Criminal Investigation Notes Chapter 1

All creatures will kill, there seems to be no exception, but of all creatures, only humans kill for pleasureMark Twain.

During July, the weather was very hot in Huadu, especially toward noon.

The blazing sun was shining, while the tarmac was burning, accompanied by the distorted air.

It was lunch break, and the open space next to the sand factory was a bit calm. Occasionally, only the cicadas chirping in the trees could be heard. The insects seed to be tired which made the sound not too loud.

Five vigorous children brought the football and occupied the open space, driving the tranquility away.

Those children had just finished their final exams. They were like prisoners waiting for the judgnt while having the party before the result was out.

They were undergoing exuberance, thus regardless of how hot the weather was, they simply took off their shirt after running sweaty, venting all their nervousness and depression caused by the exam.

The tallest one among the children passed the ball with a little force, making the spinning football hit the scrap car parking beside them with a bang, followed by so noise.

The front windshield of the car had long been cracked. Such a blow made the tempered glass shatter, and the glass shards fell onto the front seat.

The children were stunned for a mont.

Brother Xuanwhat now? A skinny guy realized that they were in trouble, thus he looked back at the tall boy who had caused this with fear.

The tall boy was the oldest among them. His na was Yang Zixuan, and he was also the leader of this group of children.

Yang Zixuan glanced around, there were no others here except for the few of them.

He was no different from an adolescent boy. However, he wasnt yet aware of how complicated things were at this age. Yang Zixuan cald down, and said to the other children, Dont be afraid, its just a scrap car. The owner of the car is long gone, so well pick up the ball and go play elsewhere. After thinking about it, he added, You must not tell anyone about this!

The children quickly reached a tacit agreent and walked to the front of the car. This car was indeed old and worn out, layer after layer was covered with dust, and there was also a trace of it used to be drenched by the rain. The original color of the car had already faded away. The tender grass had even grown in so crevices, which added a little life to the old abandoned car.

The broken windshield allowed the children to see the inner part of the car. Although the inside was obsolete, it was far less ssy than the outside. Several seats were still clean. Yang Zixuan pointed to the thinnest kid. Grasshopper, we will carry you up, and you go inside to pick the ball.

The thinnest kid called Grasshopper nodded.

They quickly took advantage of the fact that the adults werent here and imdiately began to take action. Grasshopper was carried by several older children onto the front cover of the car and then he climbed neatly to the inside.

Be careful not to get scratched by the glass. Yang Zhixuan reminded him. The other children were a little nervous. If Grasshopper was injured, they might have to be responsible for this matter.

Grasshopper responded with a low voice. He lowered his body cautiously, and soon found the ball in the back seat.

Grasshoppers surprised voice could be heard from the car. Hey, there is a wooden box under the back seat of this car.

What box?

How can such an old car still have a wooden box?

Whats in the box?

The children began a lively discussion.

Grasshopper approached the box, his noise moved. This box is slightly big, and it sllsa bit strange He couldnt tell what it slled like, it was fetid but not so. It had a strange moldy sll. Yet again, it was covered by an unpleasant fragrance similar to the mothballs that his mother put in the wardrobe.

Grasshopper wanted to open the box. However, after shaking a few tis, it couldnt be opened. This box is locked

The scene in front of them greatly aroused the childrens curiosity. They felt as if they had discovered a treasure left by the owner.

Yang Zixuan made a quick decision. Lets take the box out and have a look.

The skinny guy beside him hesitated a little. Thisisnt good, right?

Its a scrap car without an owner anyway. I rember that this car has been placed here for several years already. Even if we take sothing away, no one will know. Yang Zixuan said, Besides, whats there to be afraid of, we only check it and put it back later.

Grasshopper wavered for a while. He first threw the football out before taking the box.

Yang Zixuan took the box. The skinny guy and the others pulled Grasshopper out again.

As his na suggested, Grasshopper was like a flexible insect. He jumped off the front cover of the car lightly.

Yang Zixuan looked down at the thing in his hand. It was a heavy wooden box. It appeared larger than the wooden box that contained top-grade red wine, and there was a small lock on it as well.

