The old body no longer has the resistance and reaction ability of its youth. This is the most helpless point for countless police officers who are approaching retirement.
He watched helplessly as he was getting farther and farther away from the high-spirited young policeman in his past memories, and his physique declined from strong to weak.
Sometimes, when encountering an attack, the consciousness has already responded, but the old body cannot make even the slightest response.
This feeling is powerless.
Sai, who had stayed at Moon Shadow Island almost until his retirement, was filled with this feeling of powerlessness at this moment.
The body that had lost its vitality fell heavily to the ground, and the flash of memories even made him have the illusion that he was going to die.
Until an item appears——
He was familiar with those things, handcuffs, police stuff.
"At 13:17, the prisoner Saai Jiro is under arrest." Sato Miwako, who locked the old policeman's hands with handcuffs, raised her wrist and looked at the time out of habit.
The old man, who knew his car had overturned, lay on the ground and stared at the blue sky above Yueying Island for a long time, before closing his eyes in despair.
It's over. It seems that the little kid named Uehara Katsumi didn't choose to believe him.
"Why?"
After a long time, the unwilling old policeman finally spoke. There was a bit of hoarseness in his voice, and his cloudy eyes raised his eyelids to look at the short-haired woman who was typing on her mobile phone.
"You have been the only police officer on Yueying Island for decades. Therefore, according to Uehara's speculation, it is impossible for you as a police officer to not notice Kawashima Hideo and his group who use Yueying Island as a drug trafficking base, especially when Kawashima Hideo and others When you are not yet skilled in drug trafficking.
"But even in the case of the suicide of Keiji Aso and his family twelve years ago, your closing report did not mention drugs. Instead, you sealed the belongings Keiji Aso left behind at that time in a safe and kept them for more than ten years without any damage. , which aroused his suspicion."
Clicking to send the edited email, Miwako Sato finally breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this and then glanced down at the old man who had already sat up. Although she didn't say it explicitly, she still knew what the old man who had been a policeman all his life was wondering about in his heart——
How on earth was he exposed?
"So he deliberately took advantage of the opportunity created by returning the car to enter the police station, and took the initiative to tell you in the office that he had contacted his colleagues to come to Yueying Island——"
"If I am indeed innocent, then I should not have appeared at the port before, but should have stayed at the police station and waited for contact information."
Before Sato Miwako finished speaking, the old policeman who had figured everything out in an instant suddenly felt a little melancholy in his eyes: "But if I am not innocent, then I will definitely do it in order to get the first-hand information about the Tokyo police landing on Moon Shadow Island. Show up for harbor surveillance.”
"It's a pity that you let him down. He actually hopes that his speculation is wrong." Sato Miwako, who put her mobile phone back into her suit pocket, shook her head and looked at the man in front of her with cold eyes. Seniors who have dedicated most of their lives to the Yueying Island Police Department.
If the old police officer is not found at the port, Miwako Sato will take the initiative to contact the Moon Shadow Island Police Station to launch an arrest operation.
But now, the police uniform that was supposed to symbolize responsibility and honor was stained with mud and dirt that it shouldn't have been under the sun.
"You will understand when you reach middle age and still sit in a small police station alone and accomplish nothing."
After looking up to the sky for a while, the old man suddenly chuckled for no reason and struggled to stand up from the ground. His sin-stained eyes looked at the young and energetic junior in front of him with a hint of envy.
When he was young, he was so high-spirited. When he was young...
“Don’t compare everyone to you.”
"Whether you believe it or not, when I was young, I was really a policeman with a sense of justice just like you."
"Are you bragging? The word justice is not something you can say casually."
The dark revolver was slowly raised, and the dark muzzle was aimed at the old man's wrinkled cheek. Sato Miwako, who did not lose her vigilance during the chat, raised the corners of her mouth, and her brows were full of determination: "Now, take your hand The paper clip was thrown away."
Miwako Sato had always seen the paperclip that the old man took out from the lining of the cuffs of his police uniform by standing up from the ground.
"..."
…………………………
"Okay, throw it away."
