Chapter 273

Inside the hall, Chen Fan was eating with Old Liu, and the Director took the initiative to toast Chen Fan.

Furthermore, he specifically presented a certificate.

"This is your senior professional title certificate."

Chen Fan asked, "What level is it exactly?"

Old Liu said, "It's about the same rank as mine. If you want to get promoted further, you'll basically need to rely on papers and get some professor title or something."

Chen Fan said speechlessly, "Then goodbye, I don't need it. Any further promotion would be too much of a hassle."

Qu Yiling asked, "Master, what level of personnel is Chen Fan equivalent to now?"

"He's on par with me. How should I put it? A bit lower than the Director, and slightly higher than the captain of the criminal investigation team. As for the benefits, it's about seven or eight thousand, plus attendance and such, making twenty thousand yuan isn't hard."

"Wow, that's a lot of money."

Old Liu was speechless and said, "Stop with the sarcasm. My salary is only over ten thousand, and you want to be higher than me?"

Chen Fan shrugged his shoulders.

At this point, the Director said, "Your status has risen, so there's a lot to learn in the future. There's also a core matter: you need to take on students. You should figure out a student to take on when the time comes. After all, a senior forensic doctor must have a student."

Take on a student?

Chen Fan said, "I choose a female one, good-looking, big-breasted, who says 'ying ying ying' when nothing is wrong, is willing to spend money on her master, and can warm my bed at night when I'm tired."

The Director threw his handcuffs directly onto the table and said, "If you like, I can have a few colors custom-made for you."

Pfft, hahahahaha.

Everyone laughed one after another.

In the observation room, Teacher He said, "Teacher Qin Ming, what is Chen Fan's status now?"

"Higher than mine. I have to call him 'Leader' when we meet. Damn it, this guy, why? Why can geniuses do whatever they want? It's simply too hateful."

Teacher He said, "Doesn't that mean people will have to think twice before making a move against Chen Fan in the future?"

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Qin Ming said, "They would have had to think twice before, too. Forensic science has only produced one such breakout talent. Just as a mascot, whoever touches him will be in for bad luck. Think about it, if a criminal retaliates against a criminal investigation captain, what do you think will happen? In minutes, they'll dig three feet into the ground to find you. This must be handled strictly, otherwise, who will come to protect the safety of the public's property?"

Everyone could understand this point.

At the dinner table, the Director gave Chen Fan a piece of meat and said, "Try it, this free-range chicken is quite good. I know you like to eat strange things, so I specifically got it for you."

Chen Fan had just put it in his mouth.

"Since you're here, actually, find another case..."

Chen Fan spat it out immediately.

"You guys saw that, I didn't eat it, I didn't eat it. I'm telling you, I really didn't eat it."

Pfft, hahahahaha.

Everyone watched, and the Director said, "Sigh, it's my personal request."

Chen Fan said, "I don't work for free. How about this, our unit's computers need to be replaced with new ones."

'I'm using a five-year-old computer, and you want a new one? What do you need such a new one for?'

Chen Fan said, 'Don't new technology upgrades and such require computers?'

"There's new technology?"

Chen Fan said, "There's no special new technology, I'm just planning to create a way to restore fingerprints or footprints. That way, everyone can save some effort. However, don't hold too much hope for this, as there will be errors; it only provides a direction."

"I'll arrange it for you later. Look at the case first, look at the case first."

Chen Fan looked at Old Liu with a dark face.

Old Liu said, "He's just like this; when he encounters someone with talent, he uses them to the limit."

The Director said, "Solving cases is our duty as police. Is there a problem?"

No problem, absolutely no problem. But if you insist, there is a problem. We are also human and need to rest; we aren't iron men, okay?

Chen Fan said with a dark face, "Don't you go home to accompany your wife?"

The Director said, "I do. I don't sleep much, three hours is enough, and it's enough to accompany my wife."

？？？？

Awesome.

This is talent; it can't be compared.

The Director took out a file and handed it to Chen Fan, who opened it and began to look.

Then he lit a cigarette.

The case was actually a common copycat case, imitating the Jack the Ripper case.

The reason the Ripper case is so unbelievable is that it was the first to utilize anti-reconnaissance and the cross-cut killing method.

And to this day, no one has solved this case.

So much so that countless criminal maniacs are thinking about imitating it.

It's just that in this case, there are more victims.

Yes, in the broad sense, more: women.

These are two characters; read separately, they represent two types.

Children and mothers.

Chen Fan widened his eyes; the more he looked, the more outrageous it became.

"Are you serious? This case hasn't been solved yet?"

