Hope You Won't Disappoint Me

At that moment, the voice that pierced through the wind and rain and reached Fang Li's ears was a baby voice that perfectly matched the girl's appearance.

However, this baby voice is not unpleasant to listen to; on the contrary, it has a pleasant quality, like a work of art.

However, this sound was quickly drowned out by the increasingly powerful wind and rain.

All that remained was the girl's crimson eyes, which were fixed on Fang Li, as if she wanted to memorize Fang Li appearance completely, or as if she wanted to scrutinize him carefully, her gaze never wavering.

Fang Li saw two things in those eyes.

One is a sense of mission.

It's like a sense of mission, as if one is desperately pursuing something to accomplish a certain task.

One is a strong will.

It is a strong will to keep going, even if it means getting hurt.

Under the influence of these two emotions, the girl's innocent face seemed to mature, making people feel that she had an extraordinary aura.

With such an imposing presence, even a regular armed detective would have to bow down before it.

Unfortunately, Fang Li is no ordinary armed detective.

Looking at the girl staring intently at him, Fang Li hesitated for a moment before speaking with some uncertainty.

"Kanzaki -H- Aria..."

Upon hearing the name, the girl raised her beautiful eyebrows slightly and said, "I thought you didn't know me. It seems there's no need for an introduction."

In other words, the girl in front of them, who looked like she had just started junior high school and didn't seem like a high school student at all, was actually the transfer student from England that Riko had mentioned yesterday.

—————— "Aria of Twin Swords and Twin Guns".

The S-Rank Armed Detective of the Assault Department.

The S-Rank Armed Detective who was supposedly inquiring about Fang Li's whereabouts and collecting information about Fang Li finally appeared before Fang Li a semester late.

"I had heard of your existence even before I came to Armed Detective High School."

Aria raised her eyes, looked at Fang Li, and said this while Fang Li was stunned.

"S-Rank Armed Detective with gun skills that are as unbelievable as magic, the Gun Magician of Tokyo Butei High School, I've finally met you. It wasn't in vain that I specially asked the Assault Department to arrange an S-Rank Armed Detective for me."

So, Lan Bao notified me because of you?

"Although there's a lot I want to say to you, the situation is urgent right now, so I won't say anything unnecessary." Aria turned around and faced the sky where the rain was pouring down.

"I have already notified the Vehicle Department to send me a helicopter, it should be here by now."

As if confirming Aria's words, a helicopter began to slowly descend from the sky, letting the gale blow away the heavy rain, which lashed against Fang Li's body.

Lan Bao said that the radio wave pattern used by the copycat killer from the Armed Detective Killer seems to have been mastered by Aria.

So, when the radio waves were detected, Aria seemed to have already made preparations, putting on her C-equipment, arranging transportation, and also notifying Lan Bao Lan Bao to call Fang Li over.

This S-Rank Armed Detective from the England has truly exceptional operational capabilities.

At least for this moment, the transfer student had complete control of the rhythm.

Aria, as if taking all of this for granted, turned her back to the descending helicopter, looked at Fang Li, and said something to Fang Li with a determined expression.

"My time is running out, so let me determine your abilities in this very incident."

I hope you won't disappoint me.

This is how Fang Li and Aria first met.

This encounter also changed the trajectory of their lives in this world.

"Splash—!"

The rain kept falling, giving the whole sky a gloomy atmosphere. Coupled with the dark, heavy clouds, there was an indescribable sense of oppression.

The Armed Detective High School helicopter flew through the heavy rain, parting the raindrops as it moved forward.

Inside the cabin, Aria checked her equipment while saying to Fang Li without turning her head, "Let me explain the current situation to you."

Upon hearing this, Fang Li simply gripped the handrail and said directly to Aria, "No need. I already have a pretty good understanding of the situation. In short, it's a bus hijacking incident. The perpetrator's true identity is currently unknown, but the weapons they used are bombs and remotely controllable vehicles, which were also loaded with weapons. The hostages are all the passengers on the bus, and the mission this time is to rescue all the passengers, right?"

"That's right, I'm glad you understood so quickly." Aria turned around and looked at Fang Li, saying, "Although you didn't put on your C-equipment before the sortie, which made you seem like you didn't understand the seriousness of the situation and caused me to deduct points from your score, you are still an excellent armed detective."

However, Fang Li's reason for not wearing the C-equipment was not because he didn't understand the seriousness of the matter, but because he didn't want to increase his burden.

Although the C-grade equipment has good defensive capabilities, the uniform is even more lightweight, and for Fang Li, this lightweight design is more suitable for him than defensive capabilities.

Of course, Fang Li didn't need to explain anything, but continued to ask, "What are the Metropolitan Police Department and the Armed Investigation Bureau doing?"

"Preparations are underway." Aria put away his gun, turned to face Fang Li, and said, "However, the other side is a bus that is moving at full speed, so it will take some time to prepare."

"So, we were the first rescue team to arrive at the scene?"

"That's right. After all, I was the one who intercepted the criminal's radio waves. I had already started making preparations long before anyone called the police."

"Understood." Fang Li turned towards the hatch and said to Aria, "Kanzaki, I hope we can work together smoothly."

"Likewise." Aria came to Fang Li's side, looked up at the window, and said, "Also, you can just call me Aria."

During the conversation, the helicopter began to slow down.

As the helicopter descended, Fang Li and Aria finally saw it.

On the highway below, a bus was speeding along at a pace that wouldn't be surprising if the driver's license had been revoked, leaving other vehicles behind and nearly causing rear-end collisions several times, but managing to avoid them each time.

"I see it!" Aria shouted into the radio. "Okay, prepare to descend, we'll use the parachute to jump onto the vehicle!"

However, no sooner had those words been spoken than Fang Li's voice rang out over the radio.

"No! We can't go down yet!"