National Forensic Doctor

Chapter 1091: Chapter 1022: A World Turned Upside Down

“Captain Gu, we found a gray van. It looks like it just came off a rough road. It has a local license plate, but the registration doesn’t quite match. The car’s side profile doesn’t align; it shouldn’t be the same model. It seems to be a cloned plate vehicle,” two officers hiding behind the grass reported via phone.

A gray van, dirty, with a cloned plate—these three features perfectly fit the profile of a suspected vehicle used in crimes. Within Yuwan City, encountering a vehicle that matches all three criteria is statistically highly unlikely. It could almost certainly be treated as the suspected vehicle in this case.

On the other end of the call, Captain Gu immediately reacted and asked, “Where is it located? Are there any suspects nearby?”

“Haven’t seen any suspects yet. Xiao Zhang has sent you the location. It’s very close to the Quanji Hotel in this area, but it’s likely a private homestay, the type you find in residential neighborhoods. The vehicle is parked in a ground-level parking lot in the housing area, separate from Quanji. We almost missed it.” The older officer answered.

“We’ll have to deal with these unlicensed homestays later,” Captain Gu noted before adding, “Stay safe, and keep communication open.”

“Understood.”

“Reinforcements will arrive in five minutes at the earliest; SWAT is already on its way. They’ll need about fifteen minutes,” Captain Gu replied as he swiftly deployed personnel.

To maximize the search effort, he had assigned personnel in pairs, distributed across various zones. The advantage of such an arrangement was a thorough and detailed search of each area, meeting the requirements for door-to-door checks. The downside was the dispersion of officers, which could pose risks in encounters with highly dangerous criminals.

However, the level of cruelty among criminals today was significantly lower than it was twenty years ago. Generally speaking, most offenders avoided targeting police unless absolutely necessary.

Taking out two officers was a tall order, as doing so and exposing themselves essentially amounted to suicide.

Still, while such broad analyses provided helpful context, the two officers on-site couldn’t entirely shake off their nervous tension.