When Wood's question was heard, the Police Officers present were also stunned for a moment, then all showed expressions of sudden realization.
Right! If the commission was just to find such a box, the Holy Residence's guard team would have been perfectly capable of finding it themselves, so why would they need to go to such great lengths to find them, the Police Officers?
Moreover, if they did find the box in the photo, how could they be sure that what they found was what the other party was looking for?
The commission issued by the Holy Residence should not be a joke, and the Holy Emperor's reputation in the Tokyo District was quite good.
But the reward for this commission was not a small sum, and it was not entirely impossible for the other party to default.
"Are you saying that the Holy Emperor will default on the payment!
What a joke! You are merely lowly Commoners, what right do you have to question the Holy Emperor's credibility.
Even if there were no reward, as the supreme ruler of the Tokyo District, should you not gratefully accept when ordered to do something by these Commoners?"
Faced with the doubts raised by the Police Officers present, before the Holy Emperor and the cunning Tendou Kiku no Jo could respond, a man with frameless glasses and light brown hair suddenly interjected.
His name was Hokawa Takuto, captain of the Holy Emperor's guard. He was from the Self-Defense Forces and, having graduated at the top of the Defense Force University, was naturally arrogant and looked down on ordinary citizens.
Upon hearing Hokawa Takuto's words, all the Police Officers present looked at him as if he were an idiot.
They were Police Officers, not Self-Defense Forces or Defense Forces. They fought fiercely against