.

"Huh?"

Zhang Wei and Wu Yong exchanged glances, seeing a hint of doubt in each other’s eyes.

"You didn’t know?"

"I had no idea!"

Xia Qianyue spread her hands, retorting, "Wasn’t the requirement to save the hostage? I just thought to knock them both out... that’s why I even controlled my strength..."

Seeing Xia Qianyue’s cautiously explained demeanor, Zhang Wei and Wu Yong were both shocked.

How in the world can you be so lucky?

Just by fluke, you took down both the bandit and the fake hostage?

Next time, what if the bandit’s hostage is real, what are you going to do then?

For the sake of saving the hostage, you’ll beat them half to death?

The hostage’s family won’t file a complaint against you? That would be odd!

Wu Yong suddenly felt that, considering the reputation of the Major Crime Unit in the future, he might need to suggest to the examiners that this test result shouldn’t count.

"Anyway, let’s head back first, we can talk about anything else back at the unit!"

Since the assessment was complete, Wu Yong also planned to take Xia Qianyue back to the unit.

Zhang Wei naturally followed behind, and the three quickly returned to the Major Crime Unit’s office.

Just as he reached the entrance, he saw a man in a suit pacing back and forth not far away, hesitating whether to enter or not.

Upon a closer look.

Good lord, it was someone they knew.

"Old Tie, what are you doing!"

Zhang Wei stepped forward and yelled at the other party.

"Ah, it’s Zhang Wei!"

Tie Ruyun almost got scared out of his wits but relaxed once he recognized the voice.

"Zhang Wei, what brings you to the major case squad..."

"Here, I came to see my Simple-minded person!"

Zhang Wei gestured with his mouth toward Xia Qianyue, who was next to Wu Yong, eliciting a wave of envy from Tie Ruyun.

He didn’t know when he would be able to say to Zhang Wei, "Here, I came to see my Ruonan!"

"Old Tie, don’t just stand there hesitating if you want to go in. What are you dallying for?"

As he spoke, Zhang Wei pointed to the major case squad room and said with a smile, "Look at me; every time I come to the major case squad, it’s like coming home. Everyone here is talented, and they all speak so nicely. I really love it here."

These words filled Tie Ruyun with intense envy.

He also wondered when he would reach such a state.

"Come on, Old Tie, I’ll take you in!"

Saying this, Zhang Wei grabbed Tie Ruyun’s arm and, before the latter could react, pulled him into the major case squad’s office.

The major case team 1 was quite bustling today.

As the office manager and the team leader of squad 1, Lin Ruonan was under a lot of pressure today.

Captain Lei Hu of team 1 had been on sick leave for a while because of an injury, so she, the deputy team leader, had to bear the pressure.

As for Lei Hu’s injury, it naturally had to do with the martial arts tournament and a certain Simple-minded person.

However, it was also Lei Hu’s fault that he was no match for his opponent, losing the match and face, so he had no grounds to blame a young girl.

There weren’t only team members in major case team 1 but also several suspects.

Some of them were even struggling, trying to throw off the restraints on their hands.

"All of you, stay put!"

"Don’t make any moves!"

"This is the major case squad, do you dare to act recklessly here?"

"I told you not to move; we’re just conducting a routine investigation. If you cooperate, we won’t make it hard for you!"

These were the voices of the officers.

"Let me go, I haven’t committed a crime!"

"I want to see my lawyer, I demand a lawyer!"

"I didn’t steal anything, I didn’t steal anything, why did you arrest me!"

A group of suspects was shouting their innocence, but of course, this was standard procedure.

Would anyone brought into the major case squad not protest their innocence instead of confessing?

Zhang Wei and Tie Ruyun’s gaze swept through the crowd, finally locating Lin Ruonan.

At that moment, Lin Ruonan, head down, was talking to a subordinate and hadn’t noticed the two men approaching.

"Leave him hanging for a bit, I’ll come to support you when I’m done here."

"Oh, he hasn’t asked for a lawyer, right?"

"That’s good, you go ahead. Remember, this guy is a big fish; we’ve got to crack him open!"

After delegating her orders, Lin Ruonan allowed her subordinate to get busy. She then held her forehead with one hand and finally took a breath and a sip of water.

"Captain Lin, you seem quite busy?"

Upon hearing that familiar greeting, Lin Ruonan’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

"They say the left eye twitches for wealth and the right eye for disaster, my right eyelid has kept twitching. Turns out it’s because of you, Lawyer Zhang, coming here!"

Lin Ruonan turned around and teased Zhang Wei.

"And Lawyer Tie, you’re here, too?"

Seeing Tie Ruyun beside Zhang Wei, Lin Ruonan kept her composure and then turned to point to the seats around the room.

"Come on, which one is your client? Identify them yourself!"

"Team Leader Lin, you’ve got the wrong idea. We’re just here to say hello to you."

Lin Ruonan chuckled, her face showing disbelief: "Now you defense lawyers greet people with this routine, starting with a friendly chat with me, thinking I’ll do you a favor?"

Tie Ruyun quickly waved his hands, frantically explaining, "Team Leader Lin, you really have it wrong. We really just came to say hello. If you’re busy, we can leave right now and won’t bother you..."

"Bang!"

But before Tie Ruyun could finish his sentence, a bang erupted from one of the interrogation rooms in the major case unit.

