Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 291 The scapegoat

From the perspective of the victim's identity alone, there is basically no clue.

The victims in all the cases ranged from wealthy merchants to impoverished commoners, from nearly sixty-year-old elders to students under eighteen. Almost everyone was from different age groups and social classes, and there was absolutely nothing in common between them.

Even the locations of the crimes are random, scattered throughout the map of Nanwei City, not just in the city center.

It's just that because the security forces in the center of Nanwei City are relatively complete, serious incidents are discovered earlier. As for the more remote areas in the east, west, south, and north, many victims of cases are discovered during subsequent investigations.

Even when Milo arrived at the law enforcement headquarters conference room, law enforcement officers continued to bring in newly discovered case files.

It's easy to imagine that there are still some undiscovered corpses lying in the corners of the city.

If only those corpses in the north of the city hadn't been disposed of.

……

Milo sat alone in the corner, lost in thought.

Nero and the other two inspectors were still grumbling and trying to come up with a solution.

Nero was concerned with whether there was a connection between the dozens of murders, while the bald inspector was the first to turn his attention to the people at the South City Enforcement Office:
"Didn't you say that you encountered assassins when you arrested the criminal in the south of the city the day before? Wasn't that case investigated further?"

Milo glanced at Rebecca, who was clearly in a daze. She had been lying in the hospital for over a week and had no idea about David Derby's case.

Then look at old Theon. This old fox simply chose to play dead. He didn't say anything, didn't get involved in anything, and just swiped his cigarette butt in the ashtray.

Finally, it was Milo's turn to answer, as he sat at the very back of the long table:
"In the David Derby murder case, our colleagues were attacked by unidentified individuals when they arrested him. The murder case has been closed, but we have no leads on the assassin. We compared the bullets found at the crime scene, and those bullets were not produced by factories registered in the country."

"In addition... we received information that David escaped during his transport to the mental hospital. If nothing unexpected happens, the staff members who were responsible for escorting him will also have to stay in the mental ward for a period of time."

Milo gave a brief explanation of the situation.

He didn't mention Grasso, mainly because that guy's situation was difficult to explain.

If Milo were to tell a story about an invisible female thief in the lobby of law enforcement headquarters, he'd probably be sent to a mental hospital after the meeting.

"Gentlemen, we have compared the bullets from the two assassination attempts within 35 hours of each other, and it has been proven that they came from the same group of assassins. I do not want to discuss your methods of handling the case here, nor do I want to hold anyone accountable. We now owe not only the higher-ups an explanation, but also the entire population of Nanwei City an explanation."

The bald inspector tapped the documents on the table heavily with his fingers and reprimanded in a deep voice:

"This is a tragic night. The dereliction of duty by everyone present led to this bloody massacre. If we had been more vigilant in advance, even a simple report, even a verbal report, would not have resulted in the current situation."

"—" Milo rubbed his temples with one hand.

Alright, they've dumped the whole mess on the South City Law Enforcement Office, or more accurately, on Milo and Old Theon.

As everyone knows, Rebecca was seriously injured and was in the hospital.

……

The three inspectors had tacitly approved the reduction of nighttime patrols and guard posts, but now they have turned their attention to Milo, believing that his failure to report the attack in advance led to this series of unexpected assassinations tonight.

Where can I go to reason with this?

It's as if reporting to you would mean you'd send more people to keep an eye on things.

Milo calmly shifted his position, letting some more rainwater drain from his trousers. He finally understood why old Theon had kept his mouth shut the entire time; whoever opened their mouth at this table was doomed.

So Milo simply shut up; after all, he shouldn't have come here to join the fun.

……

But the straightforward Rebecca wasn't about to just obediently take the blame.

She tried to stand up abruptly, but probably aggravated her injury, and after holding onto the chair for a while, she couldn't stand up and sat back down.

Milo thought the tiger woman would bite the bullet and say something back.

She simply looked directly at the three inspectors and said:

“The south of the city has always been short-staffed. The responsibility for this dereliction of duty lies with me. It was because I failed to stay at my post. There is no need to make things difficult for my subordinates.”

……

Nero spoke immediately after Rebecca.

"Ahem, everyone, the most urgent task is to clean up this mess. We need to solve the case quickly and bring the real culprit to justice. In the meantime, we also need to send more people to keep an eye on all parts of the city and stop things before they get completely out of control. While there is still time, instead of shifting responsibility to each other, we should first study these dozens of murder cases."

Milo knew that the old man would have to step in and smooth things over.

It must be said that Rebecca does have some brains after all.

The bald man removed her from the case and shifted the blame onto the other people at the Chengnan Law Enforcement Office, but Rebecca jumped in herself and took the blame.

Because she knew that Nero would definitely be on her side.

It's true that only the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

……

The same idea also crossed the minds of other law enforcement leaders.

In other units, they might have to take the blame entirely, and the inspectors would have to pass the buck to higher-ups.

However, Nero is right. In the end, the case still needs to be solved, otherwise it's useless to blame anyone.

However, the bald inspector remained relentless:

“Let’s start with the Derby murder case. I don’t believe a fallen nobleman has any assassination value. He’s already sentenced to death. There’s definitely something fishy going on. He’s definitely connected to these assassins. Besides, how did they manage to let him escape during transport? Weren’t there any law enforcement officers in charge of the escort?! Whoever lost him, go and find him for me! And report this case completely to headquarters!”

……

Upon hearing this, most of the eyes in the conference hall once again turned back to Milo.

Especially old Theon.

He knew very well about Milo's fishing operation, and could roughly tell the outcome from Milo's disheveled appearance. So he gave Milo a sullen look, the subtext of which was probably, "You're really fucking unlucky."

If nothing unexpected happens, when the law enforcement headquarters holds the mental hospital accountable, the hospital will definitely reply that it was because the South City Law Enforcement Office refused to send law enforcement officers to assist in the escort. So in the end, it will be Milo and old Theon who suffer.

(End of this chapter)