Alien Relic Hunter

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The first exploration target of the investigation team was the "Kyoto Style Teppanyaki Restaurant" one hundred and fifty meters away from the street entrance - the second "container" just now, that is, the little girl whose head was trampled, He jumped out of the second floor window of the Teppanyaki restaurant. Victoria believes that since they don't have any clues at the moment, they might as well follow the routes that these containers rushed out of, and maybe they can find some valuable clues.

This is a three-story Japanese-style building. The main body of the building is made of a polymer that imitates solid wood. Red lanterns using electricity as lighting energy and imitation solid wood signs with the store name and special dishes are hung under the eaves. On the signboard, next to the shoe cabinet, stands a statue of a geisha wearing a kimono and a traditional Japanese bun. However, this is actually a cleverly disguised surveillance device. The camera lens is embedded between the statue's hollowed-out eyes. , and at the neck of the statue, there are also mechanical joints that can be used to adjust the angle.

The first floor of the building is a chain-brand izakaya. When the door curtain is opened, there is a narrow corridor leading directly to the bar. The two sides of the corridor are divided into several small private rooms.

An agent holding a shield entered the corridor first. His boots stepped on the tatami mat made of artificial fiber. As soon as he stepped on it, the thick blood was squeezed out from the gaps in the rattan—— Obviously, there was a massacre here not long ago.

However, this did not surprise everyone. They could smell the strong smell of blood at the door of the izakaya, and the tatami mats on the ground were stained dark brown because they were full of blood.

"It's just that the only problem is that there is no body." Ke Lan said silently to himself. This scene reminded him of the mining base on Leviathan's back that was attacked by monsters. There was also a mess but no discovery. Half a corpse. It was not until later that they learned that those corpses were used as nourishment for Leviathan's resurrection.

The leading agent opened the box doors on both sides. Ke Lan noticed that there were still uneaten roasted birds and sashimi on the table in the box, and there was even a half cup in the cup next to it. Remaining wine.

Only the tatami at the door of the box was stained with blood, while the area near the inside was relatively clean. As for the walls and furniture, there were no traces of damage.

"There was no fighting in the box. All the blood flowed from the innermost part." Victoria's judgment was basically the same as Ke Lan's idea. Moreover, judging from the neatly arranged tableware, those guests should be taking their time. They left the box... But the key to the problem lies in what happened after they left the box.

"Sir, look at this!" An agent suddenly pointed at the fire box embedded in the corridor wall. The glass on the front of the box had been smashed, but the fire hose and fire extinguisher inside were still in place. Only the fire ax on the shelf was missing.

"The ax was taken away. Could it be that someone resisted?" Major Ashkani said.

But Victoria just nodded and signaled the team to continue advancing.

At the end of the corridor is the lobby and cooking area of ​​this izakaya, but it is dark inside at the moment, with only the strong smell of blood still wafting out from inside.

The agent at the front took out a lighting stick, lit it and threw it in. Suddenly, the entire lobby was enveloped in the faint fluorescence emitted by the lighting stick.

"No body was found, and the dining table, bar, cooking area and kitchen were all the same," the leading agent reported.

Ke Lan followed Victoria into the lobby and saw that the tatami mats on the lobby floor were also full of blood, but unlike the private rooms, the walls, tables and chairs here were also stained with large amounts of blood. Uneaten food and bowls and chopsticks were scattered on the ground, and the ingredients on the barbecue grill had turned into pitch-black charcoal.

Ke Lan bent down and picked up a shoe from the ground. It was a high-heeled women's shoe, size 36. The surface material was a high-grade artificial leather, and there were rhinestones embedded on the upper for decoration, but The heel of the shoe was broken, and the leather surface of the toe had serious scratches.

Ke Lan still remembers the sign hanging outside this izakaya saying that customers need to take off their shoes before entering the store, and the shoe cabinet at the door is specially used to store the shoes taken off by customers, but now this Only high heels appeared in the lobby, which made Ke Lan feel a little strange.

These are obviously not the shoes of the izakaya staff. The staff here are either barefoot or wear socks-like footbags. High heels like this, which can easily damage the tatami, will never be allowed to be worn in the store. of.

The shoe could only have come from an outsider, and she only walked into this izakaya after the power outage.

As for the worn toe cap and broken heel, it shows that the owner of the shoe was in a panic mood at the time...or maybe he was forcibly brought to this izakaya.

"That's wrong...Why is the situation of the owner of the shoes completely opposite to that of the guests in the box?"

As if he remembered something, Ke Lan suddenly patted Victoria on the shoulder and said, "Follow me, there was a clue in the box that we missed just now!"

"What clue?" There was a trace of confusion in Victoria's eyes, but she still followed Ke Lan into the nearest box.

"These foods..." Ke Lan picked up the plate from the box table and handed it to Victoria.

"What's wrong with these foods? Is there something wrong with them?" Victoria picked up a piece of sashimi from the plate and observed it carefully, "Do you want me to ask someone to test these foods?"

"No, there is no need for testing at all." Ke Lan also picked up a piece of fish sashimi and tore it gently, revealing all the tender meat fibers. "These are genuine fish, although among the three kinds of meat, I I can only tell it’s tuna——”

"The other two types of meat are sea bream and amberjack, both of which are the most suitable materials for making sashimi." Victoria added, "What's wrong? Is there any problem with this?"

"Of course there is a problem, it's a big problem..." Ke Lan was still holding the piece of tuna sashimi in his hand, "I'm not sure about the salary and benefits of the Security Bureau, but do you think ordinary residents in the East Nine District can afford it?" Can you afford this kind of thing?”

Ke Lan put down the plate and continued: "Let alone ordinary residents of the East 9th District, even a senior employee of the Arasaka Consortium, the salary is definitely not enough for him to consume this level of sashimi... especially this type of sashimi. There are not many rare fish from the old era on the Ark, and the meat on each one is auctioned off by Lunke."