Eight o'clock in the evening. Downtown viaduct.

Countless vehicles come and go, and the lights are reflected in the windows, reflecting a variety of colors, staggered and flashing, gorgeous like a dream.

However, no one appreciates this beautiful sight, and everyone is driven by the magic called "Purpose" and hurries away.

It's just that how many people are really running around for their own ideas, and how many people are just forced by life?

In the back seat of Bentley, Kimie Shimabukuro leaned back in a soft leather chair, looking at the flickering lights outside the window, a little distracted.

"Thank you, Miss Shimabukuro, I'm glad you finally made the call. ”

At this time, a sentence came from her ear, and she couldn't help but come back to her senses.

She couldn't help but look back at the old man in the driver's seat, wearing a deacon's robe, looking elegant and kind.

"You're welcome, as your young master said, it's just a deal, everyone takes what they need, that's all. ”

Kimie Shimabukuro sighed softly, and couldn't help but think of what the boy had said.

"Disappearing legs...... Mermaid in Prison ...... Don't you want to know the truth about that fire three years ago?"

"Truth...... Justice...... and liberation...... That's what I'm going to pay you!"

The fire three years ago not only burned down part of her home and devoured her beloved mother, but also surrounded a cage where her soul was imprisoned day and night. And she can only take all this as fate, bear it alone, endure it silently, and carry the mission of disguising the longevity woman on one shoulder to continue the legend of this mermaid.

However, now someone suddenly told her that the fire three years ago was not an accident, but may have been man-made!

The news shocked her no less than a bomb, so much so that she wandered her mind many times in her subsequent performances, and her positions and lines were all kinds of mistakes. Fortunately, the rest of the leading actors who played with her were also experienced drama actors, and they all noticed her abnormality and saved the scene in time, so as not to let this classic drama have an accident after many years......

And after the school celebration, she also said hello to them hastily, and then locked herself in the room in a hurry. Then he took out the note that Takaya had written to him, and pressed the string of numbers with trembling fingers, holding back his excitement.

She wanted to know the truth. She wanted to know what had happened three years ago. Also, she wanted to find out who did it!

So, just as Eagle had expected, she took the job and agreed to the deal.

"I know, but outside of the transaction, I want to say thank you personally. Because, you are very important to the young master!"

Uncle De was not surprised by her answer, but just smiled lightly before saying so.

"It's my abilities that matter to him, right?"

Turning her gaze back to the window, Kimie Shimabukuro pursed her lips and smiled a hint of self-deprecation.

"No, ability is only a part, there are many people in this world who can disguise themselves, but why did the young master choose you alone?"

Uncle Deku shook his head, then raised his head, glanced deeply at Kimie Shimabukuro through the rearview mirror, and threw the question to her.

"yes...... Why? He said I was his idol, but just because I was beautiful?"

Hearing Uncle De's words, Shimabukuro Junhui thought about it with his index finger against his chin, and couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

She really couldn't find any reason why a strange rich boy should investigate her in such detail, other than that she was pretty.

"Sa, this may be the reason why he set out to investigate you in the first place......" Thinking of his young master's virtue, Uncle De did not deny it soundly, "But later, I think the young master may have seen something similar to him in you......"

"Similar?" Hearing Uncle De's words, Shimabukuro Kimie couldn't help but turn her head in confusion.

"yes, similar. Uncle De nodded, revealing a helpless wry smile.

also lost his parents, and had to disguise his identity, and pretended to be strong and carried everything down......

You children...... It's really distressing for us adults......

That smile touched a string in the deepest part of Kimie Shimabukuro's heart, and she couldn't help but think of her mother.

I vaguely remember that every time I felt wronged, my mother would always wear such a smile and gently stroke her head.

"I'm so happy, your young master" Shimabukuro-kune couldn't help but say, "And you, the old butler who cares about him is ......"

"This is the duty of a housekeeper," Uncle De pushed his glasses and showed a proud smile, "Moreover, even if you put aside the identity of a housekeeper, the young master is now my favorite and only family member......"

"Family...... ......"

Hearing this, Kimie Shimabukuro muttered to herself, then stopped talking and continued to look out the window.

It's just that her hands are clenched tightly where no one can see them......

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In the Eagle's Nest.

After watching "The Mermaid's Tears", Eagle Arrow left the garden, and they flashed early.

Because he looked at the program list, the next thing was either singing or dancing, which really didn't make him much interested.

After all, Yoko Okino has seen it all, and if you look at these campus singers, some of them are really difficult to navigate.

Besides, he still has a series of things that he hasn't done......

For example, the hard disk that I got from Sato recorded the surveillance footage of the police department's archives in the past few days.

As for the video of the day when Yoshio Okamoto's evidence disappeared, Takaya has watched it back and forth several times in the past few days. A series of software and hardware were even used to analyze the video. But unfortunately, he really didn't see anything famous.

