Chapter 420: Bitterness

A wave of sturdy-looking police officers rushed over and lined up; immediately following them was a group of fit-looking civil police officers who jogged to their vehicles and scrambled to drive out of the parking lot. Finally, a group of middle-aged officers walked briskly and hurried off, launching into action.

Li Li raised her microphone, then lowered it, then raised it again. Watching the dozens of vehicles drive out until the parking lot was more than half empty, she turned to Yu Jiangyuan and signaled for the cameraman to start recording, saying, "Deputy Detachment Chief Yu, I just counted, and 67 of our vehicles have driven out. This must be a major operation, right?"

"Of course." Yu Jiangyuan's expression was solemn.

"Could you describe it for us? In terms of our past operations, what level would 67 vehicles be considered?" Li Li extended the microphone.

"For this year, it's definitely the largest operation." Yu Jiangyuan thought to himself that if it weren't for the operation planned for tomorrow, there wouldn't be so many idle vehicles and people. He estimated that half of the main force of criminal police scheduled to be dispatched tomorrow were already heading out now.

Adding in the criminal police following Xu Xu Taining on field duty, it meant that the majority of the Criminal Police Detachment were all looking for this serial killer. Some were truly going to make an arrest, while others still thought the operation wouldn't start until tomorrow.

It was as if some people had already started their college entrance exams, while another group thought the exams didn't begin until tomorrow.

Yu Jiangyuan didn't even know how he would explain this to his own criminal police later.

As a leader, it's fine to make subordinates work; there's always a reason even if they're worked to death. But making people run a wild goose chase, wasting their time and energy—that is a failure of leadership, and it's the easiest way to provoke dissatisfaction among everyone.

Yu Jiangyuan was anxious inside, but it wasn't very apparent on the surface.

The reporter only assumed he was anxious about the operation and pressed on, asking, "With such a large operation, there must be coordination in various aspects, right? What preparations have been made for today's operation?"

"In terms of the operation, first, we have to assign tasks, such as the main arrest team and the reconnaissance team on long-term standby. We originally invited the participation of the Technical Reconnaissance unit, and the Image Reconnaissance Detachment and Cyber Security Detachment are also supporting our work. Additionally, we have invited the Traffic Police Detachment, local police stations, and experts from the Provincial Department to assist..." Yu Jiangyuan wanted to recite the list of thanks, but as he spoke, he couldn't continue.

With arrests about to be made, Xu Xu Taining was still conducting research in the suburbs. He was an expert from the Provincial Department, and he didn't know if anyone had tipped him off.

Yu Jiangyuan sighed inwardly, then looked up and smiled at the reporter, saying, "I'm sorry, I need to make two phone calls. Can we record again later?"

Li Li didn't even need to say anything; the cameraman obediently turned off the camera first.

Yu Jiangyuan signaled his subordinates to keep an eye on the people, walked two steps away, took out his phone, and dialed Xu Xu Taining.

Some news is better heard from his own mouth than for Xu Xu Taining to hear rumors.

The call connected, and he heard Xu Xu Taining's voice flying in the wind: "Deputy Detachment Chief Yu, I was just about to call you. The follow-up support hasn't arrived yet. My progress here is about to get stuck. It's almost time to get off work now; if we delay any longer, it'll be too late."

Yu Jiangyuan felt his ears and face heat up and hurriedly said, "Director Xu, we have just locked onto a criminal suspect."

Before Xu Xu Taining could speak again, Yu Jiangyuan rattled off the situation of the suspect, who was "fully buffed," and finished by saying, "It was Jiang Yuan who locked onto him based on the long nails at the crime scene. I didn't expect it either."

"He really locked onto the criminal suspect using nails?" On Xu Xu Taining's end, there was only a momentary pause, and then his tone gradually returned to normal.

Compared to stopping an investigation halfway because of a lack of money, Xu Xu Taining could fully accept the suspension of an investigation because the criminal suspect had been caught.

Yu Jiangyuan was a bit surprised, feeling his pressure suddenly decrease, and hurriedly said, "That's indeed the case. Although they are ordinary long nails, it is said that those nails were made of steel wire, and the steel wire was processed by a factory roller, with subtle differences in diameter. The cutter head used by the nail-making machine is also different, as well as the machine that presses the nail cap, the coating, and so on..."

Xu Xu Taining laughed as he listened to Yu Jiangyuan talk about the technology.

