Fall Back, I'm About to Show Off

"Have you figured it out?"

Fujino crossed his arms, looking inscrutable.

"Yes, that makes perfect sense."

Sato Miwako pulled the faxed notice from her pocket, stroked her chin with one hand, and said thoughtfully in a deep voice, "The steel batter's box means that the place is metal... Climbing the bloodstained pitcher's mound means that the place is red, and there is a platform to climb... In that case, Tokyo Tower is indeed the most suitable target."

"I see..."

Fujino tried to understand Sato Miwako's analysis, but as he listened, he couldn't concentrate anymore.

Thinking about it, this code is indeed a bit abstract.

Of course, it's also possible that he's too serious; as people get older, they lose all their divergent thinking.

"You actually thought of so many things so quickly..."

At this moment, Sato Miwako out of her analytical train of thought and couldn't help but exclaim, "As expected of Fujino!"

"Actually, I only thought of it after I saw it by chance."

Fujino gave an awkward smile, "But shouldn't we inform headquarters now?"

"Oh, oh! That's right!"

Sato Miwako nodded, then headed toward the Metropolitan Police Department's operations room to relay the message that the bomb was located at Tokyo Tower.

The timing was perfect.

Fujino glanced down at the watch on his wrist, staring at the time.

He had already come up with the script for this last night when he defused the bomb at Teitan High School...

Now, the plan is to defuse the bomb at Tokyo Tower and then lure the Bomb Maker, Bion, to Teitan High School.

To be honest, Fujino didn't really have any good methods for catching these rats that hid in the dark.

If he knew the name, he could just have the White Wolf girl go and capture the person; if he didn't know, he could only seduce them based on his memory.

With the bomb disposal mission at Tokyo Tower complete, we can lure that guy to Teitan High School and get the police to help find him, saving us a lot of trouble.

The base of Tokyo Tower.

"BOMM!"

Just as Sato Miwako parked her car, a loud explosion was heard from the top of Tokyo Tower, followed by a plume of thick smoke slowly rising from the top of the tower.

"It's bad enough that murders happen so often in Tokyo, but why are there always explosions?!"

"That was terrifying! I thought I was going to die today!"

"Hey, have you guys heard?"

"It seems there's a little girl trapped in the elevator."

"What bad luck, I'm sure I'll get blown up..."

Suddenly, a group of people rushed out of Tokyo Tower, some panting and even losing their shoes.

"Using an explosion as bait to attract the police's attention and lure them to defuse the bomb..."

Sato Miwako glanced up at Tokyo Tower, her eyes squinting slightly from the sunlight, and said in a deep voice, "It's exactly the same as it was three years ago."

"There are still about three and a half hours until the explosion..."

Fujino glanced at his watch, then walked slowly against the flow of people toward Tokyo Tower: "Let's go check on the child trapped in the elevator first. Anyway, there's still a long time before the explosion."

"Wait for me!"

Sato Miwako quickly followed.

After asking around, the two followed the crowded people and climbed the stairs from the bottom of the tower to the observation deck of Tokyo Tower.

At this time, long lines of people evacuating from Tokyo Tower had formed in front of the emergency exit doors on the observation deck stairs.

"I'm a police officer, please move aside!"

As Sato Miwako squeezed through the crowd coming down the stairs, took a deep breath, and wiped the light beads of sweat from her forehead with her sleeve.

"So, Officer Sato, it's no wonder you get tired climbing stairs in high heels..."

Fujino followed behind, glanced at the clattering high heels under her feet, and couldn't help but complain, "These things restrict movement and tire your feet. Why wear them?"

"It's mainly due to the overall visual appeal."

Sato Miwako explained, "After all, if you're wearing a suit, wouldn't it look strange to wear sneakers or flats?"

As she spoke, she glanced at Fujino's unfazed expression and couldn't help but complain, "But Fujino, your stamina is really amazing... You ran up nearly three hundred steps without even breaking a sweat."

"It's alright. It's mainly because I'm always running around, so the more I exercise, the better my stamina becomes."

Fujino responded and asked a staff member in a crowd control uniform, "Excuse me, where is that elevator that suddenly stopped?"

"It's over there, just around the corner."

Following the staff, the two arrived at the elevator at the observation deck.

At this time, all three elevators at the observation deck had stopped operating, and two staff members in blue uniforms were holding onto the stools, one on each side.

Meanwhile, a young woman wearing a brown trench coat and black trousers, with long brown hair, was anxiously calling out into the elevator, "Zhu Mei, come down quickly, don't be scared!"

"I am Fujino, an advisor in the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Department."

Fujino walked over to one of the staff members, took out his work ID, and looked at the elevator with its doors open, hovering above with only a crack. "What's going on now?"

"There's only one little girl in that elevator now."

The staff member looked at the elevator with a headache. "But no matter how her mother called, the child refused to come down."

"This is troublesome, we can't squeeze in at all..."

Sato Miwako, then looked down and measured her own body. "It seems the only thing we can do is try to persuade that child to come out."

She sighed, walked over and called the young woman down, then prepared to climb up the stool herself.

"Wait, Officer Sato."

Fujino suddenly stopped her and whispered a reminder: "Pay a little attention to your appearance."

Sato Miwako was taken aback. "Image?"

"You're wearing a suit skirt."

Fujino was speechless for a moment, then leaned close to his ear and whispered, "If you stand up there, the color of your underwear will be completely visible."

"Oh oh!"

Sato Miwako glanced down at her short skirt and blushed instantly, her face turning red to the roots of her ears.

"Let me do it."

Fujino sighed helplessly, then slowly walked forward, stepped onto the stool, and saw in the empty elevator a cute little girl with long, straight black hair who looked very soft and sweet, curled up in the corner of the elevator while hugging a bear.

Her eyes were filled with tears, and she looked terrified. When Fujino Sumi's dark eyes looked in, she jumped like a kitten.

"Did you experience traumatic stress from being frightened?"

After analyzing the situation, Fujino understood the little girl's predicament. After a moment's thought, he shouted in a deep voice to those behind him, "Everyone, step back quickly, lest you get hurt when we break down the structure later."

"Demolition?"

Sato Miwako had just asked in confusion when she saw Fujino silently pull out Wooden Sword from his suit jacket.

Sato Miwako: "..."

No way, aren't you going to try to persuade them at all?

Direct physical demolition?

You actually went and demolished it?

Use Wooden Sword to break it open?

So you're telling everyone to step back because you're about to start showing off, right?