To save the unidentified unlucky car renter, the police launched into efficient action.
Officer Takagi picked up the phone and called back without much hope. At the same time, he had colleagues from the Technical Division try to trace it, hoping to contact the outlaw, Mr. Toda, as soon as possible. If they told him he had bombed the wrong person, Toda might be willing to explain how to defuse the bomb and atone for his crimes with meritorious service. After all, his grand revenge plan had already failed. Rather than stubbornly resist, he might as well look ahead...
They had already prepared their pitch, but bad news quickly arrived.
Officer Takagi's return call went unanswered, and his colleague rose from the tracking equipment in disappointment. "He used a public phone near the Car Rental Shop. We're pulling the surveillance footage from the area, but..."
Not only would retrieving the footage take time and effort, but even if they were lucky enough to find his figure on camera, it would probably already be too late.
Meanwhile.
Sato Miwako contacted the Car Rental Shop while leading several colleagues there at full speed, her foot pressed to the gas.
Then came a string of infuriating reports:
"What? The store's surveillance cameras are broken?"
"What? The phone number that customer left was invalid?"
"What?? He paid in cash, with no transfer records at all?!"
A Blue Vein bulged at Sato Miwako's temple. Was this person waiting to be rescued really a victim, or another outlaw?! Even a slightly inexperienced criminal couldn't hide their tracks this thoroughly!
For one brief moment, she wanted to leave this suspected outlaw to duel the other outlaw on his own.
But in the end, her sense of duty as a police officer made Officer Sato take a deep