Chapter 540


    At the sushi restaurant, Cherry Blossom.


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    “Sorry. It’s not that I don’t want to give you the surveince footage but it’s just that our security


    cameras have been down for some time so there’s no footage to speak of,” exined thedy owner


    fearfully when Lucas and the others told her their reason foring back to the restaurant.


    Lucas calmly looked over the security cameras located at the payment counter and the main dining


    hall. It was exactly as Jeremy said, the security cameras were fine since the on buttons. were all


    shing green.


    “We know your surveince system isn’t working so we’ve brought a professional to fix it. We would, of


    course, require your cooperation in this matter,” said Lucas.


    Thedy owner did not know who they were but could tell from their clothes and demeanor that they


    were people she could not afford to cross. Then there was, of course, the matter of an incident


    happening in the restaurant so she did not dare to refuse.


    “Yes, of course. The restaurant will cooperate with the investigation.”


    Lucas summoned the best software engineer in hispany and gestured with his chin for him to fix


    the surveince system. The software engineer immediately got to work. He asked permission from the


    lady owner to go behind the payment counter and then used theputer there to check why the


    surveince system was not working.


    Thedy owner stood watching from the side while she kept on bbering about the time she found


    the surveince system broken, how she asked someone to fix it, but then it broke down again, etc.


    The software engineer was very good at his job. He quickly found the problem. There was a bug in the


    code which made the system close itself down as soon as it started up. Within ten minutes, he


    managed to solve the problem.


    “All done, Mister Lucas,” he said afterpleting the task.


    Thedy owner was shocked. “Wow! You’ve fixed it and so fast too! You’re amazing!”


    “Now find the footage that shows the four of them dining in the private room,” Lucas ordered.


    “Yes, Mister Lucas,” responded the software engineer. He then turned around and asked thedy


    owner, “What’s the name of the private room and the time they were dining inside?”


    “Bamboo Forest! The four of them were dining in Bamboo Forest at around half past twelve


    noontimes,” replied thedy owner honestly.


    The software engineer nodded and started toggling the time of the surveince footage. However, he


    soon ran into another problem. Frowning, he said. “Mister Lucas, I can’t find the surveince footage.


    All the security cameras except the one in Bamboo Forest are working fine. It says here that the


    security camera in that room has no memory card.”


    Lucas’ face darkened. He cast a suspicious eye over thedy owner. “How do you exin this?”


    Thedy owner was just as bewildered as he was. She quickly shook her head and said, “I don’t know


    either. The memory card should be in there. No one has touched those cameras since the surveince


    system broke down. The cameras are too high for the employees to reach so even the cleaners don’t


    clean there.”


    Lucas looked at thedy owner to see if she was lying and after confirming she was not, then ordered


    the software engineer to check the camera in Bamboo Forest.


    In less than a minute, the software engine came back and said regretfully, “Mister Lucas, there was no


    memory card in the camera in Bamboo Forest. Someone must have taken it away.”