Yueying Island, Kawashima Manor Villa.
Uehara Katsumi, who was stopped at the door and asked to search before entering the western restaurant, threw all the items he carried on the ground, then raised his hands to indicate that he had nothing on him: "I can go in to eat now. Are you done, Mr. Kawashima, Mr. Kuroiwa?"
"Where's Dr. Asai?"
At the main seat of the small western dining table, Kawashima Hideo, who always had a polite smile on his long and mean face, turned his attention to Aso Minoru, who had not made any next move.
"I only have a white coat on me, and I've already taken it off. What, do you still want to see inside me?"
The dark-faced Aso Minoru said and was about to lift off the short-sleeved shirt on his body, but Uehara Katsumi's hand stopped him first.
"You two, I can understand that throwing things is because you are considering your own safety, but is it a bit humiliating to force a female police officer to take off her clothes in public?"
Katsuki Uehara, who narrowed his eyes slightly, poked with his toes, and the four suitcases stacked on one side rolled down into the restaurant: "If this is the case, then let's meet in prison."
With a few "clicks", the suitcases finally stabilized after spinning on the tiles for several times. The lids of the suitcases popped open, revealing the neatly stacked banknotes inside.
"Haha, don't worry about it, don't worry about it, Uehara-kun, his subordinates are just ignorant."
Seeing that the atmosphere was about to develop in an uncontrollable direction, Tatsuji Kuroiwa, the current village leader of Moon Shadow Island, immediately stood up and waved his hands cheerfully, smoothing things over: "Come on, Uehara-kun, Miss Asai, let's try Kawashima-kun's chef Specialty dishes.”
The weight is very characteristic of French cuisine. Two glasses of red wine were already rippling in the goblet in the blink of an eye. The fat-bellied Kuroiwa Tatsuji took the lead in raising the glass to apologize to the two of them for their discomfort, and even addressed them in a friendly manner.
"Mr. Kuroiwa said so, then, let's serve it."
Facing Aso Minori's gaze, Uehara Katsumi walked into the restaurant calmly, pulled out a chair and sat down.
If the naked body and the bandage with a bow weren't a little eye-catching, the movements would look a bit elegant, but speaking to the bodyguard guarding the door of the restaurant seemed a bit vulgar -
"Hey, over there, don't touch my wallet and cell phone."
Aso Minoru, who was feeling a little uneasy, showed no signs of anything strange on his face, so he pulled out a chair next to his friend and sat down.
"This foie gras is good. It tastes much better than the barbecue we had for lunch."
Uehara Katsumi shared her food experience with him without any psychological pressure. Aso Michiru, who had not eaten lunch until now, was indeed hungry——
"Ding."
Suddenly, an extremely loud mail sound came from the door of the restaurant, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.
The eyes of Hideo Kawashima and Tatsuji Kuroiwa suddenly became sharp, and Aso's heart tightened as he just held the tableware——
"Ah, my mobile phone. Please help me check whose email it is. Thank you. There is no password."
Katsumi Uehara, who had just picked up the goblet and took a sip of red wine, waved without looking back.
"Uh... is it a debt collection email?"
"Don't worry about it, I'll have the money to pay you back right away."
Uehara Katsumi was sipping red wine nonchalantly. He raised his eyes to meet Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Kawashima Hideo. He smiled and said, "I suddenly remembered something. I seem to still owe some money. Otherwise, you two go first." Add 10 million to my personal account, and then we can discuss the ledger?"
Kuroiwa Tatsuji and Kawashima Hideo, who smelled something amiss almost instantly, looked at each other, frowned and said, "Are you going to change your mind temporarily, Mr. Uehara?"
Kawashima Hideo's tone also contained a hint of threat: "You will make it difficult for us to handle this."
"Difficult to do?"
Putting down the goblet, Katsuki Uehara put his hands on the expensive wooden Western dining table and stood up slowly, with a kind smile on his face.
Aso Minoru, who was still holding the cutlery in her hands, immediately opened her eyes, watching the lunch dancing in the air in the next second!
"If it's difficult to do, why not just stop doing it?"
