National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 771 - 714: Second Senior Brother (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Chapter 771: Chapter 714: Second Senior Brother (Requesting Monthly Votes)

Office.

The skull, dotted with white spots, stood eerily on the desk, its slightly rounded eye sockets gazing out the window as if admiring Beijing’s beautiful city skyline.

Jiang Yuan received a task and involuntarily turned his gaze toward Zhan Kan beside him.

Zhan Kan was plump, with a face that hadn’t been bullied much, but looked like it could be easily bullied. To a certain extent, Zhan Kan was considered a promising candidate by the system.

The chosen skill was still the Skull Restoration Skill.

Jiang Yuan couldn’t help but recall Captain Pang Jidong’s previous experience. As Jiang Yuan’s first apprentice, Comrade Pang Jidong had merely fully grasped the essentials of Legal Botany and was familiar with the method of solving cases using Legal Botany, which had taken a considerable amount of his time and energy.

The most important thing was, Pang Jidong, even at the age of 50, though slow-witted, had a very correct attitude toward learning, which made teaching at least a more comfortable state.

Zhan Kan, on the other hand, was a young man just a few years older than Jiang Yuan, with a restless mind and being a native of Beijing, if he only had a passing interest...

Just three minutes could send two criminals to their deaths; it would be a pity to waste it.

Thinking of this, Jiang Yuan’s hand released the mouse and he looked Zhan Kan up and down several times, saying, "Little Zhan."

"Captain Jiang," Zhan Kan promptly responded.

"Do you want to learn the Skull Restoration Skill?" Jiang Yuan used a forensic conversation method, a verbal scalpel, to dissect the topic of conversation.

Zhan Kan was momentarily stunned, then couldn’t hide the joy on his face, eagerly replying, "Yes, I really do!"

He had been following Jiang Yuan for several days, serving him in every possible way, if not for the sake of learning something from Jiang Yuan?

Though not lacking money, with an extremely stable job, and never receiving complaints or grievances from his work partners, living a life without aspirations was simply out of the question.

The highly advanced skill of Skull Restoration ranked among those worth learning that could secure a front-seat position. Zhan Kan was somewhat apt for it; to tell the truth, even Zhan Kan himself was pleasantly surprised.

Yet Jiang Yuan still hesitated. After a few seconds, he said, "Learning the Skull Restoration Skill takes a lot of time, and at the beginning, the accuracy is not high, and the effectiveness of its application is not good. Are you aware of this?"

"I know, I understand that Skull Restoration is very difficult, but I’m willing to give it a try," Zhan Kan quickly said.

"Trying isn’t enough," Jiang Yuan’s gaze was profound as he stared at Zhan Kan. "If you decide to learn it, you must continue until you master it!"

Judging by his experience with teaching Pang Jidong, Jiang Yuan estimated that teaching Zhan Kan would cost at least as much time and energy as three death row inmates. In other words, if Zhan Kan couldn’t independently apprehend six death row criminals, the effort would be a loss. A negative social value and a waste of his own hard work.

Zhan Kan couldn’t guess Jiang Yuan’s thoughts, but he saw the seriousness on Jiang Yuan’s face, shuddering inside, and quickly said, "I will definitely persist."

"Hmm..." Jiang Yuan thought for a moment, then said, "Words alone aren’t enough..."

Zhan Kan: "I’ll put it in writing!"

"Don’t jump the gun."

"Huh?"

"Words alone aren’t enough. Go back and think it over properly, and also discuss it with your family," Jiang Yuan said. "Learning Skull Restoration could take a very long time, and while my teaching time might not be very long, you need to persist in practice and reflection, which could take several years to complete."

Zhan Kan listened somewhat silently. Indeed, he had only considered the radiance that mastering Skull Restoration would bring but had obviously not given the learning process serious thought.

"At the beginning, even if you have learned Skull Restoration, you might not do the skull restorations well. An average technician can recreate three to fifty percent of the intended target, which is considered talented, and it’s easy to create a useful restoration only once you’ve become proficient. You need to be mentally prepared for this."

"Yes..."

"Go back for today."

Zhan Kan’s expression was solemn: "I understand, I’ll think about it and get back to you with an answer..."

"Good, discuss it thoroughly with your family and see what your career and life plans are for the future. An ordinary forensic doctor may face dead bodies every day, but with Skull Restoration, you’ll face skulls like this every day," Jiang Yuan said, tactically sipping his tea as he watched Zhan Kan leave the office.

