In a police patrol car.

John sat in the passenger seat of the patrol car and looked out the window, "Lucy, park on the right, there is a convenience store in front."

Lucy slowly pulled the car over and yawned, "John, don't get out of the car in a hurry, we have to talk."

"What do you want to talk about?" John picked up the coffee cup and took a sip.

Lucy pointed to her watch, "It's already ten o'clock in the evening. I was already ready to wash up and go to bed at this time before.

Listen, we worked long enough overtime today and there's never enough work to do."

John nodded, "OK, after checking this convenience store, we'll get off work, how about that?"

"I've heard this twice."

"Believe me, this is definitely the last time." John got out of the car and walked straight to the convenience store.

Lucy rolled her eyes, "This damn desire to win, are all men so boring?"

John turned around, "Hey, I heard you, real men have to be brave enough to challenge."

Lucy shook her head, "Childish devil."

The two entered the convenience store. John looked at the cashier. Standing inside was a tall and thin white middle-aged man, "Hi, boss, how's the business tonight?"

"It's okay. If you were one minute late, I might have closed the door." The white boss glanced at the two of them and said, "Two officers, what do you want?"

John said, "Do you sell prepaid burner phones here?"

The boss asked, "Yes, what's the problem?"

"Well, we are investigating a case. The suspect used a disposable mobile phone. As far as we know, she probably bought the disposable mobile phone at a convenience store nearby."

The boss frowned, "Do you have proof? I'm sure you bought it in my store."

"No, I don't mean your store, but the convenience stores around here. We just came to check."

The boss looked like he was like this, "Do you have a search warrant?"

"No."

"I have to be responsible to my customers and cannot expose their privacy easily."

"We are only checking suspicious persons and will not disclose the status of convenience store customers."

"Sorry, I can't help you." The boss said as if seeing off guests.

"I respect your decision." John walked to the door, took out his mobile phone and dialed a number, "Hey, is this Captain Jackson from the Robbery and Murder Department?

I'm John.

In accordance with the request of your Robbery and Murder Division, I visited the convenience store near the base station area to investigate.

We are now at the Terragi convenience store on Noconley Street...

Yes, there are disposable phones in the store, but the boss is unwilling to assist in the investigation...

OK, I understand, bring someone here tomorrow and I will show you the way."

John hung up the phone and prepared to leave.

The boss became a little uneasy and called him, "Hey, who were you calling just now?"

"none of your business."

"But you mentioned me just now, and it's obviously related to me.

Are you going to make trouble for me just because I didn't assist in the investigation? If that's the case, we will file a complaint against you."

"I'm not trying to trouble you. We are just investigating the case. The Robbery and Murder Division is also investigating this case. Our two departments are just sharing intelligence.

Just a kind reminder, just because I can't get a search warrant doesn't mean the Robbery and Murder Division can't get one."

The boss questioned, "It's almost ten o'clock, don't they want to go to bed?"

"You're right. We may not be able to apply for a search warrant until tomorrow. Your business may be affected tomorrow, so you have to be mentally prepared."

"Come on, I just want to do business well, can you please stop the hassle?"

"I don't want to do this, so I came here at night. There are no customers in the store now. If you are willing to assist us in the investigation, it may only take a few minutes. As long as we have verified it, several big guys from the Robbery and Murder Department

He won’t come either.”

The white boss sighed and waved, "Come in, how do you want to check?"

"We're going to survey people who bought disposable phones in the store within half a month."

The boss was a little embarrassed, "This is difficult. Many people pay in cash. Even if I want to help you, I can't."

Lucy said, "Then check the surveillance. As long as there are surveillance images, we can determine her identity ourselves."

The boss spread his hands and said, "Are you kidding me? After half a month of monitoring, you will see that the year of the monkey is the year of the horse, and you still said that it will not affect my work."

Lucy asked, "Do you keep a record of the items you sell?"

"certainly."

Lucy said, "That's easy. Check the sales time of the product record and directly call up the monitoring of the corresponding time. It's very simple."

John snapped his fingers, "Good idea."

The boss had no choice but to follow the two people's request. Recently, a total of five disposable mobile phones were sold, and two of them paid in cash. These two people are also the key targets of the investigation.

The boss called up the surveillance of two people purchasing mobile phones. One of them was a black man in his thirties, and the other was a white woman in her early twenties.

John said, "I have a hunch that this woman is probably the one who filed a false police report."

Lucy said, "The investigation is about evidence, not hunches, and it might be this black man."

John asked, "Would you like a bet?"

Lucy rolled her eyes, "No, I'm not interested."

"Ding ding ding..." John's cell phone rang. He glanced at it and said, "Hey, someone interested is here."

John pressed the answer button and asked, "Jackson, how is the investigation going?"

Jackson said, "That's what I want to ask too."

"You called me first."

"I suddenly remembered something. Have we not discussed the bets of the game yet..."

"Hey, man, that's what I was going to say." John smiled.

Jackson said, "What do you want to bet on?"

"If you have any good ideas, it'd better be interesting."

"How about the loser running naked?"

John was stunned for a moment and said in a long voice, "Wow...this is really a bad idea.

but I like it."

"That's it."

"I can't wait to see you run naked."

"Me too."

The two hung up the phone, and Lucy on the side was speechless, "Do you need to be so big?"

"We've already secured victory, there's nothing to worry about." John was confident.

"Based on what I know about Jackson, he wouldn't make a bet to you if he wasn't sure.

And don't forget, he is not alone, behind him is the Robbery and Murder Department.

Talking about the investigation..." Lucy showed an expression that you understand.

John said, "The Western Division is no worse than the Robbery and Murder Division."

Lucy stared at the other person for a moment, "Are you still worried about Jackson's transfer?"

John looked a little complicated, "No, he has the right to choose, but...

too suddenly.

Makes me feel……"

The three of them were rookies in the same issue and have always had a good relationship. Lucy could understand John's thoughts and patted him on the shoulder, "Let's continue investigating the case.

After graduating from college, I haven’t seen anyone running around naked for a long time.

I really have little expectations.”

…

Custer Apartments.

James Robinson parked his car in the parking lot outside the apartment, looked around, then walked into the apartment and took the elevator to the fifth floor.

James Robinson walked to door 504 and knocked on the door.
To be continued...