Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 64 Evidence
The private room was a complete mess.

Ruins were everywhere, and the pungent smell of burning permeated the entire area.

Centered on the dining table, the traces of the explosion spread outwards like a flower, with glass shards and fragments of wooden furniture scattered everywhere, and unextinguished flames still burning on the curtains and sofa.

Milo glanced at the lawyer Jimmy, who was hanging in two pieces on the back wall.

Perhaps it was because the lawyer wasn't as obese as Edward, or perhaps it was because he was closer to the explosion point; in any case, he was no longer human.

Milo glanced at the guy and felt that not only lunch, but also dinner didn't need to be arranged.

This wall is so big that it displays all of a person's internal organs. It's like a complete educational wall about internal organs. All that's missing is to put labels on each organ.

……

Law enforcement officers at the scene are collecting evidence.

Milo walked carefully on the charred carpet, his mind racing with calculations.

Edward Sherman is dead. His death was so sudden that Milo didn't even know the old man had returned to Nanwei City. He never expected that on their first meeting, he would even see what the old man's large intestine looked like.

That would be very strange.

Edward's purpose in returning to Nanwei City was to amend and confirm the right of succession to the title.

Who would want to kill him?
So that's the person who doesn't want Harrison to inherit the right to the throne, and that's... me, isn't it?

clam?
Oh no, let's start over.

If Harrison doesn't get a knighthood, who benefits?
That's me, no, I mean, Ms. Castor Bean, yes, that's her.

Given that Dylan is dead and his son is insane, the only person left who could potentially inherit the Sherman family's assets is Lady Grace, the Castor Lady. This is because if Harrison obtains the title, the family assets will ultimately belong to him, and Grace will get nothing; it's only a matter of time.

But, is this woman really that ruthless as to kill her own father...?

……

Milo fell into deep thought.

No, if we assume Grace could potentially commit patricide, then Harrison could too.

Harrison would only kill his father in one situation: if Edward had already confirmed the change of succession, and Harrison was eager to become the new earl, so he would send Edward away in advance. This is the only possibility that would be true.

But this is too outrageous. Are all the nobles perverts?

Did Milo witness two patricide-like events in just a few days?
The technical enforcement officer approached Milo, handed him a pair of gloves, and said, "There are burn marks at the scene, but it shouldn't be a gunpowder bomb."

“Not gunpowder? Then what could it be?” Milo put on his gloves.

“There are no signs of a gunpowder explosion, and I found this.” The other person picked up a dark-colored shard of glass from the ground:
"I just confirmed with the restaurant staff that their private rooms do not include glass ornaments of this color."

"This...isn't this something you only find in hospitals or laboratories?"

Memories of another world appeared in Milo's mind.

These brownish glass shards are typically used to hold photosensitive liquid medications; you'll find many of these in hospitals and chemical laboratories.

According to Milo, the interior of the private room looked as if it had been plowed through. An explosion of this level of destruction would require a large amount of black powder, but there were indeed no traces of burning black powder at the scene.

What was the source of the explosion?

"It's not clear yet."

...

Just as my colleagues said, there were indeed many broken brown glass shards at the scene of the incident. If I'm not mistaken, these glass shards came from the source of the explosion, but my colleagues in the technical department had never seen such an explosive device before.

However, Milo didn't care much about the source of the explosion; he didn't care how Edward died, but he wanted to know the cause of Edward's death.

Is it possible that someone wants to use Edward's death to smear themselves?
How could something so completely unrelated possibly be dirty...

Therefore, aside from Edward's other unknown enemies, the only known motives for the crime are that of Ms. Castor and the Harrison siblings.

"What were we just saying this guy was?"

Milo pointed to the two pieces of Jimmy on the wall.

“A lawyer,” the colleague replied.

"…Um…"

Milo narrowed his eyes.

What was Edward doing meeting with the lawyer?
That can only be a discussion about the right of succession to the title.

Milo looked around and finally saw a broken black box lying in the corner. The surface of the box was charred, the overall structure was blown apart, and many of the documents inside were burned in half.

He went straight over, picked up the suitcase, walked out of the private room, put the suitcase down in the clean corridor, unlocked it, and took out all the documents inside one by one...

When Milo spotted a waterproof document bag, a smile unconsciously crept onto his face.

……

...

The on-site evidence collection work progressed very quickly. Although the criminal investigation team of the Chengnan Law Enforcement Station only has two people, the division of labor within the station is not very clear. Basically, all law enforcement officers are capable of handling front-line law enforcement work, so it doesn't really matter.

