National Forensic Doctor-Chapter 921 - 859: The Path of Confrontation

Shen Yaowei watched Jiang Yuan gently maneuver the scalpel, with countless things he wanted to say in his heart.

He should say that he was the member who did the least and most relaxed work in Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team.

From a professional standpoint, due to his family background, Shen Yaowei had a deeper understanding of public security cases, always able to give decent advice related to the case, and with his prominent social prowess and family heritage, Shen Yaowei’s role in the team was quite prominent.

But during this period, Shen Yaowei felt that Jiang Yuan had changed a bit, started to push him to work, and this feeling...

Hiss.

Jiang Yuan’s scalpel slid across the corpse’s skin, making a soft cracking sound. Beside him was a local forensic doctor, a greasy old man in his forties, with a bristly beard and sparse hair, currently assisting without a word, only his eyes revealing admiration and respect when they swept over Jiang Yuan.

Shen Yaowei "cough cough" twice, clearing his throat: "Captain Jiang..."

"Don’t talk, come and help." Jiang Yuan guessed Shen Yaowei might be a bit emotional, but he didn’t care, nor had any intention to soothe.

These days, Jiang Yuan was extremely busy. It can be said that his work would greatly determine the arrest and execution rate of this drug network. Therefore, Jiang Yuan had set a strict work schedule and process for himself, allotting corresponding time for autopsy and subsequent tasks like fingerprints and footprints.

In other words, Jiang Yuan was in an emotional intelligence offline state. Once he expressed his emotions and felt happy, he would dedicate himself to his work.

As for Shen Yaowei’s words...

Sometimes, being a subordinate really did mean enduring some grievances.

Shen Yaowei was somewhat surprised.

As a socially adept person, he was always willing to complain to the leaders. If you don’t complain, how would they know you’re working at full capacity? If you don’t complain, how would they pay attention and notice you? And through the complaining process, if you overstate your own value and exaggerate your work, even if the leaders find out, it would be considered to have a legitimate purpose, and if not discovered... it’s as if your personal value has been reassessed.

But today Jiang Yuan wasn’t receptive to complaints, making Shen Yaowei a bit unaccustomed. The grievances in his heart grew even heavier.

"Support this side." Commands from Jiang Yuan were relentless and demanding.

Shen Yaowei could only set aside his thoughts and follow Jiang Yuan to act as a forensic assistant.

"The urinary system here is pretty much collapsed," Jiang Yuan commented suddenly in the middle of the autopsy.

The local forensic doctor chuckled and said, "For a drug addict, collapse is normal."

"It collapsed quite severely, and quickly," Jiang Yuan tapped on the corpse’s muscles and said, "A man so physically robust should have been able to withstand a few more years."

"You mean..."

"The several bodies we autopsied before were more or less the same, this one is fresher, it’s more obvious. It suggests that the drug they’ve been dealing with must have some significant side effects," Jiang Yuan continued to think out loud, saying, "I guess there must be a degree of damage to the kidneys, ureters, and the like, otherwise..."

"New drugs tend to be like that, ones without side effects are the minority." The local forensic doctor chatted with Jiang Yuan.

However, his conclusion was correct; unlike traditional drugs that have been around for years with well-known highs and side effects, new drugs couldn’t possibly have complete and consolidated research.

Drug dealers are not like pharmaceutical companies that run phase one, two, and three clinical trials. They just have a few test subjects try the drugs and if it doesn’t kill them, they start selling.

Of course, neither the drug dealers nor the drug addicts really care about that.

In the past, the police didn’t pay much attention either.

Shen Yaowei then said, "Ordinary drug addicts, they won’t live long enough to have their kidneys fail."

"That may be so..." Jiang Yuan pondered and then said, "But when they have urinary system issues, they still have to see a doctor, right?"

"Certainly, but even if they get better, they’ll still use drugs..." Shen Yaowei stopped here as his own mind started to work, and he couldn’t help but say, "You mean, find these drug addicts through hospitals?"

