Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 579 Too Daring

As is well known, organs need to be matched.

The more people there are, the higher the probability of a match.

Moreover, it's not just the organs that are valuable in a person.

"I don't think so."

Soon, one member spoke up in rebuttal:

"Those who engage in organ trafficking in the country are basically intermediaries."

The speaker paused briefly, seemingly organizing his thoughts, before continuing:

"For example, in the kidney-selling workshop case that was cracked in our S province a couple of years ago, there was no shortage of kidney sources at all, and a large number of young people were eager to sell their kidneys."

“Those rentiers can make huge profits simply by taking a cut in the middle, so there is absolutely no need for them to do something like hijacking.”

His words sparked a murmur among the crowd, clearly indicating that everyone was very interested in the topic.

On the black market, patients need to pay between 200,000 and 500,000 yuan for a kidney.

The market price for a healthy adult male's kidney in China is a uniform 3.5 yuan, which shows how large the profit margin is.

There are nearly 100 million kidney disease patients in China who rely on dialysis to survive each year, but fewer than 4000 legal kidney transplant surgeries are performed annually.

There is demand only when there is need.

It is this huge demand that has led to the rise of underground black market brokers.

Most importantly, the middleman doesn't have to worry about finding a kidney source at all.

After some discussion, everyone agreed that the possibility of "organ trafficking" could also be ruled out.

The meeting room fell silent again, and everyone wore a thoughtful expression.

After a while, Captain Xu asked:
"Was the school bus itself checked? Why does the school have a school bus for transportation?"

Even in special education schools for the hearing impaired, students can go to and from school independently.

If students have difficulty getting around, parents can pick them up or drop them off, or students can commute to school.

So this question isn't unexpected.

There must be some reason why the school provides school buses.

"That's what I investigated."

One member raised their hand and then answered:
"This school received a charitable donation that provided a school bus, which the school used specifically to transport children from impoverished families living in the suburbs to school."

He then added:
“The school bus was donated four years ago. I checked and there was no problem with the donation itself. The school bus driver was also hired four years ago.”

"During these four years, the school bus driver has served as the driver without any mistakes or accidents."

He didn't state a conclusion, but everyone present understood that there was nothing wrong with the school bus and the driver themselves.

If it were really the driver, it wouldn't have taken this long at all.

Over four years, the driver had countless opportunities to drive the school bus into blind spots of surveillance cameras to commit crimes.

Therefore, even if the driver was coerced by someone else, it must have happened recently.

"Your next task is to investigate the school bus driver's recent activities and his account information."

Team Leader Xu looked at the member and said:

"Currently, the driver is considered a prime suspect, and the possibility that he committed the crime in collusion with others cannot be ruled out."

This is a very important breakthrough, and also the most crucial clue so far.

Since the whereabouts of the missing female student cannot be found for the time being, the next step is to conduct a detailed investigation into the people involved.

Team Leader Xu then assigned another member to work in pairs with them, which would improve work efficiency.

After a while, the meeting room was filled with smoke, and almost all the police officers lit cigarettes, making the atmosphere increasingly somber.

Everyone fell into deep thought, trying to find a breakthrough from other aspects.

After about the time it takes to smoke a cigarette, one of the members said in a questioning tone:
"Why are all the kidnapped students female? Is it a coincidence, or is it intentional?"

"Also, the school bus only picked up girls. Was this done intentionally by the driver, or was it arranged by the school?" That's how case discussions work. Before there's a clear direction for the investigation, we should raise as many doubts as possible, and then everyone can analyze them together.

The question he just raised is indeed a direction to take.

If we know why the perpetrator only kidnapped girls, we can deduce their motive.

"The school has already provided an explanation for this."

This time, it was Captain Xu who responded:

"This school separates boys and girls into classes, and also manages their accommodation separately."

"Moreover, special education schools also accept students with mild intellectual disabilities."

He paused briefly, then continued explaining:
“These students are all in adolescence. Compared with normal students, they have less self-control and their emotions fluctuate more.”

Team Leader Xu's tone became somewhat serious:
"So the school did this to protect the students."

"As you may have heard, there have been serious mass incidents at similar schools before."

His words were brief and to the point, without much explanation, but everyone present understood their meaning.

Since it is a special education school, it is reasonable to adopt special management methods.

Given the bad things that happened before, it is necessary to manage men and women separately.

After another round of discussion, Team Leader Xu began assigning tasks:
"Based on the current number of people, let's divide into three groups."

"One group is investigating the school bus driver, the second group is following up on the progress of the surveillance investigation, and the third group is conducting an in-depth investigation of the school to see if there are any other people involved."

Soon, the task force members split up and began their work.

Once only Captain Xu was left in the meeting room, he lit another cigarette.

After taking a puff, his gaze fell outside, but he was thinking about what to do next.

The case happened so suddenly that he, the team leader who was appointed in a time of crisis, was also at a loss and didn't know where to start.

The three orders just issued were actually a last resort, to get the task force working and at least let the leadership know that they were making efforts to investigate.

"That's incredibly bold," he muttered to himself.

"They actually dared to openly hijack a school bus."

In his view, this was an absolutely insane act.

However, the more extreme the crime, the more difficult it is to crack down on.

Because it's very similar to a crime of passion.

There is no connection between the other party and the missing person.

This alone renders the method of investigating social relationships unnecessary.

The two parties have no connection whatsoever. The other party then chooses a target and waits for an opportunity to strike. In this situation, it is virtually impossible to trace the source.

Do you think that with so many people disappearing all at once, it should be easy to track them down?
Let's take an example.

Has Malaysia Airlines MH370 been found?

239 people on board are missing.

There has been no news of them to this day.

The two countries searched together, and all sorts of experts were mobilized. They searched for eleven years, but still couldn't find a single thing.

If you can't find it, you can't find it. Even if you list all the objective reasons, it won't change that fact.

Many crimes are exposed only because of repeated offenses.

What Captain Xu fears most now is that the other side will hide and refuse to show themselves.

He took another drag of his cigarette, his gaze still fixed on the view outside the window.

After a moment, Captain Xu muttered to himself:

"If he were in this situation, what would he do?"

(End of this chapter)