The logistics department of the Delong Special Task Force had a total of 12 teams with a total of 24 investigators. It was a small number of people, but there were as many as 7,000 supporting staff. Their main responsibility was to provide help and support to other departments.
Simply put, when the other departments were too busy, they would ask the people from the logistics department to help. When they encountered dirty and tiring work such as cleaning up the crime scene or conducting a large-scale civil investigation, if the other departments didn't want to do it themselves, they would hand it over to the logistics department.
In any case, it was the role of helping others.
The blonde girl brought Xia Fan and Fu You to the floor where the logistics department was located and then went back.
This floor was the office of the investigators of the Secret Service. It was a large place, but there were not many people.
It was the morning rush hour, and most of the investigation teams had gone out. There were only seven or eight people in the office. Xia Fan and Fu You greeted them warmly and introduced themselves to each other. Then, they were called to the office of Minister Tong Guan.
Tong Guan was about 70 years old. He looked a little stiff. He had a square face, a wide chin, and his hair was black and shiny. He must have dyed it.
After sitting down, Tong Guan said with a smile, "Your immediate superior in the Blue Boiling Point, Lu Xiangyang, and I are classmates and good friends. He has nothing but praise for the two of you. He said that you are the best students under him and the two heroes of the logistics department."
Xia Fan smiled and said, "That's an exaggeration. Minister Lu is joking with us."
Tong Guan waved his hand and said, "Impossible. I know Old Lu very well. His nickname is Old Donkey. In addition to being as conscientious as a donkey, he is also as stubborn as a donkey. He is not a person who will casually praise others."
"To tell you the truth, I made countless calls to the headquarters and begged Ke Xunjiang and Cai Yuan, the two ministers of the personnel department, for a long time before you were assigned to the Delong Branch."
"The Delong Star Region is located at the border and is one of the most chaotic star regions in the Alliance. You will understand when you are familiar with this place. It is not a place for people to stay. The territory of the three major alliances only accounts for 13% of the entire Cangyue Star Region. The other 87% belongs to unknown areas. It is the territory of barbarians and a paradise for all kinds of fugitives."
"The Delong Star Region is close to these chaotic places. The murder rate here is a hundred times that of the Alliance's core star regions. There are even terrorists who launch terrorist attacks from time to time."
"Of course, you don't have to worry too much. After all, we are only responsible for supporting the logistics department. Although there aren't many investigators, there are 7,000 ordinary employees. They can complete most of the work. As investigators, you guys are still relatively relaxed."
Suddenly, there was a knock on the office door. A lanky young investigator with glasses walked in. Xia Fan remembered that his name was Dylan. He had greeted him when he first entered the office.
Dylan frowned and said, "Minister, the killers were out again on Wednesday. The higher-ups have asked us to send two teams to assist in the investigation."
"Got it." Tong Guan let out a long sigh. "Sigh, it's only morning, but trouble has already arrived. Dispatch a fast boat. You and Ma Zheng should get ready."
Dylan said, "The higher-ups want us to split into two teams."
Tong Guan nodded. "I know. You should have met Xia Fan and Fo You just now. This time, you guys will go to the scene together."
Turning his head, Tong Guan said to Xia Fan and Fo You apologetically, "It's been a long and tiring journey. We should rest for a few days, but this Wednesday killer is too troublesome. Everyone in the agency is going crazy because of him."
"So, I still have to trouble you guys. Take it as a test for you to take over. If you do a good job, I'll buy you a drink when you get back!"
.....
Swoosh!
Xia Fan and Fo You boarded the Special Task Force's high-speed shuttle and went to the crime scene.
Ma Zheng was not talkative, but Dylan was lively. He sat in front of Xia Fan and Fo You and said to them with a smile, "Minister Tong has been eyeing you since before you two graduated. He called the headquarters 18 times a day and begged them to come to us."
"Speaking of which, our Logistics Department is quite miserable. We were originally made up of 24 investigation teams, but half of them were cut because of our incompetence. The headquarters is really something. If they don't like the Logistics Department, why did they set up this department in the first place?"
Xia Fan did not say anything. He and Fo You became famous after the battle. The two of them killed 12 experts from the God Slaying Society in one go. This news was widely spread. After all, most investigators came from the Blue Boiling Point. Such a big thing happened in the Blue Boiling Point naturally attracted attention.
"Tell me about the Wednesday killer," Xia Fan said.
Dylan nodded. "This Wednesday killer is really amazing. Every time he kills someone, he kills someone on a Wednesday, one a week, and he kills continuously without leaving any clues. Several of the bureau's top investigative teams have been defeated by this case. I'll send you the details so you can see for yourself how terrifying this guy is. Every body is divided into 108 parts, as precise as a surgery, and then stuffed into public toilets. Sometimes it's in schools, and sometimes it's in the restrooms of shopping malls. He purposely chooses crowded places to dump the bodies."
