Life in North America, you call this an autopsy officer?!
Chapter 179 - 145 An Unprecedentedly Shameless Request (Extra - 13 for the Alliance Leader ’Splendor of the Night’)

Chapter 179: Chapter 145 An Unprecedentedly Shameless Request (Extra Chapter 13 for the Alliance Leader ’Splendor of the Night’)

"Hello, I’m Brian, Autopsy Officer from Group B6."

Brian reached out his hand to the man in front of him.

"Hello, I know you, the recently famous Autopsy Officer who once solved three cases in a day, a true master at solving crimes," the man took Brian’s hand, "I’m Rajag Ferri, the newly appointed leader of Team C5. Of course, if we can’t solve the cases we’re holding, our entire team will get sacked."

Rajag was a slightly older-looking Caucasian male, appearing to be in his thirties or forties, not very tall, just over 1.6 meters, but with deep brown eyes that carried a mature, melancholic aura.

In fact, all the team leaders in the NW Operations Department were white, without a single black person among them.

Needless to say, Rajag was also a man of status.

"Is the case tricky?" Brian led Rajag down the hallway.

Rajag nodded, "Very tricky. Five people died in one day, ten in two days. There are few clues left at the scene, and the victims are all prostitutes from out of town. Their identities are somewhat special, making it difficult for us to confirm their real identities for most of the deceased."

Brian immediately understood the difficulty of the case.

He frowned, "Any signs of sexual assault?"

Rajag shook his head:

"No sexual assault, no robbery, purely killings for the sake of killing.

Every prostitute died in the same way.

For transactions, they were in remote locations with no surveillance, their mouths and noses were wrapped in large transparent tape, suffocated to death.

At the scene, we couldn’t find fingerprints other than those of the victims."

Indeed challenging.

This is a case of random killing with no witnesses, no surveillance, and no clues...

How low is the solve rate for such cases?

About three percent.

And that mostly happens when the killer is caught for other crimes and ends up revealing previous random killings while being interrogated.

So, the actual solve rate for these random killings is even lower than three percent.

This C5 team, really unlucky to be assessed with such a case.

...

I have no cases on hand anyway.

Brian didn’t mind helping out when someone was in trouble.

It’s somewhat about networking.

But the benefits that should be asked for, cannot be omitted.

It’s not about greed for those benefits.

But about principles, first, to assess whether the person in question is a smart person worth associating with, and second, to avoid people shamelessly free-riding in the future—whether accepted or rejected, it only breeds trouble.

Brian directly said, "Leader Rajag, as you know, with our leader away, I need not only to handle the assigned cases but also help manage the team, so time-wise..."

Unspoken subtext: without any benefit, this is going to be difficult to handle.

Rajag was also straightforward: "One day’s time, just one day, whether it can be done or not, I’m willing to personally sponsor 50,000 US dollars as a personal consultation fee for you, Brian."

The position of the leader implies a fixed income from merit values.

50,000 US dollars is nothing compared to what his family had invested and maneuvered to get him this leadership opportunity.

Brian nodded.

Just from the term ’personal consultation fee’, he knew Rajag wasn’t some naive rookie.

He extended his hand, "Helping others is the joy of life, Leader Rajag, looking forward to our cooperation."

"Haha, looking forward to our cooperation," Rajag relaxed, smiling and shaking hands with Brian, then signing a check on the spot.

Check in hand.

Brian called over Green, who was still diligently practicing his gun skills: "Buddy, let’s go earn some extra cash."

"Extra cash?"

Green brightened up.

He hadn’t expected that today, in addition to his salary and bonuses, there would be an unexpected gain.

Last time with the massacre case, after their team handed over the seized money and drugs, they received a bonus of over 110,000 US dollars, about one-tenth of that seized money.

One fourth went to the two officers who had helped earlier.

The rest, when shared, was a significant amount for Green, previously a rookie patrol officer earning just about four to five thousand US dollars a month.

Following Brian, this was the biggest break of his over twenty years!

...

After greeting old Hardenn,

Brian, along with Green and Shi San, drove following Rajag’s car, prepared to inspect the murder scene.

The scene of the crime was close to Ming Lai Street, where old Headstrong resided.

But that’s normal.

There are lots of prostitutes around here.

Especially those cheap, older ones.

Many single, penniless old clients love frequenting this area, besides those vice squad guys.

They like young illegal girls, but really hate these seasoned tricksters.

After getting off the car.

At Rajag’s lead, everyone arrived at a murder scene that hadn’t yet been cleaned up.

You could tell Rajag was very anxious, so much so that even before this area was cleared up, he rushed through his team to find old Hardenn and seek help from Brian.

The scene was a small grove.

Leaves scattered thinly across the ground, a female corpse, naked at the back, dressed scantily, lay face-down, her mouth and the back of her head wrapped in a large quantity of transparent tape, intensely bound.

Around, several people stood. There were patrol officers, surveyors, and members of Rajag’s team.

Upon their arrival,

all eyes turned toward Brian and his company.

In their looks, there was curiosity, hostility, and expectation.

Human nature is multifaceted.

Brian disdained to bother with those bearing hostility.

He glanced at the messy scene, turned to Rajag and said, "Leader Rajag, please have everyone around disperse a bit; I’d like to examine the scene."

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