Although there had been an explosion, Officer Shiratori had thankfully not died on the spot. Still, he had been seriously injured. Not only that, Shiratori had handed Officer Sato a note, and after reading its contents, Officer Sato's expression changed drastically.
After that, Officer Shiratori was taken away by ambulance. As for Fang Zheng...
"Officer Yumi, we're going back to the Metropolitan Police Department."
"Ah, yes..."
Hearing Fang Zheng's low voice, Yumi nodded and hurriedly drove Fang Zheng and Yoko Okino toward the Metropolitan Police Department. In the car, Yoko Okino finally could not hold back any longer and spoke up.
"Um... do criminals put bombs in police cars these days? Are they really that bold?"
"Of course not. In fact, this criminal is targeting us."
"Huh?"
"This..."
"Go on. I want to hear it too."
Yumi glanced at Fang Zheng awkwardly, but he nodded. As Yoko Okino had said, criminals were actually daring to put bombs in police cars now. How much nerve did that take?
Tired of having it too good?
"Yes... actually..."
Yumi quickly explained the situation to them.
It had started seven years ago. Someone had planted bombs in two apartment buildings and demanded one billion yen from the police, threatening to detonate the bombs otherwise. The police had sent people to defuse them, but one of the bombs had been particularly tricky and could not be dismantled. With no other options, the police had been forced to agree to the criminal's demands, and the criminal had remotely stopped the bomb's timer.
After that, the police swiftly evacuated the residents from the apartments. But to their surprise, they received another call from the criminal at that moment, asking why the bomb was still counting down. The police immediately realized that he might have seen a rebroadcast