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[Vol. 6] [Chapter 60: Cross Roads] {60}

[Vol. 6] [Chapter 60: Cross Roads] {60}

Makoto continued the question and answer session, with several other male and female employees, but the answers were more or less the same, or even less. Finally, Makoto ended his question-and-answer session and now Makoto was alone in the living room of this office. Makoto was silent in thought, he then got an idea. Makoto walked out of the room, looked around carefully, and found that there were some surveillance cameras. Makoto thought to himself

“I'd better check the surveillance camera, it might record something about Fujiyama”

Makoto walked towards the surveillance room, he then knocked on the door. Before long, he was invited to enter.

Inside the room, it looks quite spacious with control tables and several monitor screens that are regularly installed here that connected to the surveillance camera. Appears that these screens show footage from various corners of this office, and are guarded by a middle-aged male security guard. Makoto smiled

“Allow me to introduce myself, I am Makoto Takeru, a government investigator currently conducting an investigation on this company”

Makoto said while showing his ID, and this security guard saw it for a moment

"Oh right, I have been told about you sir, may I help you?”

Makoto put his ID back

“Do you have surveillance camera footage from a few days ago?”

The security guard looked convinced

"Yes, all surveillance camera footage in this building is stored for one month"

The security guard then invited Makoto to sit in front of the surveillance camera screen

“Please sir, no need to be reluctant”

Makoto smiled and bowed in thanks. The security guard then walked away to give room for Makoto to carry out his investigation. Makoto sat in front of the monitor screen, he then began to check the surveillance camera recordings.

After some time of checking, appears that Makoto still hasn't found what he was looking for. In the recording from a few days ago on the monitor screen, Fujiyama was often recorded on the surveillance camera, but there were no strange movements until the day he disappeared and was no longer recorded on the surveillance camera. Makoto took a long time to examine the existing video recordings, while he was propped up his cheek. Makoto thought to himself

“Nothing strange about this recording…”

Before long, Makoto appears to realize something, he then thought to himself

"Wait a minute, nothing strange?"

Makoto recalled that the witnesses saw Fujiyama looking in a hurry, the day he disappeared. Makoto replays the video footage from that day, appears that Fujiyama didn't act like that

“Either it wasn't recorded from a blind angle by the surveillance cameras, or… this recording is altered"

Makoto replayed the scene in the video on the screen in front of him during the working hours of this office, Fujiyama appeared to be interacting with his co-workers, but nothing appeared out of the ordinary. An idea occurred to Makoto, he then got up from his chair, then walked away from here. Seeing Makoto, the security guard looked astonished.

Sometime later, Makoto returned to this surveillance room with the male employee he had previously questioned, Makoto then told him to look at this video footage

"What do you think? Does this video show footage like when you see Fujiyama out of the ordinary?”

The male employee looked doubtful

“I'm not sure, but I'll try again to see if it was like I remember because it might have been recorded on the surveillance camera”

The male employee then re-watching this video. Sometime later, this male employee looked doubtful

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"I'm still not sure… maybe because the surveillance camera's viewing angle is limited and far away”

Makoto nodded, he then thought to himself

“He was right, the surveillance camera's point of view was indeed limited”

Makoto’s expression turned curious

"What about his appearance, was that Fujiyama the last time you saw him?"

The male employee looked convinced

"Yes, I can confirm that is Fujiyama the last time I saw him"

Makoto’s expression turned serious

“Okay, thank you for your time”

Makoto then let the male employee leave. Makoto now sitting alone in this room, he then thought to himself

“Looks like it's true that there aren't any clues I can find here, even though there is a possibility that this video was altered, but I can't say for sure because there is nothing strange in this video recording…”

Makoto was silent in thought. The security guard who was nearby looked curious

"How? Did you manage to find anything, sir?”

Hearing this, Makoto immediately came to his senses

"Yes, I have got what I need, thank you for your help"

The security guard looked reluctant

"No problem sir, it's my job"

Makoto smiled

"Then I will excuse myself"

Makoto ask for leave from the security guard, then walked out of the room.

