"Yes, yes. Our surveillance videos are all connected to the Internet. All information is uploaded to the server in addition to the local computer. I'll ask someone to bring the computer over right away."
As he spoke, Ishida Domoto took out his cell phone and was about to make a call when he was stopped by Sakaki Makoto.
"No, since it's connected to the Internet, leave it to Hiroki."
Under Ishida Domoto's blank gaze, Hiroki took out his cell phone and effortlessly hacked into the farm's surveillance system, retrieving the surveillance records of Factory No. 12 from two days ago.
"Siguoyi!"
Ishida Domoto's eyes lit up, he exclaimed in admiration, and his confidence suddenly increased.
Initially, he didn't actually hold out much hope. After all, they had looked at the surveillance video themselves and had hired detectives, but to no avail.
But when he saw that Hiroki had hacked into their surveillance system in just thirty seconds using only a mobile phone, he was delighted instead of surprised.
This shows that Sakaki Makoto and his companions’ methods are indeed extraordinary!
He must be a famous detective...
Although Ishida Domoto did not recognize Sakaki Makoto's identity, he had a rough guess.
If you are gold, you will shine wherever you go.
The surveillance video had already started playing. In order to save time, Hiroki directly adjusted it to 4x speed. Several people found a wooden stake to sit on and stared at the mobile phone screen.
"Faster." Sakaki Makoto said.
Hiroki turned the speed up to 6 times.
"Faster."
8x speed.
The playback speed was too fast, and afterimages appeared on the screen. The cowboys were moving very fast as if they were teleporting.
As the sky gradually brightened, when the first staff member appeared on the screen, Makoto Sakaki suddenly called a stop.
With a click, the picture froze.
"who is he?"
Sakaki Makoto asked, pointing at a middle-aged man he had never seen before on the screen.
"He is Mr. Makita."
Ishida Domoto came over to take a look:
"You see he is holding a mop. He must be cleaning the pen. The farm has to clean the feces of the calves every day and try to create the most comfortable environment. This can reduce the growth of bacteria and allow the calves to grow healthily."
This is a very scientific breeding method. The Japanese are really serious about this, even a bit rigid.
"Play at normal speed."
Under the command of Makoto Sakaki, Hiroki slowed down the playback speed. Junichi Makita, wearing a light blue protective suit and a mask, was seen holding a bucket in one hand and a mop and shovel in the other. He opened the pen, drove away the cattle that surrounded him, shoveled out the feces, and began to clean the ground and sort the hay.
Everything was normal during the period and the procedures were strictly followed. There was no sign of anything unusual.
After finishing, he picked up the mop and bucket and walked to the next pen.
"Keep speeding up."
The screen began to flicker again. Makoto Sakaki stared at the screen motionlessly, concentrating completely and not missing any details.
The feeding and cleaning times are fixed and semi-automated. The staff only need to sit in the main control room, drink tea, eat snacks, and pay attention to the monitoring screen and equipment such as thermometers and heart rate monitors.
Soon, the sun set and dusk came to the farm. The picture became much darker and even a little unclear.
Just as Hiroki was about to turn up the brightness, he saw the lights in the farm light up. Then, the calves, who had been active all day, lay together and snuggled together for warmth.
It was not until 7:30 in the evening that the staff reappeared on the screen.
It was still Junichi Makita, but he wasn’t the only one.
There seemed to be a problem with the pen where the calves were raised. He and an elderly staff member whom Sakaki Makoto had just met came to the pen, took maintenance tools, and began to check the drinking water system.
This time, without Sakaki Makoto's reminder, Hiroki consciously slowed down the playback speed.
However...
While they were repairing it, the overhead lights suddenly went out.
"power failure?"
"right."
Ishida Domoto said:
"The night before yesterday, due to the rain, there was a problem with the farm's electrical control circuit, water entered, and the power was cut off for more than half an hour."
In the picture, the power outage did not affect the progress of maintenance. Junichi Makita took out a flashlight to illuminate the environment for his companion. The two were busy for more than ten minutes before they got up and left the pen.
Then it was pitch black until 8:11, when the lights in the farm came back on. Everything was back to normal and the calves were still sleeping.
After a while, a calf that had woken up from a deep sleep got up, shook its head, walked slowly to the pool, drank a few sips of water, wagged its tail, slowly ate a few mouthfuls of grass, then raised its head and mooed a few times, and ran around happily, waking up the other calves.
Half an hour later, it stopped moving and lay down on the hay, its belly heaving violently and gasping for breath.
Soon, Junichi Makita, who detected a problem with the calf's heart rate, and two other staff members on duty rushed to the scene, took out stethoscopes, and began examining the calf.
However....
Halfway through the examination, the veterinarian removed the receiver and shook his head.
"That's the situation."
Ishida Domoto was not in a good mood either:
"After the incident, we immediately checked the water source and grass used by the calf, but found no problems. The veterinarian also said that it might be because of the intense exercise that caused the heart rate to increase, leading to myocardial infarction..."
"Do you think it's possible?"
"I...of course I think it's impossible."
Ishida Domoto said dejectedly:
"I have been in this industry for more than 20 years, and similar incidents have indeed occurred in the past. After all, cows are also animals. Humans can have myocardial infarctions, and so can cows. But such incidents have occurred several times in the past two months. This is definitely not normal!"
"But the water we use is all disinfected, and the grass and fodder are strictly controlled and only purchased from one factory. If something were to happen, it would be all the cows in the farm that would be in trouble. It's impossible for just one cow to have a myocardial infarction..."
"This is so bizarre, we couldn't figure out the reason, so we just closed the pen."
"Um...."
Miss Miyano thought for a moment and said:
"Obviously, everything was normal before Junichi Makita repaired the drinking water machine. It was not until he finished repairing the machine and the power supply was restored to the farm that the calf drank water and ate grass, and then the myocardial infarction occurred!"
"No matter how you look at it, someone must have tampered with the waterer or the hay trough."
Just then, footsteps were heard behind everyone, and Ishida Shunya walked over with a middle-aged man with a thin face and a somewhat listless spirit.
"Brother, Mr. Oguri, this is Junichi Makita. I have brought him here."
"What do you want from me?"
Makita Jun'ichi's eyes swept across the faces of Sakaki Makoto and the others:
"If it's about the calf death, I've already explained it, it really has nothing to do with me."
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