Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 188 Identity Confirmation
Yan's reaction surprised Milo.

In fact, Milo had already prepared to have Yan pulled open the door to break the deadlock.

Yan calmly recounted all of Old Theinti's questions, and apart from his slightly rapid breathing, no other emotional fluctuations were visible on his face.

This level of resilience was somewhat beyond Milo's expectations.

Or perhaps Milo's earlier assumption was wrong; he wasn't in the rain.

In short, the absence of the wailing and crying during the traditional body identification process is not necessarily a bad thing; at least the officers on site will have some peace and quiet.

……

Milo, who knew Yan well, knew that he wasn't completely unresponsive.

Instead, they were stunned.

When faced with a sudden event they have never encountered before, people may fall into this state: at a loss, not knowing how to react, and completely stunned.

Milo led Yan away from the area where the corpse could be seen.

"Come with us to the law enforcement station in a bit. I regret to inform you that you may be investigated for the next few hours, but this is for the purpose of solving the case. I need to know everything you know, understand?"

When Milo asked this question, he kept staring into Yan's eyes.

However, Yan's gaze remained fixed blankly on the ground. But he wasn't completely lost in thought. After Milo finished asking the question, he nodded and replied, "Okay, no problem."

“Don’t be nervous, we’ll find out.” Milo added.

"I know." Yan took a deep breath: "I am a suspect, I understand that."

"Don't worry, we'll find out." Milo didn't know what to say. He wasn't sure what the relationship between Yan and the deceased was, but Yan's reaction was frighteningly abnormal. Milo didn't know how to offer words of comfort, so he simply went straight into work mode:
“Now tell me where Aya’s apartment is. We can’t rule out the possibility of a revenge killing. You said her mother came to the city to see her, right? We need to bring her here.”

“District 45, Apartment Building 3, Bay Street, Room 401,” Yan answered Milo’s question somewhat mechanically.

Milo nodded, took a cigarette case from Yan's pocket, pulled one out and put it in Yan's mouth, and lit it for him himself with a match.

He noticed that Yan's raised hand to shield himself from the wind, and the cigarette in his mouth, were both trembling rapidly.

But Milo didn't say anything more, he just patted Yan on the shoulder and turned to leave.

He has a truckload of work waiting for him to do tonight.

……

"The deceased has been identified as Aya Ferguson, a lamplighter in the South Bay area. I have sent people to retrieve her detailed file. Her last known location was in Arden Village, around 10 p.m. last night. There are eyewitnesses."

Milo returned to the body and shared what he knew with his colleagues, including Theon and Rebecca.

"Send someone to find the witnesses," Rebecca snapped her fingers.

“I’ll arrange that,” old Theon nodded.

He knew Yaden Village all too well. It wouldn't be easy to go there as a law enforcement officer and bring someone back. Most of the people there had criminal records. Even if it was just to bring them back for questioning, they would hide if they got wind of it beforehand. So this job had to be left to Crocodile.

"We'll discuss the rest of the matter back at the law enforcement office."

After Rebecca finished assigning all the tasks, she signaled to everyone that they could begin wrapping things up.

She turned and left, deliberately stopping as she passed Milo, and said in a voice only Milo could hear, "You need to explain yourself properly."

“Yes, yes, we will.” Milo sighed. He knew that not only Rebecca, but everyone present could sense the problem.

A body is discovered by chance, and when no one knows the identity of the deceased, Milo is able to find people at the scene who know the deceased and accurately say where the deceased had been before his death.

If no one finds anything suspicious about this, then they are not qualified to be law enforcement officers.

But solving the case was the most important thing right now, so no one raised the issue, including Rebecca, who only gave Milo a gentle reminder.

Milo knew this would get him into trouble, but he had no choice but to reveal this information.

He now only hopes that what Yan told him before was true and that he hadn't been hiding anything, otherwise things would get even more complicated.

……

...

2 points in the early hours.

Milo stood at the door of the interrogation room, munching on leftover bread from the cafeteria, watching the interrogation unfold through the glass window.

Because of his relationship with Yan, Milo needs to recuse himself from this interrogation, which will be conducted by Rebecca and another recorder.

"As expected, wherever you are, people die." Old Theon stood behind Milo and muttered sarcastically.

The core members of the law enforcement agency now have a general understanding of the basic situation, including the relationship between Yan and the deceased, as well as the relationship between Milo and Yan.

“You can’t just say things like that. Once you establish this persona, you can’t shake it off, since my job involves dealing with dead people,” Milo said, shaking his head.

“Seriously, what do you think of this case?” Old Theon asked Milo.

“I don’t really want to say it, but religious rituals and evil sacrifices are those things.” Milo rubbed his temples.

God knows how many days this lousy bread had been sitting there; it was as hard as a rock. After only a couple of bites, my cheeks and temples started to swell.

“Maybe what others said is true. After the Great Plague, there are many more madmen in Nanwei City. These lunatics are capable of anything.” Milo mumbled incoherently.

According to his speculation, the killer in Aya Ferguson's case was most likely like the previous serial killer Robben, who was influenced or stimulated in some way, thus committing a series of serious crimes.

“We need to find out as soon as possible what region, culture, or sect those things belong to, including that birdcage and the symbols on the corpse’s skin. We need to do it quickly.” Milo’s tone was very heavy.

“He won’t stop. I’m sure there will be a second victim soon.”

Old Theon neither agreed with Milo's view nor raised any objections.

He simply asked one question:
"You say you want to hurry, but you don't seem to be in a rush at all."

“Aren’t you the same?” Milo retorted.

……

Meanwhile, in the evidence archive of the South City Law Enforcement Office, Henry's shadow was carefully examining the small, birdcage-like altar woven fabric that had been pulled up from under the bridge at the Confession Dock. He made sketches of each piece of fabric from different angles, and conducted a comprehensive analysis and record, including the botanical family of the woven fabric's branches and vines, the region it belonged to, and its degree of dryness, etc.

On the other side, Will the Smoker and Old Luo compared the symbols on the corpses that the law enforcement officers had copied with files from similar past cases.

The other guys with mustaches, Ryan and the others, were also conducting follow-up investigations in various other departments.

As for Chief Eric's shadow, he stood in the interrogation room, listening to every word Rebecca said to Yan Wen, and repeating it word for word to Milo standing outside the window through sign language.

(End of this chapter)