In the bar, after the East Asian man knocked down the five mafia members at lightning speed and turned around to leave, the major and Mary quickly stepped forward and took the note from the proprietress's hand.
【Bai Heqing? 】
Beneath the name, the major recognized the owner of the telephone number—Stewart White.
This is the phone number of their MI6 director.
Let their director reimburse the losses?
[The East Asian, who is he? 】
"Major, I'll go after him."
Without saying anything else, Mary turned around and left the bar quickly.
The sky outside London was foggy. Mary came to the street and soon found Shirakawa Qing who had not gone far.
He did not deliberately hide his whereabouts. He held a box in his hand and walked along the street. His eyes swept over the shops on the roadside one by one, as if he was looking for something.
"Hey! Wait!" Seeing this, Mary quickly chased after him.
The East Asian man named Bai Heqing seemed to really not understand English. He didn't even respond to Mary's call. It wasn't until Mary's footsteps sounded behind him that he finally looked back.
He looked at Mary, frowned slightly, then took out his small book from his body, flipped to a certain page in it skillfully, followed the markings on it, and said in a bad accent like a beginner:
"I don't speak English. What can I do for you?"
Well, the language barrier is a real pain in the ass.
"I……"
Just when Mary was thinking about how to communicate with Bai Heqing, she suddenly noticed from the corner of her eyes that the pronunciation notes on the small book in Bai Heqing's hand were actually in Japanese?
"Are you... from Japan?" Testing, Mary asked in Japanese.
"Who are you?" Bai Heqing understood now. He didn't answer Mary's question, but asked instead.
[Very good, we can communicate now. 】
Mary breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, but she did not relax her vigilance against Bai Heqing. Instead, she took out her MI6 ID and said in an official tone:
"MI6, Marie Sera, your name is Shirakawa Kiyoshi, right? Now please tell me your identity and the purpose of your coming to London."
"The Japanese police came to London to handle a transnational case. This is my visa." After looking at her ID, Shirakawa simply took out his own visa and the corresponding police officer ID.
[Bai Heqing, twenty-four years old, police rank... police department? ! 】
Mary was a little surprised when she saw the police rank and position marked on Police Officer Shirakawa's ID card.
Judging from this man's age, his seniority in the police should be less than two years, right? Already reached the position of the police department?
The police department, the fifth level among the ten-level police ranks in Japan, already belongs to the middle-level cadre level.
For a moment, she even doubted the authenticity of the police certificate.
Could this be a forgery?
However, the style of this visa was authentic. For professional reasons, Mary could tell that Bai Heqing's visa was not forged. Even if there was a problem, it would be clear by checking the code on it.
But no matter what, she still has to control this danger first...
"Hey! Wait!"
Just when Mary was a little distracted, Bai Heqing abandoned her directly and turned to leave.
No, you just want to leave?
He didn't seem to worry at all about his papers falling into Mary's hands.
Bai Heqing's actions immediately stunned Mary. She took his police officer certificate and visa and hurriedly chased after him.
"stop!"
"Is there anything else?" Bai Heqing stopped and looked at her calmly.
There was an indifference about him that was hard to get close to.
"Take your things and now please tell me in detail the specific purpose of your coming to London and the situation of the transnational theft group you mentioned."
Perhaps in order to increase the legitimacy of her words, Mary added another sentence.
"This is a routine inquiry."
"The transnational theft gang committed cultural relics theft in Japan and then fled to the UK. According to the information I received in Japan, they would contact traders in a bar beginning with the letter 'J' in the East End of London, and then transfer these cultural relics to the UK. sell away.
Arresting them and recovering the stolen cultural relics is my mission on this trip. "
According to Mary's request, Bai Heqing explained the ins and outs of the matter in detail.
A bar starting with the letter J?
Mary suddenly remembered that the name of the bar she and the Major were at before seemed to start with the letter J.
So you were wandering around this street just to find a place for criminals to trade?
"Since you are dealing with a transnational theft gang, why don't you seek help from the London Police Department?" Mary asked again. She did not believe Bai Heqing's words easily.
As she asked this question, Bai Heqing suddenly looked at her with a strange look.
"After getting off the plane, I went to the London Police Department immediately." He replied.
“Because the relevant intelligence sharing had been completed before I came, people from the London Police Department told me that they would do their best to help me arrest those prisoners.
So, I asked them for a list of all the pub locations starting with the letter 'J' in London's East End. "
"They... didn't give it to you?" Mary seemed to know why Bai Heqing was wandering around alone on the street.
"No, they said yes."
Looking at her, Bai Heqing said calmly: "I was asked to wait in the lounge for a while, but I waited all morning and no one came to hand me the list. When I asked, they just asked me to continue waiting.
People who want to come to the London Police Department usually work a lot, and are so busy that they need to drink coffee all the time to refresh themselves. In this case, it is not convenient for me to trouble them for help. "
"Sorry..." Mary replied apologetically.
How could she not hear the objection in Bai Heqing's words?
Probably because Bai Heqing is a foreigner who can't even speak English well, the people in the London Police Department didn't take his needs into consideration at all. Not only did they keep squatting in the police station drinking coffee and killing Bai Heqing, Hanging out in the lounge all morning.
"No need to apologize."
Faced with her sudden apology, Bai Heqing had no reaction.
"After all, I didn't expect them to be of much help at first, but their reaction made it easier for me to move."
The implication is that Bai Heqing was more worried that people from the London Police Department would hinder his arrest than being left alone.
"Is there anything else you want to ask?" Bai Heqing looked at Mary and asked, seemingly feeling that he had almost answered.
"Uh, no more at the moment. Thank you for your cooperation..."
"Then can I go?"
"this……"
Just as Mary hesitated, not knowing what to say.
Although Bai Heqing's answer sounded like there was nothing wrong with it, in the bar just now, this person still showed great aggression, and it was impossible to let him go.
At least he can't be allowed to continue wandering on the street alone.
"Mary!"
At this moment, behind Mary, a colleague of hers from MI6 ran over.
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(End of chapter)
