I am a super cop

Chapter 2773 Bloody Clothes

Gu Chen shone the high-intensity flashlight over there and discovered that there was a bloody piece of clothing hidden in the weeds.

Gu Chen immediately became alert, looked back at the place where the body was found, and suddenly had an ominous premonition.

"Why are there clothes here? Could it be that the murderer left them here? Did he do it on purpose, or did he just leave them here accidentally?"

Seeing this scene, Gu Chen began to question his previous suspicions.

The reason was that the deceased's head was smashed into a bloody mess, but judging by his clothes, he must be the driver who picked up Zhang He.

However, because the head was smashed and bloody, it was difficult to judge. However, a bloody piece of clothing was found by the river far away from the crime scene.

This made Gu Chen start to think about what the other party's purpose was.
"Junior Brother Gu, this piece of clothing could not have been abandoned by the murderer accidentally, because the murderer was very smart and knew how to cross the river by boat to disconnect our police from tracking the clues."

"And why would you leave a bloody piece of clothing by the river in such a conspicuous place?"

"That means the murderer left it there on purpose?" asked Officer Wang.

Yuan Shasha, who was standing by, also said quickly: "I don't think so. If the murderer is not one person, then this bloody dress might have been left by another one of them."

After a pause, Yuan Shasha continued, "I guess it was Zhang He who did it. After all, there are many suspicious points about him, and he left without saying goodbye this time."

"That makes sense." After hearing what Yuan Shasha said, Gu Chen nodded silently and said without hesitation: "Zhang He's leaving without saying goodbye is indeed a big problem."

"In my opinion, he was probably threatened by the murderer and had no choice but to do it."

"And if he wanted to leave us a clue, he must have done it secretly, so this bloody clothing was most likely left by Zhang He on purpose. He might want to tell us some secret."

He turned his head to look in the direction of the corpse. Before Gu Chen could continue speaking, Lu Weiwei beside him quickly said:

"Junior Brother Gu, could this be the case? The deceased was not the Zhong Haiqiang who drove Zhang He here?"

"You and I are thinking the same thing." After hearing what Lu Weiwei said, Gu Chen nodded silently and said without hesitation:

"Why was the victim's head smashed into a bloody mess? Even if the murderer wanted to kill him, he wouldn't have to go to such great lengths."

"So there is a high possibility that they did not want us to know the true identity of the deceased, so they acted so cruelly."

After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "And this person may be the missing driver."

"I think so too." Seeing Gu Chen expressed his opinion, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but say:
"But why? Why would the other party show off such an obvious loophole?"

"Doesn't he know that we, the police, can solve this problem through DNA matching?"

"Let's not talk about this for now." After walking back and forth twice, Gu Chen said, "Take photos of this place to collect evidence, and give the evidence to Gao Chuanfeng, and let Gao Chuanfeng deal with it."

"Also, do your best to find Zhang He's whereabouts. If Zhang He doesn't want to go with the murderer, then there is a high probability that he has been coerced by the murderer."

"He wants to leave, or he wants to tell us something."

"But Zhang He is also a martial artist. We saw him fighting in action that night." Lu Weiwei reminded him.

Gu Chen nodded silently and said, "It is true that he is a martial artist, but the person who coerced him might be Zhang Li."

"And Zhang Li was trained by Grandpa Zhang He. His methods are beyond what Zhang He can handle."

"It's like two people of different levels are together. No matter how outstanding your abilities are, you are nothing in front of them."

After a pause, Gu Chen continued: "Collect the evidence and continue searching."

"Yes." When everyone heard Gu Chen say this, they all agreed.

In this way, everyone searched by the river all night until the sun rose, but no clues were found.

The corpse with its brains smashed out was also taken back to the Municipal Bureau's Technical Department for inspection by Gao Chuanfeng.

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At 8 o'clock in the morning, Gu Chen came behind He Junchao and saw that He Junchao was still dozing off, so he patted He Junchao's shoulder and woke him up:
"Brother He, Brother He."