Yang Zixuan also noticed the strange sll of the box. He shook it, and so white powder leaked out from the crack of the wood.

Its not thatthing, is it? A kid asked timidly.

It doesnt look like it Yang Zixuan shook his head. He had seen it on TV, that type of thing was very soft, but the white powder in front of him was a bit rough, reflecting under the sunlight, like so kind of chemical reagent.

Brother Xuan, just forget it and put the box back. We should go. The skinny guy felt that the box was strange, and whispered, Im a bit scared.

What a coward! There cant be a ghost inside. Can it have the ability to eat you? Yang Zixuan was unwilling to give up. He picked up the rock from the side and smashed against the lock a few tis.

The wooden box couldnt withstand the weight, and after a click, it quickly unlocked. Yang Zixuan hurriedly reached out to open it. Then, he couldnt help covering his nose when a stronger sll wafted out.

The other children leaned over and showed so disappointnt. The box was filled with white powder, they didnt know what chemical product it was.

I thought it was a valuable thing! Yang Zixuan felt like he had lost face. He threw the box onto the ground and kicked it.

The box overturned, revealing sothing from the white cover.

There seems to be sothing inside Grasshopper said with a frown. He stretched out his hand daringly and pulled out a long-shaped thing. It was long and soft to touch, there was a nail on it as well

Yang Zixuan also crouched down and pulled the white cover away. At this mont, all the children finally saw the thing clearly.

Covered by white foam, it was a pair of hands. To be precise, this was a pair of overlapping pale human hands, which looked like a Halloween horror prop, but no prop could be this real

Although the cut part no longer bled. The flesh and bone at the edge of it could still be seen.

Ah, ah, ah!!!!!!!

Oh my God!!!!

The children scread in horror, they all fled from the scene.

Half a minute later, the pale-faced Yang Zixuan ran back bravely from the other side of the road, stretching out his foot and picking up the forgotten football.

An unexpected discovery broke the calmness of the sumr afternoon.

The childrens parents quickly called the police. Such a case had attracted the attention of the sub-bureau. Afterward, the captain of the Sub-Bureau led the team to investigate the scene, then they quickly judged that the case was unable to solve and applied for the Major Cri Units assistance as soon as possible.

Several police officers from the Sub-Bureau set up the police cordon and waited for the mber from the Major Cri Unit of the General Bureau so they could hand over the case and the hot potatoes could also be thrown out by then.

Under the bright and blistering sun, several scrap cars were singeing without a place to shelter. If one stayed a little longer, one would probably get heatstroke.

Two police officers were sent to wait at the scene. There was nothing to see at the scene, the people in the neighborhood felt terrible and unlucky when they heard about the incident. Not even a person could be seen within a hundred ters, they all hid a hundred thousand miles away.

The two policen were bored. They squatted not far away and chatted, one was the young intern police officer that had just graduated, while the other was the grassroots criminal police who had been bold for ten years. There was a clear generation gap in the gossip.

The old policeman lit a cigarette and opened his mouth first. I didnt expect its not peaceful recently.

The little policeman had never seen much about the world. Yes, I dont know who did it. I already feel a chill in my heart just by looking at the hands. Has the forensic doctor of our Sub-Bureau co and check it?

Done checking it but didnt dare to move, saying its a womans hands. The physical inspector also ca. Although its a scrap car, its very clean. There are few fingerprints, yet its later found that the fingerprints are left by the children who found the scene. I think when the people from the General Bureau arrive, they will have to check everything again.

The little policeman was stunned. Its a female victim again? Several major cases have been about female victims recently.

The old policeman was not surprised. There are more female victims and more male criminals. The ratio of male and female is more and more out of balance.

The little policeman beca worried. This case is quite difficult then. There is no na written on the cut hands, and the identity of the victim cant be confird either. No wonder the captain imdiately called the Major Cri Unit to co when he saw the scene.

The old policeman took a breath of cigarette in his hand. Ive checked this case. Maybe the Major Cri Unit is unable to solve it.

