68: Chapter 68 Police Station Conflict

Chapter 68: Police Station Conflict

Jiangbei District Police Station.

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Fang Cheng sat in the inspector's office, holding a cup of tea in both hands to moisten his throat.

Sitting in front of the desk was a female police officer holding a sketch pen, head lowered as she drew on a piece of white paper.

"How is it? Does it look a bit like him?"

After the female police officer stopped her pen, Zhou Yongnian, standing to the side, picked up the paper with the portrait and handed it before Fang Cheng's eyes.

Fang Cheng looked closely.

On the paper was drawn the head of a man wearing a raincoat hood, with a thin face and slightly protruding cheekbones.

After making a brief identification, he nodded and replied:

"It's eighty to ninety percent similar."

Actually, if one disregarded the deliberately overlooked glowing eyes issue,

the first impression this portrait gave him was almost identical to the "freak" he saw last night.

It was not just a matter of facial features, but more importantly, the degree of realism in expression.

Especially the madness and coldness revealed in the eyes; it was simply lifelike.

This professional police composite sketch artist had drawn a highly accurate portrait of the criminal based merely on simple descriptions from witnesses and intuitive judgment.

Perhaps this was also an innate talent.

After gaining Fang Cheng's approval, Zhou Yongnian immediately handed the portrait to another criminal police officer and instructed:

"Take this to the Criminal Investigation Technology Department, pull the traffic footage from the intersections around Jiuchang Street, and carefully compare it."

The criminal police officer nodded in acknowledgment and immediately walked out of the office.

Hearing this, Fang Cheng also understood his intention.

Solving a case, when all is said and done, meant finding the criminal's whereabouts.

However, in this era, apart from government organs and important enterprises and institutions, very few places installed surveillance equipment.

Let alone old urban areas where commoners gathered like Jiuchang Street.

Only at busy intersections would there be surveillance cameras monitoring passing vehicles.

Therefore, wanting to find the other party's trace through this method actually held very little hope.

One could only say it was going through the motions.

"A-Cheng, it's almost noon. Why don't you go to the police station cafeteria to eat something before leaving? You've really done us a huge favor this time."

Zhou Yongnian turned his head to greet Fang Cheng sitting on the side, then pulled out his own meal card from his pocket and handed it over.

"No need to stand on ceremony, Uncle Zhou."

Fang Cheng quickly stood up, waved his hand, and said, "You guys go ahead with your work; I still have things to do."

The reason why he took the initiative to step forward this time and act as an eyewitness—

besides genuinely wanting to apprehend the murderer as soon as possible and understand the other party's true face,

was also to probe how much inside information the police actually knew about the existence of "monsters".

He thought for a moment, then added:

"Uncle Zhou, when you arrest the criminal, could you let me go to the scene to identify him together?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yongnian immediately shook his head in refusal.

Are you kidding me? How could such a thing be agreed to?

Fang Cheng then compromised, pulled his phone out of his bag, and said:

"Then notify me to come and confirm it again after the real culprit is captured and brought to justice."

Seeing this, Zhou Yongnian reluctantly nodded in agreement:

"I'll give you my work number. If you encounter any issues normally, you can also call me."

The two exchanged cell phone numbers, walked out of the office one after another, and came to the noisy transcript hall.

Telephone rings sounded one after another.

Numerous police officers were extremely busy, constantly answering phones and taking statements, so much so that even finding time to drink a sip of water was tight.

A-Bang from the same group saw Zhou Yongnian, immediately hurried up, and reported the situation:

"Chief, that terrified guy is currently receiving counseling from a psychological therapist."

Hearing this, Zhou Yongnian asked:

"What about that mother and daughter?"

"The woman's mind is also not very clear, and the little girl said she passed out at the time and woke up to see the tragic case happening around her."

Listening to their conversation, Fang Cheng turned his head to look at the mother and daughter sitting on a bench not far away.

The woman's complexion was haggard and her spirit was listless.

Yet the little girl's eyes were exceptionally bright and spirited, and at this moment she was also raising her eyes to look at the situation over here.

"Draw blood from the woman for testing, detain her for a day, and release her along with the child after a warning."

"What about the motel proprietress?"

"Lock her up for 48 hours first, wait for her triad husband to come and bail her out..."

Zhou Yongnian was briefing A-Bang on work.

However, a fat, bearded middle-aged police officer walked over to strike up a conversation.