"No, it's an old case. We have the DNA preserved. This guy is very simple: rape, then murder. He killed the mother and then the child. Very decisive. He didn't even process the scene after finishing, just walked away."

"What about fingerprints?"

"No fingerprints, not a single one. I guess the fingerprints were damaged. So, after analysis by many experts, this person is planning the crimes."

Chen Fan said, "Scouting, planning—even if it's a passerby, you can screen them."

"Yes, we screened them, but it was useless."

Chen Fan said with a dark face, "Do you think the person has left?"

The Director said, "I don't know. Li Tian inferred that he hasn't left, just hidden himself. As for why, it's uncertain."

Chen Fan calculated seriously and said, "I can't do deduction. How about this, let your forensic students let me pick one as an apprentice, how about that?"

"Don't pick the good ones."

"Whatever. If I really have to take an apprentice, it depends on my mood. It's fate. Does this case have bodies?"

"Yes, they are preserved. Some family members needed cremation, and we couldn't stop them, but we still kept six..."

Chen Fan nodded and lowered his head to eat frantically.

Then he drank a large mouthful of white liquor, stood up, and prepared to leave.

Tonight, nobody sleep.

The live stream audience needs to rest, but a forensic doctor doesn't need to rest.

In the autopsy room, Chen Fan held a knife and carefully examined the child's body.

Old Liu was responsible for the woman's body.

"Both are mother and daughter. Are you sure they are biological?"

Chen Fan proposed a very strange concept. The Director said, "They are mother and daughter, it's confirmed."

Chen Fan began to examine the wounds.

Most of the child's wounds were of one type; to put it bluntly, the neck was snapped directly.

You have to know, for a person to want to snap someone else's neck, it takes a lot of courage.

This is not just moral condemnation; it also requires inner conflict and such.

After the examination, Chen Fan said, "The fingerprints and grip strength are corresponding; there's no difference."

"The woman's body's DNA is also the same."

"No fingerprints, but the method is exactly the same."

After Chen Fan finished speaking, he suddenly paused and said, "Something's not right."

Not right?

The Director said, "What's not right?"

"The part that's not right is that it's exactly the same."

Exactly the same?

Everyone looked at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan went directly onto the autopsy table, wearing gloves, and said, "The action is fixed: hand here, then here, then here, and finally start taking off his own pants."

"Come on, a woman would definitely resist, but there was no resistance."

"There aren't even scratch marks. This absolutely doesn't fit logic."

Li Tian was instantly terrified and said, "What do you mean?"

"I ask you, Li Tian, when you go home to mess with your wife, is it a fixed pattern?"

"How could it be fixed? You're talking nonsense. People have emotions and desires. Because there are desires, the operations are uncertain; these are all random."

"Right, but I checked the pressure status of the cells. Clearly, this person has a fixed pattern, just like completing an assignment."

Like an assignment.

Li Tian understood instantly and said, "You mean, someone is threatening others to commit crimes."

"Classic rape theory; it's rare for one person to complete it alone."

The Director said, "If you put it that way, then it's understandable that there have been no crimes during this period."

Li Tian said, "Two results: first, this person killed the perpetrator and went to live his life in peace."

"Second, this perpetrator got bored, slaughtered the person doing the crime, and then went off to play with something else."

Chen Fan said, "As long as he isn't committing the crime himself, there is no pattern. If it's the second case, then I'm sorry, everyone will have to get busy. We need to look for results from old cases."

"Impossible, all crimes have patterns."

Chen Fan chuckled and said, "Li Tian, the way you say that, it's as if you're more like a forensic doctor."

Li Tian said, "I don't believe it. This guy was killed by someone else. This guy will definitely commit crimes again, absolutely, absolutely will commit crimes."

Chen Fan said, "Anyway, my examination result is just like this. You guys investigate first; if something new comes up, come find us."

After Chen Fan left.

Li Tian and the Director looked at each other.

The Director said, "Chen Fan was thinking from a criminal's perspective just now, right?"

Li Tian said, "Right."

"Well, add another person to Zhang Tianxiong's side later. Four people against one. I'm worried three people won't be enough."

Li Tian said, "If I could, I'd love to have ten people watching Chen Fan, but I feel it's useless. Chen Fan, this guy, will definitely commit crimes again."

Late at night.

The door to Li Tian's room was kicked open.

Chen Fan stared with red-rimmed eyes and said, "Damn it..."

Li Tian said, "Are you crazy?"

Chen Fan gave Li Tian a piece of paper and said, "Look for yourself, someone sent it... fuck, it was in my room."

— Author's Notes —

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