Anime, but the Phantom Thieves of Heart

However, Josuke Higashikata frowned slightly. After all, it was because of Lan Ke's "advance notice" that the Second Investigation Division had already conducted an inspection in advance on the grounds of "collecting possible biological traces left by illegal intruders."

As the saying goes, every profession has its specialties. Although Investigation Section 2 often loses in competitions with Phantom Thieves, this does not mean that Investigation Section 2 is too weak. It is simply because those Phantom Thieves are too powerful. After all, in addition to them, the various "fakes" that are constantly caught have become their achievements.

So Josuke Higashikata didn't think they would miss any key evidence.

In fact, Lan Ke didn't have the ability to "revive", he just signaled Josuke Higashikata to follow him, and then tapped his feet lightly on the floor tiles, as if looking for something.

Josuke Higashikata and Shinichi Kudo looked at Lan Ke without saying a word, waiting silently, while the police officer who looked easy to bully seemed a little nervous.

It was obvious that the police officer who looked a little nervous was Takagi Wataru.

Although he and Josuke Higashikata were transferred to the "Investigation Division 1" at the same time, and even their police ranks were similar, their positions within the Investigation Division 1 were completely different.

He could do nothing about it, after all, he was a graduate of a normal police academy and was promoted normally. As for Josuke Higashikata, although he also graduated from a police academy, he solved a "serial murder case" that shocked the whole country before he entered the academy, or to be more precise, when he was a student.

What makes the police even more gratified is that Higashikata Josuke's grandfather is the patrol chief of the local town. He himself said in an interview that after graduation he would work hard to enter the police academy and work hard to become a policeman to protect his hometown.

This undoubtedly impressed the Neon police, who were often in the headlines of various detectives. Although he was a few years younger than Takagi Shigeru, he was promoted much faster.

Sufficiently talented, with a solid track record before joining the company, and a promotion goal in my hometown...

One can imagine the attitude of colleagues in the office and leaders towards this kind of excellent colleague who will not compete with you for resources.

Even his "distinctive hairstyle" was retained under the pretext of "helping people improve their memory."

As for Takagi Wataru, although his grades are not bad, he is a bit out of place compared to Josuke Higashikata.

Although he didn't know what Lan Ke was up to, seeing that Josuke Higashikata and the young detective who had found the gunman's first shooting point were both listening carefully with their eyes closed, he didn't want to disturb them and had to close his eyes and listen hard as well. Unfortunately, he couldn't hear anything.

until------

"That's it!"

As Lan Ke finished speaking, Josuke Higashikata and Shinichi Kudo opened their eyes at the same time, showing expressions of surprise.

Looking at the tiles in front of him that seemed no different from the surrounding ones, Takagi Wataru was confused, but Kudo Shinichi had already tacitly touched the edge of the tiles with Lan Ke.

"The wear and tear here is different from other places..."

As he spoke, he skillfully took out a magnetic card and put it into the narrow gap. Then he gently picked it up, and the tile that should have been tightly fitted was actually lifted up with a gap.

Lan Ke also hurried forward to help him lift the tiles, revealing a metal door with a numeric keypad underneath.

Compared to the nearly 2-meter-long square tiles, the metal door is only more than half a meter and looks much smaller.

This may seem meaningless at first glance, but in fact it takes advantage of some habits of investigators.

After all, even if ordinary people find that the tile seems a little strange, they will not just lift it up completely if most parts are normal.

After all, unless you are really asked to dig three feet into the ground and uncover the entire house, it is generally impossible to directly demolish the owner's house.

It was Lan Ke who was cheating, and Josuke Higashikata and Shinichi Kudo who had set targets in advance. They were able to find clues by distinguishing faint sounds and directly uncover them.

"darkroom?"

Although he had just joined the job not long ago, as a police officer he had heard of the 'dark room' a long time ago, but he had never dealt with it personally. He did not expect to encounter this thing in the first 'big case' he participated in.

Just looking at the combination lock in front of them, everyone didn't know what to do for a moment.

If it was in the "impression space", Lan Ke would definitely use his own "brute force method" to take out the steel pipe and start destroying the metal door, but he naturally couldn't do that under the noses of the police.

But he didn't care, after all, he already knew what was inside.

That's right, it was exactly the "personal belongings of the victim collected by the suspect" in Kudo Shinichi's reasoning.

Even the search for the 'password door' itself was a deliberate delay. After all, the tile was so bright after using the 'third eye' that it was blinding. However, in order to maintain the image of 'having been here before, but having left again so only remembering the approximate location', he deliberately tried more in the vicinity.

"Minister of Eastern Patrol, what should we do next?"

Although he was on the same level as Josuke Higashikata, Takagi Wataru seemed a little cautious, but Josuke Higashikata didn't care at all and just shrugged casually.

"Although it looks like a 'dark room', it has an owner after all. Can't we just ask the owner directly?"

Soon, Ze Yueba, whose eyes were red even though he had been tidied up, appeared in front of everyone under the escort of bodyguards and police officers.

