After that they entered the dining hall. There Hellen saw someone familiar.

“Hey, it’s the middle aged lady. She was with us in the hot spring during August 5th.” said Hellen.

“Oh sweet. Then let’s talk to her!” said Fushichin eagerly and went towards the lady.

“Hellooo! How are you?” asked Fushichin.

“Oh, hello. Who you might be?” asked the lady with a surprise.

“My name is Fushichin Akaida. I’m a state detective. Here to find the culprit who stole a gun. Umm, could I have your name, ma’am?” asked Fushichin with a friendly smile.

“Juliane Linda. I’m 45 years old.” said the woman, not much fazed by his words.

“45? Well, you gotta be careful when you enter hot springs ma’am. Soaking for too long could be dangerous” said Fushichin.

“I’ll take note of that, mister detective.” said Juliane with a smile.

“Do you remember me miss?” asked Hellen with a smirk.

“Umm, not really” said the lady.

“I was with you at the hot springs. On August 5th, around 19.” said Hellen with a smile.

“Hmm, oh, yes. I think I might have seen your face then.” said Juliane.

“More than that, where were you on August 15th, 1-3 am?” asked Galtomor.

“Oh, well, August 15, no, August 14th is a special day because it’s my birthday. I was with my family. We dined and spent time at a pub. What was it called umm, Yosen Drinks! Yes, that place. We sang karaoke and watched a movie there as well. Yes, we left the place together at 2:30 am” said Julian brightly.

“Can you prove that?” asked Galtomor.

“Oh we took a bunch of pictures. Would you like to look?” asked Juliane.

“Sure.” said Fushichin.

Juliane opened her phone and showed them the pictures she had.

The first picture was a group photo.

“This is a picture of my two sons and daughter. My young daughter isn’t married but the two men have already married and became fathers. Their wives are next to them and their kids standing in between them in the photos as you can see.” said Juliane.

The next photo was likely taken by the boy who was around 12 years old. It showcased his face near the camera but also the waitress, a red jacketed man and a gray wavy haired man was seen in the background. The third picture showed Juliane sitting in front of a table talking to her daughter. There were plates with food and a calendar on the table that said August 14th. One of the sons and his wife were talking to a waitress in the background.

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“Hmm, could you send us that photo?” asked Hellen.

“Umm, sure.” said Juliane and activated her bluetooth to send the pictures to Hellen’s phone.

“Is that enough for an alibi? Ma’am could we talk to your son and daughter, to make sure the picture isn’t fabricated?” asked Galtomor.

“Huh, is that necessary? Aside from the fact that the detail of the photo says that it was taken on August 15th 2:01 am, there is also a calendar on the table of the second picture. Sure it says August 14th but that’s likely because it’s after midnight and the bar members haven’t changed the dates yet.” said Fushichin.

“Ugh, just to make absolutely sure.” said Galtomor.

“I am a bit curious. You haven’t told me what I’m being suspected of?” asked Juliane.

“A gun that went missing on August 5th. There is a possibility that you’ve stolen it. But if you have an alibi during the 15th 1-3 am, you’re likely not the thief either.” said Galtomor seriously.

“Fine. I trust you cops and your investigation.” said Juliane and opened up his phone and called.

Soon a woman picked up the call.

“Hello? Mom?” asked the woman.

“Yes, dearie. Just wanted to be clear. I was with you and your brothers on August 15th from 1 am to 3 am, right?” asked Juliane.

“Yes, we celebrated your birthday. A-Are you being investigated by cops?” asked the woman.

“Something like that. But I think this clears out their suspicions.” said Juliane happily.

“Hope it does.” said the woman with worry.

The call ended and Juliane looked at the detectives with a raised eyebrow.

“That’s proof enough. I think you’re innocent.” said Galtomor.

“Ma’am, did you see someone on August 5th, at 19 in the changing room? A lady wearing a kimono perhaps?” asked Hellen.

Juliane thought for a while and a glare appeared on her face.

“Yes. I was changing my clothes when I was about to enter the hot springs, in front of the second row of lockers. I saw a lady with a kimono pass by outside of the locker rows. That was it. I didn’t see the lady afterwards.” said Juliane ponderingly.

“You went back into the changing room earlier than the rest of us. When you went back into the changing room, was there anyone else?” asked Hellen.

“There wasn’t anybody there. I didn’t see anyone.” said Juliane.

“Great. Thanks for telling us all this. It was helpful” said Hellen.

They left the dining hall and made sure to put everything they have found valuable inside the truth files for the other detectives to examine. Together they left the Konoko resort and went towards Juniper’s apartment.

******

11:20 am

Klancy’s team arrived in front of a building that had the giant label RShield above its door. They entered inside to find stalls that were selling various computer headphones, microphones, screens and processors.

Going a little deeper they found a room that was filled with computer stalls and people working in front of them.

Klancy’s team walked around the rows until a tall man with a suit came towards them.

“Hello, how can I help you?” asked the tall man.

Klancy looked at the nameplate that was on the chest of the guy which read “Munich Stevenson.“

Klancy pulled out his badge and said “We’re the state detectives here to investigate a case. I believe your VPN log history is required to know the location of potential culprits.”

“I umm, see. Is the case that serious?” asked Munich with concern.

“It’s a murder case. The culprit very likely used your VPN server to execute their plan.” said Salim.

“Right. And you have the warrant?” asked Munich.

Klancy dug his pocket and showed him the warrant from the police captain. Munich took the paper, read it and said “follow me.”

The detectives went into another small room with Munich.

“We don’t need everyone’s record. Just the actions of someone from this IP address that you issued out.” said Hui Ying as she showed him the paper.

Munich gave the paper to a scrawny looking glass wearing man. He booted up a certain program and looked through the history there and said “I think this is it. Write the IP address down.”

Manish took a picture of it and started searching through the net.

“I got it. It’s Elenrago, Kimtaisher District, Quriousnet, customer 1001.” said Manish.

“Quiriousnet huh. I know where their headquarters are!” said Hui Ying brightly.

“Alright, let’s go.” said Klancy.

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