National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 964 - 900: Flying to Dama

Zhang Dinghui struggled out of his cocoon-like wrap, propped up his upper body from the head of the bed, and with some difficulty, turned over to pick up the handset of the landline: "Hello."

"We’ve got a confession." Director Deng Jiabin said excitedly: "The suspect has confessed to the entire crime process, identified the locations, and we’ve also found the motorcycle used in the crime and the remaining explosives. The suspect had over ten kilograms of explosives stored in two locations, and we’ve found all of them..."

Within a few sentences, Deng Jiabin relayed the main details of the case, which could be said to be very efficient.

Zhang Dinghui glanced at his watch, the hands indicating just past 3:30, which pulled his EQ down to rock bottom, and he simply said: "Good work. Report to my office tomorrow morning."

"Yes." Deng Jiabin hurriedly responded.

Zhang Dinghui hung up the phone immediately, then paused to gather his thoughts before cocooning himself back under the covers.

The person next to him asked, "Who was it, calling so late?"

"Some idiot. Let’s sleep." Zhang Dinghui patted her and turned over, beginning to snore.

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Jiang Yuan went to bed after 10pm. Interrogation wasn’t his role, staying up until this hour was mainly because he had spent a little extra time on his phone.

He slept until noon, then got up to a sunny day with a clear, serene sky and a light breeze, with only three kilometers’ worth of worldly obstructions drifting above.

"Is Captain Jiang up yet?" There was a gentle noise outside the door.

"I’m up." Jiang Yuan turned to get out of bed, dressed in pajamas, and saw a group of people already sitting in the living room, cracking sunflower seeds in casual clothes.

"Captain Jiang, Mei Yang City is planning to throw a celebration for us," Wang Chuanxing stood up to brief Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan suddenly realized: "A celebration already? That was quick."

"Yes, they are saying there should be a press conference to reassure the public," Wang Chuanxing said with a smile, adding, "Director Song is preparing to return, so they probably want to hold it before Director Song leaves."

"What time?"

"In another two hours, just the right time. Take a shower, change clothes, and we’ll set off."

Jiang Yuan nodded: "Okay. That’s pretty efficient."

Wang Chuanxing: "Indeed. There will be quite a few journalists, and I heard there will be live streaming on the internet as well."

Mu Zhiyang commented: "A city that sets off explosions whenever it pleases sure has something in its culture."

This joke successfully amused everyone in the living room, who praised Mei Yang City as a place of outstanding individuals and remarkable spirit, where actions are decisive and executed with gusto.

Jiang Yuan changed into his regular clothes and then took a car to the Mei Yang City Bureau.

Leading the motorcade were police vehicles, followed by a Beijing-licensed Audi A6 that exuded warmth and comfort.

Huang Qiangmin sat in the backseat with Jiang Yuan, chatting casually, when Huang Qiangmin stretched, placed a PAD in the middle, and said: "After the celebration, we can head back. How do you feel about Mei Yang City? Want to continue working on cases here, or switch to another city?"

"Are there any more cases in Mei Yang City?"

"There aren’t any particularly special cases currently, but there are always quite a few unsolved ones..."

"If there aren’t any special cases, then let’s switch cities," Jiang Yuan said. "Mei Yang City’s criminal division is not bad in terms of technique, and the forensic doctors are also competent. They might not really need me."

For an investigative officer like Jiang Yuan, who comes from a criminal investigation background, if he is to work on current cases, he prefers that the supporting criminal police have as high a level of skill as possible, especially for canvassing, investigating, and making arrests—it’s best to have a team that’s experienced, physically capable, sharp, and proactive.

However, if it’s to work on unsolved cases, the local criminal investigators’ skill level can’t be too high. If it’s too high, Jiang Yuan won’t find anything new in a second investigation. The same goes if the skill level is too low.

Huang Qiangmin had heard similar sentiments from Jiang Yuan before and naturally nodded, saying: "Then I suggest going to Dama or Beijing. I’ll see what cases have come up in both places recently."

Soon, Huang Qiangmin passed summaries of cases from both areas to Jiang Yuan.

The cases from Beijing were all Zhengguang Bureau’s cases, just half a page long with no homicide cases, focusing mostly on older unsolved ones. It wasn’t because the Zhengguang Bureau’s jurisdiction had no homicide cases, but ordinary homicides were something they could handle on their own, and thus wouldn’t pile up.

Dama had more cases to offer, with even the index taking up half a page, including 17 homicides. Of course, these were cases from the entire capital of Dama, the collaborative results of tens of millions of people.

"This way, it looks like Dama has a series of serial killings," Huang Qiangmin pointed out the top-case to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan glanced at the document in his hand and quickly identified the key points: "Four middle-aged female prostitutes were raped and murdered, all killed by blunt force in the wilderness. There were rocks, iron rods..."

