Chapter 6: Time Discrepancy
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On the other hand, at the East City Bureau.
Upon receiving a call from Bai Xingyu, Wu Kang, like a startled kitten, leaped from his chair as if its tail had been stepped on, upon hearing the first sentence from the other end.
"What did you say?!"
...
"The Captain is back? Where?!"
...
"Huayang Residential District?"
...
"I'll be there right away!!"
After hanging up the phone, Wu Kang tossed aside the case file and hurried towards the Huayang Residential District.
When he first met Li Ze, he was just a naive rookie officer.
Following Li Ze for so many years, he learned a lot.
Logical deduction, criminal psychology, forensic analysis...
From an obscure figure to now being the Deputy Captain of the East City Bureau's Criminal Investigation Team, he has always been behind Li Ze.
Li Ze was his guide, his teacher.
At the same time, he also respected the most.
It can be said that Li Ze's position in his heart is irreplaceable.
Due to Li Ze's disappearance, he even had an argument with Liu Changlin.
He was worried about Li Ze's safety.
In the end, in frustration, Liu Changlin gave him a sentence: "When it's safe, wait."
Since then, he understood that the other party should have gone to investigate a major case.
Time flew by, it's been three years.
He didn't expect the Captain to return today!
One can imagine how excited he must be feeling right now.
...
Huayang Residential District.
The crime scene.
Li Ze had long seen through Fu Xiaojun's thoughts.
After approaching and checking the body's temperature, he spoke, "The time of death was likely between 9:50 and 10:10."
Determining the time of death of a body is a complex skill.
Mainly, it relies on the body's condition, environmental temperature, physique, activity level, alcohol intake, and use of anesthetics to make an assessment.
Furthermore, if the death occurred a while ago, the level of digestion in the stomach and the growth patterns of plants around the body must also be considered.
But if the death occurred recently, the assessment could be made quickly based only on the body's condition, rigor mortis, lividity, body temperature, and others.
Assisted by the system, Li Ze's forensic skills had already reached an advanced level, so determining the time of death was not an issue.
Finishing his assessment, he looked towards the busy forensic investigator.
This forensic investigator was a young girl in her early twenties, with short hair and quite adorable.
Her mentor was the head of the East City Bureau's Forensic Science Department.
"Shirou."
Li Ze spoke.
Song Shirou nodded, "Captain, accurately confirmed."
"Where is your mentor?"
Li Ze asked.
Song Shirou smiled mischievously, "Busy with another case."
"Oh."
Li Ze didn't ask further and turned to Bai Xingyu, "What time was the alarm raised?"
Bai Xingyu immediately replied, "Half past nine."
Hearing this, Li Ze smiled and stood up, "Half past nine..."
"The person hadn't died yet, but someone had already made the call."
"When you all rushed here after the alarm, you coincidentally ran into the murderer fleeing the scene."
"Xiaojun, do you find something wrong here?"
Fu Xiaojun was stunned.
Not just him, but the other officers were also stunned.
The alarm was raised at half past nine.
But the death occurred after 9:50?
The person hadn't died, yet they received the alarm call?
It seemed a bit bizarre.
Was there something unknown hiding underneath all this?
Li Ze looked at Fu Xiaojun and continued, "Arresting people is correct."
"But leading the team personally to catch the suspect and leaving the mess at the scene for the forensic and medical teams to handle is not right."
"Inspecting the scene, conducting the post-mortem examination – as the leaders of the case, these are the first things we should do."
"Because many cases aren't as simple as you imagine."
"Understand?"
Fu Xiaojun felt somewhat ashamed.
At the same time, she witnessed Li Ze's abilities for the first time.
Finding a discrepancy in the time of death wasn't that simple.
Once the post-mortem results were out, any issues would be immediately apparent. But Li Ze's quick judgment of the time of death and pointing out her mistake made her convinced.
At least, she no longer felt that Li Ze had wrongly accused her.
As a captain, her failure to calmly command and thoroughly investigate the scene, leading to the discovery of suspicions in the case only now, was indeed her mistake.
"Captain!! Captain!!"
"Where's my captain?!!"
Just then, Wu Kang's voice echoed.
Before the echo faded, he rushed in.
Upon seeing Li Ze, Wu Kang's eyes lit up, his excited face flushed.
"Captain!!"
Wu Kang stepped forward, stood straight, and said, "Reporting to you, Captain Wu Kang!!"
Seeing Wu Kang, Li Ze smiled.
He patted Wu Kang on the shoulder and said, "Long time no see."
"Hehe." Wu Kang chuckled, "Captain, you've made me miss you so much!"
The surrounding officers looked at each other, stifling their laughter.
Normally, this Captain Wu was very serious and decisive.
Unexpectedly, upon seeing Captain Li, he was as happy as a child.
Right.
Those who knew about Wu Kang's relationship with Li Ze understood better.
After all, Wu Kang had been following Li Ze since joining the bureau, learning from him as a mentor and a friend.
Fu Xiaojun came back to her senses, glanced at Wu Kang, and said, "Sorry, Captain Li."
She expressed regret for her mistake.
Hearing the voice, Wu Kang turned around.
Seeing Fu Xiaojun looking guilty and cautious, he raised his eyebrows slightly.
This Fu Xiaojun...
What mistake did she make?
As vice-captains, there were inevitable conflicts at times.
Plus, Fu Xiaojun was quite proud, which made Wu Kang look down on her even more.
Now that the Captain was back.
Will she be honest now?
Stop pretending?
Still proud?
Your measly investigative skills straight from textbooks are like night and day compared to the Captain's!
Moreover, the Captain himself is the textbook!
Li Ze looked at Fu Xiaojun with a smile and said, "No worries, take it slow."
"The mistakes Wu Kang made in the past were much bigger than yours."
Originally, Wu Kang was feeling smug, ready to witness Fu Xiaojun's embarrassment.
Li Ze's words made his expression freeze, forcing a dry smile, "Captain, please don't expose my flaws..."
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