[Rat and Cat] Serious Crime Team

The news in the morning made both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang unable to sit still. Counting it, more than half a month had passed since Bai Yutang's recuperation, which was still ten days away from the one-month deadline.But when the whole city was disturbed by this serial arsonist, it was really impossible for Bai Yutang to hide at home and rest.If Bai Yutang can't do it, Zhan Zhao can't even do it. Now if someone asks him to choose between returning to the serious crime team to investigate the case or staying by Bai Yutang's side and staring at him, he will definitely be firm. Unwaveringly choose the latter.

Bai Yutang saw what Zhan Zhao wanted to do, so he naturally wouldn't let him escape from his side so easily.So, when Zhan Zhao picked up his schoolbag and was about to go out, he saw Bai Yutang also groomed his whole body to look glamorous, as if he wanted to go out with him.

Zhan Zhao immediately understood the guy's intentions, he frowned and stared at Bai Yutang without saying a word.Bai Yutang came to Zhan Zhao's side with a smile on his face, stared at his displeased little eyes and asked with a smile, "Are you going to the Serious Crime Squad?"

Zhan Zhao replied nonchalantly, "No."

"Oh," Bai Yutang smiled without changing his expression, "That's a pity, we have different paths. If you don't go to the serious crime team, I will return to the team."

"Bai Yutang." Zhan Zhao stared at Bai Yutang's face seriously, and said coldly, "You are a patient."

Bai Yutang shook his finger at Zhan Zhao, "You're wrong, I'm just an injured person, not a sick person. And my injury has completely healed."

"That's not what the doctor said."

"The doctor just told me to rest, but didn't say that I must be raised at home. It's the same for me to be raised in a serious case group."

"Is the Serious Crime Squad a place to recuperate the wounded?" Zhan Zhao said coldly, "If Big Brother Bao hears that you regard his site as a place to recuperate the wounded, it will be even darker."

"So, don't tell him." Bai Yutang poked Zhan Zhao's face with a smile, and ran out the door laughing before he lost his temper.

Zhan Zhao looked depressedly at Bai Yutang laughing arrogantly, and couldn't help but curse in his heart.Forget it, let him go back to the team if he is not afraid of death, anyway, Brother Bao won't let him do anything, I want to see how he recuperates in the serious crime team.

In the end, Zhan Zhao took Bai Yutang back to the serious crime team.Bao Zheng didn't make a bad face, because he was too busy to make a bad face now.Eight arson cases occurred in less than two days. There were too many scenes involved, and all of them were severely damaged. Although the fire department and the district police helped to visit, there were too many witnesses who needed to be investigated and questioned. too busy.

This is the most troublesome thing about dealing with arson cases, because the scene of such cases is very chaotic, and there are almost no valuable clues, so we can only rely on manpower to investigate one by one.The suspect was hiding in the vast crowd. If no one directly witnessed him setting the fire, it would be impossible to investigate.But how easy is it to find such witnesses?

According to the investigation of the firefighters, the fires in these cases all occurred in very hidden places in the buildings, which are usually inaccessible, and cameras are usually not installed, so it is impossible to have any witnesses.In addition, the arsonist did not use a combustion aid, that is to say, he did not use gasoline or diesel to ignite the fire, but used the most primitive method to ignite combustibles.In this way, the way to investigate from the perspective of the person who purchased the accelerant was blocked.

Faced with this kind of case, even a place where elites like the Serious Crime Squad have nothing to do. All they can do is the simplest and most basic police work.It is a time-consuming and labor-intensive stupid way to do a little research and visit one by one, but this method is the most effective at this time.

Of course, if the workload can be reduced, everyone will be happy to hear it.Therefore, when Zhan Zhao walked into the Office of the Serious Crime Squad, everyone turned their gazes to him, which was basically equivalent to looking at the savior.Zhan Zhao was stunned for a long time by these eager eyes, when he finally understood why everyone was so excited when they saw him, the pressure suddenly fell on his shoulders.

Zhan Zhao glanced at Bai Yutang helplessly, and found that the latter was smiling at him.Zhan Zhao also smiled, and went straight to Bao Zheng, "Brother Bao, let Bai Yutang and I come to help."

"Okay." Bao Zheng didn't look at Bai Yutang at all, let alone objected, he nodded directly to let the two join the work.