The other party was stunned for a moment when he saw the pried-open floor tiles, but then he showed an extremely surprised expression.

"How is this going?"

"Ms. Ba, please calm down. Whether President Zeyue was shot dead due to revenge or related to other crimes, there must be other secrets. So we tried to start with the 'criminal motive', but while searching for clues, we found this strange place."

As he spoke, he tried hard to observe Ze Yueba's expression. Unfortunately, although she was not responsible for socializing like Ze Yuezhi, as the de facto head of a large consortium, it was difficult for ordinary people to find any flaws when she deliberately put on a stern face.

But Josuke Higashikata didn't care, because she had a backup plan anyway.

"After discovering this 'darkroom,' we contacted the company responsible for renovating the 'Zeyue Building'... What a coincidence! It happens to be a construction company affiliated with the 'Zeyue Group.' Based on the design drawings they sent us, it's clear that 21st Floor shouldn't have a partition. It seems this is a 'darkroom' that President Zeyue built without telling anyone."

"I wonder if you could open it for us so we can look inside?"

跷0?⑵弍仈⑶○㈨⒏

Higashikata Josuke introduced the situation to Ze Yueba with a smile. If it weren't for his somewhat exaggerated hairstyle, he would look no different from the enthusiastic young man on the street.

But in fact, there were many traps hidden in his words.

Zeyueba agreed, that would be the best, they could just go in and take a look, saving a lot of trouble;

As for the refusal, it was because Josuke Higashikata had presupposed the premise that 'there might be clues related to the murder of Ze Yuezhi'. If Ze Yuezhi really knew nothing and had a good enough relationship with Ze Yuezhi, she should not have stopped Josuke Higashikata and the others from continuing their investigation.

Facts have proved that under the tempering of time, the once rebellious teenager has grown into a seasoned policeman.

As the nominal deputy and actual person in charge of the 'Zeyue Group', even if she normally contacts the police, it is with senior police officials. But at this time, facing Josuke Higashikata, who seems to be caring but is actually aggressive, she feels only sadness in her heart.

Although her husband was shot dead, the information he had previously revealed was enough to cause a storm in the Zeyue Group.

Some things cannot be covered up. All she can do is to preserve the wealth of the 'Zeyue Group' as much as possible, so she must distance herself from Zeyuezhi's affairs as much as possible...even if she is not involved.

But who knows what other people will think?

so------

"I'm sorry, I'm not quite sure why there's a 'darkroom' in Zhi's office, but since it's related to this case, I'll trouble you, officers."

After she finished speaking, she signaled her subordinates to escort her away.

Higashikata Josuke would naturally not stop him, but just looked at him with a smile.

But after the other party left, Josuke Higashikata once again showed a serious expression.

"Everyone, let's get started!"

"Yes!!"

A group of police officers from the Investigation Division responded loudly, and many of them couldn't help but glance at Ze Yueba's back.

It was obvious that with the "serial female assault incident" officially being filed, the people in the Investigation Section had already known about the case-related information, and after learning about it, they naturally hated the criminal of this case even more.

The three cases triggered a "war" among three families. The husband of the married woman seemed to be planning to divorce his wife, the office lady had a fierce quarrel with her family, and finally the JK ran away from home. She was finally found by the local patrol police.

Even without mentioning that many older police officers already have wives and daughters, as an ordinary person, I would extremely despise such behavior that infringes upon vulnerable groups.

Although no direct evidence has been found yet, a lot of indirect evidence has pointed to "Ze Yuezhi", which has undoubtedly greatly reduced the police's impression of him.

Ze Yueba's rather cold attitude made many people preconceived that he might be involved in it. They even understood his current attitude as helping Ze Yuezhi conceal the crime, so everyone was naturally a little unhappy with him.

The deliberately raised voice seemed to be a demonstration.

Hearing the sounds coming one after another behind him, Ze Yueba seemed calm, but his eyes became increasingly dim.

Although she has countless complaints about Ze Yuezhi, it is undeniable that the relationship between the couple is actually quite good. After all, apart from his uncontrollable desire, Ze Yuezhi is impeccable as a husband. Even though he is now an "old woman", Ze Yuezhi will still hug her and say sweet words to make her happy.

So no matter how dissatisfied she was, when she saw the other person being shot in the head in front of her, her inner pain and sadness could be said to be genuine.

Her reason reminded her countless times that she should not continue to indulge the other party, but in the end her emotions prevailed.

Now that I think about it, if I had been able to stop the other party at the beginning, perhaps all this would not have come to this point?

It’s a pity that there is no “if” in this world.

Backup group 960126②70

Everything was just as everyone expected. She knew exactly what was in the 'dark room', so she knew very well that if it was just what Ze Yuezhi had said before, then the 'Ze Yue Group' might have encountered a lot of waves, but it could still barely hold on, and at most it would have shrunk a little under the influence of the congressman and the president.

But once the contents of the 'dark room' are exposed, the entire 'Zeyue Group' might fall apart.

