Although Yagura Maji knew perfectly well where the way out was, as he ran and ran, listening to the clack of heels striking the ground behind him, cold sweat slowly began to trickle down.
—That damned female police officer had jumped down from the same height as him, yet she had not needed to cushion her fall at all. And judging by the footstep sound behind him, if this kept up, he would probably be caught up to before he even reached the lakeside...
"If I remember right, that woman should be wearing a pair of high heels!—Is that a speed someone can run at in high heels? Did she install some kind of rocket booster under her soles or what?!"
Yagura Maji was deeply shocked. Was she some retired sprinting champion who had switched careers to become a police officer?
"Damn it, whatever the hell she is, I have to think of something. If this keeps going, I really am going to be caught..."
How could his illustrious reputation be ruined at the hands of some mere little girl?!
Behind Yagura Maji.
Unlike the drug dealer, who sensed things were going badly, Officer Sato did not need to locate him by sound. She could directly see the distance between Yagura Maji and herself, as well as the speed at which he was fleeing.
After judging it briefly, the corners of her lips curved up. At this speed, before Yagura Maji could jump into the lake and escape, she would be able to catch up, kick him down, and pin him down hard!
Just then, with a whoosh, on the far shore of the lake ahead, a burst of fireworks suddenly surged upward.
Officer Sato's gaze was instinctively drawn by that bright light. It climbed along with it, then