"I'm probably the most useless time traveler ever." Fangzai said, drawing little figures on a piece of white paper while pretending to listen attentively.

"So, our first step is to start with the surveillance footage and trace the killer's movements. Secondly, tomorrow we'll contact our colleagues at the Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (OCTB) to thoroughly investigate the victim's triad background and gang connections. Finally, we'll contact the victim's relatives to conduct a complete review of his interpersonal relationships!" While Fang Chang was lost in thought, Lu Xuanxin had already roughly completed the case summary.

Seeing that no one raised any other objections, Lu Xuanxin was about to arrange for each group to split up when she suddenly caught sight of Fang Zai, who seemed to be writing something seriously. She couldn't help but nod to herself, her impression of Fang Zai had changed. "After all, he was sent from above. Regardless of his ability, his attitude is commendable."

After much deliberation, Lu Xuanxin decided to symbolically ask Fang Chang's opinion, just so that Fang Chang could become familiar with the team members.

"Officer Fang, is there anything you'd like to add?" Lu Xuanxin asked.

Fang, who was suddenly called out, stiffened with his right hand. Without making a sound, he folded up the paper covered with stick figures and then smiled confidently and said, "I do have a few different ideas that I can discuss with everyone."

Although Fang Chang had been slacking off, as a transmigrator with a god-like perspective, he could easily concoct a few seemingly plausible statements to fool people. Just like a liberal arts student who knows the answer to a question can easily fabricate a few plausible solutions.

“First, regarding Officer Lu’s suggestion to check the surveillance footage, I think simply checking the footage isn’t enough,” Fang Chang said slowly, gathering his thoughts. “Let’s prepare for the worst: the killer has avoided all the surrounding surveillance cameras.”

"Therefore, I suggest that in addition to all the surveillance cameras within 1 kilometer of the crime scene, we need a map of all the surveillance cameras in the vicinity of the crime scene—whether public or private—and then find the blind spots in the surveillance. The murderer is very likely to find a route to leave between these blind spots. Of course, this is a huge amount of work."

Fang Chang became more and more confident as he spoke. At this moment, he felt that some strange performing talent within him had awakened!

"Secondly, the manner of the victim's death was very unusual, but we can basically rule out a crime of passion. According to the judgment of our forensic colleagues, the victim was most likely beaten to death with fists. There are many ways to kill, but this method is more like a revenge killing or execution, or some kind of specific ritual."

Hearing this, Lu Xuanxin frowned slightly but did not interrupt Fang Chang. One of the male team members couldn't help but speak up, "Isn't this conclusion too hasty, Fang Sir?"

Fang Chang smiled nonchalantly and said to Lu Xuanxin, "Officer Lu, could you show everyone the metal object left at the scene?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Xuanxin projected the picture she had taken onto the projector. The image showed a metal object shaped like a swallow, with an unusually sharp tail.

"From this, we can tell that the murderer was definitely prepared and had been planning for a long time."

"What can you possibly learn from this?" It was the same male group member from before, acting like a perfect straight man.

“If you zoom in on the picture, you can see that this thing was stuck in the road next to the victim,” Fang Chang said. “Moreover, if you look closely at the cracks in the ground, you can see that the murderer stuck this thing in the road with his bare hands. Whether he did it by hand or with a tool, it shows that the murderer had plenty of time to do this.”

"Therefore we can be 100% certain that this thing was deliberately left behind by the murderer after the killing."

“A mysterious keepsake, an underground boxing champion who was beaten to death, and a pistol that ran out of bullets but failed to hit anyone.” Fang Chang paused, the atmosphere slightly tense. “Connecting all these things, what do you think?”

"Ah... this isn't some kind of cult ritual, is it? A ghost killing someone?" The straight man's voice trembled slightly, and as soon as he finished speaking, he saw everyone looking at him with speechless eyes.

The serious atmosphere that was just now has been completely ruined!

"cough cough"

Fang Chang coughed lightly, and waited until everyone's attention returned to him before continuing:

"Actually, what I want to say is that this token might be the key to solving the case! No matter if the murderer committed a revenge killing or had some other motive, as long as we find out the origin of this token and its meaning, we will definitely be able to find the murderer by following the clues!"

After he finished speaking, everyone fell silent for a moment.

Lu Xuanxin was even more amazed. This "assistant" who was not initially favored was able to find the key information to solve the case from details that everyone had overlooked. It turned out that she had misjudged him before.

clap clap clap!

Lu Xuanxin led the applause, and everyone looked at Fangzai with admiration.

Especially the male team member who just questioned (or challenged) us several times—what does it mean to be a big shot? He just casually strolled around the crime scene and found the key clues to solve the case. Looking at myself, no wonder he's a probationary inspector at such a young age, while I'm still a police officer.

Fang Chang smiled modestly at everyone while muttering to himself:

"Although I spoke eloquently, it was absolutely useless."

Unfortunately, although I know the whole plot, there are some key details I'm completely unaware of. For example, I know Feng Yuxiu is the murderer, but I don't know where Feng Yuxiu is right now.

He knew that the next victim was a skilled leg fighter, but he had no information about the victim's name or anything else.

When a serious person watches a martial arts movie, who would bother to remember the name of a supporting character who dies as soon as he appears?

Fang Changcai's self-righteousness.

Therefore, Fangzai was not entirely clueless about how to solve the case; he simply knew nothing at all.

Back in reality, after clarifying the work direction, Lu Xuanxin mainly assigned three tasks. The first group continued to review the surveillance footage and, as Fang Chang had instructed, drew a map of the blind spots. The second group checked the files, retrieved the deceased's past criminal records, and conducted a preliminary investigation into the deceased's interpersonal network. The third group investigated the relevant information regarding the keepsake.

Since Fangzai's role in this world was that of an "assistant," not Lu Xuanxin's subordinate, he wasn't assigned any specific tasks. With nothing to do, Fangzai could only wander around with his coffee, looking exactly like his former boss from before he transmigrated—he had finally become the very thing he hated most!

Although Fang Chang knew that if the investigation continued as it was, the case would be unlikely to make any progress tonight, he had no better option. And if Fang Chang remembered correctly, the turning point in the case would come tomorrow.

When the protagonist is released from prison, the plot will proceed smoothly, and Fang Chang believes he can safely survive until the end of the story.

"I just don't know how to obtain this source point; I still have no clue..."

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