Officer Sato's weary voice soon came through the receiver. "I'm leading people to check the surveillance footage, but we've gotten very little out of it. I really suspect that guy... cough, I really suspect that poor driver was deliberately avoiding something. Sigh, but fortunately, we got some information from passersby. We're heading in his direction now and should catch up with him soon."
While the officers anxiously tried to contact the mysterious renter.
A few minutes earlier.
Vodka drove the car he had gone to considerable trouble to acquire, choosing a clear road with little traffic as he happily made his way toward the hospital.
Then, with a sudden boom, a water tower by the roadside exploded.
"?!" Vodka jolted. "What's going on?!"
He had the urge to clutch his head and crouch down, but after glancing at the smoking water tower in the distance, the rational Organization Cadre quickly took a deep breath and calmed down. "...It's not a big problem. It's some distance away from me, so it probably wasn't aimed at me—this is close to Beika Town, after all. That's where Uzo is lying low. One or two sudden explosions are perfectly normal."
Even so, Vodka remained somewhat uneasy.
He could not help lowering his head to look at his phone. However, it sat quietly, without a single news report related to Jiang Xia popping up.
Vodka felt a little relieved... but he still did not completely let his guard down.
After thinking it over, he casually turned on the radio and switched to the news station.
"Let's listen to the news." Vodka tried to keep himself calm. "An environment that's too quiet always makes people overthink, and the sweet voice of a radio host will keep me from jumping at shadows—besides, just in case, maybe