National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 926 - 863 - : Liu Zhi

"Director Song, we have confirmed that this ’iron lump’ is none other than Tie Wan Shan, the deputy of ’Crystal Yellow’ in Poison Capture Net."

Subordinates brought a thick stack of files to Song Beishou. Most of them were photographs, with a few textual charts.

Song Beishou looked through them one by one and, upon confirming their accuracy, nodded in approval: "Good, with this, the levels below the three crystals are thoroughly understood by us."

"Yes! This counts as the fifth big fish," the subordinate said repeatedly.

Even for the general team, catching a few big fish of this caliber each year is not guaranteed.

In the grand scheme of things, this is the second-tier person in the national drug trafficking network, comparable to a senior sales director of a drug trafficking group, often adorned with titles like VP.

Song Beishou’s smile was fleeting; having already caught four similar big fish, the impact of the fifth was somewhat less stirring.

Song Beishou handed the files back to his subordinate, saying, "Pin it up."

With the permission from Song Beishou, the subordinate wrote Tie Wan Shan’s name on a yellow paper and stuck it in the middle of the whiteboard at the back, marking it as: "In charge of the drug manufacturing workshop."

The whiteboard was densely packed with stickers bearing names.

Through the massive arrests of personnel from Poison Capture Net, Song Beishou and others had gained a deep understanding of its structure, creating a relationship chart that they knew better than the members of the network themselves.

Currently, it appears that the three bosses of the Poison Capture Net each control a different line. ’Crystal Purple’ oversees sales, ’Crystal Yellow’ handles production, and ’Crystal Blue’ is in charge of financial activities like money laundering.

The lines do not intersect each other, forming essentially three tree diagrams, with ’Crystal Purple’ being the largest, followed by ’Crystal Yellow’, and ’Crystal Blue’ being the smallest.

On the entire chart, there are over three hundred named individuals, most of whom are members of the Poison Capture Net, with a few being peripheral members.

Moreover, among these people, they are divided into three colors: red for fugitives, yellow for those already arrested, and green for those whose identities are unconfirmed or doubtful.

With the work of the past week, the number of greens on the three tree diagrams is becoming fewer, with yellow increasingly becoming the dominant color.

The only issue remaining is that the three main suspects are still marked on green papers.

This intuitive sticker-composed relationship chart originally received high praise from many leaders. For Song Beishou and others, it also represented an exceptionally clear career advancement.

On this basis, everyone hopes to fully capture the relationship chart, and one day, to execute all top figures neatly — what a thrilling and satisfying outcome that would be!

Song Beishou turned around and saw Jiang Yuan and others still busy comparing fingerprints and footprints.

As the number of footprints obtained has increased, and because they are more challenging than fingerprints, Jiang Yuan spends most of his time dealing with footprints.

The achievements have been exceptionally significant, as reflected on this list of red and yellow names, most of which were matched by Jiang Yuan.

Especially after the confirmation of the factory address, the fingerprints and footprints collected on site brought in a tremendous amount of results.

Song Beishou was unsure if he should interfere at this point.

In the past, at this stage, he would at least hold a small-scale case analysis meeting to decide the next direction of the investigation.

But this time is different.

The entire case is akin to being pulled forward by Jiang Yuan, the ’locomotive’. Should the same ’locomotive’ of Jiang Yuan continue to provide the momentum in shifting investigative directions?

Of course!

Jiang Yuan is still maintaining a pace of identifying over a dozen suspects daily. Whether they can be arrested or not is another’s burden, but Jiang Yuan’s technical expertise is beyond doubt.

Song Beishou is anxious, but not senseless — he wouldn’t switch approaches at such a time.

However, if Jiang Yuan continues to serve as the locomotive providing momentum, then there are not many places where the direction of the investigation of this case can shift. Since Jiang Yuan is a technical person, his type of technology defines his direction.

Understanding the issue better from Jiang Yuan’s perspective, Song Beishou knows that Jiang Yuan is currently using his best skills in fingerprints and footprints to help drive the case forward, with suspects continuously being identified, confirmed, and arrested...

It can be said that no other police officer could have done better.

But from another perspective, the full potential of the organization’s power has not been fully utilized...

"Director Song, Director Liu Jinghui has arrived," a clerk reports.

Song Beishou’s train of thought was abruptly interrupted, and he decided, "Have Director Liu come to the conference room, then inform a few squad leaders and the likes of Old Yi and others to come for a meeting."

"Yes." The clerk has been with Song Beishou for a long time; without needing specific names, he knew whom to call.

In a short while, several squad leaders and numerous police officers gathered.

These people are members of the core decision-making team of the Anti-Drug Squad, including not only the heads of main squads but also members whom Song Beishou regards as intelligent or technically skilled. For regular cases, Song Beishou prefers small-scale discussions and often does not even call the leaders of several squads.