She was sad for Ze Yuezhi's death, but she knew that in a way it was his own fault, so she didn't mind if she was buried with him.

But at least, at least leave enough assets for your children! !

Ze Yueba's eyes were extremely dim, but his steps were extremely firm.

She had hurried in and out, unaware that besides the officers from Investigation Section 1, there were two other people present. One of them was crouched in front of the darkroom's metal door, pondering the password, while the other stared silently at her back, as if trying to determine something...

Chapter 68: Experimental Animals

In the end, the door of the 'dark room' was not opened until Lan Ke and Kudo Shinichi left.

After all, the police will not resort to "violent dismantling methods" until they are "forced to do so". Who knows whether forcing it open will destroy any clues that may exist inside?

Not to mention that even though Zeyueba said he was "casual" when he left, if he really did something, who knows whether the "Zeyue Group" would make things difficult for them?

Obviously, although Josuke Higashikata and his men suspected that there might be some secrets in the 'dark room' related to 'Zeyuezhi' or even the entire 'Zeyue Group', they could never have imagined how big this secret was, so big that it could directly destroy the entire 'Zeyue Group' and cause a huge uproar in the entire Neon.

So until Lan Ke and the others left, the police officers of the Investigation Division remained quite calm, not realizing at all that they were dealing with a "political nuclear bomb."

But this also resulted in Kudo Shinichi still looking preoccupied until the three of them boarded the car sent by Joestar Real Estate to pick them up. He even took out a notebook and started writing and drawing as soon as he got in the car.

Looking at the other person working so hard, Lan Ke couldn't help but want to laugh, and even considered whether to just tell the other person the password directly?

But considering that he had deduced the code through his 'third eye' and some inexplicable information, he gave up.

Anyway, the 'darkroom' will be opened tomorrow at the latest, so there's no need to rush overnight.

Just let Kudo suffer.

But just as the corners of his mouth turned up, they unconsciously fell down again.

If Kudo Shinichi is troubled by "decryption", then Lan Ke is troubled by "human nature".

Thinking of this, Lan Ke didn't continue to complain about Kudo Shinichi's desire. He turned on the light beside him and began to stare at the moon outside the window in a daze.

The two young men in the back seat fell into silence, but Jotaro Kujo, who was sitting in the passenger seat, was in a good mood.

He was not familiar with Ze Yuezhi. He had only met him twice and knew of his existence. Under normal circumstances, he would have just sighed, "People are so fragile." But after learning from Lan Ke about some of the things Ze Yuezhi might have done, he didn't spit and say, "Goodbye!", which showed that he had matured a lot.

After all, he is also a 'father'!

So to him, Ze Yuezhi's death was not as important as Lan Ke making friends.

In his opinion, Lan Ke was too lonely in the past. Even the records in the materials gave people the feeling that "the other party was refusing to contact others."

Even Jotaro Kujo was once worried that he might make Lan Ke's autism worse, after all, he was not good at speaking either.

Fortunately, Lan Ke seems to be more normal than the information shows.

“Swish~Swish~”

The car's sound insulation is very good, and there is almost no noise. The only sound is the constant friction of the ballpoint pen in Kudo Shinichi's hand on the notebook.

I don’t know how long it took, but Kudo Shinichi rubbed his eyebrows in distress and raised his head.

Obviously, the password cracking attempt failed again.

I don't know how many times this failure has happened.

Yes, in fact they had already stayed in the hotel for quite some time.

How could Kudo Shinichi, a crazy reasoner, leave so easily after seeing the 'dark room' and the 'combination lock'?

In fact, he had already tried all the common passwords on the spot, including but not limited to Ze Yuezhi himself, his family members' names, the corresponding numbers on the phone keys, his birthday...

But unfortunately, the code was not cracked until we left.

In fact, if it weren't for the fact that Jotaro Kujo's gaze was so oppressive, he probably wouldn't have left tonight without being untied. In fact, he had made this suggestion, but unfortunately Jotaro Kujo said that he had promised Yusaku Kudo to take him home. Kudo Shinichi was powerless to do anything about it and had to retreat sadly.

However, he did not give up. Instead, he asked for the phone number of the police officer responsible for decryption before leaving.

It's not that Kudo Shinichi is now able to command the police officers of the First Investigation Division, but because he said, "I can go home and ask my father, a mystery novelist, to help crack the password." Therefore, the police officer of the First Investigation Division who was already familiar with Kudo Yusaku gave his mobile phone number to Kudo Shinichi, saying that if there was a password that needed to be tested, he could send it directly to them.

Unfortunately, he sent several more passwords, but the other party said they were all wrong.

It's obvious that even Kudo Shinichi can't solve the mystery without clues.

After all, not all puzzles in this world have solutions ready in advance.

After having several passwords rejected, Kudo Shinichi was tired and a little discouraged. He couldn't help but want to change his mind. Seeing that Lan Ke seemed to be in a daze, he simply tried to strike up a conversation.