Because these videos are all small video screens that are divided into one-minute time units, Hawkya has also considered whether the videos in them have been replaced. But logically speaking, if the video has been replaced, then it will not be the same as the modification time recorded in the system. In addition, in order to prevent such incidents, the main control room of the police station is not accessible to everyone. Not only does it have cumbersome access control, but the computer is also encrypted, and the files inside it generally cannot be modified......

So, the question is, how exactly did that thief do it?

Let your figure disappear into this surveillance video, and steal the evidence unconsciously?

The bewildered Eagle Arrow couldn't help but take a sip of the black tea in front of him, and his fingers slid on the roller with a little irritability.

"Huh?" At this moment, Eagle Arrow seemed to see a very unnatural fragment of the picture.

Although it is only a very subtle point, the reflection of a cabinet door in the archive room is different from the previous second to the next second on the screen.

"It's ...... The video from two days ago?" Eagle Arrow couldn't help but quickly put down the cup in his hand and rummaged through the surveillance video files of that period two days ago, "The video file of the video from two days ago is actually three minutes less?"

Eagle Arrow suddenly thought of a possibility, a possibility that he ignored when his eyes were limited to the day the evidence was stolen!

Thinking of this, Eagle Ya couldn't help but immediately click on a software on the computer and dialed Sato's mobile phone.

"Hey, yes...... Are you?"

The phone rang less than three times before it was answered. It was still the same heroic voice coming from the other end.

"Officer Sato, it's me. ”

Since this software comes with a voice changing effect, Eagle Arrow no longer deliberately disguises his voice.

"You contacted me out of the blue...... Is the surveillance video you were given before?"

Sato is also a smart woman, and she instantly guessed the purpose of the eagle arrow calling her.

"That's right, so I'd like to ask you, what happened at three o'clock in the afternoon, two days before the evidence was stolen?"

With that, Eagle Arrow zoomed in on the video, his hand still on the wheel, sliding and observing.

"Eh, two days ago?" Hearing Eagleya's words, Sato was slightly stunned and didn't react for a moment, "What happened two days ago?"

"Was there a power outage like this at the police station two days ago?" said Taka after a moment's thought.

"Power outage? Huh...... I think of what you said, it seems that there was a circuit repair in the bureau two days ago, right? Intermittently, the power was cut off for a while, but because the backup power was activated immediately, we didn't pay much attention to it. ”

Under the guidance of Eagle Ya like this, Sato remembered a little, and it seemed that there had been a pause the day before.

"So, did this happen on the day the evidence disappeared?" asked Taka in unison.

"Eh, there should be no power outage, right? I was also on the night shift that night, and I remember there should have been no power outage!"

Sato scratched his head, frowned and pondered for a while, but finally shook his head.

"No...... Hawkya's brow furrowed deeply.

He had a vague feeling as if he had caught something, but Sato's answer overturned his theory.

"Well, there is no power outage, but it seems that the voltage is a little unstable that night, and it will be fine again after a flash. ”

"Flashed?" Hearing Sato's words, it was as if a flash of lightning flashed through Takaya's mind at the same time.

"Well, it's only a few seconds, and I'll be back in no time. Sato nodded and said, "Because the circuit of the police station is a little old, this has often happened recently......

"Looks like that's right......"

Eagle Ya went through the video files of the day the evidence was stolen one by one, and finally came to a conclusion.

"Do you know what's going on?" Sato exclaimed in surprise when he heard his words.

"Well, if I'm right, that person should have used the principle that the surveillance video with the same name will automatically overwrite, erasing the few minutes he spent in and stealing. Takagiya lowered her fingers from the wheel and sighed helplessly.

"What...... What do you mean?" Sato heard in a fog, she didn't know much about computers.

To put it simply, that person probably manually adjusted the time on the monitoring computer by about a minute after the line was repaired and energized. Because the surveillance video itself was missing a few minutes due to the maintenance of the line, and he only turned it up a little bit faster, when the monitoring route was restored, probably all of you didn't notice this. ”

Eagle looked at the empty few minutes and couldn't help but make such an inference.

"But what if you set the monitoring time up by one minute two days ago?" Sato was still confused.

"Officer Sato, usually the computers in these places of your police station are automatically corrected through the Internet. If the manual adjustment time does not match the network time, then the next time the computer restarts, the computer time will be automatically corrected through the network!"

Takaya leaned back in his seat, tapping his fingers on the armrests and speaking lightly.

"In other words?" Sato seemed to faintly sense something, as if the fog was dispersing little by little.

"That is to say, if my inference is correct, the flash of current that day is probably no longer the old line, but man-made, because you said before that it is because of the maintenance of the line that the power outage will occur. At this point, Takaya suddenly paused, and then said, "Let me ask you a question, Officer Sato......"

"Huh?"