"Hmm?" He Junchao muttered, turned his head to look at Gu Chen, and asked weakly: "What time is it?"

"8 o'clock in the morning." said Gu Chen.

"Oh my god." He Junchao rubbed his eyes and said listlessly, "I felt like I worked too late last night and didn't sleep for long."

"How was the investigation going?" Gu Chen asked directly about the results.

He Junchao sighed and said, "There is no trace of Zhang He yet. It seems that this group of people escaped from the other side of the river. There should be a large surveillance blind spot there. It is possible that they went anywhere."

He Junchao took a deep breath and continued, "What I am most worried about now is that Zhang He was killed by the murderer and abandoned in some desolate place."

"The worst outcome is that after Zhang He was killed, he was buried by the murderer, so it would be very difficult to find clues."

"Have you figured out the areas where they might be hiding?" Gu Chen asked again.

"Yes." He Junchao yawned and immediately started to check.

Soon, He Junchao marked the area he had finished with a green pattern:
"Look, the green area is the result of my investigation. They are very likely to be active in this area."

"Because there is a general airport nearby, there are not many tall buildings and there is no excessive development."

"Many fields are in a state of panic, with weeds growing taller than people."

"It's good to hide people here, but trying to find someone in this area is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

"We have to find him no matter how difficult it is." After listening to He Junchao's report, Gu Chen knew that it would probably be very difficult to find someone this time.

So Gu Chen continued to remind him, "Ask the police to prepare more reconnaissance drones. I want to use them to quickly check the entire area."

"No problem, I'll arrange it for you right away." Seeing Gu Chen say this, He Junchao immediately began to contact the relevant police officers.

Soon, the police officers responsible for operating the drone came to the scene carrying boxes.

"Gu Chen, everyone is here." Officer Wang walked up to Gu Chen and introduced them to him, "We have selected five people in total and brought six drones."

"Okay, let's go now." Gu Chen couldn't wait any longer.

Especially after discovering the body and the bloody clothes yesterday, Gu Chen felt more and more that Zhang He’s situation was very dangerous.

If the murderer could smash that man's head with such a cruel method, it goes without saying that he would not be lenient towards Zhang He.

But Zhang He’s whereabouts are unknown now. Although his body has not been found, it can be believed that he is still alive for the time being.

But who could have imagined that if the murderer lost control of his emotions, would he kill Zhang He?

But if this is the case, Zhang He's current situation can be described as a life-or-death situation.

Only by finding Zhang He can all the mysteries be solved. "Let's go." After giving the order, Gu Chen got in his police car and started driving to the scene of the incident last night.

The other drone operators followed behind in their cars.

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When everyone arrived at the location where the murder occurred last night, there was still a cordon and several police officers were on duty at the scene.

Seeing that Gu Chen had already brought everyone here, a second-level police inspector immediately came over to report to Gu Chen:
"Director Gu, everything is normal, no suspicious persons were found."

"Thank you for your hard work." Gu Chen replied, and then reminded the drone pilots who got off the car behind him:
"Get all your weapons out, release the drones, line up, and conduct a blanket search."

"Understood." Upon hearing this, everyone put the boxes on the ground in unison and started debugging immediately.

When the drones in everyone's hands made a buzzing sound, Gu Chen also gave an order.

The drones were like wild horses that had broken free from their reins, and instantly began to fly away into the distance.

Soon, Gu Chen began to see images of the drone's carpet-style inspection on the control screen.

As the drones lined up in a row and began searching continuously, Lu Weiwei was also directing the drone operators to adjust their specific positions at any time.

As time passed, many drones began to return due to lack of power.

Fortunately, each drone pilot carried at least three spare batteries.

Therefore, from time to time, drones would return to replace batteries in the sky above this wasteland.

In this way, the batteries were replaced one after another, but no trace of suspicious persons was seen.

