"Ring ring ring..."
The desk phone on Yu Jing's desk kept ringing.
Through his identification card and all the information that could be gathered from the desk, Yu Jing quickly confirmed his current identity. His name remained unchanged, and he was an ordinary officer at a small police station.
"Hello..."
An agitated man's voice came from the other end. "Get to my office right now!"
By watching where the others in the office were headed, Yu Jing followed a group of officers who had also received calls and wore grim expressions to the police chief's office on the third floor of the police station.
Five officers had gathered there in total.
Slap!
A thick stack of documents was slammed down in front of them.
"It's been two months, and you still haven't caught anyone. You haven't even brought in a single suspicious person for questioning... Take a look at what today's newspaper published. It says our entire police station is full of imbeciles. Ten minutes ago, the mayor called me and asked about this case. How am I supposed to answer him?!"
A chubby, brown-haired officer immediately replied, "There were no usable clues at the crime scene. The suspicious person we tracked last time also—"
"Don't give me any of that useless crap! I only want the killer brought in. Then I'll have an explanation, and you'll be able to keep your jobs... One day! You have one final day. If I still don't see the killer by then, all of you can forget about working here."
One day? This vicious murder case had already dragged on for a full month. All their leads had gone cold. How could giving them one extra day possibly be enough?
"I never wanted this damn job in the first place!"
A hot-tempered, curly-haired