North American Gunslinger Detective

Chapter 261 Problems

Roman opened the safe. The safe was divided into three layers. The lower layer had two wooden boxes side by side, the middle layer contained some documents and a few small cloth bags, and the upper layer contained a tray. The tray was now empty, and a Russian doll was placed next to it. , judging from the horizontal line in the middle of the body, it should be a Russian matryoshka, about the size of an adult's palm, with a width of less than ten centimeters and a height of less than twenty centimeters.

Roman pointed to the tray: "The necklace was placed on this tray before. I'm usually very careful, and I usually don't move her."

Jimmy: "Can I check?"

Roman left the safe, Jimmy stepped forward, took out a flashlight and shone it on the tray, and carefully observed the tray. There was a layer of dark red flannel under the tray. It may have been placed for a long time, and the fluff on the flannel had been pressed out. The impression of a necklace, Jimmy saw no other pressed marks on the fleece.

Lift the tray slightly, there is very slight dust residue on the bottom of the tray, usually the safe is not opened often, a little bit of dust will fall, although it is not too obvious, but it will be a little bit anyway, but compared the position of the tray and For the traces below, this tray has not been moved for a long time, otherwise at least there will be drag traces below.

Jimmy: "Is there anything else missing from the safe? Is there anyone else who can open this safe?"

Roman shook his head: "No, my family is not in New York, and they won't come here. Only I can open this safe."

Jimmy: "I didn't bring a fingerprint display agent when I came out this time. I can't tell whether someone else opened your safe for the time being. And if it's a professional, they must be operating with gloves, and generally they won't leave any obvious signs. It can only be said that this is a routine inspection method, and whether it is effective depends entirely on the operator's technique.

But judging from the tray itself, it seems that no one has touched it. Look at the fluff here. If someone picked up the necklace like this, there should be a slight indentation here, but now it seems that there is nothing abnormal here.

This shows that the person holding the necklace was very careful to lift the necklace from the top. Frankly speaking, ordinary thieves would not do such a thankless thing. Those who can do this must be experienced and repeat offenders. "

Jimmy backed away from the safe, and Roman walked over to close the safe.

Jimmy: "I will bring a fingerprint reader next time I come here, I hope it will be rewarding. Also, Roman, do you have surveillance here?"

Roman shook his head, "It's inconvenient for me to use surveillance. There are no other precious items in this house except for the old items left by my ancestors."

Jimmy: "Does anyone else come in this study?"

Roman: "Only the servant Dalia, she will come to clean up every few days. I came back the day before yesterday, and yesterday I found that the necklace was missing. I have already had people search Dalia's room before, and there is nothing there. .”

Jimmy knocked on the wall next to the safe, "Can I go and see the room at the back?"

Roman took Jimmy out of the study and came to the next room. Although it looked like there were only two rooms, the wall between them was actually a mystery. The safe was hidden between the two walls, and the safe could not be seen from this room. Is there anything unusual about the location.

Jimmy came to the wall, touched it with his hand, and then pressed his entire palm against the wall. He stretched out his left hand and touched it away from the safe. There was an obvious temperature difference between the two sides. The walls are noticeably cooler.

Jimmy had already seen it when he was downstairs. The appearance of this villa looks similar to the surrounding ones. It has three floors, but there are two basements here, and there are some walls that seem to have hidden spaces behind them. One of the mezzanine walls is For the safe, the mezzanine is partitioned by the floor on the second floor, and the first floor below is still the mezzanine, and one of the basements is just below the mezzanine.

Jimmy carefully observed the inside of the mezzanine, but he didn't find anything obvious. He turned and walked to the door, ready to go to the first floor to have a look. Roman watched Jimmy's movements, completely puzzled, and followed him downstairs.

Jimmy checked the location and came to the downstairs room. He looked up at the safe on the second floor. He walked under the safe and touched the wall. Just like on the second floor, the wall below the safe was very cold. The walls are at normal temperature.

Jimmy looked down at the basement below, and could only vaguely see a square space, but there seemed to be something like smoke interfering with Jimmy's sight.

When I was on the 2nd floor before, it might be a problem of distance, or it might be that he didn’t check the basement very carefully at all. He didn’t see it clearly at that time, and he didn’t find the smoky situation. Now he looks at the place more than two meters below his feet. , it is obvious.

The problem is that Jimmy saw something unusual and couldn't tell, because he had only seen this situation once before. The exorcism in the church in Little Rock, the thing that Father Reuter expelled from that person's body at that time was in the form of smoke...

Seeing the scene in front of him, Jimmy overturned his guess that a thief entered the study, opened the safe and took away the necklace. It seems that something is wrong here. If you don't move anything else, just taking the necklace is not a general theft, and it may involve very troublesome things.

It is very reluctant for Jimmy to get involved in this kind of thing. Although it seemed not difficult to watch the exorcism last time, but this time there is no Father Reuter. If he gets involved, it will be a loss if he confesses here big.

Jimmy turned around and said to Roman: "I want to check in several rooms, but it can be in the daytime, and I have to go back to get the fingerprint display agent. It is best not to leave the people in this villa before I come. In order to avoid any unpleasant things from happening."

Jimmy took off the disposable gloves and pocketed them.After Roman nodded, Jimmy was about to leave.

Roman sent Jimmy to the door, glanced at the front of the villa and there was no parking, "Jerry, did you drive here?"

Jimmy: "No, take a taxi, it's inconvenient to drive."

Roman: "Then I'll let someone take you back."

Jimmy: "You're welcome, I'll just take a taxi back. See you tomorrow, Roman."

Jimmy stepped out of the villa, walked on the street, took out his mobile phone, called the taxi company, and called a taxi. He didn't dare to ask Roman to take him back. Although Justin didn't make it clear, this Roman is definitely not like It looks so harmless to humans and animals. If you can find Justin's line, this Roman must also be a figure in the underworld, so be careful.

　Well, I didn’t save the manuscript and I have to go to work during the day, so I can only work overtime at night to code words. I try to do more on weekends.

　
(End of this chapter)