Act XIX. Jewelry theft
“...... Here's the thing. ”
"Originally, there was no business last night, I just sat here and read novels on my mobile phone, this mall is quite lively at night, there are many customers, but this year, there is no one else to buy jewelry except for the couple who want to get married."
"Ahem, off topic, it's about eight o'clock in the evening, it should be, the novels I read are usually updated at eight o'clock in the evening, and I was reading a new chapter at that time, so it must have been past eight o'clock, anyway, it was at that time, a man came to the counter."
"He seems to be wearing a T-shirt, jeans, he doesn't look very clean, wearing a mask, hey, a mask, I should have known, it was so hot last night, didn't he simmer, he must have been premeditated, I'm so stupid, really."
“...... Uh, sorry for digressing again, the man, well, the man said he was going to help his girlfriend choose a necklace, preferably with gems, he spoke Mandarin quite standardly, he didn't feel like a local...... Well, I thought it was strange at the time, what kind of girl would like such a pompous style, now I generally like to send sterling silver, gems or something is too old-fashioned, and the gems on our side are actually man-made, very cheap...... Well, don't talk about that, anyway, I just did what he asked, took a sample out, and ......"
"Then, I don't know what's going on, it's as if I'm just stunned for a moment, and he's gone, along with several ornaments on the counter, alas, they're the most valuable, I'm just a part-time teller, comrade policeman, what do you say about this?"
After listening to the description of the counter clerk who was robbed, Chen Chuchuan of the Jiangdong Branch of Jingjiang City frowned slightly.
He asked some more simple questions about the scene before putting away the recorder.
"Let's sort out the recording, let's go see the surveillance footage."
He and his colleagues went to the security room of the mall and called up the surveillance video from last night.
It can be seen that a man of medium stature and dark skin came to the counter of the jewelry counter, said a few words to the teller, and took out a pompous necklace inlaid with rubies.
Then, the teller suddenly became sluggish, like the unconscious action of an extremely sleepy person, she took out a few more pieces of jewelry from the counter, slowly packed them, and handed them to the man, and then the man left the mall step by step, not photographing his departure route, until a few minutes later, the teller suddenly came to his senses and screamed.
This is the case with surveillance footage.
As for why last night's incident was reported this morning, it was mainly because the teller's explanation was a little outrageous, and he was initially regarded as a guard and burglarized, until he found the police in the morning and called up the surveillance to find out that something was wrong.
"It's hard to do."
His colleague sighed.
"Yes, it's hard."
Chen Chuchuan knew that in this case, nine times out of ten, it was the upgraded person who committed the crime, and it was estimated that it was not the lowest level that could directly affect ordinary people.
The mobile phone rang, and Chen Chuchuan looked at the caller ID.
Internal code 10000.
Naturally, this is not the customer service number of a telecommunications company, in the Zhuxia Federation, within the system of the police, there is only one possibility behind this number, and that is the Abyss Relic Affairs Division.
He was surprised, but also had a premonition that it was really so, and pressed the call button.
"Is it Comrade Chen Chuchuan?"
On the other end of the phone, there was a clear and pleasant female voice.
"Yes."
Chen Chuchuan suddenly stood up straight, although he knew that there was no one else around, a certain sense of oppression still made him subconsciously tense his nerves, as if he was being snooped on through this phone.
"You took a copy of the surveillance video and the case transcript, came to the second floor of the Jingjiang Great World Shopping Mall diagonally across the road, and bought a movie ticket at 10:05 in Hall 5, with 9 seats in the 14th row."
The female voice on the phone is flat, as ordinary as a teacher giving homework to a student.
"Wait ......"
Chen Chuchuan wanted to ask something, but the other party continued to speak.
"You've got fifteen minutes left."
He then hung up the phone, leaving only a busy signal.
Chen Chuchuan stood in place for a while, and then put down his phone, his face ugly.
The people in the Abyss Relic Affairs Department are all so weird!
