Clearing Suspicion

After investigation, it was discovered that neither of the two suspects were from Sakura Country.

One was from Xiba Country—Cui Minlong.

The other was from Dragon Country—Xu Mo.

Both had recently come to Sakura Country as tourists.

Initially, Jinhu Yi thought that apprehending the suspects would be rather difficult.

He even expected it to consume a great deal of manpower and time.

After all, what criminal would foolishly wait around for the police to arrest them after committing a crime?

Criminals typically flee after committing an offense.

But what Jinhu Yi didn't anticipate was that

This arrest operation turned out to be unusually smooth.

In less than half an hour, the officers had brought both suspects back to the police station.

Moreover, on the way back,

Apart from being bewildered, both suspects showed a high willingness to cooperate.

It went so smoothly that Jinhu Yi began to doubt himself.

Had he found the wrong people again?

If one of these two was the culprit, why didn't they run!?

They even cooperated so willingly in being brought to the police station.

Were they mentally ill or something??

However, this thought only existed in Jinhu Yi's mind for a moment before he quickly dismissed it.

A suspect is a suspect, and it's a cardinal sin to view suspects with preconceived notions.

Even if they both appeared highly cooperative.

That doesn't change the essence that both are suspects.

After the two were separately led into two interrogation rooms.

Jinhu Yi looked at the bald man.

"Let's interrogate them together. You go question the Dragon Country man, I'll handle the one from Xiba Country."

"Alright."

...

Interrogation Room One.

Xu Mo sat in the interrogation chair.

His face was full of confusion and curiosity.

He wasn't afraid at all.

Because the police had brought him in merely on suspicion.

The police had absolutely no substantial evidence to prove that the museum theft had anything to do with him.

The next second, the bald man pushed open the door and entered.

Xu Mo recognized him, but he didn't recognize Xu Mo.

Because the current Xu Mo looked completely different from the Xu Mo he had seen yesterday.

"Xu Mo, right? Relax, we've brought you here just to ask a few questions. You need to answer truthfully, without a single lie, understand?"

Xu Mo nodded, not speaking, indicating his willingness to cooperate.

The bald man then asked directly.

"Where were you at eleven o'clock last night?"

Hearing this, Xu Mo briefly recalled.

Then he answered, "I was at a comic convention."

"Are there any witnesses or other evidence that can prove you were indeed at the comic convention yesterday?"

Witnesses?

There were far too many!

Almost all the scantily-clad cosplay girls at the convention, as well as the staff, were witnesses for Xu Mo.

The reason Xu Mo went to the comic convention before his operation yesterday was to create a perfect alibi for himself.

With an alibi, no matter how much the police suspected him, it would ultimately remain just suspicion.

Suspicion is useless.

Solving cases requires evidence!

He had stayed at the convention all night, so where would he have found time to commit the crime?

As soon as the bald man mentioned the word "witnesses,"

Xu Mo's expression immediately changed.

"Yes," Xu Mo's expression was a bit embarrassed, "The staff and cosplayers at the convention should all remember me. They almost kicked me out..."

...

Half an hour later.

The bald man and Jinhu Yi, having each completed their interrogations and investigations, met in the hallway outside the interrogation rooms.

Jinhu Yi spoke first.

"This Cui Minlong is a bit suspicious. When I asked him where he was last night, he first said he was at the hotel and didn't go anywhere, then changed his story to say he was out eating, and finally said he was 'buying lollipops.' I had someone take his photo to ask the madam of the shop he mentioned, but she said she couldn't remember if such a person had come last night. I don't know if it's because she sees too many clients to remember clearly, or if he really never went there."

After explaining his situation, Jinhu Yi looked at the bald man and asked, "What about your side? How did it go, any suspicions?"

The bald man shook his head without even thinking.

"No real suspicions. Take a look at this video first. The person in the video is Xu Mo. It's a video that one of the cosplayers at the convention shot and posted online last night, which I discovered during my inquiries."

Watching the short video playing on the phone,

Jinhu Yi couldn't help but frown.

In the video, Xu Mo's expression was as lecherous as it could possibly be.

Never mind the cosplay girls, even he, as a man, found it a bit hard to stomach.

Damn, the guy's drool was practically dripping onto the ground!

What kind of person is this?

Never seen a woman in eight lifetimes?

Although he found it hard to associate someone who could barely control their most primitive desires with a meticulous, high-IQ criminal,

He still stared at the bald man and said,

"This only proves he was at the comic convention. It doesn't completely rule out his suspicion."

"Yes, I know. This is just physical evidence. There are also witness testimonies," the bald man continued, "I questioned many cosplayers and staff at the convention. They can all testify that this Xu Mo was at the convention, and that he stayed from yesterday afternoon until it closed in the early morning. Besides that, I also checked all his movement tracks since entering the country."

The bald man then recounted all of Xu Mo's movements after arriving in Sakura Country.

"He entered the country the day before yesterday, went directly to check in at the Aman Hotel, and didn't go out that night. Yesterday he did go out for a bit, but just wandered around and went back. Then yesterday, he went from the hotel to the museum, looked around, and returned to the hotel. In the afternoon, he left for the comic convention and returned to the hotel in the early morning."

After finishing, the bald man didn't forget to summarize.

"This guy isn't very suspicious. His movement pattern is simple, just like a regular tourist. The only notable thing is that he's lecherous, extremely lecherous."

However, what he didn't know was that

Everything he saw and investigated was what Xu Mo wanted him to see.

We're in the information age now, with surveillance cameras covering almost everywhere, making it simple for the police to investigate a person.

But similarly,

Because of the wide coverage of surveillance in cities, the police now heavily rely on these cameras for their investigations.

As long as one can evade the surveillance, they can evade the police!

The Xu Mo under surveillance was just an utterly normal tourist.

This led the bald man to not suspect him at all.

Because the bald man had already confirmed that Xu Mo had no time to commit the crime, and his movement pattern was quite simple.

So Jinhu Yi didn't spend much more thought on Xu Mo either.

"If there's no suspicion, then release him soon. It's not appropriate to detain foreign nationals unrelated to the case for too long. We need to be mindful of the impact."

"Yes, I'll release him right away," the bald man turned and left.

Of the two suspects, one had already been cleared of suspicion.

That made the other person even more suspicious.

Not to mention, this Cui Minlong had been inconsistent during the interrogation, changing his story multiple times.

One moment saying he was at the hotel, then saying he was out eating, then saying he went to 'buy lollipops.'

And most crucially,

In the museum's surveillance footage from yesterday, Cui Minlong was seen carrying a small travel bag.

His bag could very likely have contained makeup and a change of clothes.

Moreover, Xu Mo wasn't carrying a bag yesterday, so he had nowhere to put a second set of clothes and makeup!

Comparing like this, Cui Minlong became even more suspicious...