Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 65 Explosive Genius
Harrison and his gang were there to cause trouble.

Milo added fuel to the fire, and the atmosphere on the scene instantly became tense.

Just as the two sides were exchanging barbs, Rebecca arrived at the scene:
"They're all family members, right? Then you'll all come with us to the law enforcement station to cooperate with the investigation, is that alright?"

According to today's schedule, Rebecca was supposed to go to law enforcement headquarters to report on recent missions, but after the identities of the victims in the bombing were confirmed, she rushed back immediately.

The count was, after all, a count, and one of the most prominent nobles in Nanwei City. His death directly alarmed the entire Nanwei City leadership, and the Upper House would certainly pay close attention to this matter. Before the pressure from the higher-ups subsides, the law enforcement system must properly handle this incident. If the case is not handled well, many people will likely lose their jobs.

So Rebecca took over the case herself.

The leader certainly has the demeanor of a leader.

She only meant one thing.

Harrison, if you're here as a family member, come back with us to cooperate with the investigation and provide valuable information to speed up the investigation. If you're interfering with the investigation without any authorization, then arrest everyone.

“My father has only been back in Nanwei City for two days, and very few people know about this. If the law enforcement office cannot solve the case in the short term, I will directly send a letter to the Supreme Court to report your dereliction of duty.”

Harrison stared intently at Milo, who was standing in the line of law enforcement officers, and said these words through gritted teeth.

"They really can bite me from every angle."

Milo stared at him coldly.

Rebecca was incredibly annoyed. She knew about the feud between Milo and Harrison, but she had no time to worry about their underhanded rivalry right now. She simply ordered everyone unrelated to the incident to get out of the scene.

Harrison could only order the others behind him to leave, while he and the butler of Sherman Estate stayed behind to go to the law enforcement office to cooperate with the investigation.

Whether it was to find out the truth about Edward's death or for the sake of that will, he had to stay.

……

The law enforcement agency collected and organized all the evidence and clues at the scene.

The technical department quickly conducted identification and testing of the explosives, while others at the law enforcement office swiftly convened a meeting.

Just as the law enforcement officer who collected evidence at the scene determined:
"Based on the evidence of the explosion that has been collected so far, we can basically rule out traditional black powder products. This is a new type of explosive. At least in the cases we have dealt with before, we have not found any similar cases. If it were traditional gunpowder, the amount required to create an explosion of this scale would be very large. However, we have not found any trace of gunpowder in the Rose Restaurant building. We can confirm that this is a new type of explosive that can create high-intensity destructive power with a very small dose."

"Many glass bottle fragments containing chemical liquids were found at the explosion site. We speculate that the explosive may have been some kind of liquid, but this is just speculation."

"Liquid explosive? Oil?"

"The tests are still being conducted, but since we have never encountered this type of substance before, we may need to ask chemistry professors from various universities to assist in the research."

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"In addition, we investigated the background of another victim at the scene. He was a former member of the Royal Bar and is currently semi-retired. He held a high position in the legal profession. According to the information we have obtained so far, this lawyer and Edward Sherman were old friends and had been corresponding with each other."

"So we're now assuming that the killer's target was Edward, not the lawyer, right?"

"Judging from their positions, that's certainly the case, but we can't rule out that possibility. Imagine if I were the murderer and my target was that lawyer. If I killed Edward and everyone else, it would greatly disrupt the law enforcement system's focus, because it would likely cause the investigation to veer towards Edward."

"Therefore, it is also necessary to find out whether the lawyer has any enemies."

"By the way, can we find those letters between Edward and the lawyer? Perhaps we can find some clues from them, such as the content of their meeting today."

"No need. The butler of Sherman Manor has already said that Edward's purpose in meeting with the lawyer today is to discuss his will, which may involve the division of the Sherman family's property and the attribution of his own title."

"However, we did not find any clear documents at the crime scene to corroborate this."

"Perhaps it's just a discussion?"

"But the housekeeper can't be cleared of suspicion for now. He's the most obvious insider, knowing everything about the time, place, and even the content of the meeting. This premeditated murder is definitely related to him."

“Let’s have a good talk with him. If we can find out who Edward Sherman intended to bequeath his estate and titles to in his will, I think that would be very helpful in identifying the suspect.”

……

...

The law enforcement office is quite efficient.

Although Milo initially thought most of the officers in the law enforcement agency were incompetent before joining, he is now one of them himself, and from an internal perspective, not all of them have the simple-minded thinking of Rebecca.

The speed at which law enforcement colleagues gathered information and clues, as well as the angle of their analysis, were both correct.

In less than half a day, all the valuable clues and directions for investigation were basically sorted out.

