CHAPTER 305: CHAPTER 194: FROM CASTING A WIDE NET TO TARGETED ELIMINATION

Upon hearing Jiang An’s suggestion, Zhang Yean and Wan exchanged glances.

This idea sounded a bit bizarre!

Two minutes ago, the scene of the abandoned office building was still floating in their minds.

How did it suddenly turn into looking for a man in black on a motorcycle?

Wan’s lips twitched, "Junior, your thinking is a bit far out!"

Jiang An stood up, "Sometimes solving a case means taking the unconventional route."

Twenty minutes later, the three arrived at the local traffic management bureau.

After presenting their credentials and explaining their purpose, the staff agreed to the query.

"What route’s surveillance do you want to check?"

Jiang An asked, "From the pedestrian street to the entrance of the college district, how many routes are there in total?"

"Four routes!"

At this moment, Jiang An’s mind flashed to Zhang Biao’s license plate.

"Can this monitoring system be queried by license plate?"

The staff shook his head, "Currently, our monitoring system doesn’t have this function."

"That’s okay!"

"We’ll use the most basic method for investigation!"

Immediately, Jiang An asked, "Do you have spare computers here? We can access the surveillance video ourselves."

The staff pointed to the right, "That computer is temporarily available."

"Great! Thank you!"

Following this, the three sat in front of the computer, accessing the local road surveillance system.

Meanwhile.

Mr. He was leading a team to conduct personnel checks at the abandoned office building.

One of the elderly officers asked, "Mr. He, checking the records for over four thousand people isn’t a small task."

Mr. He glanced at the roster and sighed.

"Indeed!"

"The task this time is very challenging!"

The senior officer looked at the roster, his brows furrowed deeply, "This needle-in-a-haystack investigation method is time-consuming and strenuous, and it’s not necessarily effective."

Mr. He replied, "Currently, we can basically confirm the suspect worked in this building."

"Now, this case has once again hit a dead end, and the higher leadership is constantly watching, so Mr. Zhang is under a lot of pressure."

As he spoke, Mr. He flipped through the roster in his hand.

He smiled, "But fortunately, the suspect’s gender has been identified."

"From male to female, our workload has reduced by two-thirds."

"Otherwise, the workload would have been too large."

"Mr. He, even though the workload is reduced by two-thirds,"

"there are still three to four thousand people that need further checking."

"Following our traditional investigation methods, if we want a comprehensive and thorough investigation of these people, it could take ten to half a month without detailed results."

After a moment of thought, Mr. He said, "I suggest we prioritize checking local personnel first, and continuously expand the range."

The officers around also sighed heavily.

At this time, Mr. Zhang’s meeting had ended.

He exited the hall and headed straight to the Criminal Investigation Bureau office.

However, upon entering the office, he glanced around and found it empty.

Mr. Zhang found it strange!

Before the meeting, he clearly remembered asking them to wait for him in the office.

How did they suddenly disappear?

After thinking briefly, Mr. Zhang assumed the three might have just arrived in the provincial city and went out for a stroll.

Following this, Mr. Zhang returned to his office, planning to review the documents on his desk.

However, after opening two materials, he found himself unable to focus on revisions.

His mind was occupied by the homicide case.

Before the meeting, he had arranged for two teams to conduct external investigations.

One team was investigating employees who used to work within the office building.

The other team was checking college district surveillance, looking for the whereabouts of the man in black.

Although he had arranged these two directions himself.

However.

Upon reflection, the investigation challenges were not small.

On one hand, the number of female employees in the office building was very large, making a thorough investigation difficult.

On the other hand, without sufficient evidence and direction, or even lacking suspect characteristics.

Blindly investigating might very likely allow the suspect to slip through the cracks.

Thinking about this made him very frustrated.

This case had troubled him for over two months.

During these two months, he had been named multiple times in leadership meetings to report on the case handling.

But each time, the response was almost identical, with no significant progress.

With this in mind, Zhang Feng’s mind suddenly conjured the image of Jiang An.

It must be said that since Jiang An came, he found a breakthrough for this case, and the results were immediate.

Originally, there were two different opinions regarding this case, but now everyone reached a consensus.

Everyone believed the entire death process involved two stages.

The first stage was death from a high fall.

The second stage was a landing from a traffic accident.

Thinking about this, Mr. Zhang stood up and set down the materials in his hand.

He lit a cigarette and walked to the window, looking out.

This was his usual reactive behavior whenever he faced pressure.

Mr. Zhang had solved many cases before.

But never had a case been this complex to solve.

This case investigation had lasted over two months.

Yet the suspect still remained at large.

Just as Mr. Zhang wore a troubled expression, Jiang An, Zhang Yean, and Wan were staring at the screen intently.

First, Jiang An found a schematic diagram of the pedestrian street.

He preliminarily mapped out the possible directions of vehicle movement after leaving the pedestrian street.