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Chapter 70: Chapter 68: Police Station Conflict
Jiangbei Subdivision Police Station.
Fang Cheng sat in the supervision office, holding a cup of tea in both hands, moistening his throat.
Seated in front of the table was a policewoman holding a sketch pencil, her head down as she drew on a piece of white paper.
"How does it look, is it somewhat similar?"
After the policewoman put down her pen, Zhou Yongnian, who was standing next to her, picked up the paper with the portrait and handed it to Fang Cheng.
Fang Cheng took a close look.
The paper depicted a man wearing a raincoat hood, with a thin face and slightly prominent cheekbones.
After a brief moment of recognition, he nodded and replied:
"It’s about eighty or ninety percent similar."
Actually, if not for the intentionally overlooked detail of the glowing eyes.
This portrait gave him the first impression that it was almost exactly like the "weird person" he saw last night.
Not only in terms of the facial features but also the degree to which the expression was lifelike.
Especially the madness and coldness revealed in the eyes, it was vividly captured.
This professional police sketch artist had only based on a witness’ simple description, along with intuitive judgment, to create a highly accurate criminal portrait.
Perhaps this was also a kind of innate talent.
After gaining Fang Cheng’s approval, Zhou Yongnian immediately handed the portrait over to another detective, instructing:
"Take this to the criminal investigation technology department, access the traffic video footage around Old Factory Street’s intersections, and carefully compare."
The detective nodded, immediately exited the office.
Fang Cheng heard the words and understood his intention.
Ultimately, solving the case meant finding the criminal’s whereabouts.
However, in these times, outside of government agencies and important enterprises, few have surveillance equipment installed.
Not to mention Old Factory Street, an old urban area populated by civilians.
Only at the busy intersections would there be cameras monitoring the traffic.
So the hope of finding the criminal’s trace through this means was quite slim.
It can only be said to follow the procedure.
"Ah Cheng, it’s almost noon, how about we go eat something in the police station’s canteen before leaving, you’ve really helped us out a lot this time."
Zhou Yongnian turned his head and invited Fang Cheng, then pulled out his meal card from his pocket and passed it over.
"No need to be polite, Uncle Zhou."
Fang Cheng quickly got up, waving his hand: "You guys go ahead with your work, I’ve got other things to handle."
He took the initiative to come forward as an eyewitness this time.
Not only because he truly wanted to catch the murderer as soon as possible and know his true face.
But also to test how much the police knew about the "monster" and its existence.
He thought for a moment, then said:
"Uncle Zhou, when you arrest the criminal, can you let me join you at the scene to identify him?"
Zhou Yongnian immediately shook his head in refusal upon hearing this.
Of course, he couldn’t agree to such a thing.
Fang Cheng then settled for the next best thing, pulling out his phone from his bag and saying:
"Then, after the real culprit is caught and brought to justice, let me know so I can confirm again."
Seeing this, Zhou Yongnian hesitantly nodded in agreement:
"I’ll give you my work number, so you can call me if anything comes up."
The two exchanged mobile numbers, subsequently left the office and entered the noisy recording hall.
The ringing of phones was incessant.
Many police officers were too busy to catch a breath, continuously answering calls and making records, even too tense to take a sip of water.
Ah Bang, a member of their team, saw Zhou Yongnian and quickly approached him to report:
"Boss, that guy who was scared out of his wits, is currently receiving psychological counseling."
Zhou Yongnian responded by asking:
"What about the mother and daughter?"
"The woman is not very conscious, and the little girl said she had fainted at that time, and when she woke up, she saw the horrible incident unfold around her."
Fang Cheng listened to their conversation, turned his head, and looked at the mother and daughter sitting not far away on a bench.
The woman had a haggard expression, with a listless spirit.
The little girl’s eyes, however, were unusually bright and spiritful, and at this moment, she was also looking in this direction.
"Take a blood sample from the woman for testing, detain her for one day, give her a warning, and then release both her and the child."
"What about the landlady of the guesthouse?"
"Detain her for the full 48 hours before deciding, wait for her gangster husband to come for bail..."
