"Is that so? Thank you, Xia Yin, and Jie Tong. I didn't expect you could bring me such good news."
Ai Li put down her phone with a smile, and then looked at the computer screen in front of her. She didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. She had just made a mockery on TV, and the other party actually took the bait... And according to Xia Yin's report, this group of people was stupid enough to blow themselves up in the street?
Hmm... Is this a trap? Or is my IQ too low?
Anyway, let's check the surveillance first...oh, I found it.
Ai Li reached out and typed a few times on the keyboard, and soon saw the surveillance video appearing on the screen. She saw three teenagers gathered in front of the TV in the shopping street to watch her speech, and then the golden-haired bad boy among the three jumped up and exploded...
"Well... first let's investigate the personal information of these three people."
Ellie stared at the surveillance camera in front of her, then tapped the keyboard again. Soon, as the scan was completed, the personal information of three people appeared in front of Ellie.
"First of all...oh, I remember seeing her."
Looking at the photo of the twin-tailed girl in uniform in front of her, Ai Li narrowed her eyes. If she remembered correctly, when Kamoshida harassed Suzui before, the other party was next to Suzui, and then ran away when she saw Kamoshida.
According to the information, the girl's name is Takamaki An, she is a Japanese-American returned child, and currently has a part-time modeling job. Ai Li also searched for it and found that she had no connection with the other victims of the late-night TV incidents, but she was a good friend of Suzui Shiho, the victim of the Kamoshida incident.
Then there is the golden-haired delinquent, his name is Sakamoto Ryuji, he is a bad boy in the school. His parents are divorced, and he used to be a member of the track and field team. Like Takamaki An, he has nothing to do with the victims of late-night TV, but according to reports, Sakamoto Ryuji once had a conflict with Kamoshida Taku, and was beaten by the latter in the name of "self-defense", and forced to quit the track and field team.
Does this mean that these two people have nothing to do with the late night TV incident?
Looking at the information in front of her, Ellie frowned, then she clicked on the third person's information again.
Amamiya Ren is also a transfer student, but unlike the others, she has a criminal record. The charge is intentional injury, and the victim is a director of the Artificial Island Management Association... Shido Masayoshi?
"Um?"
Seeing this, Ellie suddenly perked up.
If she remembered correctly, Shido Masayoshi and the murdered Director Tanaka were both members of the board of directors of the Artificial Island Management Association.
This is interesting!
Director Tanaka's death is related to Shadow Time, and now, another person who can enter Shadow Time is related to another director's criminal case. This is definitely not just a coincidence!
Any weak clue could be the key to solving the mystery of the whole case, so after learning the news, Ai Li immediately left the 12th artificial island and came to the Central Police Station on the main island. The first thing she wanted to investigate was the injury case of Amamiya Ren and Shido Masayoshi.
However, while reviewing the case files, Ellie discovered another suspicious point.
The main content of the entire file record is that Amamiya Ren and Shido Masayoshi had a quarrel and then fought, causing injury to Shido Ren. However, there is no record of why the two quarreled. Of course, if you look at it from the surface, it is just an ordinary street fight. If one of the parties is not a director of the board of directors, it would not be a big deal.
But this in itself is very strange. According to Ai Li's investigation, there is no interpersonal relationship between Shido Masayoshi and Amamiya Ren. The two sides do not know each other, and there is no conflict at all.
So, could it be that he, a director, had nothing better to do and was fighting with a high school student on the street?
Is your brain lame or was you kicked by a donkey?
Soon, Ellie found the police officer who was in charge of investigating the case at the time and questioned him again.
"Inspector Nakamura, I want to know the details about case number 1145."
"No. 1145?"
Hearing Ai Li's question, Inspector Nakamura's expression changed slightly.
"I'm sorry, Miss Ellie, I don't remember this case very clearly..."
"Do you remember the case where the Lion Boy Justice Director had a fight with a high school student?"
"Yes, yes, I remember now."
Hearing this, Inspector Nakamura nodded hurriedly and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his forehead.
"It's just a small case..."
"Yes, I'm very curious, why did Director Shido fight with a high school student in the street? They should be strangers to each other, what's the reason?"
“This…this…”
"If you find it difficult, then I'll let the media ask, how about that?"
“No no no no!!!”
Hearing Ai Li's threat, Inspector Nakamura waved his hands hastily. Unlike the policemen in the remote areas of the No. 12 artificial island, as a member of the Central Police Station of Genkami Island, he knew that Ai Li was ruthless. If Ai Li spread the news and told the media that he was the one who handled the case, he would be in big trouble! !