Many police officers began to complain to Gu Chen: "Director Gu, the person you are looking for does not exist at all."

"Moreover, the drone inspection has been going on for a long time, back and forth, and everyone has their own flight path."

"But now it seems that no useful information has been found."

"It's okay, keep flying." Gu Chen was also constantly observing the pilots' screens.

Seeing this, everyone had no choice but to follow Gu Chen's advice and continue checking in the air.

"Buzzing..."

As drones come and go to change batteries and take off and land, the surroundings are noisy and lively.

Officer Wang crossed his arms and walked back and forth.

Although drones can help solve many blind spots in the search, it now seems that even the shadow of the other party cannot be seen.

Officer Wang began to complain, and also said: "Could it be that He Junchao made a mistake in the inspection area?"

"He said that these areas are the most likely places for the murderer to hide, but after investigating for so long, he has already flown over all the places he should have flown to. Could it be that this person could have dug a hole in the ground and escaped?"

"Underground hole?" Gu Chen's eyes lit up when he heard Officer Wang say that, and he continued:

"What Senior Brother Wang said may make sense. We can continue to investigate and see if there are any cave-like terrains in this area?"

"I seem to have just flown over an area where I saw a cave-like terrain."

Just as Gu Chen finished speaking, a drone pilot reported.

"Do you remember that place?" Gu Chen asked quickly.

"Remember, it's in that area." The drone pilot quickly pointed to an area in the distance.

"Fly it again, slower this time, and continue the investigation." Gu Chen reminded.

"Understood." The drone pilot nodded silently, and continued to control the drone, turning the inspection location and returning to the location it had flown before.

Perhaps because the exact location was not clear, the drone flew over the area repeatedly for several minutes before it found the area.

The drone pilot quickly reported: "We found it. This area is somewhat similar to the Danxia landform, and the terrain is also very strange."

"So, there is a high possibility that there are caves here, and the caves may be very large, so it is no problem to hide several people."

"Fly the drone to the first point again." Gu Chen looked at the operator's screen and reminded him.

"No problem." The drone pilot continued to descend and began to zoom in.

Gu Chen asked again: "Are you talking about this cave?"

"Yes." Seeing Gu Chen pointed out the location, the operator quickly agreed: "When I flew over here before, I felt that there were traces of caves here."

"But I want to continue investigating other areas, so I will skip this location."

"Don't skip it, move the end closer." Gu Chen reminded again.

The operator can only obey and do as he is told.

At this moment, everyone gathered together and discovered that this area was indeed Danxia landform.

Even the structure of the rocks is bizarre and looks like a maze. Once people walk in, it would be difficult to tell the direction.

"Let's go check this place out now." Gu Chen couldn't wait any longer and quickly reminded.

Everyone got in the car immediately and started heading to the target area according to the coordinates given by the operator.

This area is quite far from the scene of the incident, but it is only a matter of stepping on the accelerator to drive there.

When Gu Chen parked the car at the intersection outside the mountain, he was also shocked by the scene and complained:
"It's strange. Why are there so many strange shapes in this area? There may be huge caves hidden between the rocks."

After taking a deep breath, Gu Chen sighed briefly and immediately began to walk towards this area.

"Junior Brother Gu." Lu Weiwei quickly called him over and reminded him, "You must be careful in this place."

"Because the terrain structure is so complex, the various rock structures are all very strange."

"I think it is very likely that they are hiding in this area. However, the enemy is in the dark and I am in the light. If we rush in rashly."

"Once you get lost here, it's very likely that you'll be stuck like in a maze and won't be able to get out."

"Besides, what if the enemy launches a sneak attack from the dark? We must have a drone on alert in the air above our heads."

"Okay." After listening to Lu Weiwei's explanation, Gu Chen felt it was very reasonable and agreed immediately: "Send me a drone and let it hover above our heads. It will go wherever we go."

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