Crime scene secured

The museum building was surrounded by dozens of cop cars, and the premises were secured with cones and tape.

It was already past midnight, but the police scampered inside, splitting up to gather any evidence that was left behind.

Police sergeant, Richard Woods, stood at the center of it, coordinating the whole investigation, ordering the officers and detectives on what to do.

One of the detectives, Hyejin Lee, scurried towards him, with her black hair in a messy bun.

"S-sir, after thorough inspection, I c-can confirm there are no signs of forced entry on any of the entrances." She adjusted her glasses as she reviewed her notes.

"Are you saying the doors were already open for them when they came?" The sergeant asked sarcstically, staring at his phone.

"Yes, s-sir, but I'm not sure how." Hyejin rubbed her chin thoughtfully, not catching the sarcasm.

Sergeant Dmitri scoffed. "Yea, okay. Go to the surveillance room, check out the camera, and see how they infiltrated the inside."

He had noticed her untidy appearance when he finally looked up at her and a vein popped out his temple.

"How many times do I have to tell you to keep your hair in check or cut it off." He shouted suddenly, voice echoing off the walls.

Hyejin flinched at the loud sound, eyes widening at his aggression. "I'm s-sorry, s-sir… It w-won't happen again." She quickly re-did her hair, tighter this time, then rushed towards the surveillance room.

"Tsk. Young people these days..." Sergent huffed before going back to his phone.

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"Good evening sir, I'm detective Nicholai Volkov, and I'll be the one leading the investigation for this case. I need to ask a few questions if you don't mind."

A pale-skinned, uniformed 20-something man with kempt, blond hair approached the seated security guard by the taped off vault room.

The security guard's eyes widened. "You're quite young for a lead detective?"

Nicholai's eyebrows furrowed. "Please refrain from unnecessary comments. It's unprofessional." He responded curtly.

The guard was taken aback by Nicholai's words but decided against speaking up.

"I'll now begin the questioning." Nicholai flipped through a small note pad and clicked his pen.

"—Wait. Before that, I want to know how Greg is doing. He was passed out when I saw him."

Nicholai glared at the man, eyes narrowing impatiently. "Greg is fine. Now please describe what happened."

The security guard frowned at the detective's abrasive attitude, but still proceeded. "I was making my way to the staff enterance where my buddy, Greg, was patrolling. We had planned to meet up to—"

"—Seems security here is very lax if you just left your post without valid reason. That explains why the criminals were able to enter and very nearly exit without being detected." Nicholai interjected and jolted something down, then looked back up. "Carry on."

The guard grimaced before continuing. "That's when I saw a man standing beside Greg who was on the ground."

"Describe the man you saw, if you could."

"I only saw him for a split second—he was gone before I knew it. But I remember he had dark longish hair under the hood."

"Did you notice any defining features?"

"Defining features..." The security guard paused for a moment, eyes looking up like the ceiling had answers. "Oh, yea! He looked to be Italian - he was pretty tan - and probably part of that one mafia."

"Because he's Italian?" Nicholai asked skeptically.

"No, because of the huge scars across his eyes and nose." The guard pointed to his own eye, drawing an imaginary line down then over his nose then back up to his other eye. "It looked like a V."

"Scars across his eyes and nose...shaped like a V" Nicholai tapped the pen against his chin.

"Yea, I remember I heard anyone who joined that notorious Donatello mafia had to get one."

"I'm well aware of that, but the Donatello Violenza mafia was taken down years ago. Why would a member be robbing a museum now ?"

The man shrugged. "Beats me."

Nicholai paused for a second before writing in his notepad. "There seems to be more going on than I thought."

To be continued...

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