"...No. 45 has appeared!"
When Kaoru Ichijo heard Sugita's urgent notification on the phone, Ryusuke Higashino and Godai also heard it. The two looked at each other and then acted quickly.
Ichijo Kaoru picked up his coat, made gestures to apologize to Sakurako and others, and asked on the phone: "Where is it?"
"In the Ikebukuro area, in the underground shopping mall located at the station, large vehicles broke into all the entrances and exits. Some people outside the station witnessed the appearance of No. 45."
"At Ikebukuro Station!" Kaoru Ichijo, who went out with Ryusuke Godai, emphasized, then hung up the phone and quickly ran into his police car.
"Understood."
Ryusuke Higashino and Yusuke Godai also rode on their newly equipped motorcycles - BTCS-2000, which were assigned to them only half a month ago. The three people quickly rushed to the scene of the crime.
…
Near Ikebukuro Station, 11:27 am.
Dozens of police cars have surrounded the place, and the sound of sirens can be heard from several streets away.
The area around the crime scene was cordoned off and people were persuaded to leave.
When a few people arrived here, Sugita Morimichi had almost stabilized the situation on the scene, and the police work was being carried out in an orderly manner.
Ichijo Kaoru led Ryusuke and Godai through the cordon and came to the destroyed underground shopping mall, where they found Sugada Morimichi who was directing the work.
"Officer Suita, how's the situation?"
"No. 45 has completed the crime and escaped." Sugita looked at the collapsed underground mall entrance in front of him with a heavy face and replied: "The guy drove a large vehicle and crashed all the entrances and exits of the underground commercial street, and then started killing. I have notified the police stations in each jurisdiction to dispatch cranes to clear the rubble so that the death toll can be determined later..."
Sugita did not continue, but Ichijou also understood that the casualties this time would be serious.
This kind of underground commercial street near the station has a large passenger flow on a daily basis, but there is almost no news of survivors... No, or it can be said more absolutely, there will not be any survivors!
After thinking for a moment, Ichijo Kaoru looked at Higashino Ryusuke and asked, "Ryuusuke-san, do you have any clues about the crime pattern of No. 45?"
Godai Yusuke and Sugada Morimichi also looked over.
Ryusuke Higashino looked through Rick's memories in his mind and recalled: "In the super ancient times, Baberu had his own arena. He usually liked to lock the captured Lindo in the arena without being able to escape, and waited until the number of people reached a certain level. When the level is reached, kill them all." (Second Design)
Kaoru Ichijo frowned slightly, "What do you mean? Does that guy like to play their games in an environment like the arena?"
"No, I mean, the rule of the game No. 45 is probably 'make the prey have no way to escape'!"
"So that's it!" Sugita Morimichi suddenly realized and patted his head, "Is that why he wants to use large vehicles to crash all the entrances and exits?!"
The fifth generation also put forward his own speculation, "So...will large semi-enclosed spaces such as underground shopping malls, subway stations, and underground parking lots be his targets?"
"It's very possible." Kaoru Ichijo nodded in agreement, "It will be difficult to escape after these places are closed, but... there is not much traffic in the underground parking lot, so the possibility should be the lowest among them."
"It's going to be difficult now!" Sugita Morimichi sighed with some embarrassment, "It's easy to temporarily close some parking lots and underground shopping malls, but it's not that easy to close subway stations. There are also those above The chaebol may not be able to pass at all.”
"Then apply for support from various regional police stations."
"It can only be this way……"
The joint search headquarters does not have many manpower, and the entire Tokyo may be the target of No. 45. If you want to evacuate all citizens in underground buildings in time, you can only rely on the support of the police in each jurisdiction.
Moreover, the police were mobilized and scattered throughout the city. Even if the No. 45 attack happened again, they would be able to respond in a more timely manner.
"By the way, there is one more thing." After Kaoru Ichijo and the others temporarily discussed the response, Ryusuke Higashino said again: "Mr. Ichijo, I would like to ask you, can you pay attention to whether there are B1s nearby when evacuating citizens? Traces of the number.”
Normally, it is almost impossible to find Rose Girl, but if there is a game with Grunge, Rose Girl must be present as a referee. This is one of the few opportunities to find her, and Ichijo Kaoru also decisively agreed to Ryusuke.
Next, after Ichijo Kaoru and Sugita Morimichi proposed to their superiors, the next step of the police's work quickly started according to their ideas.
The sun soon reached noon, and they had lunch at a random restaurant near Ikebukuro.
The owner of this store seems to be a person who cares about politics. The old-fashioned TV in the store broadcasts the live broadcast of today's Democratic Liberal Party parliamentary election.
However, Godai and Ryusuke are not interested in this kind of thing. Although the speeches of these guys are more pleasant than the last, politicians are different from politicians. They are always the most slippery in high-sounding tricks.
Soon, it was time to talk about the next well-dressed guy on the podium speaking nonsense.
The shop owner also became energetic and exclaimed: "Here it comes, it's the turn of Minister Gohara's son to give a speech."
These words caught Higashino Ryusuke's attention, and he raised his head and glanced at the TV placed on the closet.
In the picture, a young man with a neat suit and good looks walked up to the podium. His strong steps gave people a sense of resoluteness, but he was smiling and a pair of black-rimmed glasses on his face obscured this sharpness. Show unique affinity.
"Hello everyone, my dear fellow, Yuan Zhongxin..."
Ryusuke Higashino's eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the man in a suit on the TV, his mind became active.
Is this guy Gohara Tadashi? !
Godai had already finished his share of food. Seeing Higashino Ryusuke's strange behavior, he followed his gaze and asked with some confusion: "Ryuusuke-san, what's wrong?"
During the live TV broadcast, Gohara Tadahin also gave a speech with "deep affection": "...I hope that everyone can have a sincere communication with me and discuss with me what is a human being? What makes a human being a human being? Based on what definition, and on what basis should we protect human beings according to the definition? The unidentified life events that are seriously endangering human society today also expose the shortcomings we currently face when protecting human beings. How to solve it..."
Ryusuke Higashino looked at him for a while before looking away, and found that Kaoru Ichijo and Suitata were also looking at him with questioning eyes. They were probably also curious about why he was suddenly interested in such things as parliamentary elections.
"Mr. Ichijo, I'm not completely sure at the moment..." Ryusuke said suddenly.
"What?" Kaoru Ichijo looked at him confused.
"The two Dark Coffin Gurungi so far all want to adopt the original human identities in the alternate reality, and then use this to disguise themselves, right?"
"No. 47 and 48? That's true..."
"That guy..." Ryusuke Higashino lowered his voice and pointed at the TV, "That person named Gohara Tadaki is most likely the last Gurungi lion from the Coffin of Darkness in disguise!"
"What?!" Except for Dongye, the other three people raised their heads in surprise and looked at the figure talking in the live TV broadcast with some disbelief. Watching the guy talking and laughing, he said that he wanted to fully consider the future of mankind. I find it somewhat ironic.
The audience below cheered enthusiastically when Gohara Tadashi gave his speech, and some supporters even screamed. They held huge signs that read, "A politician who envisions the people" and "can entrust the future of politics to the people." Home" and a series of words.
But who would have thought that such a person who talks about considering the future of mankind, for the sake of mankind's smile tomorrow, and that mankind must make progress in the incident with Gulungi, his true identity is probably that of Gulungi who plays the game of killing human beings. What about Langhi?
This is ridiculous!
