dragon hunter

Chapter 318 Mysterious Footprints
On the second day after investigating the haunted house, I didn't wake up until noon. After washing up, I ate something casually.

He was packing up the dishes when he received a call from Ghost Detective Xu. His tone was a little excited, saying that he had new clues about the haunted house.

I cheered up and said that I would come right away, and as soon as the bowl and chopsticks were lost, I planned to go out.

At the beginning, I was not very interested in this matter.

However, as my understanding deepened, my curiosity was aroused bit by bit. If I didn't figure out the cause and effect of the whole thing, there seemed to be something hanging in my heart.

When I came to Ghost Detective Xu's office again, he was lying in front of the computer desk, staring at the computer monitor, wondering what he was doing.

"Old Xu, what are you busy with?" I greeted.

Ghost Detective Xu looked so engrossed that he didn't even know that I entered the office. He raised his head in astonishment when he heard my voice.

I smiled dumbly and asked him what he was looking at, so engrossed.

"Could you be watching a short movie?" Fatty Wang's wretched voice came from behind.

I looked back, but I didn't expect that coward to be well-informed. As soon as I arrived, he chased after me.

"Come and take a look, this is a new discovery last night." Ghost Detective Xu beckoned to us.

I was curious in my heart, I didn't know what new discoveries Ghost Detective Xu had, so I walked over with a little expectation.

Fatty Wang, like a fat penguin, overtook me in a flash, squeezed beside Ghost Tan Xu, and looked at the computer screen.

"When did you install surveillance in the villa area, why didn't I know?" Fatty Wang asked curiously.

"I didn't install a surveillance camera. Over there is a high-end villa area, and surveillance cameras are not allowed." Ghost Detective Xu shook his head.

"Then where did you get the surveillance video you shot?" Fatty Wang looked puzzled.

"I entrusted a friend from the security company to transfer it from the property in the community." Ghost Detective Xu explained.

Fatty Wang gave a thumbs up, praised Ghost Detective Xu Lu Ziguang, and said in a joking tone, if he was willing to help Mrs. Kuo catch the mistress, he might have already sent it.

I listened to the two chatting and farting, walked over, glanced at the screen, and found that a surveillance video was being played on it.

The surveillance video was not long, only a few minutes, and the light was very dark, so it should have been taken at night.

I looked it over from the beginning to the end, and found nothing unusual. I turned my face in doubt and asked Ghost Detective Xu where the new discovery was.

Ghost Detective Xu didn't rush to explain, but opened the drawer, took out a few pieces of printing paper, and put them on the table.

"This is the footprints we collected under the ginkgo tree last night. There are three sets in total, and I printed them all out." Ghost Detective Xu pointed to the printing paper on the table.

I suddenly remembered that before leaving yesterday, we went around to have a look under the ginkgo tree. Ghost Detective Xu even took a few photos with his mobile phone.

I picked up a piece of printing paper on the table with an enlarged footprint on it.

For things like trace identification, I am a complete layman. I stared at the footprints for a long time, but I didn't see any tricks.

Ghost Detective Xu spread out the printing paper one by one on the table, pointed at the footprints with his fingers, and said, "Three footprints, two men and one woman, two pairs of sports shoes and one pair of leather shoes."

"No way, you can see this, do you want to be so powerful?" Fatty Wang was dumbfounded, and looked at Ghost Tan Xu with surprised eyes.

Ghost Detective Xu smiled sheepishly, and said, "I'm only a little proficient in identification of traces. I only found out about these three footprints after consulting my comrades in arms."

I remembered that Ghost Detective Xu seemed to have a comrade in arms who worked in the public security department.

"Even if we know, the general situation of these three footprints won't play any key role, right?" I thought for a while and asked in an uncertain tone.

"If it's just these three footprints, it's really useless, but combined with the surveillance video, I found a surprise." Ghost Detective Xu's tone was slightly excited.

"What surprise?" I turned my gaze to the computer screen on the desk.

Ghost Detective Xu played back the surveillance, pointed to the surveillance screen and introduced, "The time of this surveillance recording was around ten o'clock in the evening, and the time we entered the villa last night was around ten o'clock."

"Then what?" I asked, staring at the screen.

"Pay attention to this girl who walked out from the gate of the community." Ghost Detective Xu paused the surveillance screen.

Due to the angle and light, we can only see the profile of the girl, who is in her early twenties, with long hair draped over her shoulders.

"From the side, it should be a little beauty. What's wrong with that girl?" Fatty Wang asked curiously.

Ghost Detective Xu picked up a piece of printing paper from the table, pointed to the girl's feet, and said, "The pair of sneakers she is wearing are new this year. The footprints on it match exactly."

I fixed my eyes, and I didn't expect to find a surprise. The footprints matched, at least it proved that the girl had been under the ginkgo tree.

I still have the impression of the location of the ginkgo tree. It is not on the only road of the community. The location is slightly off, and most people will not deliberately go there.