The investigator's communication terminal was a wrist device. Xia Fan quickly received the information sent by Dylan. He clicked on the screen and carefully read the file.
Fo You laughed out of boredom. This guy had always been a hands-off boss, and he left almost everything to his partner, Xia Fan.
After the shuttle left Triumph, they arrived at a mining planet called Meadow. Since it used to be an indigenous star region, most of the names of the planets were given by the indigenous people. Therefore, many of the names were more rustic, and some of the names of the planets had a strong local mythological meaning.
As the name suggested, Meadow Planet was a large wetland overgrown with weeds. Later, due to the mining development, cities were built, and the meadow gradually became a desert due to pollution.
The place where the murderer dumped the bodies was the Mining Workers Stadium, which could hold 1.8 million people. The local working class loved sports, and the Mining Workers Stadium was the most famous team in Meadow. Every time there was a game, the workers who lived everywhere would bring their families to watch the game. They ate a lot of high-calorie junk food and drank hard liquor.
The stadium was like a black bowl, huge enough to cover the sky. There were 1,800 restrooms inside, and the restroom where the bodies were dumped was number 373.
Since it was a serious case, people from all departments of the Special Task Force were here. Together with the local police who maintained law and order, it was a gathering of elites from all forces.
Ordinary personnel were not allowed to enter the scene of dumping corpses, except for official investigators. Even so, when Xia Fan and Fu You arrived at bathroom number 373, they still saw more than a hundred investigators wearing the badge of the Special Task Force. They surrounded the bathroom tightly.
The logistics department was the weaker department in the bureau. Seeing that there were so many people, Dylan did not force his way in. Instead, he pulled Xia Fan and Fo You to stand on the periphery.
Xia Fan was still reading the case files. As he learned more about the previous 23 cases, the image of the murderer in his mind gradually became clear.
Although Xia Fan did not enter the scene, his superpower of smell painted a special picture in his mind. He knew that in restroom 373, someone vomited because he drank too much, and a man and woman hid in the restroom to have an affair, throwing their bodies into the garbage basket.
Just then, he heard a deep baritone voice. "The case is very clear. It was done by that Wednesday killer again! The method is exactly the same as in the previous 23 cases. This time, the victim is a female, between 13 and 14 years old. She was brutally dismembered into 108 pieces. "
"The technical department determined that this is not the first crime scene. It should be that after Wednesday killed and dismembered the victims elsewhere, he went to the restroom to dump the bodies during the break of watching the game."
"Now we are looking for a suspect with the following characteristics: male, between 30 and 40 years old, more than 1.85 meters tall, strong, and has a criminal record."
"At that time, there were 1.75 million spectators in the stadium who bought tickets. The tickets were bought with their real names, and the murderer was among these spectators! Focus on the away fans and people who came from other planets to watch the game. The murderer did not bring any family members with him, and he came alone. Based on these characteristics, we can identify the suspects. "
"Well, that's all I want to tell you. Is there anyone else who wants to add?"
Hearing this, Xia Fan smiled and raised his hand. "Me, I do."
* Swoosh *
Hundreds of eyes looked at him, and Xia Fan instantly became the focus of the crowd. He still had a smile on his face, and he looked calm.
The crowd parted, and Xia Fan entered the crime scene. The leader was a short man, his height only reaching Xia Fan's chest, but there was a senior investigator badge on his chest. He was about 40 years old, and he had a strong build, like a tree stump.
The short man looked at Xia Fan. Seeing that he was a junior investigator, he did not think much of it. After all, there were thousands of investigators in the bureau, and he did not know all of them.
"What are you trying to say?" the short man asked in a low voice.
Xia Fan smiled and said, "I want to know, how did you determine that the murderer was more than 1.85 meters tall?"
The short man was stunned, and a little impatient, but he still answered patiently, "Footprints, of course. Three footprints were taken from near the scene. Based on the size of the shoes and the clarity of the footprints, we can determine the murderer's height and weight. Didn't you learn this in the training camp?"
"Of course I learned it." Xia Fan nodded, opened the bathroom door, and pointed at the footprints that had been marked on the ground. "But look, there's something wrong with these footprints. These two can be interpreted as someone opening the door and walking into the bathroom, but this one, the direction is the opposite, and it can be interpreted as someone walking out.
"To be precise, he did not walk out, but jumped out. That's why the first half of the third footprint is clear, and there are traces of friction.
"We all know that when people run, they habitually use their forefeet to exert force, so I don't think these are the footprints left behind by the murderer. Someone saw the dead body in the bathroom and was so shocked that he ran out like an arrow. But for some reason, he didn't call the police."