Hearing this, the little policeman couldnt help saying a few words, Thats not necessarily true. I heard my senior brother say Captain Lu of the Major Cri Unit is young and he has also returned from abroad. He is smart. Many major cases were solved by him as soon as he was promoted. A lot of old leaders in the Bureau like him very much and they all focus on cultivating him. The little policeman argued, and then added, I heard hes quite handso.

The key to being police is that you can solve the case. There is no use in being handso. The old policeman didnt seem to hear the good things[1]. And about those foreign techniques? It might not be able to adapt to the new environnt.

[1] The original sentence in here is =The Moon seems rounder in foreign lands. This is a popular sentence on the internet in so peoples minds, which they used to describe a certain beautiful, exquisite, and perfect thing about abroad. So here, the little policeman talked about Lu Junchi who used to live abroad, which LJCs knowledge and skills can be considered as perfect things abroad. And I didnt know how to insert this sentence since it doesnt make sense so I will just go with good things.

The little policeman felt his concept was getting old. The criminal has never distinguished the border between the country. Even if the technology is not in place, the idea is the sa, such as the criminal psychology portrait is excellent from abroad.

The old policeman said, Foreign thods may not be easy to use. Take a look at our General Bureau. A few years ago, it was really difficult to create the Behavior Analysis Team, yet the team was disbanded after two years.

While the two were talking, a tall and thin curly-haired young man walked over from the opposite side to greet them.

The two policen hurriedly stood up. The old policeman had just talked about people behind their backs. At this mont, he felt a little guilty. He thought to himself, this person shouldnt be Captain Lu, right? He looks too small.

The young man introduced himself. Are you from the Sub-Bureau? Im Qiao Ze from the Major Cri Unit.

Just as the old police breathed a sigh of relief, Qiao Ze frowned and said, Pinch off the cigarette, this is the scene. Then his eyes swept around the surroundings. Where is your captain? Is he here?

When the two policen heard this, they thought, as expected of the people from the Major Cri Unit.

However, as the saying goes, the first-level official could crush people to death, and the Sub-Bureau felt like they were half a head shorter than the General Bureau, not to ntion the other party was from the Major Cri Unit. Our captain went to investigate, Ill text him to co back right away:

Huadu, also known as Flower City, was a city with a population of 25 million people.

There were a total of nine police districts in Huadu, and the highest was the General Bureau. The Major Cri Unit in the Criminal Police Departnt of the General Bureau often dealt with cases that had very few clues.

At this ti, the captain of the Major Cri Unit, Lu Junchi, also arrived at the scene. He parked the car in the parking lot not far and then walked over.

When Lu Junchi walked out of the parking lot, he could already see the police cordon that had been put in the distance, thus he quickly walked through the open space next to the sand factory.

This open space was once used by the sand factory to store the sandy soil. In order to separate from the surrounding space, there was a periter wall at the end of the open space.

There was more than one old car here, and the childrens football hit the oldest one among them.

Lu Juchi watched from afar for a mont, before he hurriedly approached.

The case checked by the sub-bureau would be checked again according to the process after receiving it to ensure that there would be no mistake.

Lu Junchi nodded at the police slightly, lifted the police cordon, and walked through the crowd.

Next to the scrap car was a clean young man in his early twenties, holding a notebook, while complaining rcilessly about the criminal police captain of the Sub-Bureau. That person was the youngest police investigator in the Major Cri UnitQiao Ze.

If this happens again next ti, after receiving the report about the situation, just wait for us to arrive and handle it in a low-key way. Look, several people have co here, and you have also visited around, which simply makes things known to everyone. If it hadnt been discovered by the network monitor, it would have been on the hot search by now Qiao Ze spoke quickly and pointed to his mobile phone.

The old criminal police captain of the Sub-Bureau was getting older and rarely used his mobile phone. He was a little confused by what the other party had said, hence he stared at it intently. The phone in the young mans hand had opened a software interface that he had never seen before.