In front of the building, Makoto glanced for a moment at this skyscraper, then turned back to walk away towards his car. Without Makoto noticing, he is being watched by surveillance cameras, by the man who led the attack on Shu's shop yesterday. This man appeared to be watching Makoto from a large monitor screen connected to a surveillance camera, in a very large room. This person was seen from behind so that his face could not be seen, and he was wearing a black suit.

Back to Ken, the time is now 3:00 pm. He appears to be waiting in his car with a bored face while propping his cheeks and looking at his smartphone. Not long after, the security guard from Yukari's school opened the front gate of the school and students started walking out, but not too many. Seeing this, Ken got out of his car, he then stood near the gate while watching these students leave. Ken appeared to be waiting for Yukari's arrival. Ken waited long enough until only a few students left who walked out. Ken looked at his watch

“Yukari san seems to be having club activities or something…”

Ken returned to his car, and wait again.

The current time is 4:30 pm. This time, Ken appeared to prop up his cheek with his hand and almost fell asleep. Ken was trying hard to hold back his sleepiness and occasionally fell over his head because he was holding back sleepiness. Ken straightened up, rubbed his eyes, and paid attention to the school gate, but there was still no sign of Yukari's arrival. Not long after, Yukari walked out of the school gate, while talking with her three female friends. Yukari wears her school uniform and carries her black attache case school bag in her left hand. Seeing this, Ken got out of his car, then walked over to her. Seeing Ken in front of her, immediately attract the attention of Yukari and her friends. Ken looked curious

"You are Yukari Kanagawa right?"

Yukari replied

"Right, may I help you?"

Yukari said with an astonished expression, as well as the expressions of her friends. Ken smiled

"Sorry in advance, my name is Kenshubo Takeru, I’m an investigator representing my grandfather who is also an investigator, I would like to ask you a few questions"

Hearing this, Yukari and her friends looked at each other with astonished expressions, Yukari's friends then held back their laughter. Yukari looked at Ken while smiling

“If you want to play around, just play with your friends okay"

Yukari said while patting Ken's head. Yukari smiled, she then walked away with her friends. Ken froze in place with a slightly surprised facial expression as he watched Yukari leave

“Mission fails”

Ken then fell silent thinking.

As Yukari and her friends walked away, Yukari's friends appeared to turn around and look at Ken for a moment, smiling to themselves and chuckling. Ken then wanted to stop Yukari, but he didn't, because he also felt strange about this situation. Back at Yukari, she appears to be chatting with her friends. One of her female friends said

"Maybe that kid likes you Yukari and is looking for reasons to talk to you"

Yukari smiled

“You can’t be serious”

Her other female friend said

"But that kid has good-looking by the way"

They then laughed to themselves. Yukari's other friend's expression turned curious

"But how old is that kid? He looks so young. I mean, investigator? Are he serious?"

Yukari's expression turned curious

“He can even find out my name”

Yukari’s other friend's expression turned curious

“He might ask the teachers or the students”

Because of this, made Yukari think about Ken.

On the way home, Yukari and her friends started walking apart one by one, until now only Yukari was left. Yukari was about to walk her way home, but then she remembered that she could not go to her house yet. Yukari stopped in her tracks and froze in her place

“I completely forgot…”

Now Yukari looks gloomy. Yukari then changed her direction and walked away from here.

Back to Ken, he is now driving his car with a languid expression while propping his cheek, where his right elbow is also propped up against the car door

“Why I say I'm an investigator anyway…”

Ken looked embarrassed. Not long after, Ken then sighed

“What should I say to Grandpa…”

Not long after, the car Ken was driving passing Yukari who appeared to be walking alone on the sidewalk. Seeing this, Ken stopped his car, he then watched Yukari through his left rearview mirror. Ken turned back and looked at Yukari

"Yukari san?"

Ken watched Yukari walk. Not long after, Yukari stopped in front of the entrance of a park, she then walked into it. Seeing this, Ken then got out of his car.