The short man was stunned, and anger appeared on his face. "You think I'm wrong?!"
Before Xia Fan could answer, Dylan pulled him from behind and whispered in his ear, "What are you doing? This is Chief Chu Chenfeng! "
Xia Fan nodded and said with a smile, "Ah, Chief Chu. I'm sorry to meet you for the first time, but I think there's something wrong with your judgment. These are not the footprints left by the murderer. You can't infer from the footprints that the murderer is a burly man at least 1.85 meters tall."
Chu Chenfeng's eyes widened. "Which teacher taught you that? Although there are many footprints at the scene, the one that arrived first and the one that arrived later will have a superposition effect. Trained investigators will be able to quickly determine which one was left last. "
"Is your brain made of glue?!"
"The whole world knows that the Special Task Force is looking for Wednesday's killer. I don't believe that any bastard would not call the police after finding the body. You should know that failure to report is a crime! The maximum sentence can be up to three years! "
"No one would take such a risk and fail to report, unless that person is the murderer himself!"
"Dylan, where did this kid come from?!"
Dylan scratched his head awkwardly. "Please calm down, Chief Chu. Xia Fan is a new investigator from the logistics department. He just reported in today."
"Someone from the logistics department?" Chu Chenfeng did not want to hear it, but when he heard that Xia Fan was from the logistics department, he became even angrier. He roared, "This is a serious case investigation. Since when did the logistics department come out to spout nonsense?! Get out of my way! If you delay the arrest of the murderer, I'll fire Minister Tong as well, let alone you! "
"But these footprints were not left by the murderer. If you look through the case files, you'll see that the murderer did not leave any traces in the previous 23 murder cases. His methods were clean and neat. Why did he leave such an obvious clue this time? That's not normal. "
Xia Fan was dragged out of the scene by Dylan, but he was still mumbling to himself.
"My god, please do me a favor. When Chief Chu is angry, it's not a joke," Dylan advised Xia Fan in a low voice.
"The logistics department is filled with ignorant and incompetent people! How can the previous crime scenes compare to this? There were 1.75 million people in the stadium. The murderer must have been seen by someone and fled in a hurry. Idiots! A bunch of idiots! "
"What are you waiting for?! Catch the murderer according to the criminal profiling I gave you! Catch all the suspects that fit the description! "Chu Chenfeng roared.
.....
The four people from the logistics department did not have a good time after offending Deputy Chief Chu Chenfeng on their first day in the police station. In a fit of anger, the chief chased everyone out of the logistics department.
Fo You did not care at all. Xia Fan continued to study the case file. He even used a method that Dylan did not understand to find a group of little rats. He distributed food to the rats and talked to them. Dylan was amazed by the scene.
"Look at these two. One of them is sloppy and doesn't care about anything, and the other is behaving strangely, feeding snacks to the mice. I really don't know what the minister sees in them. Why did he spend so much effort to recruit them?" Dylan complained to his partner, Ma Zheng.
Ma Zheng frowned. "No way. I think Xia Fan is right. If it was so easy to catch the killer on Wednesday, the case would have been solved a long time ago. It doesn't seem like that guy's style to leave obvious traces at the scene."
"You're on his side? Are you still his partner? "Dylan tilted his head and waved his hand in annoyance.
The logistics department was in an awkward situation. All the investigators were busy like headless flies. Only the four of them were ignored by the chief. Xia Fan and Fo You were not in a hurry and continued with their own work.
When they arrived at the scene, it was still noon. In the blink of an eye, it was already night. Seeing her colleagues going in and out with nervous expressions, Dylan felt bad. She secretly complained that Xia Fan was too impulsive and dared to talk back to the director.
A large number of suspects were arrested, and the intense interrogation began overnight. The four people from the logistics department had no idea what the result would be because they were excluded.
It was midnight. At this time, Chu Chenfeng's deputy, Liang Jian, walked out of the stadium and came to Dylan and Ma Zheng. He glanced at Xia Fan, who was sitting under a tree reading the case files, and said, "Dylan, Old Ma, go get Xia Fan. The chief wants him to go over."
"What's going on?"
"Has the killer been caught?" Dylan and Ma Zheng asked hurriedly.
Liang Jian laughed bitterly. "Sigh, this kid was right. The person who left the footprints was not the killer, but a local miner."
"Not the killer? Then why did he run? Doesn't he know that you can be sentenced for not reporting? "Dylan couldn't believe his ears and asked incredulously.
"Because he came to watch the game with someone else's wife. He didn't dare to report it because he was afraid that his affair with someone else's wife would be exposed. Anyway, don't mention it. After a whole day of catching people, in the end, they only caught a pair of adulterers."
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