Chapter 200: Clearing the Suspicion

After investigation, both suspects are not from Sakura Country.

One is a West Eight Country citizen—Cui Minlong.

The other is a Dragon Country citizen—Xu Mo.

Both had recently come to Sakura Country for travel.

Originally, Shenhu Yi thought the apprehension stage would be relatively difficult.

It would even require a large amount of manpower and time.

After all, how could a criminal, having committed a crime, stupidly wait for the Police to catch him?

Criminals certainly flee after committing the act.

But Shenhu Yi did not expect that.

This time's capture operation turned out to be unusually smooth.

In less than half an hour, the officer brought the two suspects back to the Police Station.

Moreover, on the way back.

Besides being bewildered, both actually showed a high willingness to cooperate.

It was so smooth that Shenhu Yi began to doubt himself.

Did he pick the wrong people again?

If one of these two is the criminal, why didn't they run!?

They even cooperated so much while being taken to the Police Station by the officer.

Are they ill??

However, that thought lingered in Shenhu Yi's mind only for a moment before he quickly dismissed it.

A suspect is just a suspect; judging a suspect with a preconceived notion is a grave mistake.

Even if both behaved very cooperatively.

That still cannot change the fact that both remain suspects.

After the two are taken into separate Interrogation Rooms.

Shenhu Yi looked at the Bald Man.

"Let's interrogate together. You interrogate the Dragon Country person; I'll interrogate the West Eight Country one."

"Okay."

…

Interrogation Room No. 1.

Xu Mo sat on the interrogation chair.

His face was full of doubt and curiosity.

He was not scared at all.

Because the Police sought him only out of suspicion.

The Police could not produce any substantive evidence linking him to the museum theft.

The next second, the Bald Man pushed the door open and entered.

Xu Mo recognized him, but he did not recognize Xu Mo.

Because the Xu Mo at this moment looked completely different from the Xu Mo he saw yesterday.

"Xu Mo, right? Relax, we brought you here just to ask a few questions. You must answer truthfully, not say a single false word, understand?"

Xu Mo nodded, said nothing, indicating his willingness to cooperate.

Then the Bald Man asked directly.

"Last night at eleven, where were you?"

Hearing that, Xu Mo briefly recalled.

He then answered, "I was at a comic convention."

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

Witnesses?

There are far too many!

Almost every scantily clad coser girl at the convention, as well as the staff, are witnesses to Xu Mo.

Xu Mo went to the convention before his actions yesterday precisely to create a perfect alibi.

With an alibi, no matter how much the Police suspect him, it can only remain suspicion.

Suspicion is useless.

Investigations require evidence!

He spent the whole night at the convention; where could the crime time be?

When the Bald Man mentioned the word "witnesses"...

Xu Mo's expression instantly changed.

"Yes," Xu Mo said, his expression a bit awkward, "The staff and cosers at the convention should have an impression of me; they almost kicked me out..."

…

Half an hour later.

The Bald Man and Shenhu Yi each finished their interrogations and investigations, and met in the hallway outside the interrogation rooms.

Shenhu Yi spoke first.

"This Cui Minlong is a bit suspicious; I asked him where he was last night. He first said he was at a hotel and didn't go anywhere, then changed to say he was eating out, finally said he was 'buying lollipops'. I got someone to take my photo and ask the madam of the shop he mentioned. The madam said she doesn't recall such a person coming last night, and doesn't know if it's because she has too many clients to remember, or he truly didn't go."

After describing his side, Shenhu Yi looked at the Bald Man and asked, "How about your side? Any suspicion?"

Bald Man didn't even think, just shook his head.

"There's no real suspicion; first, watch this video. The person in the video is Xu Mo, and this is an online video I found last night of one of the cosers at the convention during my visit."

He looked at the short video playing on his phone.

Shenhu Yi couldn't help but frown.

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

Let alone the coser miss; even a man watching it can barely tolerate it.

Damn it, my saliva is about to spill onto the floor!

What kind of person?

Never seen a woman in eight lifetimes?

Although he finds it hard to link a person whose most primal desires are hard to suppress with a meticulous, high‑IQ criminal.

But he still stared at the Bald Man and said.

"This only proves he went to the convention; it doesn't completely clear his suspicion."

"Yes, I know, this is just physical evidence; there are also witness testimonies," the Bald Man continued. "I asked many cosers and staff at the convention; they all can confirm that Xu Mo was at the convention, staying from yesterday afternoon until the early‑morning closing. Besides that, I also checked all his movements after entry."

Then the Bald Man recounted Xu Mo's entire movement trail after arriving in Sakura Country.

"He entered three days ago; upon arrival he checked directly into Anman Hotel and didn't go out that night. The day before yesterday he went out once, wandered around aimlessly and returned. Then yesterday, he went from the hotel to the museum, toured it and returned to the hotel, left for the convention in the afternoon, and came back to the hotel at dawn."

After finishing, the Bald Man didn't forget to summarize.

"He has no major suspicion; his movement trail is simple, just an ordinary tourist. The only trait is lecherousness, especially lecherous."

However, he didn't know that.

What he saw were all things Xu Mo wanted him to see.

Now is the information age; surveillance almost covers everywhere, and the Police can investigate a person easily.

But the same applies.

Because surveillance coverage in the city is extensive, the Police now rely heavily on surveillance for investigations.

As long as you can evade surveillance, you can evade the Police!

Under surveillance, Xu Mo is just a perfectly normal tourist.

This caused the Bald Man to have no doubt about him at all.

Because the Bald Man had already clarified that Xu Mo had no time to commit a crime, and his movement trail is quite simple.

So Shenhu Yi also didn't spend much thought on Xu Mo.

"Since there's no suspicion, let's release him early; a foreigner unrelated to the case shouldn't be detained too long, we need to consider the impact."

"Alright, I'll release him now," the Bald Man said, turning and leaving.

Of the two suspects, one has already cleared his suspicion.

The other person's suspicion is even greater.

Not to mention, Cui Minlong was incoherent during interrogation, repeatedly changing his statements.

Sometimes he said he was at the hotel, sometimes he said he was eating, and sometimes he claimed he went to "buy a lollipop."

And the most crucial point is.

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

His bag likely contained cosmetics and a set of replacement clothes.

Moreover, Xu Mo didn't have a backpack yesterday; he had nowhere to store a second set of clothes and cosmetics!

With this comparison, Cui Minlong's suspicion is even larger...