The body of the archivist Ryota Hanyu was placed in a room on the westernmost side of the second floor, right next to the toilet.

After the power outage, the light in the room was very dim, and an agent quickly found a flashlight and candles.

After lighting the candles, Special Agent Chief Saburo Hirano continued to examine the body.

At this time, the squad leader of the special forces squad, Sakata Jiji, walked in and said, "Section Chief, I've sent someone to ask the logistics team to fix the circuit. There's no power outage on the street outside. It seems that the fuse in our circuit has burned out. It should be fixed soon!"

Hirano Saburo straightened up, listened to Sakata Jiji's report, nodded, and asked, "How's the inspection going in the Archives Management Office? Are there any documents or secret files missing?"

Sakata Jiji replied, "I checked the catalog for the documents and materials on the bookshelf, and they're all still there! I found the key to the safe, and I spent some time getting the combination lock working. After opening the safe, I discovered that all the internal personnel files were gone. It's empty!"

"What? All the internal personnel files are gone?" Saburo Hirano's face changed drastically.

Sakata Jiji nodded seriously: "Yes, there is not a single file!"

Hirano Saburo asked, "Could it be that Hanyu Ryota didn't put the internal personnel files in the safe, but somewhere else?"

"That should be impossible. If he didn't put it in the safe, he would have nowhere else to put it. My guess is that it is most likely that all the files were taken away by the murderer!" said Saburo Sakata.

Saburo Hirano suddenly thought of something and immediately ran out.

Jiji Sakata and another agent looked at each other and hurried to catch up.

Hirano Saburo ran to the door of his office, turned around and shouted, "Hurry up and bring the flashlight!"

Sakata Jiji and another Japanese spy who were following closely behind immediately ran over.

Hirano Saburo took the flashlight, opened the door of his office, turned around and said, "You wait outside!"

After saying that, he pushed open the door, walked into the office and went straight to the safe.

After opening the safe with trepidation, Saburo Hirano saw that the file bag was still there. He was about to close the door, but soon stopped. After thinking about it, he took out a file, opened it, and took out the document from it to read.

Fortunately, the file was still there and had not been swapped. He then looked at several more files in succession and they were all still there. He felt relieved.

At this moment, he felt somewhat fortunate that he had kept a trick up his sleeve. For safety reasons, he took the personnel files of the intelligence team's field team to the safe in his office and did not put them in the archives with the files of other internal personnel. If they were placed together with those files, the files of the field personnel would also be taken away by the murderer this time, and they would be really doomed.

"Huh..." Saburo Hirano let out a long sigh. He closed the safe door, locked it, stood up and walked out.

After closing and locking the safe door again, he turned and walked back to the room where the body was kept. As he walked, he said to Sakata Jiji, "After a preliminary examination of the body, we only found a bayonet wound on the chest. No other external injuries have been found so far. There are no abnormalities found in the head or other private parts!"

"But to determine the exact cause of death, we'll need an autopsy and blood tests. We can't do that, so we'll have to find professionals. Call the Forensic Science Division of the Police Station and have them send someone over!"

"Hi!" Sakata Jiji agreed.

Hirano Saburo then asked, "By the way, how is the record-keeping of the internal personnel's confessions going?"

Sakata Jiji replied, "All the teams and departments on the second and third floors have already taken statements. Only a few on the first floor haven't had time to do so yet. I was just about to lead someone to do it when the power went out and the whole process was interrupted!"

Hirano Saburo immediately instructed: "Do it now, don't delay, catching the murderer as soon as possible is the top priority, go!"

"Hi!"

"Why hasn't the phone called yet? It's been such a long time. Are those people in the logistics team all good-for-nothings? Go and urge them!" Saburo Hirano said and walked towards the morgue.

"Hi!" Sakata Jiji agreed and immediately walked to the door of the special agent team office and called out to the staff inside: "Follow me, let's go to the first floor to take statements from the remaining team members!"

"Hi!" The agents in the office stood up, took their pens and notebooks, and followed Sakata Jiji to the first floor.

Going downstairs to the first floor lobby, Sakata Jiji shone a flashlight around and frowned, "Why is the door locked? Where are the two people on duty here?"

"Since it's locked, he must have gone to the bathroom or another office. The door might have been locked on the order of Section Chief Hirano," said a spy next to him.

After hearing what his subordinate said, Sakata Jiji no longer doubted it and said, "Let's start from the left and go to the secretary's office first!"

Everyone came to the door of the secretary's office. Sakata Jiji pushed the door open and walked in with a flashlight. When the flashlight shone, he saw a person lying on the ground, his chest stained with blood, and there was a pool of blood on the ground. His face changed drastically and he stopped immediately!

"Everyone stay outside, go out, don't come in!" Sakata Jiji shouted immediately.

The several spies who entered the office saw a secretary lying on the ground. They were all shocked and slowly retreated when they heard Sakata Jiji's shout.

Sakata Jiji took out a pair of shoe covers from his pocket and put them on, then put on a pair of gloves, then slowly walked to the body to check.

"The person is dead, but the body is still warm. He must have died not long ago. This proves that the murderer must be an insider. He first killed the archivist Hanyu Ryoutai on the third floor, and then took the opportunity to come downstairs and kill the secretary!" Sakata Jiji said to the people outside the door after checking.

At this time, a spy standing at the door said, "Captain Sakata, I always feel that the first floor is too quiet. Even if there is a power outage, it shouldn't be so quiet! Hey, the power distribution room is just across the street, why don't I see anyone from the logistics team doing maintenance?

After hearing this, Sakata Osamu didn't notice anything wrong at first, but then he felt something was wrong. The first floor was indeed too quiet, while the second and third floors were noisy. Why didn't the logistics staff who were supposed to repair the circuit go to fix it?

He immediately asked, "Is there really no one in the distribution room checking and repairing it?"

"No, I didn't see anyone!" The spy said as he shone the flashlight over there. There was no one in the corridor.

Sakata Jiji's face was solemn. He immediately walked out of the secretary's office and turned to look at the distribution room. Sure enough, there was no one there, and no light coming from the distribution room.

He immediately walked to the inspector's office next door, pushed open the door and shone a flashlight. He saw a body lying on the ground and two other bodies sitting together with their eyes wide open, motionless.

"Hiss--" One of the spies behind him couldn't help but take a breath when he saw this scene.

Sakata Jiji suddenly thought of something and immediately shouted, "Go check the other offices, go!"

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