Chapter 561: Residence, blade, bridge
"'He' acted far too naturally-and too deliberately... 'He' knew this place so well that he went straight to the vault without needing to look around, then showed his face so 'naturally,' as though he couldn't see that enormous camera!"
"And inside the vault, he found what he wanted with remarkable ease-that painting must have had something else covering it, yet only a few seconds passed between his entering the vault, tearing off the covering, and appearing on camera with the painting!"
"Unless the vault was so small that it held only one or two items, which is clearly impossible. Nobody would build a vault for just one or two collectibles. And if someone really did build a vault for one or two items, just how valuable would they have to be? Would something that valuable be so poorly guarded that anyone could stroll right in?"
"And there's also..."
"The key!"
Qin Ran took a deep breath and pointed at the key in "his" hand in the paused footage.
"Where would someone normally keep the key to a vault?"
As Qin Ran spoke, he looked at the old inspector, who had been nodding along.
"You're even more thorough than I expected."
"No matter who they are, they'll keep their vault key wherever they believe it's safest-most likely on their person. Less likely, they might give it to someone they trust completely, or leave it somewhere."
After offering that compliment, the old inspector answered his question.
"Exactly. But now... the key was in 'his' hand!"
Qin Ran nodded, an inscrutable note in his voice.
"You mean...?"
The old inspector immediately caught Qin Ran's meaning.
He hadn't forgotten what Dico had said before leaving.
"It's simple. We just need to go and investigate!"
Qin Ran smiled as he