Ren Qiang always had enough respect for Lu Chuan.

No matter where you are, the phenomenon of seniority ranking is common, but there are always some people who are virtually outside of this rule.

And to have this privilege, you must have the ability to break the rules.

Lu Chuan's performance in recent cases had been gradually gaining recognition from the members of the Haizhou City Criminal Investigation Team.

Just like the surveillance camera that Lu Chuan had just discovered.

Firstly, it clarified Zhao Ming's doubts; it wasn't their carelessness that exposed them.

It was that the other party was already prepared.

In fact, if Zhao Ming and his team hadn't disguised themselves well, the other party might have already spotted clues through the surveillance camera.

There wouldn't have been this visit to the mistress's house.

Additionally, the surveillance footage at least revealed the suspect's escape direction.

"Footprint!"

Lu Chuan opened his phone and showed a photo to Ren Qiang: "This is a photo of the doormat inside the door of the suspect's mistress's house."

"There's a partial footprint on the edge. I looked around the room and there were no other men's shoes; this footprint should belong to the suspect."

Ren Qiang took a quick look, then handed the phone to Zhao Ming: "It should be the suspect's, but..."

Ren Qiang paused: "The suspect's identity has been confirmed, so this footprint..."

Ren Qiang didn't say it directly; he knew that Lu Chuan had expertise in footprint analysis.

However, since the suspect's identity was already confirmed, the value of analyzing the footprint was minimized.

Of course, Lu Chuan understood what Ren Qiang meant. Taking back the phone handed by Zhao Ming, he enlarged the image: "It's the soil carried within the footprint."

"Soil?"

Ren Qiang was slightly taken aback and took the phone back, looking at the enlarged photo.

Lu Chuan continued to explain: "The Jing Garden District is an old community, with no nearby parks, and only a small amount of green spaces."

"Therefore, the likelihood of the suspect picking up soil near the community is relatively low."

"Additionally," Lu Chuan looked at Zhao Ming, "according to Group Leader Zhao's analysis, the suspect is likely to have kidnapped Liang Qi."

"Since it's a kidnapping, it's less likely to be in a busy urban area, and more likely to be in a suburb or a bustling urban-rural area."

"And the soil within the footprint is a dark reddish color. In Haizhou City, only the northeast Huilong Mountain area has this type of red soil."

"Therefore, I believe the suspect's hideout is likely in the Huilong Mountain area."

In the hallway, Ren Qiang and Zhao Ming exchanged glances, then looked several more times at the photo on Lu Chuan's phone.

Zhang Hui widened his eyes, looking at Lu Chuan in amazement.

It was as if he was meeting Lu Chuan for the first time.

Since when did crime scene investigators have such strong deduction skills?

"Lu, have you considered joining Action Group Two?"

Ren Qiang thought that working on crime scene investigations was a bit beneath Lu Chuan's talents.

A true man has to work on the front line.

In the police system, there are many different kinds of police work: criminal police, traffic police, anti-narcotics police, and so on.

Each major category is further subdivided based on the nature of their work.

But regardless of whether it's between different types of police, or within the same major category, there is always an unspoken hierarchy of respect.

Just as criminal police are undoubtedly at the top of the hierarchical chain among all types of police.

And within the criminal police, front-line investigators are even more crucial.

So, even though Lu Chuan had made many achievements in crime scene investigations, in Ren Qiang's eyes, it didn't compare to this deduction about the shoe print.

Of course, Lu Chuan didn't even consider Ren Qiang's suggestion and refused outright.

"Ding!"

"Advanced Task: Assist Criminal Investigation Team Action Group Two in capturing the suspect involved in assaulting a police officer and injuring others."

Having determined the course of action, everyone split into two groups.

One group continued to visit and investigate the surrounding area of the community to find eyewitnesses.

The suspect injured Han Chao and then fled, it was in the middle of the day, someone must have seen something.

Following these clues, there will definitely be some findings.

Although it will certainly take a long time.

