Chapter 420: Bitterness

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

Li Ting raised her microphone and then lowered it, only to raise it again. Watching as several dozen vehicles drove out, leaving the parking lot more than half empty, she turned to Yu Wenshu, signaled for the cameraman to start recording, and said, "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 Wenshu's expression was solemn.

"Could you describe it for us? With 67 vehicles, how would this rank among our past operations?" Li Ting held out the microphone.

"As far as this year goes, it's definitely the largest operation." Yu Wenshu thought to himself, if it weren't for the preparations for tomorrow's operation, how could there 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 Taining for fieldwork, it meant that the majority of the Criminal Police Detachment was out looking for this serial killer. It was just that some were truly out to make an arrest, while others still thought the arrests 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 start until tomorrow.

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

As a leader, it's fine to have subordinates do the work; even if they are exhausted, there are reasons for it. But if you have people go on a wild goose chase, wasting their time and energy, that is a failure of leadership, and it is the easiest thing to cause dissatisfaction among everyone.

Yu Wenshu felt anxious inside, but on the surface, it wasn't very apparent.

The reporter just assumed he was anxious about the operation and pressed on, asking, "With such a large operation, there must be various configurations, right? Have you made any preparations for today's operation?"

"In terms of the operation, the first step is to assign tasks, such as the primary arrest team and the investigation team on long-term standby. We originally invited the technical investigation team to participate, and the image investigation detachment and the cybersecurity detachment have all supported our work. In addition, we have also invited the traffic police detachment, local police stations, and experts from the Provincial Department to assist..." Yu Wenshu wanted to recite the list of thanks, but as he spoke, he couldn't continue.

With arrests about to happen, 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 Wenshu 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 Ting didn't even need to say anything; the cameraman obediently turned off the camera first.

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

Some news, if it came from his own mouth, was better than Xu Taining hearing rumors.

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

Yu Wenshu felt his ears and face burning, and he hurriedly said, "Director Xu, we have just locked onto a criminal suspect."

Without waiting for Xu Taining to speak again, Yu Wenshu rattled off the situation of the criminal 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."

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

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

Yu Wenshu was a bit surprised, feeling his pressure suddenly decrease, and he hurriedly said, "That is 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, so there are subtle differences in diameter. The cutter head used by the nail-making machine is also different, as are the nail cap pressing machine, the coating, and so on..."

Xu Taining laughed when he heard Yu Wenshu talking 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. It could be said that he was doing it to realize his personal value and achieve his personal aspirations and ideals.

Therefore, if the investigation in Changyang City didn't need to be done, then it didn't need to be done. Of course, if it could have been done two days earlier, or preferably three or four days earlier, to save him from all the running around these past few days, that would have been even better.

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

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

Returning to the reporter's side, Li Ting smiled and said, "Deputy Detachment Chief Yu, can you disclose some details of this operation? It would be best if there were 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 watch specific people and stories."

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

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

According to Xu Taining's investigation method, as long as this wave started, it would burn through one 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 anyone's heart ache for half a year.

Moreover, this was looking at it from the best-case scenario. Even for Xu Taining, he didn't have a 100% winning record. If the killer was missed, Yu Wenshu didn't even dare to imagine 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.

The few of them talked while heading toward the Criminal Science Center.

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

Unlike the impoverished county bureau, which wished it could fit 18 people into a six-person room, the office area 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 Ting didn't know what she was thinking, but she quickly had the cameraman record it.

Yu Wenshu was also amazed. He had been busy cooperating with Xu Taining for the past two days, allocating various resources and making various phone calls, and hadn't had time to come over to see Jiang Yuan. He didn't expect that there would suddenly be so much "physical evidence" in the corridor.

Thinking of Jiang Yuan sitting in front of the desk, checking the nails one by one, he was afraid that his eyes would be stared blind, while he himself was still worried because he hadn't spent any money and was afraid of annoying Xu Taining...

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

Yu Wenshu's eyelids were slightly moist.

At this time, Li Ting pursued from behind: "Deputy Detachment Chief Yu, these are all the evidence you found, right? Can you tell us the story behind them?"

Yu Wenshu: "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, police officer Jiang Yuan, 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 Ting nodded frequently as she listened, and the cameraman also kept zooming in and out to film.

Yu Wenshu cooperated fully, passing through the nail wall that was only wide enough for one person, and said with emotion: "This is the workspace of our comrade Jiang Yuan. Oh, this is still nails, be careful..."

The few of them passed through the nail wall that was one person tall in the room, turned around, and only then saw Jiang Yuan's desk and dining table.

The dining table should have been a round table brought up from downstairs, very simply 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 containing dry seasoning in front of him, and tongs and garlic placed on the left side.

Jiang Yuan was sitting there, grilling meat by himself, eating meat by himself, looking very hard-working and exhausted. ===== CHAPTER 421 =====