Zhan Kan, who had been in a state of shock for a long time, clearly did not realize that in Jiang Yuan’s words, he didn’t actually have a real choice "whether or not."

The office.

After completing part of his work, Jiang Yuan called Tao Lu and said, "Tao, I’ve been doing skull restoration recently, and Zhan Kan has been following me. I think he has some talent... Yes... I should say that both he and I are somewhat hesitant, but it should still be quite useful once learned... Yes..."

Jiang Yuan was full of emotional intelligence on his end, speaking in a calm tone, while on the other end, Tao Lu was thrilled beyond words, soft on the inside while pretending to be calm on the outside...

If Zhan Kan became Jiang Yuan’s disciple and learned the Skull Restoration Skill, it would not only provide his department with another capable hand, but wouldn’t it also mean that Jiang Yuan was tied down?

When the time came and his disciple couldn’t handle a corpse, wouldn’t it be natural to ask for the teacher’s help?

The more Tao Lu thought about it, the more excited he became, and he assured Jiang, over the phone, slapping his own behind, "What’s there to hesitate about? Our Squad fully supports the mentorship tradition of forensic science. As for Zhan Kan, I will arrange his work on the criminal team to accommodate your schedule..."

"Well, we will see what Zhan Kan decides. I told him to go back and consider it carefully. Oh, and we haven’t talked about any teacher-disciple thing..."

"How can that be!" Tao Lu said sternly, "The tradition of mentorship and guidance in the police force is an excellent tradition of ours. In this case, I’ll talk to Zhan Kan in detail later."

"There’s no need to insist on formality," Jiang Yuan coughed.

"But we must. If you’re willing to teach him the skills, isn’t it appropriate for him to call you ’Master’? The forensic doctor who was Zhan Kan’s mentor when he joined probably was Zhang, but then he switched to administrative work. I’ll mention it to him later, it’s a separate matter and won’t cause any complications," Tao Lu said seriously.

"In that case, I’ll also inform my own master." Jiang Yuan hung up and then called Wu Jun and Huang Qiangmin respectively, followed by informing Pang Jidong, who was far away in Luo Jin City, Baijiang Province.

As the eldest apprentice, if they were about to welcome a second, it was only right to let the eldest know.

Pang Jidong, however, was even more excited than Jiang Yuan had imagined, saying elatedly, "That’s wonderful, Master! A prosperous school is the best, I’ll tell my wife tonight, and fly to Beijing first thing tomorrow!"

"Uh, okay, it’s fine to have a witness."

The next afternoon.

Zhengguang Bureau’s Criminal Police Squad meeting room.

Wave after wave of police officers, as if casually passing by, passed the meeting room just to catch a glimpse of Zhan Kan in his police dress uniform.

Not to mention, even as a police officer, one doesn’t see the police dress uniform often.

Especially when it’s a colleague wearing it, diligently learning.

Wu Jun, Jiang Yuan, and Pang Jidong, meanwhile, sat in a row, speaking softly to Zhan Kan.

Now that they were all officially master and disciples, and brothers, it was natural to pass on some insights and experiences.

Tao Lu was even standing next to Huang Qiangmin, looking over at the several people sitting around the computer with a feeling of great satisfaction.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan looked up and said, "Tao, I’ll keep Pang Da for a while."

"No problem, no problem," Tao Lu immediately nodded and said with a smile, "Captain Pang looks very capable just by his appearance, able to support the work of our Squad. We can’t thank him enough. Pang Da mainly does..."

"Legal Botany, right?" Jiang Yuan turned to look at Pang Jidong and said, "Pang Da has been doing botany himself for a while. It’s good to strengthen that area."

Pang Jidong nodded his head continuously, happy that he had the chance to take part in extra training.

When Tao Lu heard "Legal Botany," his mind flashed with caution, asking, "Any progress on the case?"

"The skull reconstruction is nearly done, but even when it’s finished, we’ll only have the victim’s face. It will still be hard to determine the specific identity of the victim. If we team it with Legal Botany, we could narrow down a geographic region, which would make it easier to find the person," Jiang Yuan explained casually.

Even if Pang Jidong hadn’t come, Jiang Yuan planned to do Legal Botany, but it would probably have been later, at least after the skull restoration was finished.

Now that Pang Jidong had arrived, it was simply a matter of bringing the timing of Legal Botany forward.

As for Jiang Yuan employing two top-tier techniques simultaneously to crack the case... it was just bad luck for the culprit!