The other group, according to Lu Chuan's analysis, headed straight for Huilong Mountain in Haizhou City.

The region where Huilong Mountain is located was originally called Huilong Town, but with urban expansion over the past ten years, it gradually became an urban-rural fringe area.

The entire area contains many self-built housing estates, mostly inhabited by migrant workers.

So the population is quite complex.

At this moment, Ren Qiang's experience and capabilities as a team leader were evident.

"The suspect came over from Tianzhou City, and he's carrying a kidnapped person."

"Therefore, in all likelihood, he wouldn't choose to share a rental space."

Ren Qiang spread out the entire map of the Huilong Mountain area and started analyzing: "Most of the self-built houses in the Huilong Mountain area are five to seven stories tall."

"According to the suspect's mistress, his financial situation is moderate, so he wouldn't rent an entire building."

"Less staff... economic convenience... nearby soil..."

Zhao Ming had worked in the Tianzhou Criminal Investigation Team for over twenty years, with experience in many cases comparable to Ren Qiang's.

He too was frowning and intently staring at the map: "Could it be that a small warehouse is most likely?"

Ren Qiang nodded, "There are many warehouses in the northwest part of Huilong Mountain... but they need to eat, and warehouses lack facilities for cooking..."

"It's unlikely the suspect would cook for themselves; they'd probably order takeout, so it wouldn't be too far from populated areas."

"Right, if it's too far, it would draw others' attention... so..."

Ren Qiang narrowed his eyes, like a cat spotting a mouse: "The sporadic small warehouses scattered within self-built houses might very well be their hiding place!"

Zhao Ming nodded in agreement, "This direction seems more likely, but within the entire Huilong Mountain, there are bound to be numerous similar warehouses..."

Both of them are experienced old detectives.

They knew that the recent deduction merely narrowed down the suspect's hiding area within a certain range.

However, to actually find the suspect was still like searching for a needle in a haystack.

"We have no choice, we'll have to use the old method."

Ren Qiang sighed. The 'old method' he mentioned was a manpower-intensive search.

At this point, there was no other way but to employ large numbers of people.

What followed was a deployment of personnel.

Soon, dozens of plainclothes officers were scattered throughout the Huilong Mountain area.

Lu Chuan was among them.

He was with Zhang Hui from Action Group Two.

"Lu Chuan, our area of responsibility includes only two streets, but since we are not familiar with this place, and we want to investigate without alerting anyone, we need to come up with a strategy."

Lu Chuan simply nodded; he had almost no experience in this aspect.

This time, Lu Chuan joined with the aim of learning, following Zhang Hui, to experience the daily work of a front-line investigator.

Zhang Hui didn't mention any specific method, but he saw a delivery man on a bike riding past and squinted his eyes, "Let's follow him."

Follow the delivery man?

Lu Chuan might be inexperienced, but he wasn't slow.

Once Zhang Hui mentioned following the delivery man, Lu Chuan understood what was going on.

Sure enough, the two of them kept their distance from the delivery man, and Zhang Hui began to explain: "Nowadays, the only people who really know every street and alley are the delivery workers."

"The suspect stabbed someone just this midday, so he probably doesn't dare to show himself. If he wants food, he'll have to order takeout."

"Following him might lead us to something."

In fact, Zhang Hui's idea wasn't unique.

Many teams were doing exactly the same thing.

Lu Chuan also discovered that there's a knack for following someone.

When to speed up, when to stop; all of it happens so casually, and it's something that needs to be learned.

In this aspect, Lu Chuan indeed had little experience.

However, Lu Chuan also had his own advantage.

Although he lacked front-line investigative experience, he had the Eye of Truth which was a system reward.

Everyone within his line of sight had a screen hovering above their heads.

The suspect was now wanted, and the relevant information had been updated into the Eye of Truth.

While Lu Chuan wandered the streets with Zhang Hui, he kept a keen eye out.

Not long after, about ten minutes later, a young man with a faint red screen above his head came into Lu Chuan's vision.

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