Fog Formula-Warning Book of Fog City Search Chief's Strange Talk - Chapter Four

It’s really raining.

At ten o’clock in the morning, the black special car of the Search Bureau broke through the continuous rain and drove into the underground parking lot of the AI ​​Electronics Center.

Xuejianze High-tech Zone·AI Electronics Center, lobby on the first floor.

“Shoichi Yamada?”

The person standing in front of Jian Shenxiu was a little shocked when he heard the name, then he dodged his eyes a few times, his expression showed obvious embarrassment, and he rubbed his hands subconsciously. However, after hesitating for a few seconds, he seemed to come back to his senses. He seemed to feel that this state was wrong, so he forced a smile and turned his gaze to the two visitors.

“About him… what do the two police officers want to ask?”

The fat man in front of the two was surnamed Zhao. He was a director of the development department of the AI ​​Electronics Center and the boss of the victim, Shangichi Yamada. This time, Shenxiu came here with his assistant Markesias to investigate, and it was the person in front of him who came forward to receive them.

It’s just that in the face of the search officer’s arrival, the panic shown by Director Zhao is too obvious. Even Markesias, who is next to Jian Shenxiu and whose social skills are almost “0”, can see this person’s panic. cramped. The boy in the hood subconsciously turned his questioning gaze to Jian Shenxiu, and that gaze was asking whether he should be arrested now.

“Interpersonal relationships, financial status, mental status, etc., everything you know. We want to learn as much information about him as possible.”

However, seeing that Shenxiu didn’t move his expression, he just explained to him calmly—even though the pale-skinned chief inspector only spoke calmly, his voice was extraordinarily indifferent. Let Marchesias take out a document and show it to the person in front of him.

“He was killed in an alley in the lower city at about 3 am the day before yesterday. The possibility of homicide cannot be ruled out. We are investigating his condition before his death. This is an investigation order”

“Killed?!” Director Zhao suddenly raised his voice, his eyes widened. He didn’t reach out to accept the investigation order, but just glanced at it casually, and after confirming that it was true to the end, he immediately nodded his head like garlic.

“Definitely, we will cooperate with you whatever you want to ask.”

To Markesias’ surprise, Director Zhao didn’t appear nervous after being shocked, but seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

“I’m still wondering why he hasn’t come to work for the past two days, and he doesn’t answer his calls, and he can’t get in touch. I didn’t expect this kind of thing to happen!”

Markesias couldn’t understand this reaction anymore, but it didn’t matter, he didn’t need to make any judgments when he came out to investigate—naturally, he had to see the gods to do this kind of thing, and he only needed to obey the order.

Telephone?

Seeing that Shenxiu’s mind moved slightly, he asked, “He didn’t come to work, have you tried to contact him?”

“Look at what you said, the boss must have asked why the employee didn’t come to work.” Director Zhao took out a napkin from his pocket and wiped his sweat.

“I started calling him yesterday morning, and I made a total of about ten calls today. None of them got through. At first, it showed that he was not in the service area, but later he was in the service area, but it has not been answered. People pick it up.”

“Not in the service area?”

Jian Shenxiu did not let go of this obvious abnormality. This is inside the city. There are many and advanced base stations in Xuejianze City, and it is absolutely impossible for the situation of “not in the service area” to occur.

“I want to see your communication records. I have already shown you the investigation order.”

“Ah? Uh…” The fat supervisor surnamed Zhao froze, and obvious hesitation appeared on his fat face again.

“This is a case investigation, I hope you will not interfere with official duties.”

It was too late to wait for the answer from the person in front of him. Seeing that Shenxiu frowned, his voice gradually became cold.

In fact, his tone still didn’t fluctuate too much, but those scarlet eyes were fixed on the person in front of him, and there seemed to be an evil spirit gradually locked on him in the nothingness.

“Ah I……”

Director Zhao, who was stared at by Jian Shenxiu, shivered involuntarily, bit his lip and reached out to touch his phone. Scratching his head, he suddenly moved closer, and whispered to Jian Shenxiu.

“Two police officers, can you go to my office and take a step to talk?”

