Chapter 54: Try Untying It Again For Me? (Please Support, Fourth Update)

Old Liu's words were very down-to-earth, but the director team over here didn't like down-to-earth matters; what the director team liked most were homicide cases—the more outrageous the case, the more suitable it was.

"Having you all keep an eye on that kind of homicide case isn't really appropriate for you who've just come to serve as forensic doctors. Today counts as giving you a day off. You all go help the police officers handle some electric scooter theft cases."

"Uh, electric scooter theft?"

Old Liu said, "Mm, yes. Later you all will divide yourselves into groups, pick out a few districts on your own, and dispatch yourselves to the local police stations over there. After that, take fingerprints for me, then run the data comparison."

The people in the livestream were the most speechless.

"No way, Officer, I steal an electric scooter and you even brought in forensic doctors?"

"Old Liu, you've gone too far. Damn, it's just an electric scooter, no need, no need."

"No, is this really okay? Is it really okay for interns to do this?"

"Oh my lord, I want to see homicide cases. This electric scooter thing is boring, boring."

In the observation room, Old Zhou was quite calm and said, "It's time to let these kids change the way they think for a bit."

Bai Lu said, "Uh, do you all normally handle this kind of thing?"

"We can't handle them all, because the cost of the crime is too low, but we can't just not handle them either. We can only say it depends on fate. Generally, our headquarters here handles all kinds of major cases and whatnot—basically homicide cases and the like. But these people are newcomers, newcomers, you can't treat them like that. High-intensity homicide cases will wreck a person entirely."

Chen Fan said, 'I'll go take a look too.'

Bai Lu said she'd tag along; Zhang Yishan stayed behind, sitting in the observation room with Teacher He, while Old Zhou's side popularized some everyday-life knowledge for everyone.

The lawyer, meanwhile, explained how the criminal classification of electric scooter theft was actually distinguished.

Theft has always been very hard to classify as a case, because once the person is locked up, they're actually released again very quickly.

Going through the judicial process and all that is also rather cumbersome.

Petty theft has always been the thing that gives police officers the biggest headache.

Just as everyone had guessed, when the forensic doctors split up and went to some police stations, the police officers were dumbfounded.

No way, are they serious?

The scene made the audience laugh; it gave the feeling of Lord Guan wielding a Guandao to swat a fly.

But this kind of thing naturally also tested the forensic doctors' patience a great deal.

The weather was rather gloomy and cold. Here at an abandoned processing plant, someone was following the officers, responsible for wiping fingerprints.

There was an electric scooter parked by the road, but it was obvious the battery was already gone.

She took out her tools. Here, Xiang Qinqin seriously began taking rubbing prints of the fingerprints.

Meanwhile Qu Yiling followed along, and Cheng Ruofei wasn't idle either, taking rubbing prints of fingerprints from other places.

Many of the scooters actually had long lost any fingerprints, because of the weather, or rain—getting fingerprints to be preserved is very hard.

Old Liu stood to the side holding his own thermos and took a sip of tea.

Bai Lu said, "How much can this scooter sell for?"

The officer explained, "Generally it depends on the scooter's brand, I guess. The more expensive the brand, the better it sells. But because it's stolen, it won't be too much. Generally, a scooter worth a few thousand yuan can be sold for over a thousand."

"As for the battery, there are actually quite a few valuable things inside."

"Then won't electric scooters alarm now?"

The policeman said helplessly, "It's useless. Even if the scooter does go off, there's no way to pay attention to it. You can't just stay here watching it the whole time, right? And besides, the other side has a master key."

"Really, can it open any scooter?"

"Generally master keys all destroy the lock cylinder inside. Once it's destroyed, it's easy to start it. It's basically all done this way."

"As for the kind with a lock, look, isn't this one right here?"

Bai Lu looked over, couldn't hold it in, and burst out laughing.

The audience laughed along too.

Good lord, the wheels are still there, but the scooter's gone.

"This kind is just for fun. Generally they take bolt cutters, snip it off, then ride away. So electric scooters really are very hard to protect and guard."

Bai Lu sat on a scooter, and suddenly the scooter started beeping.

"It's that loud? Huh, no one's paying attention."

The officer said, "Right, no one's paying attention. What's the point of paying attention? Everyone figures less trouble is better than more. And even if you call the police and they respond, it's not convenient to handle—it's all tangled and complicated. The best way is to leave it somewhere with surveillance cameras, that way you can go look for it."

Bai Lu actually understood too. After all, these street-corner police officers were the most worn out, and these cases were also the hardest to handle.

And at this moment, Chen Fan was riding an electric scooter, cruising around beside Bai Lu.

The officer fell silent.

Bai Lu hadn't reacted yet, then suddenly reacted—holy crap.

"You, where did the scooter come from?"

"Just, from over there."