National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 961 - 897 Fraud

At 4 a.m. in An Yue Bay Community, it was as quiet as any residential area at midnight.

Jiang Yuan got out of his car from a distance and walked into the community in the dark. Just when he caught his breath, he heard a low voice from the shadows beside him: "The target is 100 meters east, building 17. You’ll see three tall buildings side by side; it’s the one in the middle. Stay two meters away from the street lights while walking, don’t turn on any lights or use your phone, you can speak softly, no coughing allowed. If you need to use the bathroom or make a phone call, walk 100 meters south and talk inside the property management booth or security room..."

"Wei?" Jiang Yuan recognized the voice immediately.

"Ah, is that Jiang Yuan? Haha, wait a second, I’ll take you there. It’s so dark, several people have already tripped over." Wei Zhenguo told his partner and then came out of the small grove.

Wei Zhenguo from team six was an old comrade. When Jiang Yuan was starting out, Wei Zhenguo took care of him even more than Wu Jun did. However, as Jiang Yuan’s Cold Case Squad was established, Wei participated less.

Furthermore, Jiang Yuan’s business trips became more frequent and longer, focusing mostly on unresolved murder cases, none of which were Wei Zhenguo’s forte. He came to work as a detective, not to sell himself to the squad. And being older, he needed to maintain a personal life too.

This time, Wei Zhenguo was also here as reinforcement. Huang Qiangmin was not familiar with the Mei Yang City Bureau either; he was purely here because Song Tiancheng specifically requested Jiang Yuan. Thus, in the final stages of the operation, Huang Qiangmin also sent a large number of people here, both to protect Jiang Yuan and to safeguard the fruits of victory.

With a slap, Wei Zhenguo killed a mosquito and then smiled at Jiang Yuan, saying, "I just said I haven’t been involved in big cases for a while. The moment I step out, it’s this kind of life-threatening case."

"Brother Wei, Captain Jiang only deals with life-threatening big cases now." Mu Zhiyang chuckled from the side and winking, he said, "You’re missing at least two second-class merits. Really."

"I might consider it if it were a first-class merit, but second-class merits are just a waste on me. My daughter has already started working," Wei Zhenguo glanced at fully armed Mu Zhiyang, who had even inserted ceramic plates in front of his chest, and couldn’t help but laugh, "It seems like you are prepared to earn yourself a second-class merit."

Mu Zhiyang grimaced, "With the way it looks at the scene, it should be a first-class merit straight away."

Wei Zhenguo laughed: "You do have some self-awareness. Then why are you dressed like this? Wear less, so you can run faster."

"Being in the front makes no difference; if I’m in the back, I might at least block some shrapnel," Mu Zhiyang paused, sharing his experience, "In these situations, being agile and quick doesn’t help. If you’re at the back, you can’t control what happens in front, and the same goes for being in the front, it’s usually sudden incidents that are deadly."

"Being shot does make a difference," Wei Zhenguo complimented Mu Zhiyang, then pointed towards the front, saying, "Building 17 is right ahead."

At the front, detectives from Mei Yang City Criminal Investigation Detachment also came over.

Wang Sheng greeted Jiang Yuan and exchanged a few quiet words, then said, "An Yue Bay Community is now considered a prime residential area. The apartments here are relatively small, and the distances between high buildings are also quite narrow. If the suspect detonates another explosive device similar to the previous ones, we estimate that the blast could not only affect residents on the same floor but potentially much larger areas."

"Hmm... will the building collapse?" Jiang Yuan looked up at the dark building 17, in which several windows still had lights on, wondering what these people were doing awake so late.

Wang Sheng, as the head of the detachment, could only smirk wryly at Jiang Yuan’s question, "I’m not an expert, but even experts wouldn’t guarantee that the building won’t collapse. It mainly depends on how much explosive material there is and whether the suspect has made preparations..."

Jiang Yuan nodded and asked, "Should we evacuate?"

The situation is unclear, and guessing is meaningless, but some actions are definitely useful. For example, evacuating could alert the suspect and lead to the direct detonation of the bomb... fɾēewebnσveℓ.com

However, this risk is worth taking. If successful, the biggest risk is actually resolved. Then, with a soft strategy, the police could even recruit the suspect. With a hard strategy, send a single officer inside to shoot directly. Or for a high-tech option, you could release poison smoke inside, and if necessary, use sonic weapons as well.

Wang Sheng had thought about this issue for a long time.

Now, when Jiang Yuan asked him, Wang Sheng finally made up his mind and said, "We’ll wait until 9 a.m. This community caters to essential housing needs, and most people living here, including the elderly like grandparents, will be going out in the morning to work or school. We’ll set up checkpoints around, temporarily take in anyone who comes out, and keep their mobile phones to prevent them from going back."

Wang Sheng said, "Although this might take a bit longer, it should be safer than knocking on each door to evacuate. At 4 a.m., knocking on doors to evacuate might take a long time, and could even lead to arguments. I think it’s better to focus on catching people."

Evacuating involves dealing with the public, not criminals. If they cooperate, it’s better; if not, it’s also challenging for police to operate.

In cases like this, knocking on doors risks alerting the suspect; not knocking...might also be illegal.

Jiang Yuan glanced at his watch, and there were still over four hours until 9 a.m.

"Should we evacuate at 9 a.m., keep watch, lure the suspect out, or is there another method?" Jiang Yuan came to the scene specifically to discuss plans and make decisions according to the situation on site.

If the occupancy rate of the scene is low or if the structure of the building differs, different decisions can be made on site. Even though Zhang Dinghui declared not to handle it indoors, with Song Tiancheng present, if a fairly unanimous opinion forms on-site, changing the strategy isn’t out of the question.

But given the current situation, the risk of going indoors is indeed high. If going indoors is feasible, but Zhang Dinghui disallows it, then another approach must be taken.

Squad Leader Wang Sheng hesitated at this moment and said, "According to our understanding, the suspect should be staying at home for long periods, but goes out to buy groceries every two to three days. By the time, he should be coming down soon."

"Tech surveillance?" asked Jiang Yuan.

"Yes," replied Wang Sheng.

"So if we just wait, he might not come down to buy groceries today," Jiang Yuan logically inferred, then asked, "At that time, will we choose to evacuate or continue to watch?"

Wang Sheng looked at Jiang Yuan and then inadvertently looked at Song Tiancheng, the barefoot immortal next to him, and couldn’t help but sigh, "This possibility does exist... Captain Jiang, your question is making me nervous."

Facing explosives, even as the squad leader, Wang Sheng really found it hard to decide.

"Let’s trick him into coming out," Jiang Yuan decided, taking responsibility, but he didn’t mind.

Wang Sheng asked, "If we trick, what reason do we use? Should the property management make the call?"

"Property management might not work, it could raise his alertness," Jiang Yuan shook his head and thought for a moment, "Our deception skills aren’t great, let’s ask our cybersecurity brothers about telecom fraud routines. We have a few hours; maybe bring a fake base station over and send him deceptive texts."