Old Theon quickly cleaned up the mess on the street. When he turned and entered the Rose Restaurant, Milo was standing in a private room examining the two pieces of Jimmy embedded in the wall.

"Did you find anything?"

Old Theon rolled up his sleeves and changed his gloves.

“Yes, this guy must be a heavy smoker. Look at his lungs, they’re the same color as the soles of my shoes.” Milo pointed to the inside of Jimmy’s bulging chest.

“A count has died, and we don’t have much time to solve the case. You better be serious. If you’re really happy, find a secluded place to laugh it off before you come back.” Old Theon was speechless at Milo’s attitude.

He knew the story between Milo and the Sherman family, and if he were in their shoes, he probably would have laughed out loud in the face of such a case, so he couldn't say anything to Milo.

“Okay, I already laughed. But you know, a lot of people know about my dealings with the Sherman family. Shouldn’t I recuse myself from this case to avoid suspicion, you know?” Milo rubbed his hands together.

"Avoid my ass! You're his enemy, not his relative." Old Theon really wanted to curse: "There are only the two of us in the criminal investigation team. The other colleagues are just cooperating. Are you planning to make me carry this mess all by myself?"

"That's just talk."

He asked his colleagues at the scene, "Have you made contact with the Sherman family?"

“They’ve arrived.” Old Theon raised his chin, gesturing for Milo to look at the large group of figures appearing at the end of the corridor.

……

Harrison Sherman was the leader, followed by an elderly man of similar age to Edward. Behind them were a large number of entourage, or more accurately, thugs or bodyguards.

"How could they let this large group of people into the crime scene?"

Milo and old Theon stood at one end of the passage, calmly watching the menacing Shermans ahead.

"What else can we do? They say this whole group is Edward's descendant, practically family. We can stop them, but it'll likely cause trouble." Old Theon squinted, lit a cigarette, glanced at Milo, and gave a roguish grin. "This is going to be interesting."

It's really interesting.

Milo, Harrison, Theon.

In the last instance where all three were present, Milo was handcuffed and locked in a cell, while Theon and other law enforcement officers were ordered by the prosecutor to remain silent, and Harrison arrogantly altered the facts of the case throughout.

How long has it been? The supervisor has become a victim's family member, and the person he almost took to court last time has become the person in charge of investigating the case. The role reversal is so dramatic that when the three of them meet again, they are all a little unsure of what kind of expression and attitude they should put on.

However, one thing is certain: Harrison is unlikely to be in a good mood.

First of all, he has had a very difficult time during this period.

His "nephew" was stripped of his title, and then his older brother was mistakenly killed. Of course, if the final ownership of the title were settled, the impact of the first two events would be negligible. But this happened the day after his father returned, and Harrison's hooked nose was almost crooked with anger.

Especially when he saw that the person in charge of investigating the case was the one he had been longing to kill all this time, the gloom on Harrison's face was heavier than the winter sky of Nanwei City.

……

"When will the murderer be caught?"

Harrison approached Milo and old Theon and asked them directly.

He didn't even glance at old Theon; his gaze remained fixed on Milo's face the entire time.

Milo, of course, didn't flinch from the other's gaze at all, and they stared at each other directly:

"Evidence is still being collected."

“I need to get some things back from my father.”

Harrison's statement was very vague.

But Milo flatly refused without further ado: "Your actions will only slow down our progress in solving the case."

“I said I want what belongs to my father back,” Harrison said to Milo, his face contorted with rage.

Milo wore a polite, standard customer service smile.

He certainly knew what Harrison was so eager to find.

But Milo definitely couldn't let this guy cause trouble here. Regardless of the orderliness of the crime scene, it was necessary to annoy this bastard a bit.

After all, Harrison was constantly clamoring to kill the entire Milo family.

"Well, I understand your grief, but please cooperate with our work. As for what you're looking for... Aren't your father's things scattered on the street? If you don't hurry up and pick them up, the stray cats and dogs passing by will have a good meal."

"Me! @#￥%……#@!"

Milo's single sentence completely broke Harrison's defenses.

Even for a high-ranking prosecutor like him, with his aristocratic manners, his blood pressure was soaring in the face of Milo's series of sarcastic remarks.

If it weren't for the butler desperately trying to stop him, Harrison might have actually shot the law enforcement officer.

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(End of this chapter)