Rebirth 2014: I, the King of Criminal Investigation

Chapter 700 Accommodation Doesn't Necessarily Require Lying Down

After speaking, Yu Dazhang immediately put his phone away and glanced at the time on the screen.

2:20 a.m.

If Team Hua calls at this time, it must be to report something important.

"No."

The Chinese team sounded somewhat dejected:
“We checked all the small hotels in Qingpu District, but we didn’t find Zhang Jiangke.”

No? This result surprised Yu Dazhang.

Based on Zhang Jiangke's style of doing things and his hotel booking patterns, he will definitely choose to settle in either Hongkou or Qingpu districts.

We've finished investigating Hongkou District during the day, and now only Qingpu District remains.

Why couldn't we find him?
Did he get advance notice?

Yu Dazhang's mind raced, and he quickly ruled out this possibility.

There is no possibility of information leakage.

The decision to investigate Qingpu District was only communicated to Team Hua by him before the operation that evening.

Even if Zhang Jiangke later received the news, he would have absolutely no time to escape.

Because once the operation begins, the entire Qingpu District will be under martial law, and all intersections will be blocked, leaving him nowhere to escape.

Was the judgment wrong?

It seems that this is the only possibility now.

But where did we go wrong?
Holding his phone, Yu Dazhang's mind raced as he quickly analyzed various possibilities.

Was the initial judgment wrong, or did something go wrong in the middle?
He went through it again from the beginning and quickly made a decision.

Zhang Jiangke must be in Songhai!

Given this, he would definitely choose to stay in Hongkou and Qingpu districts, since he already had hotel records in other districts.

Following this line of reasoning, the overall deduction is correct.

We've searched both districts, so why haven't we found him?
He held the phone, deep in thought. Hua, the captain on the other end, knew he was analyzing the case, so he didn't urge him but waited quietly.

A moment later, Yu Dazhang's eyes regained their clarity.

I see!

The problem lies with the small hotel.

I was just being presumptuous... At this moment, Yu Dazhang realized that he had made the mistake of underestimating his opponent.

Despite knowing that Zhang Jiangke was a hard-working person who could adapt to even the worst living conditions, they still only decided to hide him in a small hotel.

In fact, there are many places that are even worse than small hotels.

For example, parking lots, parks, underpasses...

As long as you don't care about the environment, there are plenty of places to live.

Yu Dazhang hadn't considered these places before because they were places where homeless people would live.

Zhang Jiangke wouldn't be so desperate as to compete with homeless people for a place to live.

Moreover, nowadays, in order to maintain the appearance of the city, many city administrators will drive away homeless people or send them to shelters.

If Zhang Jiangke were to be sent to a shelter, it would mean his identity would be exposed.

He couldn't possibly be unaware of this, therefore, he wouldn't disguise himself as a homeless person.

Where else can they stay?
At this moment, Yu Dazhang suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but he couldn't grasp any of them.

"Besides small hotels, where else can Zhang Jiangke stay?"

Yu Dazhang chose to seek help from outside the venue. He picked up the phone and asked:

"Places like parks and under bridges are out of the question. Excluding places where homeless people live, think again, where else could he live?"

You can't just let yourself think wildly. In situations like this, having more people think about it means having more ideas.

After hearing this, Team Leader Hua on the other end of the phone didn't answer, but instead asked:
"You still think Zhang Jiangke is in Songhai?"

"Yes," Yu Dazhang replied affirmatively.
"It must be in Hongkou or Qingpu. If we didn't find it, it just means we searched the wrong places."

After these words, Team Hua fell silent and began to think.

He trusted Da Zhang, and this trust was based on his recognition of Da Zhang's abilities. The two of them held their phones in silence for several minutes before Da Zhang finally broke the silence.

Is it possible to stay overnight at a bathhouse without registering with your real name?

If you want to book a private room for accommodation, you will definitely need to show your ID card.

He wanted to ask if there were any loopholes in the registration process for bathhouses.

After all, that place has a rest area, and many customers choose to spend the night there. As a result, some management loopholes may arise.

"I don't think so."

Team China's answer was quite straightforward:
"In fact, the inspection of bathhouses is even stricter than that of hotels. These kinds of entertainment venues are among the key targets of the police investigation."

"If any cases of unregistered overnight stays are discovered, suspension of business for rectification would be the least of the problems."

Many things are relative.

The more chaotic a place appears, the more rigorous the inspections will be.

People who can run a bathhouse must understand this principle. Even if they don't, they'll naturally understand after suffering losses a few times.

Yu Dazhang thought of the bathhouse because one had just been shut down in Wuxi.

Then the two fell silent again.

This time, Yu Dazhang was too lazy to think about it anymore. He had considered all the places where he could stay overnight, but there were none that met his criteria.

They need to be able to sleep, but they can't register with their real names, and they can't stay in open-air places.

He even considered public restrooms.

But when I think about that smell, I feel that Zhang Jiangke wouldn't go to such a place to spend the night.

Another five minutes passed.

Just as Da Zhang was feeling sleepy again, Captain Hua suddenly spoke up:
“Our thinking is a bit limited. When it comes to accommodation, the first thing we think of is a place where we can lie down and sleep.”

"But there are other places that, on the surface, are not suitable for staying overnight, yet many people choose to stay there all night."

"for example……"

Having said that, Yu Dazhang realized what was happening and immediately replied:

"cybercafe!"

Just as Hua said, their initial ideas were all framed, believing that accommodation must be a place where they could lie down and sleep.

However, they overlooked internet cafes, which are the places where most people stay up all night.

Although there are no beds here, sleeping is not a problem; two chairs put together make a simple bed.

Although it wasn't as comfortable as sleeping in a real bed, it was much better than spending the night outdoors.

"To be precise, it's an illegal internet cafe."

The Chinese team added:
“In our area, we conduct a major inspection of internet cafes every now and then, because many of them are not up to standard.”

“Some illegal internet cafes are even more chaotic than small hotels.”

He wasn't exaggerating at all.

Yu Dazhang also had some knowledge of so-called illegal internet cafes.

Although you now need to swipe your ID card to access the internet, many internet cafes still offer temporary IDs for internet access.

This is to allow people who forget their ID cards to make purchases online.

This is not an isolated case; many internet cafes do this for the convenience of their customers.

There's no way around it; industry competition is just that fierce.

There's a strange phenomenon in the internet cafe industry: those that go out of business are often the ones that look luxurious, high-end, and classy.

Even some internet cafes opened by celebrities have not been spared.

On the contrary, those dirty and chaotic illegal internet cafes have stubbornly survived.

"This time it should be right."

Yu Dazhang, holding the phone, gave the order:
"While there is still time, we must immediately investigate the illegal internet cafes in Hongkou and Qingpu districts."

(End of this chapter)