Our Gwo Country had its own national realities.
Though it was a superpower, its investment in public infrastructure was terribly uneven. Some places invested heavily, but Nie's City was not one of them. Forget the Sky Eye system—even public cameras were insufficient. The surveillance footage was not only blurry, outdated, and choppy, but hundreds of cameras had also been shut down by human rights organizations some time ago.
In this situation, how was I supposed to hunt down fugitives?
The director and division chief mulled it over and discussed it all day. Then the division chief went to the Major Crimes Division to argue things out with his subordinates, mulling it over and discussing it for another whole day.
By the time the True Persons of the Major Crimes Division made their move, they discovered that it was over—the suspects had all vanished.
Those people had run fast. They were absolute masters at this. How were they supposed to answer to their superiors and bosses?
And with so many suspects, where had they all gone?
They were all squatting in the detention cells of the Castle Under Police Station. Shi Tiexin had followed the trail like vines along a melon stem and dragged every last one of them back with Cheng Long.
Criminal Investigation Technique improved, evolving into: Art of Investigation Obtained Attribute: Trace Detection +4 Merged Attribute: Trace Detection +10 Beginning Attribute qualitative change Qualitative change complete Qualitative-change Attribute: Clues
"All right, sign it and press your fingerprint." Shi Tiexin filled out the paperwork and tossed it to Cheng Long beside him. "Close the case."
When he walked out of the interrogation room, every officer and chief looked at Shi Tiexin as though they were looking at a monster.
Normally, a case like this would definitely have