National Forensic Doctor

Chapter 1362: Chapter 1288: Bloody Game (Part 4)

"Wow, Shen, nicely done." Wei Shikan patted Shen Yaowei on the shoulder, filled with envy and jealousy.

Relentless effort finally yielded a breakthrough, uncovering crime clues. This was originally Wei Shikan’s script for himself, but now Shen Yaowei had taken it, with reddened eyes, embodying the script of a sickly genius. Wei Shikan wished he could take his place.

Shen Yaowei, being the capital city’s Kshatriya, understood the power of a high-ranking Kshatriya like Wei Shikan. He suppressed his urge to boast, feigning an overworked demeanor, and said, "It just happened to land in my hands."

"Got to show off in front of the beauties!" Wei Shikan clicked his tongue.

"Just luck, just luck," Shen Yaowei continued to be modest.

At this moment, Jiang Yuan had already come over, took over the keyboard and mouse, and began enlarging the image:

"Look up the building codes for the bus station to see the length of this pillar. Divide by 1.37, and that’s the height of the tall suspect A."

While waiting for the data, Jiang Yuan began processing the image.

Enhancing or completing low-quality images was his specialty. If the facial features of the two suspects could be obtained, even if Dama couldn’t conduct facial recognition, it would still help narrow the scope.

Moreover, if static images aren’t clear, dynamic scenes can’t be clear either. Jiang Yuan had expertise in footprint identification, and ensuring clarity in dynamic scenes naturally aided the application of footprint identification.

Furthermore, when tracking suspects, cameras aren’t endless. Often, a suspect might just be at the far end of a camera’s range, or perhaps they flash past in the camera’s "peripheral vision." At such times, image clarity is crucial not just for identifying who is who, but also for determining the suspects’ direction and location.

While Zhong Renlong was looking for the bus station’s data, Jiang Yuan typed away swiftly, striving to complete all preliminary preparations in a short time.

Newcomer Chen Meiling watched Jiang Yuan’s actions intently. Her Image Investigation skills were far beyond her claimed "a little understanding," and Zhong Renlong’s claim of her as a "rising star" was true. Having graduated outstandingly from a prestigious school without a referral system and being beautiful, Chen Meiling had received media attention from the beginning of her police career.

However, being in her early twenties and studying Image Investigation technology was somewhat a talent-dependent pursuit. noveldrama

Compared to someone like Wei Shikan, Chen Meiling was undoubtedly a genius. If ordered, she would also be a top Image Investigation talent among Dama officers of her age, and her mastery of Image Investigation major skills likely surpassed Level 1, with some minor skills possibly reaching Level 2’s great achievement, perhaps even breaking through to Level 3.

Nevertheless, it still wasn’t enough.

Today, Jiang Yuan reserved extra time for Image Recognition and Analysis (Level 5), so currently, he was processing images with Level 6 skills, because [5+1=6]—this was about the level of information Chen Meiling could glean.

"The column’s height is 2.5 meters." Zhong Renlong finally received a call, hurried over to inform Jiang Yuan, and calculated, "2.5 divided by 1.37 equals exactly 1.82. Did we find the murderer?"

"We can preliminarily identify them as suspects." Jiang Yuan nodded, then continued to operate, selecting a frame of the image and began image enhancement.

Soon, the faces of the two on the screen began to gradually clear up.

"It looks like two young people, around their teens or twenties." Jiang Yuan estimated their age, glancing at Chen Meiling, and said, "It’s very likely they’re under 20."

"Wow, that was fast." Zhong Renlong quickly approached, making a call to Ni Cha to report progress while praising, "It’s just like in the movies, bam, the once blurry photo turns clear!"

Chen Meiling couldn’t help but smile.

She witnessed Jiang Yuan’s operation throughout, though she didn’t understand much, had many doubts, and found much confusing. However, her confusion was entirely different from Zhong Renlong’s.

If movie image enhancement was like a one-click beauty filter, real image enhancement required various software and tools and understanding of fundamental mathematics.

Like most, Chen Meiling’s stuck at the math part. Yet she believed Zhong Renlong hadn’t reached this step, hence he seemed like a lucky amateur at this moment.

"Find the route of this bus and gather surveillance videos from along the bus stops," Jiang Yuan ordered Wang Chuanxing to print the photo and handed it to Zhong Renlong.

Zhong Renlong nodded excitedly, made another round of calls, and then returned to say, "I’ve sent people to look for surveillance, but not every bus stop has it... I’m preparing to send officers with the photos to inquire around."

"Are we deploying foot patrols? If so, I think we can first narrow down the scope," Jiang Yuan said as he picked up a freshly printed photo, pointing at the tall figure and added, "There’s a fifty percent chance the two are minors, under 18, so consider asking around schools first."

"That’s great, it’s easier to question middle school students, can ask a whole group at once, makes it efficient." Zhong Renlong became excited.

Jiang Yuan coughed twice from behind and added, "Fifty percent chance."

"I understand, God Jiang’s fifty percent chance!" Zhong Renlong perfectly understood and resolved the issue with his response.

A large number of officers were deployed.

Foot patrols, while resource-intensive, just involved showing photos for identification, and being in schools, was relatively efficient class by class.

In the evening.

Ni Cha and Zhong Renlong hurried into the meeting room.

"The identities of the two suspects have been confirmed." Ni Cha announced loudly, and in a magician-like voice, added, "You’ll never guess what we found."

Zhong Renlong enthusiastically translated.

Shen Yaowei appropriately asked, "What did you find?"

Ni Cha said loudly, "Both are high school students, 17 years old. God Jiang guessed extremely accurately, but there’s one point even you might not guess. The 1.82-meter-tall suspect is Ismail, and the shorter one is Kadar Stava."

During Zhong Renlong’s translation, Jiang Yuan stood up and asked, "The Stewa from Counselor Stewa?"

"Yes, Kadar Stava is Counselor Stewa’s son." Ni Cha snapped his fingers, laughing like an investor, "Kadar is the son of Stewa’s ex-girlfriend, studying in an international boarding school, rarely going home. He’s used a gun before; Counselor Stewa took him shooting several times, and with the Steva Family’s influence, Kadar could easily acquire a gun."