Chapter 91: He Didn't Fire a Single Shot Aimlessly

"What, that woman!" Qu Tuotuo's voice rose in anger, and she stopped holding back, slapping his thigh hard:

"I mean, I told you to kiss her!"

"You?" Yu Dazhang looked at her in confusion:

"Do you know them?"

"What is wrong with you!" Qu Tuotuo, furious, pinched his arm hard.

At this moment, in the Forensics Section of the local branch.

"Are the results ready?" Li Jun asked as he walked inside.

"Done," a forensics officer replied:

"The results came out half an hour ago; I was just about to deliver them to you."

"I'll come pick them up myself," Li Jun said helplessly:

"The brigade has urged me twice already."

The officer handed him a test report from the desk and a Type 92 police pistol:

"The gunpowder residue on the firearm and the bullet marks at the scene can be cross-verified."

Seeming to think of something, the officer looked somewhat uneasy.

Li Jun immediately noticed his abnormality:

"Just say it; there are no outsiders here."

The officer hesitated for a moment before continuing:

"Type 92, 9mm caliber, 15-round capacity; after all rounds were fired, this gun didn't fire a single extra shot."

"What do you mean?" Li Jun didn't understand:

"The bullets are all gone; what more is there to fire? Be clear."

He felt the officer's words fell outside the scope of forensic analysis, sounding more like a personal inference or deduction.

"Let me put it this way," the officer said slowly after quickly formulating his words in his mind:

"Based on the ballistic trace analysis at the scene, this gun fired fifteen times in total, all hitting the target, and every shot struck a vital area."

"Under the circumstances at that time, this gun never fired a single empty shot."

"This indicates..."

Li Jun raised a hand, cutting him off.

If he still couldn't understand, he wouldn't deserve to be the brigade commander.

What else could it indicate? The meaning was already obvious.

That newcomer, in a life-or-death situation like that, actually remembered exactly how many shots he had fired!

Every shot was not wasted; every single one hit a vital area.

What kind of mental fortitude would that require?!

If it were me... Li Jun simulated the scene in his mind and placed himself in it.

Moments later, he shook his head.

Impossible.

He would definitely have gone berserk, but he absolutely could not have considered the allocation of remaining bullets while firing.

This has nothing to do with intelligence.

Li Jun knew very well that only with absolute confidence could one maintain rational analysis and a steady mindset.

How could a newcomer possibly do that!

"Let's leave it at that," Li Jun said to the officer with a serious expression:

"This is not within the scope of forensic analysis; just tell me, but if it gets out, it will affect colleague relations."

"I know, I know," the officer quickly explained:

"I didn't mean anything else; I was just purely curious. I heard he went to your place, so I wanted to let you know; he's a talent."

Li Jun could hear the subtext in his words.

Whether he is a talent or not is beside the point, but he is certainly not someone to be trifled with.

He had asked for Yu Dazhang's gun specifically to send it to the Forensics Section for technical analysis as soon as possible.

Based on the distribution of shooting traces, bullet heads, and cartridge cases, one can determine the movements of the shooter at the scene.

This is a necessary step to reconstruct the shooting scene, and it must also be cross-verified with the firearm.

The reason he made up an excuse was to prevent Yu Dazhang from overthinking.

Now it seemed completely unnecessary.

That kid's mental fortitude was so strong it was almost perverted.

Yu Dazhang knew nothing about this.

His mind was entirely occupied with the human trafficking case.

So much so that he didn't even know why Qu Tuotuo was angry. That couple was happily kissing, yet she insisted I get involved... Yu Dazhang felt Qu Tuotuo's request was a bit perverted.

I am a decent person!

Besides, even if that woman wanted to be kissed, the man shouldn't have agreed.

In the end, they parted on bad terms.

Yu Dazhang didn't even try to coax her; he simply couldn't fulfill her perverted request.

Back home, he chatted with his parents for a while.

"You went on a date with that Miss tonight, right?" Li Xuehe asked.

She still didn't know Qu Tuotuo's name.

"I guess so." Yu Dazhang didn't hold anything back and answered straightforwardly:

"Had a meal, then went to sit at the square for a while."

In his past life, his mother had never stopped introducing him to potential partners.

The sheer number of blind dates alone could fill a million-word urban angst novel — and a particularly melodramatic one at that.

Please... save... your... 6... 9... book....!

The three standard questions on a modern blind date: car, house, savings.

For a twilight romance, add one more: pension.

No matter how much they try to disguise it, they'll always find some roundabout way to bring it up.

Yu Dazhang had long been sick to death of it.

The only upside was that he knew every trick of the blind-date game inside out — otherwise he wouldn't have hit it off so well with those aunties at the matchmaking corner before.

Purely masters sparring, appreciating each other's skill.

It was fine to let his mother misunderstand his relationship with Qu Tuotuo — that way she wouldn't arrange any more blind dates for him.

"What exactly is your relationship with that Miss?"

That question came from his father, Yu Guangyuan.

Going for simple and clear-cut.

"We're close to being friends." Yu Dazhang really didn't know how to put it, so he could only answer vaguely:

"The ambiguous stage, just mutual goodwill."

Relationships between men and women are the most complex, and also the most varied — common ones include husband and wife, lovers, paramours, and that-what's-it-called friend.

There's also the opposite-sex bestie, which was all the rage back in 2014, but in later eras everyone would shout it down.

He didn't really feel there was anything between him and Qu Tuotuo — if it felt right, he'd keep seeing her; if it felt off, he'd cut his losses in time.

That was all there was to it.

"If you're seeing someone, see them properly." Yu Guangyuan admonished:

"Don't wrong that Miss — our Yu family has never had anyone who started things and then abandoned them!"

Dad, you're behind the times — nowadays the blanket term is just scumbag… Yu Dazhang quickly declared his stance:

"Yes, yes, yes, I guarantee she'll be the only one to dump me — I'll never be the one to abandon her."

He couldn't be bothered to explain it to his father.

If he really got together with Qu Tuotuo, Qu Wannian would be the first to step forward and oppose it.

Last time he had dinner at her place, Yu Dazhang could tell — Qu Wannian wished his precious daughter would stay as far away from him as possible.

After washing up, Yu Dazhang lay in bed, but couldn't fall asleep no matter what — his mind was still on the follow-up developments of the trafficking case.

The municipal bureau taking over meant the case was at minimum a major criminal case.

The provincial department's criminal investigation brigade sending people down meant the case had been escalated to an especially major criminal case.

If it got any more serious, the Ministry of Public Security would have to step in.

Or that department would send people to investigate in person.

Trafficking, murder, smuggling, transnational crime…

Very possible indeed!

Yu Dazhang had learned before that the main duty of national security was to prevent and crack down on acts endangering national security.

That included espionage.

This case involved multiple countries, so…

National security was sure to come investigate!

Thrilling, absolutely thrilling — the way this case is being handled, the commotion just keeps getting bigger.

(End of chapter)