Pokémon: I'm a detective, not the sixth one.

"Cheer up, everyone! Although the suspect is not a vicious type, he is addicted to stealing and the accumulated amount is extremely huge! There is not much time for us to move freely now. The mall door will only be closed for an hour or two at most. Nearly 40 minutes have passed now!

In order to protect the personal rights of the people, if the case cannot be solved within an hour, we must restore the power supply and watch the suspect slip away among the crowd!

Do you want this to happen? ! "

Mr. Dalin asked everyone seriously, and the answer he got was unanimously negative!

The police officers were injected with a shot of chicken blood and began secret patrols from different floors and different areas.

Wearing casual clothes, they mingled among the pedestrians. Some hold their phones and pretend to be busy, but in fact they secretly observe every move of the people around them; some hold a list of recently stolen shops and go door to door to collect useful information.

Team Lu chose a different way to investigate the case. He took Yinchuan and Muzi straight to the mall's control room.

Since the suspect was unaware of the actions of Lijia and the police team, the police officers could not take the Pokémon with them at will to avoid exposing their identities.

The control room is on the 17th floor of the department store, with no upper or lower floors, making it easy for security personnel to go to each floor at any time.

After the three of them entered the room, Muzi showed his ID to the security guard, and then he and Lu Yi quickly checked the surveillance footage.

They first adjusted the video to the time mentioned by the owner of Lijia, trying to find the perfume store where she was at that time. Unfortunately, Elf World attaches great importance to the protection of people's privacy. There are only a few cameras installed in the entire shopping mall, and most of them are concentrated near the gate.

Lu Yi couldn't find the location Miss Lijia mentioned, but he saw his group entering the mall wearing police uniforms.

"Muzi, you watch first, I'll go have a chat with the security guy."

Hearing this, Muzi nodded and took the mouse from Lu Yi's hand.

At this time, the security guard brother was chatting with Yinchuan, looking very helpless.

Lu Yi came over and asked, "Brother, are there only so many surveillance cameras in total?"

"Well, yes!" The security guard nodded.

"Basically, every merchant will have its own monitoring facilities in the store. That belongs to their privacy and rights. The mall does not deploy too many facilities. It is only responsible for ensuring the safety of everyone's passage."

Lu Yi curled his lips, "That means that if we want to use surveillance to understand the situation at the time of the crime, we can only apply to the corresponding store person in charge, right?"

"Yes, public surveillance in the building is not allowed to target stores."

Lu Yi frowned when he heard this, thinking that no wonder many colleagues went straight to those shops. It seemed that they knew the social conditions of the elf world better than he did.

But he was in no hurry to leave. His colleagues were already investigating there anyway, so he might as well learn more about the situation from the monitoring room.

"Brother, I heard that there have been frequent thefts in department stores recently. Have you noticed anything strange before?"

"No! I'm very strange too!" The security guard sat up straight. "Logically speaking, if there are any habitual thieves, I watch the video repeatedly at regular times every day, and I can always see familiar faces in the crowd. ?

But guess what? After watching the video, I discovered that the owner of Lijia Store has been shopping the most in the past month, but thefts occur even more frequently than her! There is no suspicious person that meets the conditions at all! "

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi's eyes flickered and he thought of another possibility.

But he couldn't say it for the time being because he was not sure that the elder brother in front of him could clear away the suspicion.

"Brother, how many security personnel do we have in our shopping mall? Based on your daily working hours, are you sure you are on duty every time a crime occurs?"

"Of course not!" The security guard waved his hand, "I work the night shift, and it's not my duty time yet. But the mall called me and the colleagues who were originally on duty are now blocking the building outside and monitoring The room was empty, so he asked me to come and watch it for a while.

As for the time and number of people, the security team has a total of 25 people, one captain, and the remaining 24 people work in two shifts. Our monitoring room is open from 12 a.m. to 12 p.m. A brother keeps watch from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. He and I are the opposite. "

Hearing this, Lu Yi seemed to have captured something, but he was still limited by the sensitivity of his identity as the security guard brother and could not reveal everything. So he said thank you, whispered a few words in Muzi's ear, and then walked far away to contact Mr. Dalin.

"..."

"Do you suspect that an insider committed the crime?" Mr. Dalin frowned upon hearing Lu Yi's thoughts. "If this is really the case, it will be difficult. We have alerted the snake from the first step. Lu Yi, how sure are you?"

"It's very big." Lu Yi said firmly.

“We looked at the department store footage and talked a lot with security and during that time I found some loopholes.

First, according to the description of the security guard responsible for monitoring, he repeatedly checked the videos of people entering and exiting the mall, and did not see repeated suspicious faces. This is inconsistent with the recent frequency of thefts in shopping malls, unless the perpetrators always lurk in remote areas and rarely enter department stores.

Muzi was currently confirming the authenticity of this statement. She selected some videos of the date and quickly compared the faces in the pictures. Let me assume for the moment that if the suspect really did not enter the department store, how did he 'step in'?

The list of stolen persons included many passers-by, and it was impossible for Rattata to walk arrogantly in the middle of the corridor and follow them all the way, otherwise he would have been exposed long ago.

I think the suspect was able to identify the financial situation of the people passing by, he knew which people had money in their bags, and he knew the deployment of surveillance in advance. This was the reason why the success rate of Ratada was so high, and every time it was dispatched it was lightning fast. So quickly!

Second, the owner of Lijia Hall is very sure that the other party will continue to commit crimes, but we have been here for so long, and it even took us nearly half an hour to get from the headquarters to Yuhong City. Why hasn't anyone reported the crime yet?

Was it because the criminal had already obtained it and the thieves hadn't noticed it yet, or that he stopped the crime in advance and did not continue to act arrogantly today? "

After hearing Lu Yi's opinion, Mr. Dalin thought carefully for a moment.

"I agree with you, the second possibility is higher."

As Lu Yi's findings continued to be analyzed, Dalin's brows became heavier and heavier.

"Did that security guard do anything unusual?"

"Not yet."

Lu Yi said with certainty. It seemed that Mr. Dalin had the same idea as him. Since he suspected the insiders of the mall, he naturally could not fully trust the security guard in the control room.

Although he was dispatched by the mall during off-duty hours, theoretically the suspicion was low. However, there is also the possibility that the criminal may remotely instruct Ratada to commit crimes, and his suspicion cannot be ruled out for the time being.

"Captain Lin, what do we need to do next? Should we secretly control the security guard?"

Hearing this, Dalin quickly considered the overall situation, not letting go of any detail of the existing clues, and finally gave Lu Yi a reply: "No, let's search for the whereabouts of the Rattata first."

"You think it's still in the building?"

Dalin hummed in a positive tone.

"Yes, assuming that the habitual criminal who likes to commit crimes is really a security guard, he should not be able to complete the rendezvous with Ratha so quickly. Because the owner of Lijia Hall suddenly summoned the security forces, they had no time to respond!"

"Then let's search the sewers first?" Lu said with a bright look.

Based on his experience in participating in an explosion and arson case last time, the sewer is a hiding place that cannot be ignored, and Pokémon like Rattata are also very adaptable to the sewer environment!

"No, our police force is limited. If we search behind the sewers, the priority is not that high."

"Ah? Where to search?" Lu Yi stared blankly.

Dalin arrived at the elf center inside the mall at this moment, preparing to find Miss Joy to investigate the elf registration information of the security team members.

He stopped in front of the nurse's desk and slowly raised his head to look at the ceiling with sharp eyes.

"In shopping malls, not every store will have sewer pipes."

"Search the air vents first!"

……