Nakano Nagisa took the folder and opened it. His eyes suddenly fixed, and he looked up and asked, "Among the stolen property were 30 billion Central Bank notes?"

"Isn't it written here? What could be wrong with it?" said Section Chief Onizuka.

Nakano had long been uninterested in the amount of other stolen property, but these 30 billion Central Bank notes seemed to him like he had discovered a new world. He immediately said, "I need to make a phone call here!"

"Please!"

Nakano Nagakuni found a phone in an office and called the number of his own office in the Special High Police.

The phone was picked up after a long time: "Moshimoshi"

Nakano Nagakura immediately asked, "Sakata Tadayoshi, let me ask you, how much central bank notes were cleared out for the swap?"

"30 billion!" Sakata Tadayoshi replied with confusion in his tone.

Nakano Changjiu's tone was filled with joy: "Are you sure it's 30 billion?"

"Sure, it's 30 billion!"

"Yoshi, pack a bag of Central Bank notes in a sack and rush to the bank immediately. I'll wait for you here!" Nakano Nagakura said immediately.

"Hayi!"

After hanging up the phone and coming out of the office, Nakano Nagisa found Section Chief Onitsuka and said, "Onitsuka-kun, I'd like to ask you for a favor. I need a bank employee here to help me identify something!"

"What is it?" Onizuka asked.

"A bag of banknotes, or more precisely, a bag of Central Bank notes. I have a feeling this bag of Central Bank notes in my hand might be one of the stolen items from the bank vault!"

After hearing what Nakano Nagashige said, Onitsuka's eyes lit up instantly and he agreed immediately.

Not long after, Tadayoshi Sakata arrived at the bank with two secret agents, escorting a sack of Central Bank notes. He directed the two agents to carry the sack of Central Bank notes in front of Nakano Hisahisa.

"Section Chief, I brought it!"

"Carry it to the office next door!"

"Hayi!"

Nakano Nagakuni then looked at Section Chief Onizuka.

Onitsuka immediately said to the two agents, "Go and get two bank employees over here!"

"Hayi!"

Two minutes later, two bank employees in suits were brought into the office.

Section Chief Onitsuka looked at the two and said, "Come here, both of you. Take a look at this sack of Central Bank notes. Is it one of the ones stolen from your bank's vault?"

The two bank employees were immediately alerted when they heard this. They immediately came over and squatted on the ground to examine it. One of them pointed at the sack and said excitedly, "This sack is specially used to store banknotes in our bank vault. Look, there are words on it!"

Another clerk untied the sack, pulled out a few bundles of Central Bank notes, examined them, and said, "This looks very likely to be part of the stolen Central Bank notes. If you want to confirm, you can bring the storage records to check!"

"How to check?" Nakano asked for a long time.

The bank clerk said, "The stolen batch of Central Reserve Bank notes were originally shipped directly from the printing factory to our bank for issuance. Later, the Central Reserve Bank notes became worthless, so this batch of Central Reserve Bank notes could not be issued and has been stranded here ever since. Therefore, all the Central Reserve Bank notes in this batch have consecutive numbers, and the numbering is recorded on the warehouse registration. Just look at the record to know if this is from one of the batches!"

Section Chief Onizuka immediately said to his agent, "Go get the inventory register!"

"Hayi!"

Five minutes later, the inventory register was brought over. The bank clerk took the register, opened it for inspection, and quickly found the numbered registration.

"Yes, this sack of Central Bank notes was part of the stolen money. Look, the serial numbers on this bundle of notes are all among those registered in the register, and the numbers on the other notes should be the same!"

After saying this, he poured out all the Central Bank notes from his sack and compared each bundle of banknotes with the numbers registered in the register. All of them were among the registered numbers.

Section Chief Onizuka glanced at Nakano Nagashige and gave him a wink.

The two walked to a deserted corner, and Onitsuka asked, "Nakano-kun, how come you have the Central Bank notes that were stolen from the bank?"

Nakano pondered for a few seconds and said, "I know I can't tell you about this. After all, you were ordered to investigate this case. But only you know this, and you can't tell anyone else!"

Onitsuka thought about it and nodded: "Okay, I won't tell anyone else!"

Nakano Nagakuni immediately recounted in detail how the 15 billion French francs that the Special High Police were keeping for the 9th Scientific Research Institute had been swapped without their knowledge.

Onitsuka's eyes widened after hearing this. "How could such a thing happen? Your Special High Police are heavily guarded. How could someone switch things around without you even noticing?"

Nakano Changjiu shook his head. "If we really talk about security, the bank's security is no worse than our Special High Police. Didn't they still get robbed without being discovered?"

"That's... true. I always feel like there's something fishy going on here. Even if this theft was committed by someone inside the bank, emptying the vault wouldn't be easy. And hiding it from the bank guards is almost impossible, unless it was a collective act within the bank, but that's simply impossible!"

After hearing this, Nakano Changjiu couldn't help but smile bitterly. "Yeah, just like my Special High Section, I'm afraid only a collective crime could possibly exchange 15 billion French francs for 30 Central Bank notes. But that's simply impossible. Even I couldn't get everyone in the Special High Section to commit a crime with me. If I said it, someone would secretly call the Military Police Headquarters the next second!"

Onitsuka was silent for a few seconds before saying, "No matter what, this case still needs to be investigated. The other party must have used some means unknown to us to empty the bank vault, and then exchanged the 30 billion Central Bank notes for 15 billion French francs from your Special High Section. We just haven't discovered the secret yet!"

"Nakano-kun, how likely do you think it is that this was a group crime?"

Nakano thought for a moment and said, "It's possible that this was a collective crime on the bank's part, but it's absolutely impossible for the Special High Police to do so!"

Onitsuka felt that what Nakano Nagakuni said made sense. Even if Nakano Nagakuni was the head of the Special High Police, it would be impossible for him to run the entire Special High Police like an ironclad organization, because this was not allowed by the higher-ups. If the person in charge of an intelligence agency had absolute control, what would happen?

After thinking for a moment, he said, "I'm still investigating the bank employees. The bank manager, Lin Yuanshan, and the sales manager have both been arrested and taken to the Military Police Headquarters for interrogation. Nakano-kun, I think these two cases can be combined into one. What do you think?"

Nakano Changjiu shook his head and said, "I'm willing to investigate these two cases with Onitsuka-kun, but... you know my current situation. If the higher-ups get to know about this, I'll be in big trouble!"

Onitsuka advised, "Mr. Nakano, I understand your concerns, but the situation is different now. If it were just your 15 billion French francs that were simply swapped, you might be in big trouble. But now it's been determined that someone stole the bank's Central Bank Notes and exchanged them for your 15 billion French francs. The situation has changed. This means that the crime was committed by an outsider and has little to do with you!"

"We can report to Commander Sato together and investigate these two cases together. I believe Commander Sato will handle them impartially!"

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