National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 1171 - 1101 Piling Up Information

"Report. The first batch of data sent over by Cybersecurity." A young detective entered the room and saluted Jian Louyuan. freeweɓnovēl.coɱ

Jian Louyuan handed it over to Liu Jinghui and said, "Director Liu, you take a look first."

"Alright." Liu Jinghui took the documents, turned his head, and shouted, "Jiang Yuan, you want to take a look?"

"You look at it... it’s enough... for me. I don’t... understand this kind of stuff either." Jiang Yuan was being treated by a doctor in the massage department at Lanyue City Central Hospital, feeling too comfortable to move, and speaking in a relaxed manner.

Liu Jinghui had tried it before, and at this moment, he found Jiang Yuan’s voice rather pleasing, and said cheerfully, "Then I’ll have a look first."

Beside them, Huang Qiangmin was also being handled by another massage doctor and grunted twice, commenting, "Old Dai sure is quick."

"That’s why he is the squad leader." Liu Jinghui laughed and went to review the documents.

Interdepartmental coordination always takes quite some time. Many cases are elevated for investigation, partly to reduce personnel entanglements and partly because it is easier to mobilize internal resources for coordinated efforts.

If it were a criminal case handled by a police station, when they wanted assistance from Cybersecurity or Technical Investigation, they would mostly have to wait quietly. What they usually receive is a final report, not like the current situation, where they’ve received a mid-term report indicating it’s the first batch of data.

Jiang Yuan lay there enjoying the massage, not in a hurry to get up.

Lately, he’s been working overnight shifts (Level 2) frequently, and he was feeling a bit tired.

On another note, the technical processing of the latest East Creek Lake burned body case was nearly completed. Jiang Yuan had already used his temporary +1 skill for 406 minutes today, and the remaining Level 3 Forensic Anthropology skill, although still among the top nationwide, was no longer sufficient to make decisive contributions to the analysis of the fractured burned bone remains.

Now it was up to Liu Jinghui to utilize the limited information provided by Jiang Yuan.

In the afternoon, Cybersecurity sent over the second batch of data, and Technical Investigation also provided a report through internal channels, delivering another report by dinner time.

Liu Jinghui nibbled on coffee, tucked in a corner, reading book by book. Occasionally pausing to ponder, he had a somewhat British flair in his appearance while thinking.

Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team police officers were busy with their respective tasks, occasionally glancing at Liu Jinghui.

Tang Jia organized a large pile of evidence and wrote a few thousand-word explanation, then looked at Liu Jinghui and wished she were the one lying on the single-seat sofa. She couldn’t help but say, "If reading alone could solve the case, Director Liu’s look really has the detective vibe."

"Director Liu’s age, appearance, and this aura are all heading towards being a detective." Shen Yaowei sipped tea and commented, "If he cracks the case, it would be quite impressive, wouldn’t it?"

Tang Jia glared at Shen Yaowei, "Director Liu often solves cases. The kind where he cracks them independently."

"When he solves cases independently, it’s neither relaxed nor carries this vibe." Shen Yaowei laughed, "You didn’t see Director Liu wearing the same clothes from a week ago, looking scruffy and smelling bad. If there were anything detective-like, it would be the rustic type."

Tang Jia couldn’t help but chuckle at the thought, then quickly composed herself realizing it was not serious.

Shen Yaowei said, "Why don’t you talk to Captain Jian again, have him communicate with the neighboring province. Yes, he is better at communicating at the city level than the provincial level. Collect all the missing persons’ data and have Cybersecurity and Technical Investigation scan them again. They shouldn’t be idling."

Tang Jia paused, "Should I ask Captain Jiang?"

"Captain Jiang is getting a massage. Besides, for such small matters, there’s no need for Captain Jiang. Even if we weren’t involved, if Jian Louyuan handled this case himself, he would undoubtedly reach this stage. Couldn’t identify the missing persons within the province, so would inevitably look outside the province subsequently." Shen Yaowei said confidently.

Tang Jia hesitated for two seconds, "But previously, Captain Jian asked Captain Jiang if they should expand the search nationwide, and Captain Jiang refused."

"So let’s first check the Lin City area. Expanding nationwide is a big move, but for them, coordinating with neighboring provinces often goes through departmental coordination, and when involving departments, it’s often better to gather more data—whether one or thirty sheep—otherwise, failing to find results in one batch would exhaust people with further coordination requests and annoy them."

"Isn’t the few city range too small?"

"Jian Louyuan has this capability. As a team leader within the provincial Criminal Police Brigade, when investigating cases that need looking outside the province, he certainly starts with nearby cities. He can’t start by reaching out to the provincial department, that’s what Dai Mingsheng is entitled to do."

"Shouldn’t we directly look for Dai Zhi?"

"Do we have the authority to seek Dai Zhi? That still requires Captain Jiang to ask." Shen Yaowei sighed, "Don’t overthink it, I’m just noticing Captain Jian’s team idle, and we’re giving them some work. It wouldn’t be wasted since the province couldn’t match anyone; ultimately, we will check the neighboring provinces. Whether it’s expanding to the nationwide scale or checking the neighboring provinces, beginning with the nearby cities is logical, giving Captain Jiang more convincing arguments when he makes the call."

Tang Jia wasn’t sure if it would be more convincing, but she genuinely was persuaded. Just as she stood up heading to Jian Louyuan, she looked back at Shen Yaowei puzzled, "Why don’t you go directly to Captain Jian?"

"You’re more influential in discussions than I am. Even pulling rank, you do it better than I do, so hurry up and go." Shen Yaowei urged.

"Which cities should be checked in the Lin City area?"

"No need for us to say, Captain Jian knows the area better than we do," Shen Yaowei smiled, "They routinely investigate so many cases, for instance, which cities they check for homicide, for theft, for abductions, they know better."

Tang Jia saw Shen Yaowei genuinely held an idea, thus turned to find Jian Louyuan.

Indeed, as Shen Yaowei said, after hearing Tang Jia’s request, Jian Louyuan wasted no time in arranging things, knowing it wasn’t Jiang Yuan’s order.

At roughly the same time, Liu Jinghui finished reviewing the final batch of data sent by Cybersecurity and Technical Investigation.

Liu Jinghui approached Jiang Yuan, saying, "According to our current thought process, it is very likely that neither of the two victims is from this province. At least one of them isn’t."

"Should we expand the search area?" Jiang Yuan asked Liu Jinghui.

Liu Jinghui pondered, "Expanding the search area would create a big commotion. Additionally, if someone isn’t from the province, it’s hard to determine which city or province they’re from. They could be tourists from another province or someone who decided to come here temporarily for work or business. If there’s any oversight when registering the missing persons case, our results here would become inaccurate."

"Then let’s expand the search nationwide." Jiang Yuan anticipated this. Nowadays, people move around frequently, hoping they are both from the province is pretty much taking a chance.

Liu Jinghui slowly nodded, "This equates to a nationwide investigation through Technical Investigation, but rather than expanding step by step, doing it all at once is also a good choice."

"Alright, I’ll call Cui Xiaohu." Jiang Yuan had done enough work for the Ministry, even going abroad for cases. Requesting coordination for a nationwide investigation was indeed a reasonable request.