Apart from anything else, the daily media pursuit and blockade alone can cost lives!
"In fact, I remember this case very clearly. The person who called the police was Director Shi Tong. He called the police and claimed that someone had assaulted him, and then..."
"These are all written in the case file. Let me tell you something that is not in the case file."
Ai Li interrupted Inspector Nakamura's speech.
"What did the boy named Amamiya Ren say?"
"Well... he said that he saw the drunk Shido director harassing a woman passing by, so he went to stop them, but the woman lost her balance and fell down, hitting her head..."
"Where is that woman?"
“…”
"So you didn't investigate at all, and just convicted Shi Tong Zhengyi based on his testimony?"
“…I’m so, so sorry!!!”
Looking at Inspector Nakamura who bowed his head to her, Ai Li felt no emotion. This was normal. She and Nangong Nayue, the magic attackers, were directly under the jurisdiction of the state, and ordinary people had no right to manage them. However, Shido Masayoshi was a director of the Artificial Island Management Association. To put it bluntly, the amount of budget that the police station should allocate every year was decided by the Artificial Island Management Association. In addition, this was not a big case, but just an ordinary fight. It was certainly unwise to offend the director of the Artificial Island Management Association for such a small matter, so the powerless high school student had to take the blame.
It was not difficult to prove what Inspector Nakamura said. Even if Shido Masayoshi was mentally handicapped, he would not harass a woman in public. So Ai Li directly found the surveillance route of that day, and then locked the single woman in the picture and asked her about it. The other party also confirmed that it was indeed Shido Masayoshi who went to harass her at that time, and the high school student tried to stop him. Then Shido Masayoshi staggered and fell to the ground, and then he fell down himself. Shido Masayoshi became angry and threatened to retaliate against the high school student. She was scared and ran away.
That’s it?
After figuring out the whole cause and effect of the case, Ai Li was speechless. She originally thought that Amamiya Ren had some grudge with Shido Masayoshi, or that Shido Masayoshi was Amamiya Ren's first victim, but he failed and turned to Director Tanaka. Now it seems that this is a typical case of a typical urban amateur writer who was slapped in the face and could not pretend to be cool...
What a waste of time.
After deleting Amamiya Ren's criminal record, Ai Li was bored and flipping through the information in front of her. Now it seems that her intuition may be wrong. She originally thought there was some connection between them, but it seems to be just a coincidence... Hmm? What is this?
Just when Ai Li was about to go through Shi Tong Zhengyi's information again and call it a day, suddenly, she caught sight of an entry.
Cognitive learning.
What the hell is this?
Seeing this, Ellie immediately became interested. It was really interesting. She knew science and physics, but had never seen philosophy.
Thinking of this, Ai Li immediately accessed the intranet and started searching. Obviously, the research that Shi Tong Zhengyi could handle was not a simple thing, but for Ai Li, who had the maximum hacking ability, confidential information was not a problem at all. Not long after, Ai Li found a research report on "cognitive science" from the intranet of the artificial island management company.
"…The cognitive science research based on the '138' heritage is directly funded by the artificial island management company. The specific goal is to study how cognition works, affects reality, and changes the cognition of others…"
After a general review of "cognitive psychology", Ai Li has a better understanding of this research. In simple terms, it is a theoretical study of how the public's subconscious psychology and will affect reality, and how to influence and change will. To put it bluntly, it is a bit similar to the research direction of psychology and mysticism.
This is interesting.
According to Ellie's experience, Shadow Time, Tartarus, another self, Persona, these are almost all related to personality, psychology and subconsciousness. And "cognitive psychology" is a theoretical study of subconsciousness and psychology, but this study is currently closed, and Ellie can't find more information on the intranet.
Not only that, according to the above records, the current research has been completely suspended. The original chief researcher Isshiki Wakaba died in a car accident, and several affiliated research institutes have been closed one after another.
Among them was the Tong Tiao Research Institute, which was closed due to an accident.
Oh haha.
Seeing this, Ai Li's eyes lit up. She still remembered that Kirijo Mitsuru said that the shadow time on the 12th artificial island was created after the explosion at the Kirijo Research Institute.
And the Tongtiao Research Institute is actually a subordinate institute of "Cognitive Science"?
I really didn't expect that I would actually find something good.