“Can.”

Jian Shenxiu seemed to understand something due to his rich experience in the case, and he nodded directly without communicating with Marchesias beside him. He led him along with Director Zhao in front of him on the road of the AI ​​Electronics Center, and came to his office.

“Mr. Police Officer, it’s official business to show you, and I don’t have any objections.”

After entering the office, Director Zhao walked carefully behind the two of them, and even poked his head out to look around to make sure that no spectators followed, and then closed the door with confidence. He begged the two of them.

“But what you saw, can you please not spread it?”

“…Apart from law and discipline matters, other things are your privacy.”

Seeing Shenxiu narrowing his eyes slightly, he looked up and down, as if he had already guessed what he was worried about. gave such a reply.

“Okay, okay.”

Director Zhao wiped his sweat, took out his mobile phone from his pocket respectfully, and handed it to the investigator in front of him with both hands.

“Unlock.”

Seeing that Shenxiu didn’t answer, he just reminded him indifferently.

“Oh good.” Director Zhao seemed to have just remembered, and quickly unlocked the screen with his fingerprint, retrieved the communication record, and handed it over again.

Seeing that Shenxiu took it, his eyes just glanced over the series of names of different women on the communication record. I quickly found the phone calls signed by Shangichi Yamada yesterday morning, and the time was about a little after nine o’clock. It’s time to start work.

What Director Zhao said was not false, it was indeed the call after he found out that he was not at work.

“Photograph.”

He handed the mobile phone to Marchesias next to him, motioning him to keep the evidence.

Director Zhao’s face turned green, and he hesitated to speak, but seeing the cold search bureau badge on Shenxiu’s uniform, he finally didn’t dare to speak.

“The victim, Shangichi Yamada, what kind of person is he in the company?”

After Markesias finished taking the photo, Jian Shenxiu took the phone and handed it to the person in front of him. Just looking at the way Director Zhao hurriedly stuffed the phone back, I’m afraid he will delete all the contact records if he turns around.

But that had nothing to do with the case, so Shenxiu just opened the recorder and handed it to Xia Si next to him, asking him to take out the record book and start recording.

“Shoichi Yamada…”

After taking back the mobile phone, Director Zhao seemed calmer, at least he could answer the question about meeting God fluently.

“It feels like a very shrewd guy. He has good abilities and will come into trouble. Although his personal ability is not particularly top-notch, the team he is in charge of is very efficient. In my opinion, he is considered smooth, but I also encountered A few times he has publicly reprimanded his team members in the office. But compared to many hard-headed guys in this industry, he is already considered to be able to deal with people. Knows how to deal with problems. More than that kind of ability People who move at once make people worry-free. They will show their own advantages and know how to use their own advantages.”

“Excellent in all aspects, but it gives people a very impatient feeling. He should have… joined the company in the second half of the year before last. He was promoted to team leader last year. But he still seems not very satisfied, I also heard There have been rumors of him looking for other jobs outside.”

Director Zhao thought about it and gave such an evaluation. Then there was a sigh of disdain, but more of a headache.

“When he had an accident, I had to find another person to take his place. And he died suddenly, and there was no handover in many aspects of work. In this way, a lot of work in their group will be stopped directly.”

shrewd? impatient?

Seeing the disdain Shenxiu looked at Director Zhao’s mouth, he knew that this person had actually spoken very euphemistically.

I’m afraid in his heart, the real evaluation should be greed.

“How is his usual financial situation?” Seeing Shenxiu then asked the next question. “Does your daily expenses leave any impression on you?”

“His usual expenses are…very stingy.” Director Zhao thought for a while.

“Before he got divorced, he ate the meals brought at home every day. After the divorce, he only ate in the cafeteria. Sometimes when the company team members went out for dinner, he only ordered relatively cheap dishes. Even if he went out to drink after get off work, it was the cheapest drink. of shochu.”

“Stingy?” Jian Shenxiu frowned. “Are you trying to say he’s in financial distress?”

“No, no, no, he’s financially well off. He’s the kind of guy who will show off his savings with his colleagues, he’s just stingy.”

