Detective Conan: The System Takes Me to Zero's World

Chapter 330: Secret Treasures in the Old Warehouse: Clues to the Haneda Hiroshi Case in the Hard Drive

As an experienced FBI investigator, James has worked on various cases over the years, and his intuition has long become his powerful weapon in handling cases.

At this moment, he seemed to suddenly realize something, and subconsciously moved the telescope to the side and changed his perspective.

The pressure and sense of mission brought by the unresolved cases in the past made him pay special attention to the case of Hiroshi Haneda. He knew that this might be the key opportunity to uncover the veil of the dark organization.

This unintentional action made him realize something new. He couldn't help but raise his voice: "Kudou Yuki, look over there, those two cameras look like the security cameras that high-rise buildings are originally equipped with."

Kudo Yuki raised the telescope and saw the two cameras. Compared with the hidden cameras found before, they were more regular and their installation location was in line with the building's regular security layout. It seemed that they were used for daily monitoring of the surrounding situation in the building.

“Although these two cameras look like normal security equipment, maybe someone used them to do something, or got some key information through them.”

James took the telescope, touched his chin with his hand, and analyzed it solemnly, thinking about the details of the previous investigation and thinking about every possibility. Years of investigation experience told him that any seemingly ordinary clue could be the key to solving the case.

“Perhaps when those people were planning, they considered using these existing cameras to assist them.

Or maybe they accidentally recorded some key scenes in the process of the operation, but we haven't discovered it yet. We have to find a way to check the surveillance records of these two cameras. "

Kudo Yuki frowned, a trace of worry flashing in her eyes: "It's been 17 years. It's hard to say whether these surveillance data can be saved. And even if they are saved, it will probably take some effort to obtain the viewing permission."

James nodded in agreement and turned to look at the manager who had been standing silently beside him. "How long do the security surveillance records of this building usually last? Is it possible to find records from 17 years ago?"

The manager answered truthfully: "Well, generally speaking, our hotel's security surveillance records are usually only kept for a few years. After all, the capacity of the storage device is limited, and the previous records will be overwritten over time.

However, the cameras in these two high-rise buildings are managed by the building property management, and I am not sure about their specific preservation policy. You can ask the building property management staff to check. "

"Then please take us to find the property management staff of the building. No matter what, we have to try it. Maybe we can find some useful clues." Kudo Yuki replied.

The manager responded and took the two of them out of Haneda Hiroshi's room and walked towards the property management office of the building.

Coming to the slightly noisy but orderly office area of ​​the property management office, James straightened his collar, smiled, and walked towards a female employee who was sorting documents at her desk.

When he came closer, he explained his purpose and told them about the case of Hiroshi Haneda that they were investigating and the urgent need to view the surveillance records of the two cameras from 17 years ago.

When the female employee heard this, her originally calm face suddenly became embarrassed: "The records from 17 years ago are too old. We generally only keep surveillance data from the past five years. After all, the capacity of the storage device is limited. In order to ensure that new data can be entered normally, the earlier data is probably deleted or lost due to equipment failure.

However, you can ask our old employees here. They have worked here for a long time and may still have some impression of the situation at that time, or whether there were any special backups at that time. "

Both of them knew that there was little hope, but with the help of the female employee, they found an old employee who had worked here for more than 20 years.

After listening to their stories, the old employee touched his head and recalled for a long time, his voice carrying a hint of vicissitudes: 17 years ago, I still remember some things from that time, but the surveillance storage equipment at that time was really simple, and the capacity was pitifully small. Logically, it would not be able to save data for that long.

However, I remember that the building was undergoing some security system upgrades at that time, and it seemed that there was a requirement to have additional backup storage for surveillance in some important areas. I just don't know if the area where the two cameras you mentioned are located is considered an important area.

