National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 486 - 486 446 Bitterness

486: Chapter 446: Bitterness 486: Chapter 446: Bitterness A wave of fit policemen came charging in, lining up to leave; soon after, a group of civil police maintaining their physique jogged to their vehicles, scrambling out of the parking lot.

Lastly, a group of middle-aged officers hurriedly walked with a spring in their step.

Li Ting raised the microphone, then lowered it; lowered the microphone, then raised it again.

Watching as dozens of vehicles left, leaving the parking lot more than half-empty, she then turned to Yu Wenshu, signaling the cameraman to roll, and said, “Chief Yu, I just counted, we had 67 vehicles drive out.

This must be a major operation, right?”

“Of course,” Yu Wenshu responded solemnly.

“Can you describe it to us?

In terms of our previous operations, what level does this 67-vehicle response represent?” Li Ting asked, extending the microphone.

“For this year, it’s definitely the largest operation,” mused Yu Wenshu.

If it weren’t for preparing for tomorrow’s operation, how could there be so many spare vehicles and personnel?

He estimated that half of the main force of criminal police scheduled for deployment tomorrow must have already left.

Adding in the criminal police who were following Xu Taining on outdoor duties, essentially, most of the criminal police brigade was out searching for the serial killer.

Some people were truly on their way to make arrests, while others still thought the arrests wouldn’t start until tomorrow.

It was as if some students had already begun their college entrance examinations, while others thought the exams would start tomorrow.

Yu Wenshu had no idea how he’d explain this to his criminal police colleagues afterward.

As a leader, it’s fine to keep subordinates busy with work, even to the point of exhaustion—there’s a justification for that.

But sending people on a wild goose chase, wasting their time and energy, that reflects a lack of leadership, and is most likely to cause dissatisfaction among the ranks.

Though Yu Wenshu was inwardly anxious, it was difficult to tell from his appearance.

The reporter took him to be anxious about the operation and pressed on eagerly: “With such a large-scale operation, there must be comprehensive preparations in place.

What kind of preparations were made for today’s operation?”

“Regarding the operation, the first step is to assign tasks—like the most crucial arrest team, the long-wait surveillance team.

We originally invited technical investigation to participate, including the Graphic Investigation Brigade, the Cybersecurity Brigade, all supporting our work.

Additionally, we asked the Traffic Police Brigade, local police stations, and experts from the provincial department for assistance…” Yu Wenshu was intent on reciting a thank you list, but as he spoke, he found he couldn’t continue.

They were about to make arrests, and Xu Taining was still conducting field research in the suburbs.

He was an expert from the provincial department, and it was uncertain if anyone had tipped him off yet.

Yu Wenshu sighed inwardly, then looked up and smiled at the reporter.

“Excuse me, I need to make a couple of calls, can we continue the interview later?”

Without waiting for Li Ting to say anything, the cameraman obediently switched off the camera.

Yu Wenshu signaled his subordinates to keep watch and walked a few steps away before pulling out his phone to call Xu Taining.

Some news, coming from his mouth, would be better than if Xu Taining heard it through the grapevine.

As the call connected, he heard Xu Taining’s voice, carried by the wind: “Chief Yu, I was just about to call you.

The reinforcements haven’t arrived yet, and we are about to hit a snag in our progress here.

It’s almost off-duty time now.

Any further delay, and it will be too late.”

Yu Wenshu felt his ears and face grow warm as he quickly said, “Director Xu, we’ve just identified a criminal suspect.”

Before Xu Taining could reply, Yu Wenshu hastily relayed the details of the suspect stacked with ‘BUFFs,’ and then said, “It was Jiang Yuan who identified him based on the long nails at the crime scene, something I hadn’t expected.”

“Did they really use a nail to identify the criminal suspect?” Xu Taining’s voice paused for just an instant before he gradually returned to his normal tone.

Compared to halting a search halfway due to lack of funds, stopping a search because a suspect has been caught was completely acceptable to Xu Taining.

Yu Wenshu was a little surprised, feeling the pressure suddenly lift as he hastened to say, “Indeed, although it was a common nail, it’s said that the nail was made from wire, and the wire itself was processed by factory rollers, each with slight differences in diameter.

The cutting head of the nail-making machine is different, as well as the nail cover pressing machinery, the coating, and so on…”

Listening to Yu Wenshu talk about the technology, Xu Taining couldn’t help but laugh.