“It stands to reason that his salary is not low.” Director Zhao said this. When he mentioned the topic of salary, he suddenly glanced at Shenxiu and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something. That expensive velvet tie was changed halfway.

“The income level may be a little bit higher than your, uh… than your subordinates.”

It is common sense that the income level of government employees is generally not comparable to that of technical posts.

“Um.”

Seeing that Shenxiu didn’t express anything about it, he just hummed and understood what he meant, and motioned him to continue.

“But this kind of income has never seen him take the initiative to treat guests, and he has never had any interaction with his colleagues after paying bonuses. He is also the team leader, and his team members cannot do without him when they give out bonuses. He also Not refusing, plus divorced, so…”

Director Zhao frowned.

“It is said that his reputation is not very good.”

The reviews are not very good. Jian Shenxiu nodded, indicating that he had received the message.

“Then we have some other questions…”

In the following time, I met Shenxiu and asked many questions, and I was still asked by Shenxiu, and Xia Si took the recorder to record. It had been more than half an hour since the questioning was over, and he got up only after seeing Shenxiu, and perfunctory a sentence according to the procedure.

“Thank you for your cooperation.”

“it’s okay no problem.”

Director Zhao wiped his sweat again. Maybe it was because of weakness or obesity, or maybe it was just because of nervousness. He sweated a lot during the whole conversation. Even though the air conditioner was turned on in the office, he could still be seen wiping sweat.

“One last thing, please take us to Yamada Takayoshi’s former work station to have a look. We need to collect some information. Let us introduce the members of his team, and we need to ask them some questions.”

“It’s easy to talk about.”

Manager Zhao led them out, and soon walked into an office, where several people were working, and there was an empty seat at the door, with the name plate of “Shoichi Yamada” written on it.

His computer was still there, and there were unwashed cups on the table.

Each of them looked very tired, with thick dark circles on their faces. When they saw Shenxiu, they thought of the photo of Yamada Takayoshi that was put up during the meeting. The victim was also like this, with a tired look and messy hair. Hair, and dark circles under the eyes caused by staying up late for a long time.

“This is the team led by Yamada, and that is his workstation.” Director Zhao opened the door for him.

Someone in the office of “Director Zhao” recognized the person outside the door and greeted him.

“Everyone, these two are search officers from the Search Bureau. Yamada was killed. They came to understand the situation. I hope everyone will cooperate with them.”

The fat supervisor nodded and questioned the people in the room, and then introduced the two to them.

“Killed?!”

There was such a cry of exclamation in the office, seeing Shenxiu’s eyes on their reactions – this time their shock was obviously much more real than that of Manager Zhao just now.

“Your team leader Yamada Shoichi was killed in the early hours of yesterday. The possibility of homicide cannot be ruled out in the case, so we came here to investigate some things.”

Seeing Shenxiu casually explaining something, he walked to Yamada Shoichi’s desk amidst everyone’s shocked eyes, glanced at the laptop on his desk that had not been closed, and stretched out his hand to turn on the computer.

No one in the office spoke during the whole process. Everyone was shocked by the news, and they hadn’t reacted yet.

In less than four seconds, the computer screen was turned on. Judging from the wear and tear of the appearance, this computer should have been used for more than a year, and it can still have such a boot speed, which proves that this object is definitely a tool worthy of the owner’s dependence.

A screen saver was displayed on the screen, and a password was required to open it. Seeing Shenxiu raised his head and looked around, he asked aloud.

“Do any of you know the password to his computer?”

“…”

No one spoke. They looked at each other, but no one said anything.

Colleagues occasionally encounter situations that require help when working. Colleagues in the same group work in the same office. It is still this kind of electronics industry. It is very common for people with big hearts to tell their colleagues their passwords. Not surprising either.

No one knows, which shows that he is at least a relatively cautious person.

So Jian Shenxiu turned his attention to Director Zhao. The computers used in this industry are usually provided by the company, and the computers belong to the company’s property and are only used for office work. In this case, the company must have a backup of the computer password.

