Diary of a Criminal Investigator-Chapter 315: Fighting Ring

The gathered criminal investigators were dumbfounded.

The skills competition of the Public Security Bureau in Haizhou City is almost an annual event. There are large-scale ones, like this time, which involves the entire bureau.

There are also smaller ones, like those organized by just the Criminal Investigation Team.

But the content of the events is basically the same.

Handgun shooting has been a project for many years.

In the past, the handgun shooting was done at a ten-meter distance target, but at this distance, many criminal investigators could achieve a perfect score of fifty rings.

Later, in order to differentiate the scores, the target distance for handgun shooting was constantly adjusted, from the initial 10 meters to 12 meters to 15 meters, finally extending to the current 30 meters.

This distance indeed differentiated the shooting scores, and no one has ever achieved a perfect score of fifty rings again.

The best historical record was left two years ago, with forty-six rings.

The holder of this record is Zhang Meng from the Action Group One, who used to be a sniper in the military.

But even Zhang Meng himself cannot guarantee a score of 46 rings every year. For example, this year he underperformed, scoring only 41 rings.

The remaining competing criminal investigators mostly scored between 30 to 40 rings. These investigators are basically frontline criminal investigators, including those from the Criminal Investigation Team and the Action Group of the Criminal Investigation Team.

There is also a part of the score that is very poor, with scores below ten rings being common. These are non-combat series investigators, like Forensic Doctor Shen, who only scored six rings.

And this six-ring score was actually the result of one bullet, with the other four bullets completely missing the target.

This means that the six-ring score was basically a fluke.

Lu Chuan’s current score of forty-nine rings not only broke Zhang Meng’s record, but the most important thing was his identity.

You’re just a crime scene investigator, a technical police role.

Being proficient in fingerprint identification and analysis is one thing, but being so good at shooting a handgun too?

It’s outrageous.

"Just luck, just luck."

Faced with the stunned crowd, Lu Chuan was very humble, taking out a pack of Chunghwa cigarettes to offer around.

This wasn’t the time to show off and draw animosity.

He needed to bond with everyone.

With the Chunghwa cigarettes, the agitated emotions of the crowd visibly calmed down.

So what if he was the first place, the thermos cup might not be more expensive than the Chunghwa.

The main idea was not to suffer losses, and those with a big nicotine addiction quickly finished a cigarette.

Lu Chuan threw another one, and even casually tossed the remaining half-pack over.

Generous men were welcome everywhere.

There were still a dozen people left to shoot, and in less than ten minutes, the entire shooting project was over.

As expected, Lu Chuan won first place in the handgun shooting skills competition with a score of 49 rings.

Received a thermos cup.

After the shooting came the fighting skills competition.

Not many people signed up for this event. After all, anyone untrained going up there would just be asking for trouble.

Including Lu Chuan, there were only seven people registered.

From the Criminal Investigation Team, Zhang Hui was still the one participating, as he was the all-around contestant.

Lu Chuan had seen Zhang Hui’s skills, he was truly impressive, having once saved his life with a kick.

Among the remaining six, five were from the subordinate Criminal Investigation Teams.

They were basically elite contestants from various teams.

"Lu Chuan, why did you sign up for this?"

"Just for fun," Lu Chuan originally thought there would be many registrants, but it turned out not to be the case. Apparently, everyone had no interest in getting beaten up.

At this time, Zhang Hui was already wearing his protective gear.

"Don’t worry, you’ll be up against me in the first round, I promise to go easy on you."

"Yeah, Lu Chuan, you’ve never participated in the bureau’s skills competition before. This combat, they’re really hitting."

"When you fight Zhang Hui, just concede to avoid getting beaten."

Lu Chuan shook his head, this time he wasn’t here to get beaten up, but before testing his basic fighting skills, there was a question.

"Brother Hui, how do you wear this protective gear?"

...

Zhang Hui helped Lu Chuan put on the protective gear: "This fighting competition is different from other skills competitions."

"Our Criminal Investigation Team and several Criminal Investigation Teams below, each place sends one person. As for the police stations, they basically have no experts in fighting skills, so coming to the competition is just to get beaten up."

"I’ll talk to the referee in a moment, so you won’t need to draw lots, and just go up against me. I’ll take you out first, otherwise, if the other few guys take action, they might not hold back."

Lu Chuan nodded, Zhang Hui certainly wouldn’t lie to him.

He was just curious about how his fighting skills would fare, but he had no interest in getting beaten up.

This scene was clearly unlike shooting, where anyone could participate and experience a turn.

Seeing a few people on the side rubbing their hands enthusiastically, and some colleagues discussing tactics and techniques, Lu Chuan knew this competition carried significant weight.

No wonder the reward for the first place in fighting was a rice cooker.

However, rules are rules, and Zhang Hui’s communication didn’t work.

Seven people, drawing lots to decide the opponents.

"Brother Hui, it’s okay."

Although this combat wasn’t quite what he imagined, it didn’t matter.

If he couldn’t get first, he wouldn’t necessarily get beaten up.

Besides, who beats who is still uncertain.

"First match, Wang Shan from the High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team versus Zhang Hui from the Criminal Investigation Team."

"I’m going up first!"

The drawing was sequential, using an elimination system.

As for the so-called wheel battle, that depended on your lot drawing order.

Bam!

Thud!

The combat indeed was more interesting than the shooting, and the spectators frequently cheered.

"Hit him!"

"Side kick!"

"Straight punch! Good!"

The battle time wasn’t long, just five rounds before Wang Shan from the High-tech Zone Criminal Investigation Team was hit in the face by Zhang Hui, almost directly knocked out.

"Stop!"

Such an injury wouldn’t incapacitate Wang Shan in actual combat, but in the fighting competition, it meant an immediate loss.

"Old Wang, you’re not cutting it, I haven’t even warmed up yet."

Zhang Hui and Wang Shan knew each other well, having sparred before.

"Tch, I was careless this time, wait for next year, I’ll make you search the ground for your teeth."

"Come off it, you said the same thing last year."

After the two of them left, the remaining five drew lots.

"I got it?"

Five lots, red goes up, white rests.

This time, Lu Chuan drew a red lot.

Zhang Hui removed his helmet and looked at Zhao Shangjun from the High-speed Rail New District Criminal Investigation Team, who also drew a red lot: "Old Zhao, Lu Chuan doesn’t have much fighting experience, he’s just here to experience it, don’t go all out." 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

"Don’t worry, our boss already instructed us."

After saying this, Zhao Shangjun walked over to Lu Chuan: "Teacher Lu, why did you sign up for this?"

Lu Chuan had handled a few cases in the High-speed Rail New District, and the Criminal Investigation Team there knew him.

Awarded first-class merit twice, the number one crime scene investigator in the entire bureau, it was hard not to know him.

As for fighting him, don’t joke, it’s one thing to hit Zhang Hui, but hitting Lu Chuan...

If you wanted to handle cases in the future.

"Just picked it casually, it’s okay, I’ve been practicing a bit recently, got some basics."

Lu Chuan had seen Zhao Shangjun a couple of times and had a vague impression, but wasn’t familiar with him.

However, looking now, the solid muscles under his tight vest looked quite robust.

"Haha, sure, Teacher Lu, after you."