"Old Zhou, it's another serial killer case. Can you handle it?"

"If you need help, just say the word, don't stand on ceremony."

A trace of a mocking smile hung on the fat police officer's lips, and then he slapped his forehead as if he had just remembered something.

"Oh, right, for cases like this, you guys only do the preliminary investigation work, and in the end, people from above will still have to clean up the mess..."

Without waiting for Zhou Yongnian to respond, the fat police officer gave a ha-ha laugh and turned away.

A-Bang was too angry to speak out and could only glare at the other's back.

Zhou Yongnian also kept a cold face and said nothing.

Fang Cheng had no intention of meddling in this kind of office politics.

Just as he was about to open his mouth to take his leave and depart the police station,

at this moment, a shrill and piercing scream suddenly rang out in the hall.

Everyone unanimously looked towards the source of the sound.

They saw a scrawny man sitting on the bench near the door.

His right hand was cuffed to the chair's armrest, and he kept shouting some indistinct words in his mouth.

His eyes were filled with terror, as if he had seen a very terrifying monster.

"What did this guy commit?"

[Check every error, first release, inside content, all at once!]

Seeing this, Zhou Yongnian couldn't help asking a question.

A-Bang replied:

"He suddenly went crazy while at work and beat his boss, and even bit off one of the other's ears. The case was taken over by Weasel."

Weasel was just that fat police officer earlier. Because his surname was Huang and his character was rather poor, he got this nickname.

Fang Cheng also gazed intently at the man, feeling an inexplicable stir in his heart.

He only felt that this person's mental state exuded a hint of oddness.

Suddenly, the man's entire body trembled like a spasm.

Rolling his eyes back and spitting foam, it looked as though he had epilepsy.

Officer Huang, fearing that a human life would be lost, hurriedly commanded his subordinates:

"What are you standing around for? Call an ambulance quickly! Hold him down!"

As he spoke, he also quickly pulled out a pair of handcuff keys and ran forward.

But just as the handcuffs were unlocked, the man suddenly recovered from his convulsions.

He opened his arms, grabbed Officer Huang in front of him, and opened his mouth to bite.

Officer Huang instantly let out a miserable scream, seemingly unable to dodge in time, and was bitten on his chubby face by the other party.

Despite the man's scrawny stature, two other young and strong police officers tried desperately to hold him down but couldn't.

The scene instantly fell into complete chaos.

After biting Officer Huang, the man broke free again.

With blood all over his mouth, he turned and pounced on nearby people.

The ones bearing the brunt were precisely the mother and daughter who had been sitting on the bench earlier and were now frightened into hiding to the side.

However, before he could run a few steps—

Bang!

A dull sound like an iron rod smashing into flesh rang out.

A long leg wearing sweatpants was seen kicking over rapidly, sweeping the lower part of the man's right leg.

Accompanied by the "crack" of a bone fracture, the man's leg limped, and he instantly tumbled to the ground.

Several other police officers also recovered their wits, immediately lunged forward, pinned the man down tightly, and cuffed him again.

The person who stepped in to help was precisely Fang Cheng, who had been watching from the sidelines all along.

[You used a sweeping kick to defeat a ferocious opponent, Muay Thai experience +30]

Glancing at the pop-up prompt information, Fang Cheng turned his head to look at Zhou Yongnian:

"Uncle Zhou, can your police station encounter such madmen every day?"

Zhou Yongnian smiled bitterly:

"Even ones this crazy, I rarely see."

As he spoke, his eyes held a hint of surprise as he gazed at Fang Cheng, as if meeting him for the first time.

A-Bang, with an excited look on his face, praised Fang Cheng's Kicking Techniques for being superb, asking where he had learned them.

Then, feeling somewhat gleeful, he looked at Officer Huang, who had been bitten and was likewise sent to the hospital.

The chaos was brought under control, and a small interlude came to an end.

After bidding farewell to Zhou Yongnian, Fang Cheng walked alone to the entrance of the police station.

There were still two sparring appointments at the club in the afternoon, so he couldn't delay much.

He raised his head to look at the gray, rainy sky, then opened a black umbrella.

Right at this moment, a small hand covered in chilblains tightly grabbed his sleeve.

Fang Cheng looked down in surprise, seeing that it was that somewhat familiar little girl.

As if mustering up her courage, her lips parted slightly, and she softly spoke a sentence:

"Thank you..."

Hearing this, Fang Cheng couldn't help being slightly startled.