Matsuda Jinpei: Divine Gold Phantom Thief Troupe

"Your camera might have captured the culprit?" Juzo Megure took the camera Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya handed over in surprise.

How long had it been? How long had it been since he'd seen such straightforward evidence at a crime scene?

These days, whether it was a major case or a minor one, destroying all direct evidence had practically become standard procedure for criminals. He really didn't know whether Beika Town's quality education was too good or too terrible.

"I'm not really sure whether it captured the person himself, but I changed the memory card once in the middle, and I happened to leave the camera on top of a mailbox. It did film in that direction for a few minutes." Mitsuhiko Tsuburaya rested his chin on his hand as he recalled. "I was mainly trying to film the parade, so I'm not sure how many pedestrians around it got caught on camera. I just thought that, with so many people attending the event, I couldn't have been the only one carrying a camera, right?"

"There were a few. Whether they contain useful information remains unknown, though." Juzo Megure shook his head, his mood becoming even more complicated.

Normally, intersections had cameras installed to record traffic violations, and this place was no exception.

But because of some strange issues involving portrait rights, television broadcast rights, and so on, all surveillance cameras at relevant intersections had been shut down during the parade.

After all, traffic police and even criminal investigators were patrolling to maintain order at the event. Under normal circumstances, no one should have been able to commit a crime under those conditions, right?

Unfortunately, Beika Town's criminals simply loved committing crimes in the face of the wind and charging headfirst into danger.

"Then you few should come back with us and watch