"We can give it a try, it won’t cost much, and we can count as many as we can confirm. At the very least, we can find out through this method to which regions their sales network has expanded."

At this point, Jiang Yuan lost interest in the corpse on the dissection table and said to the forensic doctor beside him, "I’ll leave the rest to you."

"No problem, I will handle it carefully according to your requirements," the local forensic doctor replied admiringly, looking at Jiang Yuan. "I will have someone send you the full video afterwards."

"Okay. Thank you." Jiang Yuan took off his gloves and went to take a shower.

Shen Yaowei hesitated and asked, "Is there... another place to take a shower?"

The local forensic doctor wrinkled his nose and said, "Even if you don’t like it, you won’t be able to smell it; the stench of the corpse can’t overpower the smell of rotten fish."

Shen Yaowei was both shocked and angry!

...

After returning to the office, Jiang Yuan didn’t rush to report but drafted an outline of the plan and then connected with the Drug Enforcement Headquarters.

Using certain symptoms as criteria to search for drug users is already considered a crackdown.

As everyone knows, a crackdown is a very expensive and labour-intensive task. Ordinary investigation plans can be mentioned casually, but once a crackdown is mentioned, the scrutiny standards naturally become higher.

Song Beishou had been waiting by the phone. Hearing that Jiang Yuan had returned, he rolled off the sofa, hurried to the command center, rubbed his face, and with a smile said, "Jiang Yuan has returned? I heard you led the charge and took down drug dealers’ strongholds. Are you injured? How are you feeling?"

"I am not injured, and I’m feeling quite well. However..." Jiang Yuan paused and then seriously said, "Based on our findings this time, I have an idea. I suggest conducting a crackdown by searching for a particular type of symptom to weed out drug addicts who use the same kind of drugs..."

"Fine, no problem, you tell us how to do it, and we will do it!" Song Beishou immediately agreed.

Jiang Yuan glanced at the plan outline in front of him. He had only mentioned an introduction, and Song Beishou had already agreed?

Jiang Yuan frowned slightly and said, "Commander, I’m talking about a large-scale crackdown. Although the target of the crackdown is quite clearly defined, the scope of the search may need to be nationwide..."

"We can do it, no problem," Song Beishou replied even more readily.

Jiang Yuan said, "I mean, a nationwide crackdown!"

Song Beishou said, "Your word is final, Captain Jiang!"

The Drug Enforcement Headquarters doesn’t lack funds. Of course, the main reason is that Song Beishou’s trust in Jiang Yuan has soared.

Considering Jiang Yuan’s current ability to solve cases and his technical level, Song Beishou couldn’t think of any reason to refuse Jiang Yuan.

Even if there were a reason, he would find a way to reject that reason too.

Jiang Yuan "hmm"ed for two seconds, looked at the outline he had prepared in advance, and felt it was wasted.

Song Beishou said, "Captain Jiang, please give the order."

"Well... I will tell you about my idea, but you will have to come up with the specific screening plan and arrangements yourself."

"No problem!" Song Beishou agreed once again with the utmost speed.

For a moment, Jiang Yuan actually felt a little let down.

Drug trafficking cases are supposed to be the most confrontational type of cases, but looking at the development of this case, the photographer had been arrested, the evidence was extremely solid, and with multiple charges he was likely to be sentenced to immediate execution. The progress of related drug cases was also pleasing, and Shen Yaowei reeked.

With such a high-level response from the Drug Enforcement Headquarters, suggesting a crackdown seemed to lack all the reservedness and dignity expected.

"Captain Jiang?" Song Beishou waited for a while and, seeing no response from Jiang Yuan, couldn’t help but express his concerns, "If you think the intensity is not strong enough, we can find other ways. We could also coordinate with the Ministry. A case this big can’t possibly be handled entirely by us alone..."

"That’s enough. Let’s wait and see the results before we decide," Jiang Yuan gestured. Sometimes, when your teammates provide too much support, the fight turns into dominance.