I Sent You to Take the College Entrance Exam, and You Ended Up Solving a Murder Case?! - Chapter 23

“Captain…” Wu Che’s voice was a little hoarse, “Are you serious?”

This is not just a matter of geographical proximity, but also a blatant disregard for the entire Chengdu police force.

If Fan Xiaotian really is hiding here, then the past year…

Doesn’t he spend every day behind the window, drinking tea and watching the police running around trying to catch him?

“I never joke.”

Chen Mo withdrew his finger and turned to face the crowd.

“Think about it, what kind of people are most easily overlooked?”

Chen Mo did not give a direct answer, but instead posed a question.

Qiao Zhoucheng frowned in thought: “Delivery drivers? Couriers? They shuttle through the streets and alleys every day, their numbers are huge.”

Lu Hui immediately added, “And then there are sanitation workers. They work from dawn till dusk, but we rarely pay attention to them.”

“That’s all right, but it’s not enough.” Chen Mo shook his head.

“These professions all require identity registration and have fixed areas and times of activity.”

“Fan Xiaotian is very smart; he wouldn’t choose an identity that leaves a trace.”

Chen Mo’s gaze slowly swept across the conference room, finally settling on Jiang Xiaomiao, the only female team member.

“Xiao Miao, tell me what you think.”

Jiang Xiaomiao paused for a moment, then adjusted her black-rimmed glasses and began to think seriously.

“If it were me, I would choose… an identity that everyone avoids like the plague, one that no one would even want to look at twice.”

Her voice wasn’t loud, but it was very clear.

“A person who has no identity, no past, and no future.”

Everyone understood what she meant.

A smile of approval appeared on Chen Mo’s lips.

“That’s right.”

He picked up a marker and wrote three more words heavily next to the word “arrogance” on the whiteboard.

“Scavenger”.

Wu Che and the others were struck dumb, and suddenly everything became clear!

yes!

Scavenger!

They have no fixed abode and wander in every corner of the city.

They were filthy, their hair was disheveled, and their faces were always covered in mud.

Let alone recognizing their appearance, most people wouldn’t even give them a second glance.

They were pushing a broken cart piled high with junk, which served as their best cover.

Who would bother to question a stinking homeless man?

Who would have thought that an A-level wanted criminal would disguise himself as a scavenger from the lowest rungs of society?

This is the ultimate example of something being blind to what’s right under your nose!

“Captain, I understand!”

Wu Che slammed his fist on the table in excitement, “That bastard Fan Xiaotian, he took advantage of everyone’s habitual thinking!”

“No, it’s not sympathy,” Chen Mo corrected. “It’s disdain and indifference.”

“We pass by them every day, and we instinctively avoid them, or even cover our noses. We don’t even look at their faces.”

Chen Mo’s words made all the criminal police officers present blush.

They are police officers, criminal investigators known for their sharp eyes.

However, they never actually included this group in their investigation.

“But, Captain…”

Jiang Xiaomiao raised the key question again.

“Shucheng is so big, there must be at least eight hundred or a thousand scavengers on the move. How are we supposed to investigate?”

“We can’t possibly bring them all back, wash their faces one by one, and compare them, can we?”

“That would have made too much noise. He would have run away before we could find him.”

This is indeed a huge problem.

A large-scale investigation will inevitably alert the suspects.

But if we don’t investigate, how can we find that disguised venomous snake in this vast sea of ​​people?

All eyes were once again focused on Chen Mo.

They wanted to see how this new captain would break this deadlock.

Chen Mo smiled.

“Who said we were going to go find him?”

He looked around and spoke slowly and deliberately.

“We need to get him to come to me on his own initiative.”

The conference room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Wu Che’s eyelids twitched violently, and an ominous premonition welled up in his heart.

“Captain, what…what do you mean?”

Chen Mo walked to the head of the conference table, placed his hands on the table, and leaned forward slightly.

“Why is Fan Xiaotian so arrogant? Because he thinks we police officers are all idiots, and he enjoys the thrill of making a fool of us.”

“Now, I, the newly appointed captain of the Fifth Team, am making a high-profile announcement to reopen his case and to turn his hideout upside down.”

“What do you think he’ll think when he finds out?”

“He’ll see this as a new provocation!” Qiu Xiangyang blurted out.

“That’s right!” Chen Mo snapped his fingers.

“For someone with his morbid ego, this is like a new game.”

“He will be unable to resist wanting to see what kind of person this arrogant new captain really is.”

“He would want to see our futile and ugly struggles up close.”

“They might even… actively create opportunities to have an unexpected encounter with me, the ‘protagonist’.”

“so……”

Chen Mo’s gaze became incredibly sharp.

“I want to be the bait myself.”

“no!”

Wu Che was the first to stand up and resolutely refused.

“This is too dangerous! Fan Xiaotian is a vicious criminal. Exposing yourself to him is like asking a tiger for its skin!”

“Captain, let me go!” Wu Che said in a deep voice.

“I’ve fought him before, I know him better! It’s safer for me to be the bait!”

“Quite the opposite.” Chen Mo shook his head, rejecting his suggestion without any politeness.

“Old Wu, it’s precisely because you’ve fought him that you can’t go.”

“In his eyes, you are an old rival, and he will be extremely wary of you.”

“He won’t easily get close to someone who has caused him trouble.”

Chen Mo pointed to himself.

“But I’m different.”

“I’m a newcomer, a team leader who was parachuted in. In his eyes, I’m probably just a pretty face who got promoted through connections.”

“He will look down on me, be curious, and want to test my abilities. This look down on me is our best opportunity.”

He looked at his worried teammates, then suddenly grinned, revealing a set of white teeth.

“Don’t worry, my life is very precious. Besides, I’m not even married yet, so I can’t bear to die.”

A joke eased the tense atmosphere slightly.

But Wu Che was still worried.

Even so, we must send people to protect you secretly! We can set up surveillance around you!

“Absolutely not!”

Chen Mo’s tone instantly became firm and left no room for argument.

“Wu Che, I’ll say it again, Fan Xiaotian is not an ordinary criminal.”

“His counter-surveillance skills are probably better than anyone else’s in our team!”

“He will detect any form of following or surveillance!”

“Once he smells the trap, he’ll disappear immediately, and we’ll never have a second chance!”

The entire fifth team fell silent.

They looked at the young captain in front of them.

His plan was audacious. You could even say it was a gamble with his life.

But every one of his analyses hit the nail on the head precisely, with rigorous logic that left no room for rebuttal.

In the end, Wu Che slumped back down, his clenched fists revealing his inner struggle.

“Okay… I agree.”

“However, all technical support must be provided at the highest level!”

“Of course.” Chen Mo nodded.

He returned to the whiteboard and began to outline specific action plans.