"Is there such a possibility that the girl was walking with her family and walked under the ginkgo tree by accident?" I thought of another possibility.

"I can't rule out this possibility, but if there are no other clues, that girl is at least one direction of investigation." Ghost Detective Xu stared at the computer screen.

"Surveillance only took a side profile, and I don't know anything about other information, how can I check?" Fatty Wang said a little frustrated.

"Old Xu, have you asked the security guards in the community if they recognize that girl?" My heart moved and I interjected.

"I've asked, that girl is not from the community, and the security guards don't know her. Every time I go in and out, I'm alone." Ghost Detective Xu said.

"Then it looks like the girl on the monitor is indeed suspicious." I muttered to myself.

The population of a small county is not much, and it is quite small. Finding someone based on a blurry surveillance screen is no different from finding a needle in a haystack.

I stared at the girl on the computer screen, wondering if I should go to the villa area and use the stupid method of waiting for a rabbit to find her.

Ghost Detective Xu zoomed in on the surveillance screen, pointed to the shoulder bag on the girl's body, and said, "Have you noticed that there is a word printed on the shoulder bag, and from the style, it is likely to be a gift from the event. "

Fatty Wang moved his head closer, squinted his small eyes, stared at the screen for a long time, and said dejectedly, "The pixels are too low, and the words printed on it are completely unclear."

Ghost Detective Xu chuckled, picked up an advertisement leaflet from the table, pointed to a backpack at the corner, and said, "This is an advertisement leaflet for a dance school. Take a look. The backpack they give students is similar to Does that girl look like that?"

I reached out to take the flyer, stared at the backpack on it, and then looked at the computer screen, and found that it was really the same backpack.

"It's really hard to find a place when you break through the iron shoes. It doesn't take much effort to get it." Fatty Wang slapped his hands hard and said excitedly.

"Romi Dance School." I read the name of the dance school on the advertisement.

Seeing the word "dance", my heart moved, I put down the flyer, and looked towards Ghost Detective Xu, only to see that he was also looking towards me.

"It just happened to appear in the community, and I have a foundation in dancing, and I have stayed under the ginkgo tree. Is it really God's will to combine so many coincidences?" I wondered.

"Perhaps, the real breakthrough lies in that girl." Ghost Detective Xu stared at me and said.

"What are you waiting for, let's hurry over now." Fatty Wang rubbed his hands excitedly.

I glared at the anxious coward, and taught me a lesson: "Now in the past, so what if you find that girl, what name do you use to contact her?"

Fatty Wang was stunned, and after a while, he muttered to himself: "Yes, we are not the police investigating the case, and the other party may not cooperate."

I stared at the girl on the computer screen. If she was really playing tricks in the dark, if we rushed to find her, we would only startle the snake.

"Old Xu, you have worked as a private detective. According to your experience, what should we do in this situation?" I asked sideways.

"If it was me, I would follow up secretly first, and find out the details of the other party before we talk." Ghost detective Xu thought for a while and replied.

"Then let's do this, let's divide the work and take turns watching the girl." I pressed my hand on the desk and made a decision.

"Let's go, go to the dance school first, and ask about the girl's situation." Ghost Detective Xu turned off the computer and picked up the jacket on the back of the chair.

Our group walked to the outside of the office, and now there is a young girl at the front desk here, so there is no need for ghost detective Xu to stare at her all day.

"Tell me, why is the little girl such a ghost nowadays? She knows how to pretend to be a ghost to scare people at a young age." Fatty Wang expressed feeling.

"I think it's not that simple. Think about it, just a little girl can make three living people disappear without a sound?" Ghost Detective Xu frowned and analyzed.

I recalled for a while, the series of weird things that happened before and after that haunted house, and I also felt that just a little girl couldn't make such a big move.

However, without a clue, that little girl from the dance school was definitely a breakthrough point.

Still driving the broken Poussin, we went straight to the Romi Dance School, the address was stated on the advertisement, which saved us the time of inquiring.

A quarter of an hour later, Poussin stopped by the side of the road. In a family courtyard diagonally opposite was the Romi Dance School.

We sat in the car and discussed who should come forward to inquire about the situation. Fatty Wang was too obvious, so he was the first to be excluded.

"Let me go, after all, I have more experience in this field." Ghost Detective Xu said as he opened the car door.

Fatty Wang and I sat in the car, opened the window to smoke, and saw Ghost Tan Xu's back disappearing around the corner of the family courtyard.

"Why does Fatty have the illusion that in Hong Kong movies, Tiaozi investigates cases?" Fatty Wang said boredly.

"A haunted haunted house in a police movie? Zombie movies are similar." I chuckled.

"I hope it will go smoothly. If the matter of the haunted house is settled, the fat man won't have to hide around." Fatty Wang exhaled a smoke ring.

I didn't say anything, I just felt that gambling was harmful.

(End of this chapter)