"All of you f*ing get out of my way!" A furious roar followed, and then a figure burst out of the door, his face filled with rage.

"It’s Black Wind Tiger, restrain him!" Lin Ruonan ordered as soon as she saw the person emerge.

The members of squad 1 moved at once, surging toward the man.

"Let me go, I’m not Black Wind Tiger, I’m f*ing being framed by you. I protest!"

The man shouted angrily as he was subdued by a group of burly men.

"Wow, is it because Captain Lei isn’t here that no one can keep things under control?"

Seeing this scene, Zhang Wei suddenly felt that the Simple-minded person was extremely wicked.

Over at Lin Ruonan’s side, the man was finally subdued and was escorted back into the interrogation room by a group of people.

However, judging by Lin Ruonan’s headache expression, the man was very troublesome.

"What’s up, Team Leader Lin, you’ve run into some trouble?"

"Lawyer Zhang, you really didn’t come to see a client?"

"Yeah, we’re just here today to share some camaraderie with the serious crime unit."

"Oh, then make yourselves at home, I’m off to get busy!"

Lin Ruonan said this and left Zhang Wei and Tie Ruyun aside to busy herself again.

Tie Ruyun wanted to say something, but he didn’t know how to start the conversation.

Zhang Wei, having no choice, pulled Old Tie to go visit the neighboring Unit 7.

Compared with Unit 1, Unit 7 was much more relaxed, everyone was chatting at their workstations in a total slack-off fashion.

"By the way, Captain Wu, why is Unit 1 so busy while Unit 7 has nothing going on?"

Wu Yong didn’t answer, but Old Xing couldn’t help interjecting, "Ah, don’t mention it, we only had Xia Xia going for an assessment today, no one else had anything."

"Then suddenly, higher-ups sent us a task, said we had to coordinate with a special department operation, and here we are waiting for orders."

"Special department?" Zhang Wei’s eyes lit up as he asked, "Is it the special combat team?"

"Don’t know, but probably not. If it were the special combat team, Guider Zhou would have come over already."

Old Xing shook his head, "Also, with these special department operations, security measures are very tight. We are only collaborators, to prevent information leaks, unless the person in charge gives the orders personally, we know nothing. We are completely in the dark until the action starts."

"I see!"

Zhang Wei knew even if Old Xing and the others were aware of the mission details, they wouldn’t reveal it to him, because it was all classified.

He looked at Tie Ruyun beside him; although the guy was in Unit 7, his heart was always in Unit 1. He kept lifting his head to look over, never settling down.

Seeing this, Zhang Wei’s eyes moved shrewdly as he posed another question to Wu Yong.

"By the way, Captain Wu, what’s the deal with that man next door, do you recognize him?"

"Oh, that arrogant guy?" Old Xing laughed, "Black Wind Tiger, who in the investigative department doesn’t know him? He’s famously brutish on the streets!"

"Black Wind Tiger?" Zhang Wei murmured.

The name sounded so cliché, just like the cannon fodder characters in those martial arts novels.

However, upon mentioning the name, Old Xing turned serious, "You shouldn’t underestimate him. Even though he’s both silly and brutish, the organization behind him is anything but silly!"

"You don’t know, huh? He has ’tiger’ in his name because it’s said he’s with ’Fierce Tiger Hall,’ backed by none other than Lord Tiger of Dongfang Capital, who’s got a fierce reputation!"

"Fierce Tiger Hall, Lord Tiger!"

Zhang Wei was familiar with these words.

Even though he wasn’t a member of the underground, he had heard of Lord Tiger’s notoriety – a figure everyone in the Dongfang underworld looked up to.

He was commonly referred to as: The big boss of the underworld!

"So this Black Wind Tiger was caught; is the serious crime unit planning a move against Lord Tiger?"

"You’re overthinking it. Lord Tiger is elusive, no one knows his identity to this day. However, this guy indeed is a thorn in our side. Catching Black Wind Tiger must mean that Team Leader Lin is trying to pry something out of him, I guess."

"What charges did Team Leader Lin use to arrest him?" Zhang Wei pointed at the interrogation room.

"It should be gang-related, but so far the guy hasn’t confessed, just afraid that if the Fierce Tiger Hall’s arranged lawyer shows up later, it’s going to be tricky!"

"Oh, I see, I get it!"

Zhang Wei had an idea and quickly pulled Tie Ruyun aside, "Old Tie, here comes your chance to shine!"

"What?"

Tie Ruyun was completely perplexed.

"Team Leader Lin is very busy now and has encountered a difficult problem. If you manage to help out, couldn’t you make a good impression on him?"

Upon hearing this, Tie Ruyun thought there might be some truth to it.

"How so?"

"Simple, we just have to take care of Black Wind Tiger and get him to confess on his own!"

"Confess on his own?"

Tie Ruyun was totally baffled – how was this supposed to work?

You expect a gang member to admit to his own crimes, isn’t that a joke?

Look at Unit 1, a whole bunch of more than a dozen people deployed, and they still couldn’t get a hold of the guy.

Just the two of us, how could we possibly handle what a group of more than a dozen couldn’t?

"Old Tie, oh Old Tie, I beg you to use that brain of yours to think, there are many ways to handle a person, especially one as silly and crude as this, it couldn’t be easier!"

Zhang Wei said, leaning towards Tie Ruyun’s ear and began whispering instructions.

The expression on Tie Ruyun’s face suddenly became very complex.