"It’s not easy to solve this kind of case. It almost certainly was a random killing by a sexually perverse murderer," said Huang Qiangmin, a veteran of the criminal police brigade with twenty years of service and over thirty years as a policeman. He had seen all sorts of criminal cases, especially in Ningtai County during the nineties where it wasn’t an exaggeration to say everyone had been robbed.

Therefore, when the keywords of the Dama case were mentioned, Huang Qiangmin formed an initial judgment. If it were his own case, sending a few people to investigate would clear things up quickly.

Jiang Yuan briefly reviewed the details of the cases and said, "It’s probably a sexually violent killer. The advantage is that we still have the bodies, the fourth case happened just a few days ago, and the killer left DNA behind. To work on this case, it would be best to fly over tonight. Or have Jacob do a second autopsy via live stream."

Jiang Yuan liked Dama’s forensic doctor Jacob and found him very easy to work with. Additionally, there was another unfinished task in Dama, but there was no hurry for that. That task required over a hundred of Dama’s colleagues to acknowledge Jiang Yuan as a detective of extraordinary ability, which certainly couldn’t be rushed.

Following Jiang Yuan’s train of thought, Huang Qiangmin said, "That’s simple. I’ll contact them first, make sure of their... financial situation, and then ask them to send a government plane to pick us up. When working abroad, there’s no need to be courteous with them. Right, we also need to contact the Ministry and the embassy, which is quite troublesome, but it really needs their full cooperation."

"Active cooperation from the other side is essential. Leave it to you," Jiang Yuan agreed with Huang Qiangmin’s idea. When he goes abroad, it’s to work on criminal cases, which are the most intense conflicts next to war.

The conflicts of everyday life among families, with colleagues and bosses at the company, so-called business or financial warfare, or matters of love and affairs, pale in comparison to the intensity of criminal cases.

Without the support of the national authorities, working on criminal cases is like gambling with one’s life.

So, if the Dama side doesn’t need Jiang Yuan to solve the case, he’s not interested in participating.

The level of Dama’s need could be inferred from the... financial compensation they were willing to provide.

Celebration party.

The sound of gongs and drums filled the air.

Press conference.

Flags fluttered in the breeze.

Banquet.

Firecrackers rang out in unison.

After participating in the whole process, Song Tiancheng and Jiang Yuan both declined further invitations and headed to the airport together.

Director Deng Jiabin, unwilling to let them go, arranged a Coaster to accompany them to the airport.

Song Tiancheng politely said, "You really didn’t have to. We could’ve just taken a taxi by ourselves."

"It’s fine, I’ll take you directly to the plane," Deng Jiabin replied with a smile. "The leaders have worked hard all day, this is the least I can do."

Song Tiancheng then smiled and said, "Well then, trouble you. Xiao Li, jot down the flight number."

Xiao Li smiled and responded.

Deng Jiabin took the note and then turned to Jiang Yuan, asking, "Captain Jiang, which flight are you taking?"

"I’m flying to Dama tonight. The Dama Police Station has sent a government plane to pick me up," Jiang Yuan admitted frankly.

Deng Jiabin fell silent for a moment: "A government plane flying directly to Dama? The Dama Police Bureau must be quite wealthy."

"It was a condition negotiated by Commissioner Huang before. It’s also to save our time, so we use government planes for the shuttle," Jiang Yuan replied modestly.

Feeling somewhat self-conscious, Deng Jiabin then turned to Song Tiancheng and joked, "We’re taking advantage this time."

Song Tiancheng laughed and added, "That’s why it’s so important to value talent. Jiang Yuan’s worth is recognized by the people of Dama. This time, we owe a lot to Jiang Yuan’s investigation and judgment, for averting a disaster..."

"This really is..." Deng Jiabin eagerly joined in praising Jiang Yuan.

The Coaster, according to schedule, first dropped off Jiang Yuan and the others at the government plane terminal, watching as Jiang Yuan and about a dozen people entered, cleared security, and boarded the plane.

Deng Jiabin clicked his tongue and remarked, "Flying just once must cost hundreds of thousands, doesn’t round-trip amount to millions?"

"A small government plane is hundreds of thousands, with so many people, one trip for Jiang Yuan would be at least a million. The cost per person is tens of thousands," said Song Tiancheng before turning to Xiao Li beside him, "Write this story later, at least for internal promotion."

"Is it appropriate to publicize this...?" Xiao Li asked tentatively.

Song Tiancheng nodded, "We need to show the extent of support we provide when we assist in other places. Just look at the conditions offered by the Dama Police Bureau, it speaks volumes. Of course, we don’t expect them to provide the exact same conditions, but they should know the benefits they’ve received from us, right?"