The old captain apologized lightly, We will definitely strengthen our network monitor in the future

Qiao Ze put away his mobile phone and sighed, feeling that he and the old captain werent in the sa thinking at all. This is not the key point! The murderer had put things here, and also create the antiseptic. Maybe he will co back to check. Originally, after finishing investigating the scene, we can arrange the monitor and wait for the opportunity. And if you make a fuss, the murderer will not co.

Qiao Ze! As the words ca to this point, Lu Junchi called the young mans na in a low voice, reminding him to show so rcy to the old captain.

The young man turned around and imdiately understood. He turned back, no longer fired the gun, and said to the old policeman, Captain Zhang, if you notice sothing wrong next ti after investigating, then protect the scene and contact our Major Cri Unit as soon as possible

After saying this, Qiao Ze ran to Lu Junchis side and put on an assistant-like expression. Captain.

Lu Junchi made a sound as a response. He was tall and stood under the sun with a stern face, wearing only a simple shirt. The collar was unbuttoned, revealing a little skin.

Lu Junchi, as his na suggested, was very handso, with bright clear eyes, and a straight nose. However, his type of handsoness appeared to be a bit aggressive, but whenever he communicated, people would always feel that he was gentle, ticulous, and patient.

Lu Junchi was wearing a dark color shirt today. In this sumr when the heat gradually subsided, the dark color would absorb heat. But the temperature around him was sowhat lower.

Since the car industry changed human history, there have been so scrap cars in every city. They were placed alone sowhere in the city, like the solitary grave of a small car.

Those old cars were abandoned by their owners for various reasons: old, breakdown, car accident, the cars owner encountered a mishap.

Once the disposal of a scrap car exceeds its value, abandoning it becos the only option. There were very few people willing to repair the scrap car. Therefore, many scrap cars were parked on the side of the road, and none of the people would pay attention to them.

Lu Junchi looked at the scrap car, stretching out his hand, rolled up his sleeves to his elbow, put on the gloves, and asked, Has the case been handed over?

Qiao Ze said, The box was found by a few children playing football. They were frightened and the scene was not well protected. After that, the police recorded those childrens statents. This scrap car had been parked here for at least five years, the box was originally placed under the back seat of the car, and they took it out of curiosity, but they didnt expect to discover a pair of hands after opening it

Lu Junchi turned his head, looking at the two hands that had been stored into different bags by the forensic doctor, separated by a layer of plastic film. It could be seen that the fingers were long and slender. The fingerprints and the palm line were quite clear.

It was a pair of a womans hands, which had apparently been chopped off for so ti, and had co into contact with the antiseptic, showing a pale gray color.

The hands were motionless and vivid, like a fine work of art.

It was clearly sothing that people had and could be seen everywhere, but now it was evidently strange which could make everyone terrified. The hands were separated from the body by a knife. One could feel pain only by looking at it. Additionally, it also appeared in the place where it shouldnt be.

Who was the owner of these hands?

Who was the murderer that had hard her so far?

Have you found anything else? Lu Junchi took off the gloves and checked the scene to figure out the situation.

Qiao Ze shook his head. Only a few fingerprints and footprints of the kid are found in the car. There isnt any useful trace left on the box. It is estimated that we will have to wait for the further examination results.

Lu Junchi frowned slightly. It sounded like the scene where the hands had been discovered was too clean. There wasnt even a sign of looking over again. Did the murderer just put the hands there?

The current priority was to determine the identity of the deceased, but there was very little information that the hands could provide.

There was a sea of people and missing people in the city. Just relying on this pair of hands, fingerprints, blood type, DNA, and scar analysis wasnt enough to confirm the identity of the deceased.

Qiao Ze continued to report, Right, Ive already asked soone to check the identity of this scrap car owner.

These hands are definitely not left by the car owner. No murderer would put their own masterpiece in the car. Lu Junchi suddenly rembered sothing, he turned around, and said to Qiao Ze, Apply for the Sub-Bureau to transfer so police force, and look for scrap cars in the city as well as the similar box in the car.

There were thousands of scrap cars in this city, and Lu Junchi had a hunch that maybe other cars would also have analogous information.

Qiao Ze got the captains order and hurriedly responded, Yes!