Even Bai Yutang didn't expect Bao Zheng to be so happy, but he was naturally happy, and immediately pulled Zhan Zhao back to his place.

After returning to the serious crime team, the work was intense and complicated, and the day passed quickly.Although the day passed quickly, it was destined to be very uneasy.The bad news came one after another. As expected, the lunatic did not stop the arson action. From the first arson case to the daytime of the third day so far, there were five new arson cases. The total number has increased to thirteen.There are still no casualties in these five cases, but the location of the arson has been expanded by him to a wider area.Among these five cases, the one that worried Zhan Zhao the most was the one that happened in a five-storey shopping mall. The fire started on the third floor, and there was a kindergarten on the fourth floor.When the fire broke out, there were more than 50 children in the kindergarten. If the fire hadn’t started in a small area and was extinguished in time, would those children be burned to death?

Zhan Zhao felt as if his own heart was being set on fire. This madman's speed was too fast. He couldn't wait to think slowly and perfect his thinking. He needed to act immediately.Therefore, after receiving the fire alarm, Zhan Zhao did not leave to follow Bai Yutang and the others to the scene, but immediately opened his notebook and began to write a preliminary profile.

When Bao Zheng returned from the scene with his brothers from the serious crime team, Zhan Zhao took out the printed materials and handed them to Bao Zheng.

"Brother Bao, we can start now."

Bao Zheng's deep eyes revealed a touch of surprise, and the exhaustion of the whole day seemed to relax a lot.Zhan Zhao's face was solemn, and he didn't feel any joy or ease because of Bao Zheng's trust.Now his heart is full of those big fires.

Time was running out, Bao Zheng made a decisive decision, everyone stopped their work, used the office as a meeting room, and called in all the firefighters and local police representatives who participated in the investigation and evidence collection, and listened to Zhan Zhao's profiling conclusion.

Except for the members of the serious crime team, most of the heads of the fire brigade and the grassroots police station did not know Zhan Zhao.When they saw a young man who looked less than 20 years old standing next to the team preparing to hold a meeting for them, they couldn't help but looked at each other in blank dismay.Although none of them said anything, Zhan Zhao could tell that most people didn't trust him very much.

This was Zhan Zhao's first time doing profiling work in front of so many outsiders. In addition, he was not well prepared and knew little about the arsonist, so he would inevitably feel nervous for a while.He suddenly had the idea of ​​retreating a little bit, and looked at Bao Zheng with a guilty conscience. Zhan Zhao thought in his heart, can he push Brother Bao to speak, and just help answer the questions by himself?

Just when Zhan Zhao was secretly planning to sell Bao Zheng, someone suddenly grabbed his right hand lightly.Zhan Zhao was slightly taken aback, that hand carried a familiar warmth, even if he didn't look back, he could guess who this person was.The familiar heat flowed from the palm of the hand to the bottom of the heart again, because the heat caused by shyness warmed up the body, but at the same time, it seemed to reduce the tension well.Zhan Zhao frowned, pushed the hand away forcefully, took a few deep breaths, and greeted everyone.

Before this, Bao Zheng had introduced Zhan Zhao to everyone, so after the polite greeting, Zhan Zhao immediately got to the point with his fast speech.

"Before the profiling, I would like to briefly introduce to you what is psychological profiling." Zhan Zhao found that once he started, he could get into the state very quickly, and the tension completely disappeared.With his professional expression and introduction, the old policemen opposite him who were more than 20 years older than him on average gradually restrained their contempt and suspicion, and gradually became serious.

Zhan Zhao finally felt relieved, and after introducing the basic methods and rules of psychological profiling and its role in the detection work, he continued to introduce the conclusion of the current suspect's profiling.

"As you have heard just now, because the arson case is much more difficult to solve than ordinary cases, and we don't have effective evidence and clues at hand, so the profile I made is not aimed at the suspect in this case. Psychology The main function of profiling is to narrow down the scope of detection. Time does not wait for anyone. I know that it is impossible for the suspect to stop committing the crime on his own initiative, and his crime has a tendency to escalate. Therefore, we must not wait for the emergence of evidence and clues, but take the initiative to attack.

Therefore, I studied the materials of dozens of arson cases at home and abroad in recent years. I summarized the characteristics of these arsonists and got some very subjective conclusions.Most of the arsonists are men, aged to about 20 years old, and most of them have drug and alcohol abuse.Most of them are very bright, but their academic performance in school is very bad.Many have suffered severe psychological or physical trauma and have had a bad relationship with their parents.

