Gin: That's Better. Blow It Up

"—For the sake of personal gain, resorting to every possible means, devouring and eroding the public's interests—"

Joker's voice still echoed through the hall, while the police officers rushing into the venue could no longer spare attention elsewhere and began doing their best to maintain order.

"Turn on the lights! Hurry and turn on the lights!" Juzo Megure pushed through the dense crowd and shouted at the flustered lighting control staff. "Someone has fallen to the floor! This could cause an accident!"

"Where's the speaker power supply?!" Wataru Takagi and Hitoshi Shiratori ran toward the backstage control room from another direction. "Shut them off directly! Don't cause even greater panic among the guests!"

"I-I don't know..." Chinami Sawaguchi's icy fingertips trembled along with her lips. Her carefully made-up face, illuminated by the screen before her, carried a pale despair. "The venue speakers are built into the ceiling broadcast system. The power lines have to be controlled from the main control room..."

"Then get the main control room to shut them down!" Hitoshi Shiratori snapped decisively. "The venue is too chaotic. If we let them keep control of the broadcast, something will happen!"

As he said it, Shiratori himself wore a helpless expression.

Everything that had happened at the Twin Tower Skyscraper this time had been deeply frustrating.

The Phantom Thief Troupe's high-profile appearance not only meant possible chaos, like the uproar in the outer hall now; it also meant that the Tokiwa Group and this building surely held many dark secrets unknown to the public.

Out of a simple sense of justice, the best solution would actually have been not to interfere with the Phantom Thief Troupe's activities and let them punish the shadowy masterminds with dark hearts. Yet as police officers responsible for maintaining order, they had no choice