Chapter 271 - 88: Investigation_2

"I didn’t want the scene to be visited again, so I didn’t leave and reported to the police immediately. You won’t blame me, will you?"

"No, no, it was my fault for not instructing the security to guard more strictly."

The severity of the theft incident was much more serious than the rumors, reporting to the police was the right thing to do.

Su Xiaocai: "I’m glad you don’t blame me."

The Capital Star was still under martial law, the perpetrator couldn’t run far, could they?

Thinking of this, Su Xiaocai’s eyebrows twitched, with a feeling of unease according to the efficiency of the police, mm-mm-mm...

It’s really hard to say.

The principal’s nervous mood gradually calmed with Su Xiaocai’s actions; he had weathered many storms. Just hearing about the theft of Su Xiaocai’s item earlier,

his palms were sweaty, unable to maintain composure, trembling all over, seething with anger.

"Niece, you must tell me honestly, what’s the value of that crystal chip?" The higher the value, the harsher the punishment for the thief, and the principal only hoped it wasn’t a student.

"It’s not worth much, conservatively estimated to be a few dozen megs."

Lightly described as a few dozen megs.

The thief is destined to spend life behind bars.

"Cough cough cough." The principal was choked by the tea, his old face flushed, sitting restlessly, "Is it really worth that much?"

"Yes! If the technology was stolen, it would be worth that much," Su Xiaocai said, "just the finished product beings stolen, it wouldn’t be worth that much. Production capacity can’t keep up, so the costs are higher, just a few thousand bucks."

But she couldn’t undervalue it; if the value was low, neither the school nor the police would give their best effort.

Su Xiaocai rested her cheeks in her hands, speaking gently, "But my crystal chip has already been listed under military technology protection."

What a pitiful thief.

Daring to steal, it’s equivalent to confronting the entire military, determined to be chased to the ends of the earth, "I also hope the thief isn’t a student from our school."

After a brief conversation, the police were brought in.

The middle-aged police officer who had previously handled the Insect Man incident arrived.

Porlin had just been promoted from Inspector to Chief Inspector, buoyed by good news, he looked spirited.

It wasn’t often that people reported thefts, initially assigned to another colleague who complained that student thefts were arduous and unrewarding, often involving items of little value, not even worth the cost of investigation.

Porlin heard it was a military training student’s theft and took over without hesitation.

He hadn’t had the chance to repay military training students and thought it would be good to put in more effort.

Seeing Su Xiaocai again, he was pleased; he was skilled at investigating thefts.

"Hello, Su Xiao, we meet again."

"Hello, Officer," Su Xiaocai quickly recapped the situation inside her room.

Porlin’s high spirits plummeted, dropping to the bottom.

It always seemed that nothing trivial happened around this student.

Porlin’s intuition was soon confirmed.

He inquired about the item’s value.

After hearing Su Xiaocai repeat what she’d told the principal, Porlin immediately wanted to throw in the towel.

An invaluable item, a patent product about to undergo substantive review, was stolen.

This severity classified the thief as a spy, and they could quickly be sentenced to death.

"Officer Porlin, can you help me catch the person quickly?"

Porlin, forcing himself, "Don’t worry, as long as they haven’t left the Capital Star, we can quickly apprehend the suspect."

Porlin immediately ordered the forensics team to enter the room and collect evidence.

Then instructed other officers to check the surveillance footage.

"Is there no surveillance in this maintenance room?"

Principal: "No."

"The principal doesn’t, but I do." Su Xiaocai instructed the forensic team to bring out the red cube, directing the police with an air of authority, and Porlin didn’t dare to say anything.

She opened the red cube, and the cube displayed a screen, "Hello, which mode would you like to choose?"

"No mode, I want the footage."

"Verification successful, you have obtained the right to view the footage." Su Xiaocai hadn’t fully registered it as hers, only access the footage feature as a maintenance technician.

Copying the footage, Su Xiaocai handed it directly to the police.

In less than twenty minutes, through the exterior surveillance of the maintenance room and the footage from the cube, the police identified the incident was caused by two students.

More accurately, one of them.

The security guard shouldn’t be listed as a suspect.

The guard’s statement was normal, from his perspective, allowing the student who had forgotten something to enter the maintenance room was certainly a dereliction.

But under normal circumstances, it wasn’t a big deal.

The maintenance room was a publicly rented space, with students and teachers constantly coming and going day by day, in all his years he hadn’t experienced a theft incident.

In his mindset, these students were all of high quality.

Even if they harbored small thoughts or self-interests, they wouldn’t resort to stealing.

How could he suspect two students would sneak in late at night to steal,