PUBLIC CASE ARCHIVE

Every investigation starts with a contradiction.

These spoiler-free case files explain the premise, setting and investigative skills behind each CASE//ZERO mystery. The solution remains locked inside the playable investigation.

CZ002 · DETECTIVE · 10 MINUTES

11:47

Seroja House, Kuching

A late-night death in Room 307 turns on a narrow timeline, a phone that should not have been used and several people whose stories are only partly true.

Timeline reconstructionDigital-evidence comparisonTesting alibisSeparating motive from opportunity

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CZ003 · ROOKIE · 10 MINUTES

AFTER CLOSING

Kopi Arang, Miri

After closing time at a Miri café, a chef-owner collapses. The shared coffee is not the problem, but one cup tells a very different story.

Chain-of-custody thinkingAccess analysisFinancial motive reviewComparing witness claims with camera evidence

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CZ004 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

DEAD AIR

Signal House Studios, Petaling Jaya

A singer-songwriter dies after a late recording session, but a voice memo appears to place her alive later than the physical evidence suggests.

Audio-forensics reasoningMetadata interpretationCredential and access analysisReconstructing a digital workflow

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CZ005 · DETECTIVE · 10 MINUTES

LAST FERRY

North Bay Ferry Terminal, Kota Kinabalu

Minutes before the final ferry leaves Kota Kinabalu, a compliance consultant is found dead and a suspiciously clean radio transmission seems to extend her timeline.

Audio-context analysisOperational timeline reconstructionCompliance-document reviewMatching physical traces to work areas

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CZ006 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

DO NOT DISTURB

Meridian Crown Hotel, Kuala Lumpur

A corporate lawyer is found dead in Suite 1806 after a private settlement meeting, and one page in the signed agreement does not match the rest.

Document anomaly detectionHotel access-log analysisVideo timeline comparisonFollowing a financial diversion

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CZ007 · DETECTIVE · 10 MINUTES

BLACKOUT

Lorong Cahaya Gallery, George Town

A seven-minute blackout at a private George Town exhibition ends with a dead gallery owner and an artwork that is not quite the one that was hanging before.

Short-window timeline analysisInventory comparisonForgery indicatorsTesting staff movement against independent footage

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CZ008 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

RED LEDGER

Borneo Mercantile & Logistics, Sibu

A finance director dies in a Sibu accounts archive after an annual dinner, while a missing red ledger points toward a procurement trail someone cannot afford to have read.

Procurement-trail analysisCorporate access reconstructionCross-checking vendor ownershipPhysical-to-document evidence linkage

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CZ009 · DETECTIVE · 10 MINUTES

LANTERN TIDE

Sim Sim Waterfront, Sandakan

After a lantern festival on the Sandakan waterfront, the director is found dead in a ticket office and a supposedly moored shuttle appears in the background of a volunteer's video.

Route reconstructionGPS and video comparisonEvent-logistics reasoningTesting physical traces against environmental conditions

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CZ010 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

THE LAST GUEST

Batang Ai Highlands Homestay, Sri Aman

A travel-tech founder falls from a riverside homestay veranda during a six-minute blackout, but the railing tells a more deliberate story.

Blackout timeline reconstructionTerrain and trace comparisonCorporate-document analysisTesting a connected call as an alibi

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CZ011 · DETECTIVE · 10 MINUTES

ENCORE

Southbank Arts Centre, Johor Bahru

Hours before opening night in Johor Bahru, a show director is found dead behind a rehearsal mirror while a looping cue makes the room sound occupied.

Cue-system timeline analysisVersion-history reasoningBackstage access reconstructionLinking creative motive to forensic evidence

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CZ012 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

THE FOURTH KEY

National Records Annex, Kuala Lumpur

A sealed archive, three registered override keys and fresh marks from a fourth turn a document review into a locked-room records mystery.

Access-control reconstructionDocument-custody analysisForensic trace comparisonFinancial/legal motive analysis

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CZ013 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

MONSOON LEDGER

Tanjung Mutiara Container Terminal, Port Klang

A monsoon wipes out part of the CCTV timeline while a handwritten cargo ledger records container moves that officially never happened.

Operational log correlationFraud pattern analysisWeather-vs-system reasoningPhysical trace interpretation

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CZ014 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

ECHOES BELOW

Panggung Arus, Kuala Lumpur

Witnesses hear the victim speaking after the likely murder window, but the theatre's acoustics preserve more information than the witnesses realise.

Audio-forensics reasoningSignal-chain reconstructionAccess-log analysisIntellectual-property motive review

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CZ015 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

THE VANISHING CARVER

Sungai Rejang Heritage Centre, Kapit

A master carver disappears during a heritage preview, and the carved panel left on display is almost—but not quite—the original.

Provenance analysisMaterial forensicsObject-movement reconstructionDistinguishing restoration from forgery

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CZ016 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

LAST SIGNAL

Crocker Range Relay Station, Sabah

A communications outage appears to kill an engineer, but the relay station never actually loses power and a hidden network service keeps transmitting.

Network-forensics reasoningTelemetry correlationDigital integrity verificationStaged-accident analysis

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CZ017 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

MONSOON SIGNAL 27

Gemas Rail Control Sector, Negeri Sembilan

A monsoon delay leaves a rail systems auditor dead in Relay Hut 27, where the electrical fault looks convincing until the interlocking recorder says it never happened.

Rail-event timeline reconstructionAsset and serial-number auditingVehicle telemetry comparisonLinking procurement fraud to physical evidence

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CZ018 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

GLASS TIDE 04

Langkawi Marine Research Jetty, Kedah

A marine biochemist dies in Wet Lab 04 after a king-tide sampling run, while a missing cryogenic sample and a private patent draft point far beyond a laboratory accident.

Environmental timeline reasoningSample-custody analysisPatent and research-ownership reviewForensic transfer comparison

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CZ019 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

DISPATCH 00:17

Ipoh Emergency Communications Centre, Perak

A call-quality auditor dies beside her desk while a 00:17 recording appears to place the shift supervisor somewhere he may never have been.

Call-routing reconstructionAudio-alibi testingDigital audit interpretationFinancial conflict analysis

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CZ020 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

COLD ROW B

Cyberjaya Data Vault Campus, Selangor

A six-minute fire-suppression alarm blinds part of a Cyberjaya data centre while a hidden compute cluster keeps drawing power behind an account that officially does not exist.

Building-management log analysisCapacity and power reasoningNetwork-path investigationPhysical trace correlation

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CZ021 · INSPECTOR · 10 MINUTES

CANOPY 23

Danum Valley Field Research Annex, Lahad Datu, Sabah

A conservation finance lead falls from a Sabah canopy tower just before verification, while raw forest data shows that Plot 23 exists twice in the carbon ledger.

Geospatial-data comparisonCarbon-ledger reasoningField-access reconstructionTool-mark and environmental trace analysis

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