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He would occasionally look up and scan his colleagues who had been called out by the prisoners.
Are they all in the front stands?
Hmm... The prisoner stopped counting after all his colleagues in the front stands had been called out.
Is it that he can only find those in the front stands, or does he think that it's enough to just tell us about the front stands?
"Editor Jinzi, since you broke the agreement first and called the police for help, then I don't have to abide by our agreement either," the prisoner grinned maliciously. "Now, let me kill someone at will."
"Stop! Please stop!" Mr. Kaneko, the person in charge, said frantically. "Please, please don't shoot."
Chapter 252 Inspector Megure, You Decide
"Hmph, since you're begging me like this, I'll give you a chance to make amends." The prisoner laughed smugly. "First, get all the police out of the room. If there's even one more, I'll shoot."
"Secondly, those police officers must be following my companions. Tell them to leave. If I receive a message from my companions that the police are following them, then I will never give them another chance."
"I understand, I will definitely do those two things!"
Mr. Jinzi, the person in charge, quickly agreed. He said that all he had to do was make the notification; whether or not the police would actually do it was their job.
"Finally, I want your Nichibukai TV station to pay an additional ransom. I think one billion yen will do," the prisoner demanded. "This portion is mine alone. After all, it's exhausting for me to keep an eye on you police officers here. Before the game ends, have the one billion yen I want ready and put it in the same place. If you don't comply, I will shoot."
My copy? Was there only one prisoner left?
Matsuda tugged at the earphone cord, bringing the microphone closer to his mouth.
"Inspector, send one of the men who were removed from the front stands to our side."
"Matsuda, what are you going to do?"
Megure asked, puzzled, "Now is not the time to provoke the prisoner."
“Inspector, what we need now is more leads,” Matsuda retorted. “The 50 million yen has already been sent out. All we have to do is find the culprit and catch him!”
"Inspector, you don't want any Tom, Dick, or Harry to come to the Metropolitan Police Department and say things like, 'My colleague has a gun, and if you don't give me 50 million, my colleague will start shooting anywhere in the street,' or that's just bullshit, right?"
"Matsuda, the prisoner just hung up the phone. Is it really okay not to do what he said?"
Inspector Megure knew, of course, that the prisoner must not be allowed to escape, but he clearly had his own reasons.
“He has identified the people we have deployed. If we provoke him now, he might harm innocent people.”
"To be precise, he only identified people in the front stands."
Matsuda said in a calm voice,
"What are the chances that someone who has just received a huge sum of 50 million without working would do something crazy? Now that he feels he has the victory in his grasp, it won't hurt the big picture if we take some extreme actions."
"And this is precisely our opportunity to obtain more intelligence."
Matsuda persuaded him at length.
"What we need to determine now is whether he can find all the police in the arena, or only those in the front stands! This will help us pinpoint the prisoner's location."
"Furthermore, Inspector, do you think that even if we meet his demands, this criminal won't kill anyone?"
"You mean to say that this prisoner intended to make things worse?" Inspector Megure's heart skipped a beat.
"Who could come up with 1 billion yen in cash within 45 minutes? Especially since we only recently raised 50 million yen," Matsuda said with certainty. "The culprit must be someone who has a grudge against Nichibumi TV. Right now, he's just treating us like food to be eaten and playing with us at will."
"Do you have a plan?" Inspector Megure asked hastily.
"Not yet. We can only take it one step at a time." Matsuda pondered for a moment. "The cameras at Nichiri TV should have captured footage of that accomplice. I'll go out and meet you to examine the videotape. The rest is just waiting for news from the people tracking them. If we can find their address, then everything will be simple."
The main problem right now is that we can't determine exactly how many prisoners there are.
If it's clear there were only two people, arresting the one who was following them would definitely yield some information.
Matsuda walked out of the arena, lost in thought.
Mr. Kaneko, the head of Nichiri TV, and his team had already prepared the videotapes, and the impatient Megure had already begun watching them.
"Did you find anything?"
Matsuda walked to Megure's side, looked at the screen, and asked,
"Although the chances are slim, it is possible to capture footage of the criminal's accomplices meeting with him."
No, we haven't seen it yet.
Megure, his eyes glued to the screen, asked with concern,
"Matsuda, are you telling the truth? The criminal's motive really wasn't money?"
