Abnormal Detective

"Suzuki and I canvassed the area around the crime scene. No one heard or saw anything unusual at the time of the incident. However, some time ago, neighbors did see him tangled up with a woman. We have confirmed it was not Mizusawa, but she was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, so her appearance was unclear.

"As for his workplace, he was merely a temporary worker at an ordinary supermarket. They did not know much about him, nor had they seen him get into conflicts with anyone. But—the most important discovery was this. Kanzaki compared the victim's DNA against the database and found—"

As Makitaka spoke, he handed a copied case file to Haitani.

"A robbery case?" Haitani froze when he saw it.

"That's right. The victim Hirose's DNA matched a record in the database. He was very likely one of the perpetrators of an unsolved robbery case. After that, we went to the Metropolitan Police Department and obtained the case file." Makitaka nodded.

Three years ago, a three-man gang broke into an illegal loan shark operation in Tokyo's Takenuma Center Building, stole fifty million yen in cash, then set the place on fire and fled. The criminal gang had yet to be caught.

"Arson again? We really can't get away from it..." Haitani's mouth twitched.

"A robbery case from three years ago? And loan sharks were the ones who got robbed?" Gen clicked his tongue in amazement.

Everyone gathered around to look over the file—

At that moment, Shiraishi wore a thoughtful expression before saying, "Was this Takenuma Center Building in Kamurocho?"

"That's right. You know it, Chief?" Makitaka immediately looked at Shiraishi expectantly.

Shiraishi nodded. "I vaguely remember it. Calling it a building was generous—it was really just a shabby four-story structure filled with all sorts of