He was a senior police officer sent out for support by the provincial department, who didn’t run a company and had no performance targets to meet, and he was still working with diligence, solely to fulfill his personal values and achieve his ambitions and ideals.

So, the screening in Changyang City was cancelled, and of course, if it could have been done two days earlier, preferably three or four days earlier, to spare him these days of exhausting efforts, that would have been even better.

After Yu Wenshu said a few more words and some pleasantries, feeling everyone’s emotions had been somewhat soothed, he ended the call.

Putting his phone away, Yu Wenshu let out a long sigh, feeling pressured from head to toe.

Returning to the reporter’s side, Li Ting smiled and said, “Chief Yu, can we disclose some details of our operation?

It would be best if we have some typical incidents or people, so that if it’s allowed to be broadcast later, the story will be more appealing.

After all, the public likes to see specific people and stories.”

“Hmm…

Let me take you to meet our hero,” Yu Wenshu thought of Jiang Yuan at that moment.

He had been so busy calming Xu Taining that he hadn’t thought about how much money Jiang Yuan had saved him.

According to Xu Taining’s screening method, once initiated, it would burn through a “Huang Qiangmin” every day, and if the search continued, it would take over a week.

Even with good luck, finding the culprit in three or four days, the money and subsidies spent would still make one’s heart ache for half a year.

And that was looking on the bright side.

Even for Xu Taining, he did not have a perfect record of success; if the culprit slipped through, Yu Wenshu didn’t dare imagine where his career would go from there.

Most likely, like the Baiyin case, he would search for clues year-round, not overlooking any piece of information, and finally wait for technological advancement…

From this perspective, Jiang Yuan represented technological advancement himself.

The group talked as they headed to the Criminal Science Center.

The accompanying officers confirmed their route and immediately started sending messages furiously.

Unlike the resource-strapped county bureaus, where they’d begrudge providing an 18-person usage to a six-person room, the Changyang City Criminal Science Center had enough office space.

Only when they arrived at Jiang Yuan’s temporary office, did it become difficult to walk because of the boxes of nails.

“So many…

nails!” Li Ting seemed to think of something and quickly asked the photographer to start filming.

Yu Wenshu was also amazed; he had been busy coordinating with Xu Taining, managing various resources, making all kinds of calls, and had not had time to come to see Jiang Yuan.

He did not expect to find so many “exhibits” suddenly filling the hallway.

Thinking of Jiang Yuan sitting at his desk, comparing one nail after another, probably straining his eyes, while he had been worried because he hadn’t spent any money, fearing that he might have angered Xu Taining…

A trace of sourness welled up in Yu Wenshu’s heart.

He had previously thought Jiang Yuan’s method too clumsy and slow, but who would have thought that the smart methods would lead to nothing but broken leads?

Spending money hadn’t accelerated the case’s progress, while it was Jiang Yuan’s clumsy method that step by step, who knows how many nails were compared…

Yu Wenshu’s eyelids were slightly moist.

At that moment, Li Ting asked from behind, “Chief Yu, these are the evidence you guys found, right?

Can you tell us the story behind them?”

Yu Wenshu: “Hmm…

Speaking of which, it’s a very inspiring story.

Oh, you know about fingerprint comparison, right…

Our comrade policeman Jiang Yuan creatively proposed comparing long nails…

The process is very arduous, as you can see.

All these nails piled in the corridor, and the room is also full of nails.

Though a nail is small, and even though there are duplicates, the volume of duplicates is actually not significant…”

Li Ting listened, nodding frequently, while the photographer zoomed in and out, filming continuously.

Yu Wenshu, with full cooperation, proceeded along the narrow corridor lined with a wall of nails, emotionally saying, “This is where our comrade Jiang Yuan works.

Oh, there are still nails here, be careful…”

After navigating through the knee-high wall of nails filling the room, they turned around and finally saw Jiang Yuan’s desk and…dining table.

The dining table seemed to be a simple round table brought up from below, connected to a power strip, and topped with an induction cooker.

On the induction cooker was a solid-looking frying pan, beside which lay a basin of meat, a basin of lettuce, a bowl of dry condiments, and tongs and garlic to the left.

Jiang Yuan sat there, grilling meat for himself, eating alone while looking incredibly hardworking and weary.