Zhou Yongnian was giving instructions to Ah Bang.
But a portly middle-aged officer with a beard came over to join the conversation.
"Old Zhou, it’s another serial murderer case, can you handle it?"
"If you need help, just say it. No need to be polite."
The chubby officer had a hint of a smirk on his face, then he slapped his forehead as if he had just remembered something.
"Oh, right, you guys will just do some preliminary investigation for this kind of case. In the end, it’s up to someone higher up to clean up the mess..."
Before Zhou Yongnian could reply, the chubby officer chuckled and walked away.
Ah Bang dared not speak his anger, only glared at the other’s retreating figure.
Zhou Yongnian also kept a cold face, silent.
Regarding this kind of office politics, Fang Cheng had no intention of getting involved.
He was about to speak his farewell and leave the police station.
Right then, a sharp and piercing scream rang out in the lobby.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.
There on the bench near the door sat a thin man.
His right hand was cuffed to the armrest of the chair, his mouth shouting some indistinct words.
A look of terror filled his eyes, as if seeing a horrifying monster.
"What’s this guy done?"
Seeing this, Zhou Yongnian couldn’t help but ask.
Ah Bang answered:
"He suddenly went mad during work, assaulted his boss, and even bit off one of his ears. Weasel took over the case."
"Weasel" was the chubby officer from before, who got this nickname because of his surname, Huang, and his poor character.
Fang Cheng also fixed his gaze on the man, feeling an inexplicable sense of urgency.
He couldn’t help but feel there was something off about the man’s mental state.
Suddenly, the man started convulsing, his eyes rolling back, foaming at the mouth, as if he had epilepsy.
Officer Huang, afraid a life might be lost, hastily directed his subordinates:
"What are you waiting for, call an ambulance! Hold him down!"
While speaking, he also hurriedly pulled out a pair of handcuff keys and ran forward.
But as soon as the handcuffs were unlocked, the man suddenly came out of his convulsions.
He spread his arms, grabbing Officer Huang in front of him, and bit down.
Officer Huang immediately screamed in agony. It seemed he couldn’t dodge in time and was bitten on his fleshy face.
Despite the man’s lean frame, two other young and strong police officers could not restrain him, no matter how hard they tried.
Chaos erupted on the spot.
The man bit Officer Huang and then broke free.
With his mouth full of blood, he turned to pounce on the people nearby.
The first to bear the brunt were a mother and daughter, who had been sitting on the bench but now were frightened and had moved to the side.
However, before he could run a few steps.
Bang!
A dull thud sounded, as if an iron rod had hit flesh and bone.
A long leg clad in sport pants swept in quickly, striking the man’s lower right leg.
Accompanied by the sound of breaking bones, the man stumbled on his leg and instantly fell to the ground.
The other policemen also snapped out of it, quickly pounced on the man, and handcuffed him once more.
The person who had stepped in to help was Fang Cheng, who had been observing the situation.
[You used a Sweep Kick to defeat a ferocious opponent, Muay Thai experience +30]
Glancing at the prompt that popped up, Fang Cheng turned his head to Zhou Yongnian:
"Uncle Zhou, does your police station encounter such lunatics every day?"
Zhou Yongnian gave a wry smile:
"To see one this crazy, it’s quite rare for me too."
Saying this, his eyes were slightly surprised, looking at Fang Cheng as if he were meeting him for the first time.
Ah Bang was excitedly praising Fang Cheng’s leg techniques, asking where he learned them.
Then he looked on cynically at Officer Huang, who had been bitten and was also taken to the hospital.
The chaos was stopped, and the minor episode ended.
After saying goodbye to Zhou Yongnian, Fang Cheng walked alone to the police station’s entrance.
He had two sparring appointments scheduled for the afternoon at the club and couldn’t delay any longer.
He looked up at the gray, rainy sky and then opened a black umbrella.
At this moment, a small hand with chilblains tightly clutched his sleeve.
Fang Cheng looked down in surprise and saw a familiar little girl.
As if mustering up her courage, her lips parted slightly, and she whispered:
"Thank you..."
Caught off guard, Fang Cheng was momentarily taken aback.
