The girl gave it a thought before replying," Well, he was too fast for me to see. I couldn’t react in time, so I couldn't get a good look on his face. Still, I'm pretty sure he's an Oskian. He's around the average height and quite thin. He’s very agile, too."
The police sounded helpless. "An Oskian around the average height, and quite thin... These people are everywhere in Oskiatown! If you don't have any detailed descriptions, it'll be difficult to catch him."
Then, he explained, "As you know, pursesnatching is a common problem in New York. Many had their phone, laptops, and bags snatched. There are at least a thousand cases daily, and it's hard to catch the perpetrators."
The other policeman was looking around the shop while the two spoke. Then, he pointed to one of the surveillance probes facing the door and said, 'The incident happened in front of this store. In that case, this surveillance probe must have captured it, right? If we can have an image of the criminal, it'll be relatively easy to arrest him."
Then, he turned to Janus and said sternly," Mister, we need to bring back the hard disk in your recorder and extract the surveillance video to solve the case.”
Right after telling Janus that, he immediately turned to his colleague and ordered, "Go and get the hard drive. We'll head back to the station immediately and take this girl to file a report."
"Sure." The other policeman nodded and asked Janus, "Mister, where is your surveillance system's recorder? Where is it?"
Janus’s face grew awkward. He explained,' Sir, while I do have a hard disk video recorder, there’s no hard disk in it..."
"No hard disk?!” The first police frowned. ' But the indicator lights are on. How can there be no hard disk?"
Janus took out a connected recorder from the counter and showed it to them. “Look, there’s no hard disk. My hard disk was broken, but I didn’t buy a new one to replace it. My shop is relatively small, so no one really cares about it. Surveillance didn't matter that much, so I didn't bother changing it at all. I simply switched on the camera as a bluff.”
The police walked to Janus quickly and found that the hard disk slot was indeed empty. His face sank gloomily.
Janus nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes. Please don't worry, sir! I'll certainly buy one tomorrow!"
The policemen turned to leave the store and entered their car, and told the girl to sit at the back. Then, they started the engine and drove away.
By now, only Charlie and the staff were left in the shop. Janus then told his staff to hang the closed sign on the door.
After that, the staff headed to the basement to have a break. Janus sat across Charlie and explained, "Mr. Wade, the police have their eyes on me. I don't know why, but I'm guessing it's related to you."
"Related to me?" Charlie frowned. "Janus, are you saying that the two police officers were coming for me?"
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