And even if a backup is made, it is a big problem whether the storage media can still be read normally after so many years. It is too long, and the equipment may be aged or affected by moisture. "

Kudo Yuki's eyes lit up, and she stepped forward and asked, "Then do you know where those backups are stored? We can go and have a look first, maybe we can find them."

The old employee thought for a moment, then raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the property management office's warehouse: "It seems that the backup data at that time was placed over there in the warehouse, and that warehouse was just a 'sundry pile'.

It hasn't been sorted out for so many years, so the things inside are quite messy, all kinds of old equipment, dusty file boxes, and some tools that are who knows how many years old, all piled together in a disorderly manner. If you want to find it, you will have to spend some effort."

After James and Kudo Yuki thanked the old employees, they headed towards the warehouse knowing that they would face considerable difficulties.

James reached out and grasped the door handle of the warehouse, twisted it gently, and with a sharp "creak", the door slowly opened.

Instantly, a stale smell of dust hit their faces. The two of them couldn't help but cough at the same time, and subconsciously used their hands to disperse the dust in front of them.

When the dust settled a little, the scene inside the warehouse came into view. It was filled with all kinds of debris and old equipment lying on the ground in a haphazard manner.

James looked at the mess in the room and couldn't help but muttered, "This is really a headache. It's as difficult as finding a needle in a haystack to find what we want from this mess."

Kudo Yuki suppressed the discomfort caused by the dust and took a deep breath: "It doesn't matter, as long as the thing is here, we can find it if we look carefully. This may be the key to solving the truth of the Haneda Hiroshi case. No matter how difficult it is, we have to try."

After that, the two rolled up their sleeves and began to look for places in the pile of debris where the surveillance backup video might be stored.

The rat, who had been staying in Kudo Yuki's pocket, originally wanted to come out to help, but when it poked its head out and saw the room was full of dust, it quickly shrank back and muttered, "Oh, there's too much dust. If I go out, I'll turn into a gray squirrel. Let me help you look for it."

Kudo Yuki raised her eyebrows and communicated telepathically: "Seeing that you don't want to get dusty, how are you going to find it?"

Shushu hid in his pocket and scratched his head with his chubby little paw: "Hmph, although I won't go out to get dusty, I have a good nose. I can smell where there is the smell of videotapes or disks that have been stored for a long time. Maybe it can help."

Kudo Yuki smiled and responded telepathically, "Aren't you afraid that you'll inhale the dust if you smell it?"

The mouse hesitated in his pocket for a while, but finally he mustered up the courage to stick out his little nose and sniffed hard. As a result, the dust immediately went into his nose.

It couldn't help but sneeze loudly, and its little body trembled, making Kudo Yuki want to laugh but couldn't. She had to hold it in, and her face turned a little red.

At this moment, James shouted from a distance: "Kudo Xue, come over here and take a look. There are a few file boxes here that look untouched. Maybe there are things we want in them."

Kudo Yuki hurriedly walked towards where James was.

The file boxes were pressed under some old equipment. James took great effort to move the things on top of them away, revealing the full appearance of the file boxes.

The file box was covered with dust, and some blurry words could be vaguely seen on the lid, but because it had been so long, it was difficult to make out clearly.

Kudo Yuki squatted down, gently blew away the dust on the file boxes, and opened one of the boxes, which contained some yellowed papers. She picked up a few and took a look, and found that they were all unimportant property records.

Shu Shu suddenly shouted from his pocket, "I think I smell a videotape, right over there!"

It pointed toward another corner of the warehouse with its little paw.

Kudo Yuki hurriedly walked in the direction that Shushu pointed. In the corner, she saw a dusty cabinet with the door half open. She could vaguely see something that looked like a storage hard drive inside.

Seeing this, James also walked over quickly, stepped forward, grabbed the cabinet door, and exerted a little force. With a series of "creaking" sounds, the cabinet door was completely opened, and there were indeed 7 hard drives inside.

Kudo Yuki picked up the seven hard drives, looked at them carefully, and her eyes were full of anticipation: "I hope there will be what I'm looking for in them."

