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Chapter 128 - 113: Sigma Man Brian, The Annihilation Case

Chapter 128: Chapter 113: Sigma Man Brian, The Annihilation Case

I have to say,

this woman named Caroline does know some flashy moves, but she lacks real combat experience. Her strength and speed are above average, but in front of Brian, it’s child’s play.

A series of punches and kicks.

Caroline, who wasn’t very resistant to beating, honestly confessed her origins.

She is Susan’s best friend, and their families have been close for generations.

Caroline is three years younger than Susan and had just graduated from a special agency this year.

Most absurdly,

Caroline had always had a penchant for violence since she was little.

After returning, when Caroline learned that Susan had someone she liked, she became very jealous and had someone thoroughly investigate Brian, uncovering Brian’s part-time job as a Vehicle Appraiser.

Thus, she schemed with Susan, trying to expose Brian as a scumbag.

The effect was mediocre.

For someone like Susan, who lacked experience in love, she wouldn’t easily fall for someone, and once she did, she wouldn’t easily give up.

Although she was somewhat bothered, she didn’t show any apparent disgust.

This irritated Caroline.

That led to the events last night where Brian’s romantic opportunities unexpectedly skyrocketed.

Brian had considered that his relationship with Susan might face provocations like those in melodramatic TV shows, with second-generation rivals trying to embarrass him, but he never expected it to come from a woman, especially one who looked so imposing.

...

Seeing Caroline cry her eyes out,

Brian did not indulge her and kicked her again, "Hurry up and tell me, how do you know about my foster parents!"

Caroline wiped away her nosebleed, sobbing,

"I’m a new employee in the NW Internal Affairs Department, and I have the authority to access your files.

Plus, during my investigation of you, I discovered that the private medical institution where your foster parents were had a doctor who died in a car accident, and your foster parents had both been discharged and even had records of leaving the country.

I found it very strange at the time.

Considering how you cared for your foster parents, it doesn’t make sense that you would just calmly continue to work while they’re abroad.

So I suspected there was something hidden and sent someone to investigate, only to find that they merely had records of leaving the country but no further trace...

Then I couldn’t attract your attention.

I just thought about threatening you a bit."

Goodness gracious.

When Brian heard that Caroline was an employee of the NW Internal Affairs Department, he was speechless.

You have this identity, why didn’t you say it earlier?

Internal Affairs is basically like an internal audit.

He had hit an auditor...

Well, since he had hit her.

Pretending he hadn’t heard about Caroline’s identity, Brian sighed, walked to the window, and adopted a melancholic posture with his chin tilted at a 45-degree angle, "The thing with my foster parents is actually like this..."

Basically, his foster parents felt their days were numbered and decided to travel around and live a new life, not wanting to live in the past.

This was the contingency plan left by Uncle Billy when he arranged for his foster parents’ discharge.

Without mentioning those overly paranoid methods.

Billy did truly have Brian’s best interests at heart.

...

Brian also casually mentioned his own origin.

Hearing his emotionally rich narration, Caroline felt somewhat awkward.

She hadn’t expected Brian to have such a complicated personal history.

After finishing,

Brian took a medical kit from Susan’s cabinet and, after treating Caroline’s wounds, said earnestly, "I don’t mind that you like Susan, and I’m okay with fair competition, but have you considered whether Susan can accept this kind of same-sex love?"

Caroline lowered her head.

She had actually tested the waters, but Susan was straight and couldn’t decipher her hints, thinking she was just being affectionate.

Seeing her silent.

Brian patted her shoulder, "Alright, go back and think it over, and also, stop those little manipulations, I really hate being schemed against."

Caroline nodded and meekly left the room.

Then... she came back.

Caroline awkwardly said, "Well... I actually have another matter for coming here."

...

Around 9 o’clock.

In the conference room, members of Group B6 looked strangely at the woman with a bruised face.

Brian introduced her calmly to everyone:

"This is Ms. Caroline from the NW Internal Affairs Department.

Ms. Caroline is here mainly to commend our team for its recent outstanding performance and to inquire about the incident involving the leader of Team A1 visiting our group the day before yesterday."

Caroline somewhat uncomfortably first commended the recent outstanding performance of Group B6.

The members felt a bit sheepish.

It couldn’t be helped.

Several cases had been mysteriously resolved by Brian.

Making them seem somewhat redundant.

Given that Caroline was Susan’s best friend, the inquiry was naturally just a formality.

...

After seeing Caroline off,

Brian introduced Hardenn and the others to the newly joined members, Green, and Tom.

Of the two, Tom was doing alright; he had previously worked in Group B1, but after B1 was attacked by the Original Sect, causing it to lose its commission, he had returned to the Forensic Bureau.

Thus his joining Group B6 as a formal member, responsible for on-site investigation and collection of bodies, serving as Brian’s assistant.

Officer Green wasn’t so fortunate.

He was currently considered a peripheral member of B6 Group,

similar to an intern.

To be regularized, one needs an observation period of six months.

After the meeting.

