"What is that around his neck?"
Watching Motohashi Yoji from afar, Furuya Rei wore an odd expression.
Motohashi Yoji sat in a wheelchair, looking utterly lifeless, still dressed in a hospital gown.
—That was not hard to understand. He was a burn victim, with burns covering his entire body, and he was still recovering.
Making him wear proper clothes would have been impossible anyway.
Around his neck was a metal collar resembling a pair of handcuffs.
A specialized device had clearly been installed between its upper and lower metal layers. Brightly colored liquid, like some kind of cocktail or sparkling water, flowed through glass tubes.
There was no doubt that something was wrong with it. But Motohashi Yoji looked so half-dead that it was difficult to tell whether it was a carefully designed device or some kind of medical equipment...
"Possibly some special chemical agent." Yuya Kazami analyzed calmly. "Motohashi Yoji was likely being controlled for the past two days. It is probably some kind of poison, explosive, or something similar."
Leaving Motohashi Yoji here, someone who had clearly not come out on his own, made it difficult to let their guard down and approach him.
But considering Motohashi Yoji's identity, and the professional ethics of the police, it was equally difficult to ask officers to pretend they had not seen him when he was clearly under some kind of threat to his life.
"I'm actually starting to find this a little ironic." Furuya Rei folded his arms and watched the scene with a derisive snort.
At this point, whoever had kidnapped Motohashi Yoji, Motohashi Yoji's role was strangely similar to the situation Kenji Hagiwara and Matsuda Jinpei had faced back then.
When Motohashi Yoji had used numerous powerful bombs planted in public places as threats, causing Matsuda Jinpei to