"You should have used a computer, too, what happens if there are two files with the same name on the computer?"

"Yes...... Will it be renamed to two different files?" Sato was stunned for a moment, not knowing why he suddenly threw the question to himself at this time, but he could only rack his brain and search the few computer knowledge in his mind.

"That's under a normal Windows operating system...... This is not the case with the system that is usually used to store monitoring data, and when there are two files with the same name, they will directly copy the latter file on the previous file. ”

"It's hard to copy, can you say!" At this moment, Sato finally understood that Takaya had come full circle and finally wanted to say something.

"Yes, first speed up the computer for a minute, then use a minute to go in and steal, and finally just use a timer or something like that to short-circuit the current for a while, the computer will restart, the time will be recalibrated, and the minute of footage will be overwritten by a new video. In this way, he doesn't need to enter the surveillance room at all and erase his figure from the video without noticing! Moreover, you who limit your eyes to the surveillance video of the day will not be able to discover this method at all!"

"It's actually ...... This way?"

After listening to Eagleya's narration, Sato couldn't help but open his mouth wide, looking incredulous.

The method used by this prisoner is a method that they have never heard of until now.

"But...... Can it really be done in a minute?" Sato still had a doubt that could not be erased.

"Of course," Eagle nodded slightly, "Since the prisoner dares to do this, he is naturally fully prepared, and one minute is enough." Unfortunately, though, all of this is just my speculation, and there is no evidence to prove it. ”

"yes...... But you're already amazing! At least you've pointed us in a direction we never considered!"

This admiration is from the heart, originally I just gave him this video with the mentality of a dead horse as a live horse doctor, but I didn't expect him to be able to find some clues! And in such a short period of time!

Sato really felt admiration for him, but also felt helpless about the limitations of his gaze.

"Thank you, the next investigation will be handed over to our police to continue, although it may not be effective, but we will try our best...... Uh, Officer Twilight, what's wrong? Robbery? One chome rice flower bank? Okay, I'll be right here!"

At this time, Sato seemed to have received an urgent dispatch notice. Although he only said a few key words, Eagle Arrow still accurately captured the content of the action, directly opened the Eagle Eye system on the computer, and called up the surveillance cameras at those intersections.

Since the Eagle Eye system is currently connected to all the traffic cameras, and cannot be connected to the cameras inside the bank, Eagle Arrow can only observe the situation inside the bank through the limited view of the camera in front of the main entrance.

"Hey, did you hear that?" At this moment, Sato's voice came again.

"Ah, I hear you. Taka replied as he zoomed in on the surveillance footage.

"Will you come?" Sato asked, after a moment's hesitation.

"What do you think?" Taka asked rhetorically, but the work at hand did not stop.

He turned on the facial recognition program, trying to correct and restore the appearance of several criminals from the blurred picture as much as possible.

Unfortunately, all three of them wore sack-heavy masks, and they couldn't see the outline of their faces at all.

"They have weapons in their hands...... Also, we police ...... In short, you have to be careful!"

The other end of the line hesitated, but finally said the same thing.

"Don't worry, I'm here to do this......"

After saying this, Eagle Arrow voluntarily hung up the phone, and then pressed a button next to it.

In the center of the room, a rectangular cabinet slowly rises from the otherwise flat ground and reveals itself to Eagle's eyes.

Inside was his black knight's uniform.

"Young Master, Miss Shimabukuro has arrived. ”

At this moment, the communicator of the Eagle's Nest suddenly rang, and the voice of the old butler came out of it.

"Well, it seems that I can only apologize for letting him rest in the manor for one night. ”

Takaya took off his civilian clothes, took out the DK-2 uniform, and put it on his body one by one.

"What's going on again?" said the old butler's voice, which sounded a little surprised.

"There were three thugs who robbed the Rice Flower Bank, and I was about to rush over. ”

Hawk Arrow took one last look at the state of the two shock batons before inserting them back into the slots behind them.

"Young master, I have to remind you that Miss Kujo's car is still parked at the gate of our house!"

"She's really leisurely and elegant, and she's been with me all day...... But it just so happens that the hidden passage has just been repaired!"

Hawk rolled his eyes in annoyance, then walked over to the computer and pressed a few buttons. With the roar of the machine, the ceiling of the area where the traffic work was parked on the left side of the Eagle's Nest suddenly split, revealing a sky full of starlight. At the same time, on the side of the road leading to Yuchai Manor, the place full of trees suddenly moved away, revealing a road!

"Well, I think I should let the cement dry a little longer for a day or two......"

"Plans don't always keep up with changes, Uncle De. ”

Takaya smiled and put on the black mask, and even his voice changed to a hoarse and cold black knight's voice.

"Then, I'll leave it to you to close the door and take care of the house!"

With that, Eagle Arrow couldn't help but step onto the Black Hawk motorcycle and twist the handle violently.

The black figure turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared!