National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 928 - 864: Dragon Pool

"The three people, Purple, Yellow, Blue, Blue Crystal’s financial line is the most deeply hidden. He doesn’t need to show up, just occasionally sends a few people out to handle money affairs, separate from the other two lines; therefore, Blue Crystal has the lightest management responsibility. It’s also possible that there’s no management at all, and it might be just one person’s solo operation."

Liu Jinghui’s voice lowered a bit, guiding everyone to ponder. This was his area of expertise.

Liu Jinghui: "Yellow Crystal is in charge of production. His approach relies on middle management. He has several capable subordinates who have the ability to carry the production line around, capable of setting up in a new place and resuming production within one day then moving on after producing each batch. His segment is also the most strictly managed, with many rules. Though it’s not afraid of casualties, surprisingly, there aren’t many."

"Purple Crystal manages the largest scale and carries the heaviest management burden. His drug dealers, as well as the surrounding distributors, are all tough cookies. They’re inherently difficult to control; Purple Crystal is also the one who has committed the most murders. Based on the information collected so far, at least 30 people have been ordered to be killed by Purple Crystal?"

"I think that kind of management mode, like Purple Crystal’s, is difficult to execute remotely. Especially some of his management feedback comes astonishingly quickly. At the beginning, several of Purple Crystal’s middle managers were under great scrutiny. Now, there are fewer questioning them because many of the dubious ones were those killed in previous years. Many people are simply too scared to speak out."

"However, to say that Purple Crystal or Yellow Crystal has some special management model, that’s not really the case either. They do not operate like a board of directors which only provides a general direction for management; there are often specific managerial actions."

Having said this, Liu Jinghui stopped, sat down quietly, and lit another cigarette, accumulating carcinogens while reducing his lifespan, deteriorating cellular vitality, lowering organ function, weakening mental agility, blunting spiritual sharpness...

The others were also puffing on cigarettes, emitting heavy breaths.

Amidst the billowing smoke, the Deputy Chief of the squad said, "Does this mean that Purple Crystal and Yellow Crystal, within the gang, both have hidden identities?"

"That’s what I think, otherwise, such a large team would either be unmanageable or poorly managed." Liu Jinghui didn’t want to play coy. If someone could keep up with his train of thought, it meant that most people could keep up, and they could continue with the reasoning.

The Deputy Chief of the squad let out a hiss: "In the lower ranks or the middle ranks?"

"I think it has to be at least in the middle ranks." Liu Jinghui said: "The drug trafficking network is quite tight-knit. Both the production and sales ends can basically maintain a low-profile while making money. Accordingly, their management requirements are also quite high; the lower-level members barely know anything beyond their own tasks. Only middle-tier, especially upper middle-tier members, can access most of the information on their chain."

Song Beishou nodded, "You mean to say that at least Purple Crystal and Yellow Crystal, disguised as one of the middle or upper-level members, are involved? What is the purpose? Middle and upper levels are also punishable by death!"

"I think it’s mainly to deal with their own people." Liu Jinghui paused before continuing: "I’m just making guesses based on their management model. Maybe they have other ways of managing, like a trusted middle or high-level member, but in the end, it boils down to the same thing. We should find that middle or high-level member who passes down the most orders and has the most information."

If the goal is to hide their identity and manage the team, then the characteristics Liu Jinghui mentioned are necessary.

Everyone present realized this and couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.

"If you think about it, most of the middle and upper levels have been caught by us." Song Beishou directed his officers to display the hierarchical list of names on the screen at the front of the conference room.

Out of eight middle and high-level members, only one is on the run, and the rest have been captured.

Liu Jinghui said: "This actually explains a phenomenon quite well. How did an organization that used to be tight suddenly become like a bunch of pigs that can’t all be caught and exhibit almost no resistance or rebellious capabilities?"

Song Beishou coughed twice and said: "With overwhelming forces against them, what resistance could they possibly muster?"

"At least they could destroy evidence, communicate news to escape or break out, hide some weapons, drugs, and funds for a comeback later, recruit some people to take the blame for others, save who they can... Even in a prisoner-of-war camp, there’s room for resistance. Just look at... look at the British, French, and Belgians in the German camps; there’s something to be learned there." Liu Jinghui spoke lightly, while Song Beishou’s expression grew more serious.

Song Beishou pondered for a long time: "So, you’re saying that it’s very likely we already have Purple Crystal and Yellow Crystal in our hands?"

"I think there is such a possibility."

"This..." Song Beishou had encountered similar cases before, and in fact, layering multiple identities was a common mode of operation among middle and high-ranking members of drug trafficking groups. Simply put, a person with several sets of identification documents has a higher chance of escaping than a person with just one, and it’s much more convenient when handling affairs.

However, when Song Beishou previously made arrests, the difficulty of capturing middle and high-ranking members was about the same. To be frank, he rarely managed to completely wipe out the middle and high-ranking members of a gang.

This requirement was too high, and to entirely bust a normal drug ring, achieving seventy to eighty percent was already quite good.

Likewise, when describing using fishing as an analogy, their previous arrests were indeed like using a fishing net to catch fish, with each cast capturing plenty of various sizes, but it was impossible to catch an entire school of fish.

Jiang Yuan, on the other hand, was like a hunter fishing with rapid-fire weaponry, aiming for each fish by name, leaving no chance for escape.

"We can try to see if we can sift out these two people," Liu Jinghui said with considerable interest in the case, adding, "Let me point out a few things, and let’s check them against what we know. First, this person must have extensive connections, able to communicate up and down the chain as well as contact peers, and likely has a group of direct subordinates."

Liu Jinghui continued, "Secondly, among those arrested this time, are there any drug dealers of this level who are actively trying to earn merits after being caught? The three crystals are definitely not willing to be shot without making any noise."

Snap.

The head of Branch One slapped his thigh hard: "Eagle Beak Bean!"

He was referring to the nickname of a certain drug dealer.

"Interrogate separately, pay attention to the content," Song Beishou instructed, to say he fully trusted Liu Jinghui’s deduction would be too much, but not trying it out when Liu Jinghui had reasoned thus far was certainly not an option.

This was also why "Deduction King" Liu Jinghui was never the most popular expert. His deductions indeed made sense, but they were not easy to verify, and yet, it was necessary to verify them.

If the deduction was correct, this process would not be complicated, but if the deduction was wrong, the resulting waste of resources would often be quite displeasing. ƒreewebɳovel.com

"Eagle Beak Bean is one, and there is at least one more," Liu Jinghui added.

Snap, snap.

The people present began lighting up cigarettes again.

"If we are counting, then it would be the Feng Shui Master," Song Beishou said with a frown, "His position within the gang fits the profile, but, this person has not been captured yet. He is the only mid to high-ranking member who is still at large."

"Um... I see," Liu Jinghui nodded in understanding, if it was the big boss who was on the run, it was really hard to say whether they could be captured.

Bang, bang.

A subordinate knocked on the door: "Reporting."

"What is it?" Song Beishou looked over.

The subordinate stood at attention and said, "Captain Jiang has identified the identity of the small-time leader nicknamed Feng Shui Master based on footprints, should we dispatch someone to arrest him now?"