Chapter 196: Surveillance Swapped

He heard Shenhu Yi ask that.

The Bald Man gave another bitter smile.

He had already checked the surveillance early.

Not a single clue.

Meeting Shenhu Yi's gaze, the Bald Man shook his head.

"We did check, but there was no clue. Last night's footage didn't capture the thief at all; the surveillance had been swapped."

Upon hearing that, Shenhu Yi suddenly turned his head toward the surveillance.

"Swapped?"

"Yes," the Bald Man continued, "The theft from the Display Cabinet occurred around 11:30. I got the call then too, but the footage shows the items still lying in the cabinet until early morning—everything normal."

After that, the Bald Man added, "I already contacted someone to repair the surveillance at midnight; it should be almost fixed now."

"Where were the duty guards last night?" Shenhu Yi asked.

"At the Police Station, under investigation."

"Take me there."

……

Meanwhile.

Anman Hotel.

"Six sixes."

"Then I'll add one, seven."

"It's open! Jump away, I don't have even one."

"Xu Mo!" Zhou Qiaoqiao was flustered, "Are you doing this on purpose? Without you like this, why are you shouting nonsense?"

Xu Mo said nothing, just shrugged.

That expression was downright cheeky!

Seeing that, Zhou Qiaoqiao flipped open her own dice cup.

"But even if you have none, it's useless; I have four. Surprise? As long as any one of the three of them has a six, you lose. You're definitely losing!"

While speaking, Yang Jingxuan, An Youyi, and Li Jiaxin each opened their dice cups.

Yang Jingxuan gave an embarrassed smile to Zhou Qiaoqiao, "Well, Sister Qiaoqiao, I don't have any either…"

Besides that, An Youyi had one, Li Jiaxin had one.

Including Zhou Qiaoqiao's four, that's only six sixes, still one short.

Zhou Qiaoqiao was stunned.

Lost again!

"Double jump, don't make excuses," Xu Mo, seeing this, still reminded.

Looking at Xu Mo's smug expression, Zhou Qiaoqiao almost wanted to give him a big slap.

Alas… she couldn't beat Xu Mo.

She sighed, "Not bad, I'll sip more slowly."

Hearing that, Xu Mo gave Zhou Qiaoqiao a contemptuous glance.

"Can't you finish? If you can't, stop drinking. Never mind, it's fine, not embarrassing."

Zhou Qiaoqiao: "???"

Who are you looking down on?

In a moment of frustration, she exhaled deeply, then lifted the cup and downed it in one gulp.

Then she poured another cup and drank it all again.

Of course, it wasn't wine but mineral water.

She wiped her mouth, eyes fixed on Xu Mo with a defiant look, "Again!"

Live Broadcast Room.

"I'm really impressed with these Lao Liu, who the damn plays dice and drinks cold water?"

"Exactly, those who don't know would think they're drinking alcohol. Damn, they're chugging cold water cup after cup, crazy!"

"Is this a kids' channel? Dare you play bigger stakes? If you lose, what do you drink—cold water? Take off your clothes!"

"......"

The screen‑full of Danmaku had not a single comment about the Sakura Country Museum incident.

It's not that the Water Friends couldn't.

It's because Xu Mo, after waking up today, made a vocabulary‑filter plugin.

And he stealthily installed the plugin in the Live Broadcast Room's backend.

If any Danmaku contained prohibited words—like "Sakura Country", "Museum", "stolen"—they were considered violations.

Such Danmaku would be detected by Xu Mo's plugin instantly.

And silently deleted.

But because the Live Broadcast Room had many viewers, the Danmaku refreshed rapidly.

The Water Friends who sent Danmaku didn't realize their messages disappeared.

They would just think their Danmaku were drowned by a tide of other messages.

……

Sakura Country Police Station.

Shenhu Yi finished questioning the guards who patrolled the museum last night.

No abnormalities were discovered.

At this moment, the museum's tampered surveillance footage was also restored using technical means.

"The surveillance has been restored; please have a look," Bald Man said, and as soon as the footage was recovered he found Shenhu Yi.

The latter followed Bald Man to a computer.

They looked at the surveillance footage.

In the footage there was a thief wearing a hood, his face indistinct.

"Just as I guessed, exactly the same: a hood, gloves, and a special shoe cover," Shenhu Yi said, staring at the thief on the screen.

Bald Man also voiced his opinion at this moment.

"This person is constantly hunched over; could he be old, or have a bad back?"

As soon as the words fell, Shenhu Yi immediately refuted his idea.

"Impossible. Being old or having a bad back would make the thief's movements slow; look at the footage—this person is clearly faking it," Shenhu Yi said.

After watching for a while, Shenhu Yi frowned.

"Strange... this person seems very familiar with the museum. His movements have no pause, no clumsy dragging; after stealing one Display Cabinet he immediately goes for the next... and his lock‑picking speed is that fast."

"A master thief? This is the museum's Display Cabinet lock; I've never heard of such a figure before."

After a pause, Shenhu Yi looked at Bald Man.

"I'm certain this person must have scouted the place beforehand and spent a long time in the museum observing; otherwise he couldn't be so familiar. You've been in charge of the museum's security lately, right? Have you noticed any suspicious individuals—someone who lingered long in the museum and kept looking around erratically?"

Bald Man's expression instantly froze.

He had no recollection of anyone who stayed in the museum for a long time and roamed around erratically.

But someone very familiar with the museum, he did know...

It was the officer named 'Richuan Gangban' who came to inspect the museum yesterday!

Richuan Gangban, under the pretext of an inspection, asked the officers in detail about the museum's security measures and even took a legitimate round inside the museum.

At the time, he saw no suspicious signs; especially after seeing Richuan Gangban's credentials, his doubts were completely dispelled.

But now, because of Shenhu Yi's words.

Bald Man thought carefully.

He actually recalled a clue—the credentials!