They are the kind of people with high IQ and low EQ, poor interpersonal relationship, they always suffer contempt and hurt in real life, so they put their enthusiasm and experience into setting fire.When they were young, they usually liked to play with fire, and they were beaten and scolded by their parents many times for playing with fire, and they refused to change after repeated admonitions.They are losers in life, and the only thing they can feel fulfilled about is setting fire.They are proud that their arson was not discovered, and D City is now in a state of turmoil because of him, and he will definitely not be able to help showing off his arson to the people around him.

He may boast to strangers about his skill in setting fires, and even brag that he was responsible for them, although such boasting is usually not taken seriously and is quickly forgotten, of course.Watching others ignorantly ignore him, a heinous criminal, will give him the pleasure of playing with others.He'll have fun doing it until he's finally caught.However, don't expect him to stop on his own initiative. "

After Zhan Zhao finished speaking, he stopped and looked at everyone, and there was a brief silence in the office.Afterwards, a fire police officer who looked to be in his 40s asked Zhan Zhao solemnly, "Dr. Zhan, your profile opened my eyes, and it sounds really convincing. But what I want to know now is, How can we catch him. You also said that you don't know anything about the suspect in this case, and the above profile is based on previous cases, so what is the significance of solving this case?"

Obviously, the old firefighter's question is also a common question for everyone.Seeing everyone's expressions of approval, Zhan Zhao nodded solemnly, "This is a very good question. But I can only say that so far, I can't provide you with more information. The next work will follow the The previous ones are no different, but I believe that when you catch a lot of suspects who are suspected of arson, after you catch them, you can conduct investigations based on the above profile. Of course, this will not make your job easy How much, but it is still a big improvement compared to finding a needle in a haystack."

As soon as Zhan Zhao finished speaking, Bai Yutang suddenly continued, "Actually, I have another idea."

Bai Yutang's words successfully attracted everyone's attention to him, including Zhan Zhao.However, Bai Yutang didn't look at everyone. He just took a serious look at Zhan Zhao and said, "As Zhan Zhao said, City D has already fallen into panic. There is no need for the media to fuel the situation. The citizens are already in panic. So I have a suggestion." , it is necessary for us to hold a press conference to organize Zhan Zhao's profile into an alert and release it to the citizens, so that they can pay attention to whether there are people similar to the above profile in the possible arson scene in the future. Also, let them Recall whether anyone has boasted to them recently that he is an arsonist. Mobilizing the power of the masses is more efficient than us police investigating one by one."

"Good idea!" The news officer Pang Tong who came out of nowhere immediately echoed Bai Yutang's words, "Boss! Xiaobai's idea is good. If you agree, I'll do it!"

Bao Zheng thought for a while, and finally nodded, "Okay, but be careful with your wording."

"You don't have to worry about leaving it to me." Pang Tong agreed with a smile, clapped his hands to all the policemen present, and said with a smile, "Okay, the meeting is almost over, everyone has worked hard. After this case is over, I will be responsible for following up with you." The director applies and gives bonuses to everyone. Haha!"

Pang Tong's words made everyone in the office smile.The crowd dispersed, but Zhan Zhao seemed to lose all strength, his shoulders collapsed.

"What, are you tired?" Bai Yutang put his palm on Zhan Zhao's shoulder.

Zhan Zhao sat on the chair, looked up at Bai Yutang, twitched the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile, "Thank you just now."

"Thank me?" Bai Yutang raised his eyebrows, "Why?"

"If it wasn't for your idea, I'd be about to be questioned." Zhan Zhao curled his lips depressedly, "Bring everyone here to listen to me talk so much, but in the end there is no better way to handle the case, I think I'm really useless."

"No." Bai Yutang's hand on Zhan Zhao's shoulder increased his strength, and Zhan Zhao raised his head in surprise, staring into Bai Yutang's serious eyes, "Zhan Zhao, you are very important, whether it is for these cases or for you. To me, you are very important. You are not allowed to say that you are useless, do you hear me?"

Zhan Zhao looked at Bai Yutang's serious expression in surprise, hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded blankly.

However, even though he didn't quite understand why Bai Yutang praised him so much, Zhan Zhao still felt that familiar warmth welling up in his heart.

It is always a pleasure to be praised.Besides, that person is Bai Yutang.