Chapter 90: The Details of Knife Grip and Investigation, Further Confirming the Killer’s Profession!

The next day.

As the moonlight receded and the sky began to brighten, Su Ming woke up in the dormitory of the team and quickly freshened up before heading to the Criminal Investigation Meeting Room to begin the new day’s work.

The goals and tasks for the day had already been set.

The main objective was…

To find any clues related to the 5.13 dismemberment case, and possibly even capture the criminal suspect in one fell swoop.

When Su Ming opened the door to the meeting room, he was surprised to find…

Lin Tian and Xu Changsheng had already been inside.

One was holding a lit cigarette, his brows furrowed as if deep in thought, while the other was munching on a steamed bun, with the case file for the 5.13 dismemberment case in front of him.

Upon noticing Su Ming enter, Xu Changsheng immediately pointed to the breakfast on the table and said, “Xiao Ming, you’ve come at the right time. Let’s have some breakfast together. Lin Bureau was just about to talk about the capture of the drug dealer agents last night.”

Without hesitation, Su Ming sat down and grabbed a soybean milk and steamed bun from the table.

Meanwhile, Lin Tian extinguished the cigarette he hadn’t smoked and exhaled a heavy breath, looking somewhat tired and helpless as he spoke.

“Late last night, the Ministry of Public Security issued an emergency notice for the criminal investigation teams in the relevant provinces and cities to immediately capture the ten exposed drug dealer agents!”

“Because the information about the agents in that list was very detailed, and most of the capture operations went smoothly without any unexpected incidents.”

“But, unfortunately, the agent in Gusu City, known as Fat Cat, was already found dead by suicide when the police arrived. The method used was cyanide.”

“This highly toxic substance is the same as what we found inside the collar of that Shiba Inu yesterday, and also identical to the murder method used in the unresolved case in Gusu City.”

“It can now be roughly concluded that the member of the drug trafficking organization responsible for Gusu City has already returned from Magic City to Gusu.”

“And through various possible coercive methods, Fat Cat, who most likely knew some important information and clues, was forced to choose suicide.”

Upon hearing this, Su Ming wasn’t surprised at all.

Instead, he thought…Given the usual caution of this drug trafficking organization, if they knew the dark web had been forcibly breached and still didn’t take out the frontline agents who held critical internal information and intelligence, that would indeed be a huge problem.

It made him even more suspicious that they might be deliberately creating a smokescreen.

Even if it wasn’t Gusu City’s own members, drug organization members from nearby cities would certainly rush to handle Fat Cat.

Just like how, after Skinny Dog was caught by the police, Gusu City’s organization members specifically came to keep an eye on Skinny Dog’s family.

One could say…This massive drug trafficking organization was like a complex human body, always striving to prevent critical issues with the brain and vital organs.

Whenever a part of it became infected or mutated, it would unhesitatingly remove it to prevent the infection from spreading further.

The long-established drug trafficking chain could be abandoned at any time.

This decisive action of cutting off a limb to save the body clearly illustrated the terrifying nature and strict internal discipline of this organization.

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At this moment, Lin Tian couldn’t help but shake his head before continuing in a more helpless tone.

“After capturing the other nine individuals, the criminal investigation teams in various provinces and cities carried out urgent interrogations last night. Unfortunately…None of the drug dealer agents had any critical information or intelligence.”

“When the organization members contacted these agents, they all used voice changers and had one-way communication methods.”

“Currently, we’ve only obtained some details about transaction locations and speech patterns, but they haven’t helped us make any substantial progress in identifying the killer.”

“Of course, the criminal investigation teams in other provinces and cities may be able to uncover hidden drug trafficking members in their cities through these details.”

“But for us…To solve the dismemberment case from twenty years ago, we can only rely on the information we currently have to analyze and search further.”

At this point, Lin Tian suddenly paused for a few seconds, grabbed the remote control from the table, turned on the LCD TV across from him, and resumed playing the dismemberment documentary.

The first segment showed the bloody hands holding a severed head. Just as the killer was about to twist the victim’s head to fully display it, Su Ming, carefully observing, suddenly noticed…

The blood on the killer’s palms was uneven. The center of the palm had an even amount of blood, while the areas around the knuckles and the palm’s edge had varying depths of blood stains.

At the end of each finger joint, the blood was deeper, with lighter stains nearby, and the fingers appeared to be slender, though the knuckles slightly protruded.

While Su Ming was pondering the cause of these details, the video moved to the second section, showing the killer trying to use a cutting tool.

When the killer removed his rubber gloves, Lin Tian paused the video and greatly enlarged the image of the palms.

He then pointed to the side of the fingers and squinted as he spoke softly.

“Xiao Ming, Ah Sheng.”

“I watched this video for hours yesterday, even enlarging and frame-by-framing many critical scenes.”

“I found an extremely important detail here.”

“Did you notice? There are many cuts on the sides of the killer’s fingers, and some of the wounds have even healed into scars.”

“Moreover, judging from the fingers being delicate and smooth, it’s clear that this killer takes special care of his hands, but the knuckles are unexpectedly protruding.”

“I think…This killer most likely has a profession that requires frequent use of his hands, which is why he maintains them so meticulously.”

“Also, with numerous cut wounds and those protruding knuckles, it’s clear that the killer often practices or works with sharp tools.”

“I can now deduce that the killer’s profession is not something like calligraphy or painting; rather, it’s a profession that frequently involves using sharp instruments for practice or work.”

“Such as a doctor, coroner, butcher, chef, specimen preparer, or even an embalmer…”

At this moment, Su Ming suddenly thought of the reason for the uneven blood stains on the killer’s palms. He quickly interrupted Lin Tian and said seriously, “Wait, Bureau Chief Lin.”

“It’s likely not a profession like a doctor or coroner, because I can now roughly deduce… The killer, when practicing and working with knives, rarely uses the typical hand posture common to doctors or similar professions. Instead, most of the time, they employ…A hammer-style grip, which allows more force and keeps the palm pressed against the handle!!!”