From Milo's perspective, he also didn't understand why Edward was suddenly killed.

Whether it was Harrison or Lady Castor, although they had reasons and motives to kill Edward, weighing the pros and cons, a living Edward was definitely more useful than a dead one, and they shouldn't have taken such a rash action...

If we were to investigate Edward's other enemies, it would feel like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Moreover, judging from Harrison's reaction, he certainly doesn't seem to be the mastermind behind the murder.

At least, the will hasn't reached his hands yet.

……

For some reason, Milo suddenly felt a sense of crisis.

Before Edward died, he believed that the whole situation was still under his control. He had learned enough information and had just begun his plan for revenge against the Sherman family.

But Edward's sudden death sent a signal to Milo—that there was a third party, besides himself and Harrison, secretly vying for power. Whatever their purpose, it was certain that their ruthlessness far exceeded that of himself and Harrison.

Clearly, someone is trying to exploit this situation.

This person was absolutely aware of the grudges and conflicts between himself and Harrison, otherwise he wouldn't have chosen to strike at Edward at such a particular time.

Milo had always believed that what he was doing was very secretive, but now he had a feeling that there was someone behind the scenes watching everything.

The most puzzling thing is the sudden appearance of the Virginity Association.

Their criticism was directed at Emma. Why?
Because the manipulator learned one thing through the Day of the Dead event: messing with Milo's family was a key way to provoke him.

According to Nero's account that day, the people behind the scenes wanted to use this method to make Milo do something outrageous, thereby causing him to lose his status as a law enforcement officer.

But is there another possibility that someone behind the scenes is intensifying Milo's hatred towards Harrison?

They were not "satisfied" with the extent of the retaliation Milo had inflicted on Harrison.

……

Who would want Milo and Harrison to fight each other to the death?
Castor beans.

……

...

"Hey, manhole cover guy, someone's looking for you outside."

The security guard at the law enforcement office suddenly came in and spoke to Milo.

"Manhole Cover Guy?" Milo was completely bewildered when he first heard the nickname, and it took him a while to realize what it meant.

When I was tracking Robben at the law enforcement station, I crawled through the sewers in front of the gatekeeper. Who knew that the other party would give me such a snake-skin nickname?

……

Yan was looking for Milo.

As arranged by Milo, he had been away for several days and it seems he has just returned to Nanwei City.

Yan handed an envelope to Milo.

"I just went to your house, and I called for ages but no one answered. Here, I found your things. It took a lot of effort. Don't forget what you promised me."

"Row."

Milo took the envelope and nodded.

But then he seemed to remember something, and called out to Yan, who was about to leave, saying:
"Wait for me a moment, I need to go home to get something, come with me."

"Oh okay."

……

Milo went back to the law enforcement office to say goodbye, and then returned home with Yan.

Although Yan was very curious about what the things he had gone to such great lengths to retrieve were for, Milo didn't say a word about it, only telling Yan to choose the day to go to the pleasure house himself.

"But not today."

"Alright, you're the boss, so you call the shots."

Yan spread his hands.

After returning home, Milo went straight to the second floor.

Yan slumped onto the living room sofa, but as soon as he lit a cigarette, Milo snatched it away and stubbed it out.

"What's wrong? Your tigress isn't home again. I heard from the neighbors that she went to take the college entrance exam..." Yan wailed.

“It’s not safe.”

After saying that, Milo went up to the second floor.

……

During the meeting at the law enforcement office, Milo kept thinking about why the shards of the glass bottle containing the explosive device looked so familiar.

And another crucial point is that, in addition to the nauseating smell of blood, he also smelled a familiar, strong, pungent odor at the crime scene.

He was quite certain that he had smelled this pungent odor before, and recently.

……

Upstairs, Milo pushed open the door to Emma's study room, a place he had never been before.

Similar to the glimpse he had once caught, the desk in the room was covered with countless bottles and jars, as well as other kinds of chemical instruments—test tubes, droppers, alcohol stoves, pliers…

Despite the large variety and quantity of utensils, they were all arranged in an orderly manner, without any sense of disorder.

Newspapers were pasted on the inside of the window glass on the side of the room, presumably to block direct sunlight.

On the other side, the desktop was covered with pages of chemical formulas and various data tables.

A pair of thick fireproof gloves were hanging on the wall.

The most crucial point is that Milo saw those brownish-brown medicine bottles.

He also smelled a pungent burning odor similar to that at the crime scene.

……

"Hiss... Did we raise an explosive genius at home?"

……

Milo quickly went downstairs and gave Yan his second task:

"Listen to me, you take this thing..."

(End of this chapter)