allonlinenovel Chapter 178 Trainee Detective 16
Chapter 178 Trainee Detective 16
Solving this case seems to have become his obsession. In the past two years, whenever he has free time, he will look at these case files over and over again.
Over time, he could tell who was who at a glance.
Xiang Ke scanned the height and weight on the size 44 shoe and then glanced at the size 45: "I suggest we check the size 45 again."
Upon hearing this, the others paused, asking, "Is there a problem?"
Xiang Ke nodded: "There is a slight characteristic of big feet wearing small shoes. Perhaps because the difference is not particularly large, the footprint detection overlooked this point at the time."
Naturally, everyone's gaze fell on the forensic investigator's face.
The forensic examiner took the image, but after a long pause, shook his head and said, "I still can't figure it out."
Just as some people score 130 on a test because that's all they can do, this veteran investigator has worked hard over the years, solved numerous cases, and even sent countless people to be reincarnated.
Just like some people who can only score 130 points no matter how hard they try, they simply lack the ability to score even one more point.
The veteran investigator was in this situation. He took off his glasses and sighed, "It's my inadequacy. If..."
"Alright, this isn't the time to discuss this." Director Gao interrupted his sigh with a chuckle, calmly saying, "Back then, we invited outside experts, and they all gave the same result. Don't blame yourself!"
The fact that a group of people who scored 130 or even 140 on the test got the questions wrong only proves that the test syllabus is too advanced.
If the top student who scored 150 comes out and solves the problem, you can't call the person who scored 130 a loser, otherwise who will study hard for you in the future?
Director Gao took a sip of water, pondered for a moment, and said, "Is Director Xiang sure? If so, we'll investigate according to this standard..."
"Wait a moment." Xiang Ke looked down at his phone, and after a short while, the screen lit up, and an old voice sounded: "Oh, busy man, why are you thinking of this retired old man? Aren't you going to solve cases anymore?"
Xiang Ke paused, glancing at Ling Yi. Seeing that she was still working diligently, he said succinctly, "I've put it on speakerphone."
In an instant, the person on the other end said in a deep, serious voice, "Is there something you need?"
"I sent you a picture, please take a look and see what size foot you are."
After he finished speaking, the person on the other end fell silent, clearly looking at the pictures he had sent.
After a moment, he laughed and said, "It's not typical big feet wearing small shoes. I calculated it to be size 45, 1.92 meters tall, 82 to 84 kilograms, and 20 years old."
The conference room was completely silent at that moment.
Shi Yi even held down his own bald head, afraid that it might suddenly grow hair and affect the old man's performance on the other side.
Xiang Ke nodded, and then heard the person on the other end continue, "This kind of topic shouldn't be difficult for you, so why are you asking me?"
"Insurance." Xiang Ke said in a deep voice, then added, "I'm still in a meeting. I'll go home to see you this weekend."
After that, he hung up the phone.
Ling Yi paused as she wrote, thinking about the old gentleman who had spoken... who seemed to be the original owner's master's thesis advisor.
Isn't that... quite a coincidence?
Xiang Ke placed the phone back on the table, and the moment the soft clinking sound rang out, everyone snapped back to reality and stared at him obediently.
"This is Mr. Xiang Yuanhai's judgment, which is basically consistent with my judgment. Do you all have any further questions?"
In an instant, everyone in the conference room shook their heads in unison.
This is the disciple of the master of footprint identification from back in the day. Back when the roads in China were bad and criminal suspects carelessly left their footprints next to corpses, that master sent at least eighty or a hundred people to reincarnation.
As his disciple, Mr. Xiang Yuanhai was also infamous.
How could they possibly question such expert appraisals?
In particular, when the older and newer generations of assassins can make the same conclusions without colluding.
The detectives, who are usually prone to questioning everything, were now behaving like obedient young people who listened attentively to whatever the teacher said.
“I…have a problem.” A young man raised his hand; it was the young detective who had been looking at the case file.
"please say."
“I specifically memorized the height and weight of all men who fit size 43 to 45, and there was no one who matched those measurements.”
Although everyone is taller now, people who are over 1.9 meters tall are still quite eye-catching. He could never forget such a person after watching him for two years.
“That means the investigation wasn’t thorough enough.” Director Gao tapped the table lightly and said in an unquestionable manner, “Now that the case has been reopened, we have to go through all the clues again, and do it more meticulously and thoroughly.”
“We will question the villagers who were questioned back then, and we will also investigate the suspects who were investigated back then and their relatives who were not investigated.”
"We need to review all the surveillance footage from back then!"
He slammed his hand on the table, his expression menacing: "I refuse to believe that we really can't find it!"
A resounding chorus of agreement echoed in the conference room.
Seeing this, Xiang Ke said directly, "The body and other physical evidence have already been carefully studied by the previous forensic doctor. I can probably finish reviewing them in about a day."
He paused for a moment, then said, "If there are no disagreements, I probably can't help you much technically."
Director Gao smiled broadly: "What are you saying! You've been a great help to us!"
Just those size 45 feet were enough to bring them back from their previous misguided path.
You're saying you weren't helpful? Aren't you just being modest?
Xiang Ke looked at him quietly and said, "What I mean is, if the investigation needs people, my team can also join."
Xiang Ke's team consisted of eight people, including himself. Although the number was small, each of them was very useful. They were all people he had earned from various places over the years through his crime-solving skills, and each of them had criminals under their command who had killed suspects.
In the past, they mostly assisted Xiang Ke in his work, doing technical and military tasks, and were rarely assigned to investigations.
Now that Xiang Ke has voluntarily handed over such a talent, how could Director Gao not be happy?
He grinned from ear to ear: "That's great! Our bureau needs someone like you to help us!"
Such a capable team already has cases scheduled until next year.
His ability to cut in line to solve the case has already made his colleagues envious.
Today, the deputy director of the neighboring bureau in charge of criminal investigation was being sarcastic with him, but who cares?
As long as the case is solved!
Yours is a backlog case, but mine isn't?
This is a heinous family annihilation case that claimed six lives!
If we can't get foreign aid, we'll keep waiting!
If you're bad at the game, practice more!
Looking at the team of thirty people that had been organized in a short period of time, Director Gao waved his hand with great enthusiasm: "Let's go!"