James nodded: "Let's leave here and find a device to watch it. I don't know if these tapes can still be played normally."

The two men sorted out the hard drives they found and left the warehouse with them.

James and Yuki Kudo took 7 hard drives and asked around the building, and found out that there were old computers in unused offices that could read hard drive data.

The two walked into the office and closed the door gently to block out the noise outside.

Kudo Yuki placed the hard drive and mobile phone on the table, leaned over slightly, and gently blew away the dust on the hard drive.

Shu Shu jumped onto the desk and shook off the dust he had picked up in the warehouse.

It placed one of its chubby paws on the hard drive and the other on the phone, and began to transfer the surveillance video to the phone. It stared at the hard drive and the phone, muttering quietly, "I hope the data can be transferred smoothly. After all, it has been so many years, and there must be no problems."

That serious and cute look made Kudo Yuki smile helplessly, but she didn't make any jokes.

James walked quickly to the old computer and pressed the power button eagerly.

The computer made a buzzing sound, and the screen flickered. Every change in brightness and darkness made the two people nervous. After finally entering the system, James quickly plugged in the hard drive and operated the not-so-sensitive mouse to open the file.

James muttered in a low voice: "I hope the video in the hard drive is intact. The equipment is so old, I'm really worried about accidents."

The progress on Shushu's side was smooth, and it didn't take long to transfer the surveillance videos from 7 hard drives.

It lay on the desk with its arms and legs spread out, its belly heaving up and down, mumbling, "I have no strength left. I need to eat pine nuts to replenish my energy."

Kudo Yuki smiled and took out a small bag of pine nuts from her bag and fed two to Shushu.

The rat immediately became alert, holding the pine nuts with its little paws and chewing them quickly, looking very cute with satisfaction. After eating, it jumped back into Kudo Yuki's pocket and calmed down.

After a busy period, James successfully connected to the first hard drive and opened the folder, which was filled with video files named with simple digital codes, and the content could not be seen at all.

James was a little helpless. He turned to look at Kudo Yuki and said, "Sorry, there are so many files. I don't know which one is what we are looking for."

Kudo Yuki walked forward and stared at the file name and thought for a moment: "What time was it on the night of the Haneda Hiroshi case 17 years ago?"

James recalled: "It was around 11: p.m. on the night of the incident. When we received the news, it was too late."

Kudo Yuki frowned slightly and analyzed: "The crime happened around 11:11, so the crime must have been committed earlier. Let's lock the time to around o'clock."

James began to check the video files around 11 o'clock one by one. Just when he was about to lose his patience, a video file attracted the attention of both of them.

The video shows the scene in Hiroshi Haneda's room, but the camera is positioned so that the bathroom door can be seen.

Hiroshi Haneda and Amanda play chess.

Asaka's father was Amanda's bodyguard, but was shot and killed while protecting her. After witnessing the criminal, Asaka should have been under witness protection, but she requested to become Amanda's bodyguard and stay with Amanda, and she is very capable.

Hiroshi Haneda said that Asaka is his type, and Asaka responded.

Asaka rubbed her right eye and said that her right eyelid had been twitching since morning and she felt uneasy. Haneda Hiroshi guessed that it was a one-time blackout, that is, the blood vessels around the eye were blocked, causing temporary vision loss in one eye, which may occur when angry or stressed. He also mentioned that a chess player friend suffered from this disease, but he did not know the source of his stress.

James looked at the surveillance video, resting his chin on his hand, and said in a deep voice: "There were so many things we didn't know back then. Amanda's conversation with Haneda Hiroshi seemed normal, but Asaka...she seemed to be uneasy at that time. Could it be that she noticed something strange?"

Kudo Yuki pretended to think, her eyes solemn: "This may be the key to solving the whole case. We have to keep reading. Maybe there are more important clues later."

To be continued...