"Perhaps his goal wasn't just money."
Matsuda corrected Megure's statement.
"Money is their primary goal. Perhaps my reasoning is wrong. The perpetrator's aim is not revenge, but to distract us and thus achieve the perfect crime."
"The perfect crime?" Inspector Megure glanced at Matsuda. "It seems the culprit this time is really audacious."
“That’s right, we were underestimated just like that,” Matsuda smiled. “As a return gift for being underestimated, we won’t let him spend the fifty million he just got so easily.”
"Matsuda, we've received news that the criminal who withdrew the money has entered an apartment building, and the surrounding area is now under control."
After receiving a phone call, Inspector Megure immediately relayed the news to Matsuda.
"This was indeed a tricky situation. They said they almost lost track of them several times. The prisoners this time were very alert; they were definitely prepared."
"Of course, judging from the situation, they've definitely been preparing for this for a long time."
Matsuda stared intently at the display screen in front of him.
"It's best to wait over there... until this prisoner goes back or does something irreversible."
"Aren't we going to make a move now?" Inspector Megure looked at Matsuda strangely. "They can't be in contact right now, can they? If we arrest the one outside immediately, we can quickly find out where the person hiding in the arena is."
"What if we can't get any information?" Matsuda's gaze didn't leave the screen. After a moment of silence, he spoke again: "Inspector."
"Ok?"
Megure couldn't help but feel a little strange. What was wrong with Matsuda today? According to his usual habits, he should have already been giving orders to him and rebelling against him.
“Now it’s up to you to make a choice,” Matsuda said slowly. “If you do as I say and remain still, wait for the criminal to make his move, and then we’ll deal with whatever he does, we can shift the blame to Nichiri TV.”
"We can immediately take control of the situation and demonstrate the Metropolitan Police Department's competence. This is the first option, which can minimize the current damage to the Metropolitan Police Department's reputation."
"The second option is, as you just said, we should take immediate action."
Matsuda continued,
"If we succeed, nothing will happen. But if something goes wrong and upsets the prisoners, we'll be branded as incompetent and may never have a chance to clear our names."
Chapter 253 Come here, Miwako, give me a kiss!
"Matsuda?"
When Megure heard Matsuda say this, he paused for a moment, seemingly unable to believe that such words had come from his mouth.
"what do you mean?"
Megure asked with a serious expression,
"Are you saying I should just stand by and do nothing while people are threatened by criminals? Entrust people's lives to the goodwill of criminals?"
"Now I can tell you definitively."
Megure said, enunciating each word clearly.
"Move immediately! If any problems arise, I, Inspector Megure Juzo of the Violent Crimes Division 3 of the First Investigation Division, will be the first to take responsibility. All orders are issued by me now; you just need to carry them out!"
After saying that, Inspector Megure turned and left decisively.
Having given the order to proceed, all Inspector Megure could do now was pray.
Of the 60,000 people in this arena, not a single one should get hurt!
……
Matsuda got out of the car, saw Megure holding a phone, and asked,
"Hey, Inspector, have you given the order to arrest him?"
"Yes, we're waiting for news now." Inspector Megure nodded.
“I see,” Matsuda said, hooking his coat collar with two fingers and draping it over his shoulder. “Don’t let him get away.”
"Where is Matsuda going?" Megure asked, looking at Matsuda as he walked away, somewhat puzzled.
“I think he’s found the culprit,” Sato said with a smile.
Hi... How's work?
Matsuda walked onto the court and slowly moved behind camera number 13.
"Ok?"
The photographer glanced at Matsuda and asked in a slightly hoarse voice,
"you are?"
"My name is Matsuda Jinpei, and I'm a policeman."
When he was only a step away from him, Matsuda stopped.
Do you know what a stupid thing you've done?
"Has it been discovered?"
The photographer turned around and sneered.
"You underestimate the police, huh? But are you alone?"
"I alone am enough to deal with you," Matsuda said confidently.
"Can you tell me how you found me?"
The photographer glanced behind Matsuda to make sure the stands were full of spectators focused on the players and no one had noticed them.
“We have control of the entire arena, and the eight suspects in the stands were also ruled out during your last phone call.”
Matsuda answered truthfully.