He was originally a senior police officer sent by the Provincial Department to support various places. He didn't run a company, nor did he have performance requirements, yet he continued to work hard, which could be completely described as realizing personal value and achieving personal ambitions and ideals.

Therefore, if the investigation in Changyang City wasn't done, then it wasn't done. Of course, if it could have been done two days early, or preferably three or four days early, sparing him the running around and toil of these past few days, that would have been even better.

Yu Jiangyuan said a few more words and some polite remarks, feeling that everyone's emotions had been somewhat relieved, before ending the call.

Putting his phone back, Yu Jiangyuan let out a long sigh, feeling pressure all over his body.

Returning to the reporter's side, Li Li smiled and said, "Deputy Detachment Chief Yu, can we disclose some details of this operation? It would be best to have some typical events and typical people. That way, if it's allowed to be broadcast later, the plot will be more interesting. After all, the public likes to see specific people and stories."

"Uh... I'll take you to meet our great hero." Yu Jiangyuan thought of Jiang Yuan at this moment.

He had been busy appeasing Xu Xu Taining just now, but looking back, Jiang Yuan had saved him too much funding.

According to Xu Xu Taining's investigation method, once this wave started, it would burn through one Huang Huang Qiangmin every day. If they investigated to the end, it would take at least a week or more. Even if they were lucky and found the killer after three or four days of investigation, the money and food subsidies spent would make people's hearts ache for half a year.

Moreover, this was all thinking on the bright side. Even for Xu Xu Taining, he didn't have a 100% winning record. If the killer had slipped through, Yu Jiangyuan wouldn't even dare to think about where his future career would go. It would likely be like the Bai Yin case, searching for clues all year round, not letting go of any piece of information, and finally waiting for technological progress...

From this perspective, Jiang Yuan himself represented technological progress.

As they talked, they headed toward the Criminal Science Center.

The accompanying police officers confirmed their destination and immediately began frantically sending messages.

Unlike the impoverished county bureau, which wished it could fit 18 people into a six-person room, the office space of the Changyang City Criminal Science Center was quite sufficient. It was only when they reached Jiang Yuan's temporary office that it became difficult to walk because of boxes upon boxes of nails.

"So many nails!" Li Li didn't know what she thought of, but she quickly had the cameraman record it.

Yu Jiangyuan was also amazed. He had been busy cooperating with Xu Xu Taining and allocating various resources these past two days, and he hadn't had time to come over and see Jiang Yuan. He didn't expect that so many "physical evidences" had suddenly appeared in the corridor.

Thinking of Jiang Yuan sitting in front of the desk, checking the nails one by one, he feared his eyes would go blind from staring, while he himself was still worried sick because he hadn't spent money and feared angering Xu Xu Taining...

Yu Jiangyuan couldn't help but feel a trace of bitterness in his heart. He had previously thought Jiang Yuan's method was too clumsy and slow. Who could have imagined that the clever method brought clues that kept breaking, and spending money didn't speed up the progress of the case, but rather Jiang Yuan's clumsy method, step by step, had compared who knows how many nails...

Yu Jiangyuan's eyelids were slightly moist.

At this time, Li Li asked from behind: "Deputy Detachment Chief Yu, these are all the evidences you found, right? Can you tell us the stories behind them?"

Yu Jiangyuan: "Uh... speaking of which, it can be said to be a very inspiring story. By the way, you know about fingerprint comparison, right... Our comrade Jiang Yuan, a civil police officer, creatively proposed comparing long nails... This process was very hard. You can see that the corridor is now piled with nails, and the room is also full of nails. How big is a single nail? Although there are duplicates in here, the amount of duplicates is actually not that large..."

Li Li nodded frequently as she listened, and the cameraman also kept zooming in and out to film.

Yu Jiangyuan's cooperation was maxed out. He walked through the nail wall that was only wide enough for one person and said with deep emotion: "This is the workspace of our comrade Jiang Yuan. Oh, here are still nails, be careful..."

After a few people passed through the nail wall that was as tall as a person in the room and turned around, they saw Jiang Yuan's desk and dining table.

The dining table should have been a round table brought up from downstairs, very simple, connected to a power strip, and on top was an induction cooker.

On top of the induction cooker was a frying pan. The frying pan looked very sturdy. Next to it was a basin of meat, a basin of lettuce, a bowl of dry seasoning in front, and clips and garlic on the left.

Jiang Yuan sat there, grilling meat himself, eating meat himself, looking very hardworking and tired. ===== CHAPTER 421 =====