Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

The sunshine at 10 o'clock in the morning was very pleasant in terms of temperature and brightness. Gene stood at the door of a jewelry store, the largest jewelry store in District 1, with a large number of small items.

This shop called Pringle sells a large number of small craft items made of real materials. It has a total of three floors and a nearly 10-meter-long facade. There is a small door in the middle and glass display windows on both sides.

Gene stood at the display window on the left, looking at the colorful small objects inside, rubbing coins in his hand. This is the only store in District 1 that has obtained a license and can use metal to make small objects.

There are small bells of various shapes and colors, some small carved pendants, various styles of decorative pendants, and a large number of hollow carved metal objects. These small objects are all on the first floor, and larger objects are on the second floor. There are many hand-painted paintings on the third floor.

The prices are not low. Gene took a look at a palm-sized bronze jewelry with a hexagonal pattern and a hollow pattern in the middle, and it cost 136 yuan.

All the surveillance data of the female suspect who committed suicide in front of Le Xiao have been investigated. She has not been to the lower floors. Metals may still be available on the lower floors. When the security station reviews and distributes food every month, there will be many lower floors. The small businessmen went to buy some metal objects. These things were another source of income for the people in the barrier area. They could exchange them with the merchants for a lot of liquid food, and the merchants would then dissolve the metals and sell them to some jewelry that needed metals. shop.

In Jean's pocket, there was still a finger-clip knife twisted by Quasimodo, and he stepped in slowly.

There are all kinds of weird gadgets inside. There are many kinds of them. There are many people in the store at this point. There are also some mechanical clockwork objects that will keep driving. Jean looks at them casually. There are also many iron products.

Most of the metal has been modified by high-density compression, so it is very strong. The finger-blade knife in Gene's hand is also the same, but the polishing marks are more obvious.

Nowadays, we have the technology to directly reduce debris into original atoms. Whether it is metal or stone, they are permanently recyclable resources.

The store was very large, nearly 20 meters deep. Jean looked at it casually. At this moment, many people in the store recognized Jean, and some women moved closer excitedly.

What Jean suspected was that this finger-clip knife was an iron product bought in this store, and then melted using reduction technology and made into a sharp knife. The purpose of his visit today was to investigate the store's sales. Record whether the suspect has ever come here to buy iron objects.

This was a point that was missed after the investigation by Section 5. They directly suspected that the rioters provided the woman and other suspects with criminal tools, but Jean did not think so, because among the 13 cases, except Zou Lin's case, they were more special. In addition, judging from the actions of the female suspect who committed suicide, they were all independent crimes.

Independent crimes are the most difficult to investigate, which is why people in Section 5 now have such a headache. From criminal methods to criminal tools, as well as the independent and complete criminal process, and the meticulous nature of the planning, what Jean thought of was what C131 gave her when she contacted Le Xiao. The solution provided to avoid surveillance is indeed effective, with the help of the fat man Luo Han.

Most crimes that are easily solved are committed by at least two or more people, because the integrity will definitely be broken due to the cooperation of multiple people, and people will even betray others in order to protect themselves. There is no human or physical evidence in this case. The only one who knows One woman is dead and the other is mentally ill.

Among the 12 people killed, 5 were women and 7 were men. The suspects who had close interpersonal relationships with them have now been identified at 125 people. Among these 125 people, those who had long-standing grudges with the deceased are difficult to investigate. There has been a certain degree of friction more or less.

Therefore, Jean determined that this was a premeditated and refined crime that may have been committed 10 years or more ago, rather than a crime that was committed in a short period of time. This kind of crime is easy to expose, and time is the biggest factor in this crime. accomplice.

"Oh, Sir Jean, is there anything you like? We have a lot of things in the store."

At this moment, a gentle man wearing gold-rimmed glasses walked over with a flattering smile. Gene took out the twisted finger knife, and the boss's face instantly became serious.

"Lord Jean, our store doesn't sell this kind of thing."

Gene smiled and pushed the boss on the shoulder and patted him.

"It's okay, I came here today just to ask."

After a while, the boss took Jean to his office, brought up a light and shadow screen, entered the name of the female suspect, and then began to search in the huge store database, but there was no result.

"Lord Jean, every metal item we sell will have strict and detailed customer records, which can be checked. We will never sell anything privately, after all."

Gene put the finger knife on the table, stood up and said.

"Help me check. I want the information of all formal and informal metal craftsmen in District 1."

The boss lowered his head in embarrassment, with fear in his eyes.

"As the first gold digger at the upper level, your store has been open for 20 years. You should have a black and white list. I just want to ask you for a small favor."

The boss nodded and put away the finger knife. He understood what Jean meant. To find out who processed the finger knife, ordinary people cannot make such a sharp knife. Only professional craftsmen will do.

After Gene stood up, he walked to the door of the office, tilted his head and said.

"Call me when you find it."

The boss smiled and nodded, but his heart was in pain at this time. After Gene left, he became a little restless. Nearly one-third of his shop was made of illegally obtained metal, and it was indeed related to Many officially licensed craftsmen have close ties with those without formal licenses. Two-thirds of the handicrafts in the store are processed by black craftsmen because they have no licenses and are not qualified to process, but the prices are low. , usually processed at home, and cooperating with formal craftsmen is just to keep good accounts and hide it from others.

There used to be many such shops on the upper floor, but in the end they were eliminated one by one under the strategy of this shrewd boss named Morse. He first attracted a large number of designers in the art district, and then used Their interests tied them up, preventing them from providing creative design drawings to other stores, and they began to report and suppress other stores because they cooperated with black craftsmen to some extent. As a result, many stores were unable to support expensive housing and closed down. .

But at this moment, Morse was scared. The knife was obviously an absolutely controlled substance, and thinking of the previous murder case, Morse knew very well that although Section 5 announced a few days ago that this was a case caused by drugs, Morse, who is well versed in this, knows that this is just the rhetoric of the business department. Today, Gene came to investigate in person. He knows even more clearly that this is not a simple case. It may be related to the rioters. Once he is involved, it will be over.

"Those damn guys, who is involved?"