Brian pulled Green aside alone, "Our team isn’t big. Ivan and Glenn are old partners and can handle cases on their own. Even though I am an Autopsy Officer, I also know a bit about solving cases. So, previously, I was partnered with the team leader. Now that the leader isn’t here, you will temporarily follow me."

"No problem!"

Green had seen Brian solve cases before and knew that Brian was generous. He was very happy to be following Brian.

All morning, Green was extremely excited, occasionally helping everyone with coffee and cleaning up.

Ultimately, it was still Ivan, who had had quite a bit of beer the day before, who stopped Green:

"Dude, listen, what counts here is competence, not these things.

Of course, I still like your sensibility, but there are no cases right now. If you are free, you can go and check out some case files."

Beside him, a worried Glenn also expressed his approval perfunctorily.

He had also gone on patrol with Green yesterday and indeed picked up a few girls who were drunk out of their minds...

After one night.

Glenn didn’t know what he had experienced; now he was full of worries.

Green listened to the guidance of his senior and honestly grabbed a case file Ivan handed him and went off to study it.

Seeing this.

Glenn, who was on the side, glanced at Brian, who was forcing Dog Shi San to watch preschool educational videos, and sneaked over, "Brian, a friend of mine encountered something, and I don’t quite understand it, so I wanted to ask you."

Brian let Shi San watch the videos on his own and turned around, curious, "Ask away, I hope I know."

Glenn was somewhat awkward:

"It’s like this. My friend had a bit to drink, so yesterday, when he was pulling radishes, he forgot to wear a ’raincoat.’

He woke up and found the radish wasn’t clean.

Do you think my friend could be infected?"

Brian shook his head, "Sorry, I don’t know. I never engage in high-risk contacts."

Hearing this answer, Glenn was somewhat persistent, "If it were an infection, what symptoms would generally appear?"

Brian did know this and pointed at Glenn, "I’m not sure about other symptoms, but generally, they would be like you, going around asking others if they could be infected."

Glenn: ...

He frowned, "Okay then, Brian, I need to take a leave. I mean, I want to accompany my friend to see a doctor."

Watching Glenn’s retreating figure.

Brian chuckled and turned back to continue instructing Shi San.

He had a side job and only accepted cars that came with their own inspection reports, while Glenn would accept anyone and everyone—it’d be unscientific not to win.

...

At a little past three in the afternoon.

Glenn hadn’t returned yet, and a new case had come in.

And it was two cases at once.

The first case was a corpse dumping case.

Someone spotted a woman’s bare legs in a bush, thinking they belonged to a hungover girl from last night’s revelry, and gleefully approached, only to discover a woman’s corpse in a tragic state.

Glenn wasn’t there.

Brian, rookie Green, Ivan, Tom who was driving the crime scene investigation van, and Dog Shi San, four people and one dog, went to the scene.

The deceased was a pretty teenage girl dressed in a Snow White cosplay costume, wearing a silver wig, her skirt a complete mess underneath, and bruises and scratch marks visible on her limbs, as if several people had restrained her body, and then...

It was clearly a gang assault and murder case.

Ivan shrugged, "Looks like a dark version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs..."

After estimating the liver temperature.

Brian determined that the time of death was approximately early last morning.

The cause of death was asphyxiation.

In the mouth of the deceased, some regurgitated residue could be seen.

After a discussion, they conjectured that the victim vomited and then it was forced back, causing death by asphyxiation.

Upon realizing something was wrong.

The bastards dumped the deceased haphazardly in the bushes.

It was a foolish crime, appearing that the murderer wasn’t very old and had poor mental composure.

Ivan spoke directly, "This case is rather straightforward. The murderer is either the girl’s companion or a friend made yesterday. Tom and I can handle it; you take Green to handle the other case."

Brian nodded.

He had encountered many similar cases during his time at the Forensic Bureau.

In assault cases, most are committed by acquaintances—either a victim’s classmate, colleague, friend, or family member.

...

After bidding farewell to Ivan.

Brian took Shi San, who kept sniffing around, and the attentive Green, who had been both listening carefully and observing, to the second crime scene.

The second case was a family annihilation.

The crime scene was located in a high-rise apartment within their jurisdiction.

When Brian and his team arrived, it was already past four in the afternoon.

"This place looks pretty nice."

Green admired the facilities outside the apartment.

The suit he was wearing had been bought with gritted teeth on a credit card, costing over a thousand US dollars, but it still seemed somewhat out of place here.

"It’s just the illusion of wealth."

Brian pinned his badge to his collar, "The real wealthy in Los Angeles live in manors and villas along the West Coast. Unfortunately, our jurisdiction isn’t over there, otherwise you’d see plenty of dramatic cases."

Saying so, they arrived at the floor.

There were patrol officers who had arrived earlier, guarding the scene.

Brian was just about to greet them.

When the two patrol officers spoke first, "Brian? Wow, didn’t expect you to be handling this case, looks like we’re in luck."

Green chuckled, "After that case in Forest Park, there probably isn’t a station in the district that doesn’t know you."

Brian shrugged, "I’m flattered. Let’s get to know the case first."

He realized that ever since Shi San arrived on that floor, he had been extremely excited.

This was the first time he had seen such a situation.