It's not the first time he's cooperated with someone from the Abyss Relic Affairs Division, about three years ago, Chen Chuchuan had participated in the detection of a murder case involving an upgrader, of course, only he participated at the beginning, when it was found that the case was related to a non-first-order upgrader, the case was immediately transferred there, as for later, it was about to solve the case, anyway, Chen Chuchuan looked through the files he could see, and there was no record of that case.
The people who handed over to him at that time were also strange, chattering, and extremely stingy, which made people angry.
After that, Chen Chuchuan had also come into contact with some cases of upgraders, but they were all first-order.
Well, the police can still handle the cases related to the first-order upgrader, after all, those guys are equivalent to ordinary people with better physical fitness, and at the second order, after the upgrader has a historical name and a star grid, the related cases can only be handed over to the Observatory and the Abyss Relic Affairs Division.
"Mysterious mystery!"
Chen Chuchuan has been working for ten years in Chinese New Year's Eve second year, but he still has some momentum, and he has no good feeling in the face of an organization like the Abyss Relic Affairs Department that usually doesn't talk well.
However, since the other party had already called, Chen Chuchuan could only obediently pick up the transcripts and copies of the surveillance video compiled by his colleagues, say hello to his colleagues, and come to the Jingjiang Great World Shopping Mall across the road.
This shopping mall is not prosperous compared to the smiling commercial building where the crime occurred, and the more famous KTV on the fifth floor and Jingjiang Cinema on the second floor.
The two shopping malls belong to Jingshang Group and New World Group respectively, and the business confrontation was quite fierce in the past few years, but then Jingjiang Great World Shopping Mall completely declined.
Chen Chuchuan was wearing civilian clothes, and no one paid attention to him.
This weekend, there were quite a lot of people in the cinema on the second floor, young couples everywhere, parents with children going out, and for some reason, there was a person in a puppet costume handing out flyers.
After buying the ticket, Chen Chuchuan glanced at the people who were waiting for the ticket to be checked, trying to find the inspector of the Abyss Relic Affairs Division.
But soon, Chen Chuchuan discovered one thing.
That's the movie ticket he bought, not the new movie.
It's a drama film handed down from the old era.,About two childhood sweethearts who don't guess about the love of the child.,This is part of the nostalgic plan that the Zhuxia Federal Cinema has been doing recently.,Regularly screen some old-era movies.,Remember the glory of the past.,Some schools will even organize students to watch it collectively.。
But for ordinary viewers, they almost don't spend money to watch it.
There were very few people watching this scene.
That's right, why come to the cinema to watch the re-screened movie on the big weekend.
Chen Chuchuan walked into the cinema, and during the boring advertising time, he kept paying attention to the people around him, but unfortunately, there was nothing worth paying attention to.
It wasn't until the opening credits of the movie appeared that Chen Chuchuan felt that footsteps seemed to be coming from behind him.
He was about to look back and see what was going on......
"Don't look back."
The other party said softly.
Chen Chuchuan remembered that voice very clearly, it was the guy who had just called him.
It's the Ombudsman of the Abyss Relic Affairs Division!
"I understand your thoughts, but that's the rule, it's better for us not to know each other."
The other party's voice is cold, which contrasts sharply with the warm-toned film.
Truly.
The Abyssal Relic Affairs Division is largely just a name for ordinary people, and most of the people who work there are kept secret from the outside world.
On the one hand, it is to prevent other forces from probing the system and strength of the country's ascendants, and on the other hand, it is also to protect the families of these ombudsmen from being harmed by criminals.
Alas, from this point of view, Chen Chuchuan can also understand these colleagues hidden in the shadows a little.
Sighing softly, he didn't look back, but in the empty movie theater, he handed over the USB flash drive with the copied video and the case transcript.
At the same time as the plot in which the male protagonist alienated the heroine because of a misunderstanding, the sound of flipping documents came from behind Chen Chuchuan.
He waited for ten minutes, and just when Chen Chuchuan thought that the other party had left and was about to turn back, the other party's voice came again.
"What do you think?"
What do I think?
In this kind of case, will we ordinary people be asked for their opinions?
Chen Chuchuan was a little short-circuited for a while.
Soon, though, from behind him, another voice came.
"This guy has a lot of relevant knowledge."
It was a male voice.