Believe in Your Partners, Help Your Partners

When Fang Li's voice came through the radio, Aria was completely stunned.

Without any hesitation, Aria asked directly, "Why?"

Fang Li didn't answer, but simply gestured with his chin towards the direction of the speeding bus below and said, "Look around the bus."

Aria immediately looked down.

The next second, Aria saw it.

Around the speeding bus, convertibles were racing at the same speed, closely following behind.

And in the passenger seat of those convertibles, a weapon was being loaded.

"That's..." Aria's expression tightened slightly as she murmured, "A submachine gun?"

"That's right, and it's definitely equipped with surveillance cameras, allowing the prisoner to monitor the bus and its surroundings at any time and judge when to pull the trigger." Fang Li nodded and said, "If we jump out now using a parachute, we'll inevitably be in danger of being caught. I don't care, but you'll be riddled with bullets."

"Why is it that you don't care, but I have to get riddled with bullets?" Aria squinted, but also placed her hand on the handle of the gun at her waist, and said, "In that case, let's deal with those cars first."

"That won't work either." Fang Li looked down at the highway and at the ordinary vehicles being overtaken by buses and convertibles. He explained, "Right now, the Metropolitan Police Department and the Armed Detective Agency are blocking the roads. If we shoot rashly before the job is done, even if we take care of those convertibles, there is a high chance that the surrounding vehicles will be caught in the crossfire and cause a major car accident. That would really be a loss."

"Hmm..." Aria's cute face finally showed a troubled expression, and she could only ask Fang Li, "So, what should we do now?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Li did not answer immediately, but looked at Aria, whose pretty face was tense, with great doubt in her heart.

Frankly speaking, even a B-level armed detective could figure out the current situation.

However, Aria, this S-Class armed detective, clearly lacks the ability to judge situations, although her action ability is outstanding. But when she cannot judge the situation, displaying that outstanding action ability becomes a completely reckless act.

"Could it be that this England transfer student is deliberately testing me?"

That's all Fang Li could think of.

Of course, while these thoughts flashed through his mind, Fang Li's actions were also swift.

Fang Li immediately asked this question.

Do you know the license plate number of that bus?

"License plate number?" Aria tilted her head and then said, "I haven't looked into it, but that bus is the one that stops in front of the third boys' dormitory at 7:58 every day."

"... So, that was the bus parked in front of my dorm, right?" Fang Li sighed and took his phone out of his pocket.

"In that case, that unlucky guy should be up there."

With that, Fang Li dialed a phone number.

Not long after, the phone was answered, and a very anxious voice came through.

"Fang Li?!"

That voice belonged to Kinji Touyama.

"Yo, Kinji." Fang Li said with a half-smile, "You really are cursed."

"Ahhh! You're right!" Kinji Touyama's somewhat angry voice rang out from the other end of the phone. "Now I'm successfully trapped in the bus, and the kind where I can't even stick my head out. If any part of my body shows up in the window, that part will definitely be riddled with bullets by a submachine gun, damn it!"

"So, how's it going?" Fang Li got down to business. "Can you handle those convertibles?"

"No." Kinji Touyama answered without hesitation. "You know my current abilities."

In other words, Kinji Touyama will only have a solution if he enters Burst Mode.

"Indeed, this is an extremely troublesome constitution." Fang Li asked, "Have you checked the condition inside the car?"

"We've checked," Kinji Touyama quickly explained. "We've checked everything—under the seats, inside the carriage, on the armrests, and inside the dashboard—and found no bombs."

"And what about the bags you're carrying?" Fang Li continued to ask. "Backpacks, school bags, and shoulder bags. Check everyone's bags to see if anyone has secretly switched them or hidden bombs inside."

Kinji Touyama didn't dare to be negligent and immediately began to have the armed detectives in the car check the packages they were carrying.

A while later, Kinji Touyama reported, "Everyone's bags have been checked, and no bombs were found."

"In that case, the bomb can only be on the roof or under the car," Fang Li immediately stated his judgment. "But the roof is too easily exposed, and the weather could affect the bomb's performance. The only way the criminal could have planted the bomb is under the car."

"What should we do now?" Kinji Touyama asked anxiously. "If we want to check under the car, we have to go outside, but there are so many submachine guns pointed at us from outside, so we can't do anything."

"Then you all stay hidden and don't make any rash moves," Fang Li said. "Leave the rest to me."

"You?" Kinji Touyama, then said, "Can you manage on your own?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Li smiled slightly.

"Article 1 of the Armed Detective Charter: Trust your partners and help your partners."

After leaving those words, Fang Li hung up the phone, picked up the parachute backpack from the cabin, and slung it over his shoulder.

Before Fang Li started the call, Aria had remained silent, watching Fang Li handle the situation, until she finally spoke.

"I knew I hadn't misjudged you; you are truly outstanding."

"It's too early to draw that conclusion now." Fang Li's expression remained unchanged as he simply said, "Before the mission is completed, any amount of praise will be in vain."

After saying that, Fang Li suddenly opened the hatch.

"Call----!"

A strong gale, carrying torrential rain, rushed into the helicopter cabin.

Fang Li looked down and found that the civilian vehicles on the road had completely disappeared, leaving only buses and convertibles.

"The highway is blocked," Fang Li said over the radio. "We can move out now."

"Okay." Aria seemed to have been prepared all along and replied immediately, "Then let the helicopter descend first and deal with those convertibles."

However, Fang Li shook his head and said this.

There's no need for that.

As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Li picked up Aria.

"Huh? Huh?"

Aria didn't seem to react.

At that moment, Fang Li had already jumped down.