“Wait a minute, let me ask.” Seeing him looking over, Director Zhao immediately understood, took out his mobile phone and started calling someone, and soon there was a message back, giving Jian Shenxiu a reply .

“The password is 0920.”

“Sounds like a birthday? But I remember he was born in June himself. Do any of you know whose it is?”

Seeing Shenxiu enter the password, the computer soon turned on. Most of the software in the computer is unknown to Shenxiu, it should be professional software related to work, and the background of the desktop is a very usual car model, with hot beauties leaning against the car on the screen, charming and enchanting.

It’s a very ordinary desktop, and you can’t make a qualitative decision based on this desktop. Jian Shenxiu also directly ignored the professional software that he didn’t know at all, opened the background settings, and found the history.

A row of beautiful models of various colors.

This may not explain anything, but it is obviously also a side of the victim’s personality.

“It seems to be his ex-wife’s birthday. His ex-wife came to the office to see him the day before they divorced.”

At this time, someone in the office finally plucked up the courage to speak, answering the question raised before meeting Shenxiu.

“The password change of the office computer needs to be reported. Our passwords are basically set when we joined the company. He was not divorced at that time.”

After the divorce, the ex-wife’s birthday is still used as the password.

So far, a lot of information has pointed to the victim’s ex-wife.

“Evidence bag.”

Seeing that Shenxiu closed the computer, he asked Markesias to take out a transparent bag, put the computer in it, and seal it.

“We took this computer away as evidence for the time being, and we will exchange it for you when it is used up.”

“It’s easy to talk about.” Director Zhao nodded. “The files in the computer are all company secrets, please pay attention…”

“Clear.” Jian Shenxiu handed the evidence to Marchesias. Then I looked at the nervous people around me. “I have a few more questions I want to ask them, each individually in turn. Can I borrow this office? Or I’ll take them back to the Morning Star Tower.”

“It’s here, just borrow the office.” Director Zhao agreed without hesitation, and looked around the team members. “Presumably they don’t really want to go to the search bureau.”

Everyone knows that the Search Bureau is the most mysterious department of Xue Jianze. It is said that the people in that department are murderous thugs. They will shoot the enemy with guns and execute even evil spirits with knives.

But looking at Jian Shenxiu and the well-behaved hooded boy next to him who has never said a word, maybe there are still a few normal people in that lunatic department.

Although this director Zhao is messing around with his personal relationship, he is still quite protective of his subordinates.

“Yeah, right here, right here.”

The team members next to him nodded repeatedly. Although they didn’t recognize the person standing here as the director of the Search Bureau, they had obviously heard of the “excellent reputation” of the “Search Bureau”.

“Well, things are almost done. Director Zhao, you can go back first. Xiasi…”

Jian Shenxiu turned to look at the assistant next to him.

“You take them outside to wait first.”

“You stay here, it starts with you.”

He pointed to the person on the innermost side, and the known person visibly tensed up, showing a wry smile.

Soon, everyone else was taken out, only the man left behind by Jian Shenxiu was left.

With the knock of the door, the room suddenly became quiet.

“Sit down, don’t be nervous, it’s just a very ordinary visit, I just ask some things related to the victim.”

Jian Shenxiu could also see the nervousness of the person in front of him, but obviously he didn’t care whether this nervousness would affect the following questions and answers. The chief inspector in black casually found an empty table and stool and sat down, took out the recording pen he had asked for from Shas, opened the record book and turned to a new page.

Then he raised his head and looked at the man. At that moment, it was as if a heavy hammer had been struck into the man’s brain. An irresistible impact suddenly hit, and the spirits of the two suddenly resonated within a ten-thousandth of a second. The man’s body stiffened suddenly, and Jian Shenxiu’s scarlet eyes were reflected in his pupils. A breathtaking light appeared in the eye sockets of the two at the same time, swaying wildly in accordance with a certain simple and distant rhythm.

Then… quietly bloomed.

“Hope you……”

Seeing that Shenxiu’s voice fell into the man’s ears, it seemed to come from the depths of the distant universe.

“Answer honestly.”