bookrebus Chapter 493 Police Officer 1 Suffers a Utter Defeat
Chapter 493 Police Officer 1 Suffers a Utter Defeat
Shinichi Kudo stood up and touched his chin.
How exactly was all this accomplished?
Doesn't make sense?
What? Could the prisoner have somehow managed to sneak in and then somehow take Number 8 away with him?
What are you kidding me...? Huh?
This doesn't seem like a joke, does it?
Invisible? !
Shinichi Kudo shrugged, suddenly realizing he had found a blind spot.
If this case wasn't a high-IQ crime, but rather a crime committed by superpowers...
Alright, this time we'll have to rely on Qi Ming.
……
Night falls.
However, the Metropolitan Police Department building was brightly lit.
Everyone returned to the conference room, where the atmosphere was unusually somber.
What are your thoughts on the disappearance of Number 8?
"..."
Inspector Megure spoke, but no one present responded.
What's particularly noteworthy is that those who have been monitoring Number 8 are now burying their heads as low as possible.
"report!"
There was a knock on the conference room door, and a police officer walked in.
They barged in without any permission from Inspector Megure.
"...How many times have I told you not to be so reckless, you..."
"Inspector, we received a gift box addressed to the Metropolitan Police Department!"
The officers' expressions tightened.
For no other reason than that the same video they received today was delivered in the same way.
Megure strode forward and, with a serious expression, pressed down on the officer's shoulder.
"Still no one has arrived?"
"Yes, just like during the day, this box suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the surveillance footage."
"Yeah."
Shinichi Kudo frowned and quickly asked.
"Inspector, what's the meaning of your sudden appearance? Why haven't I heard you mention this before?"
"Ah, this..."
Megure Juzo scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.
The reason is simple: he forgot.
Shinichi Kudo glanced helplessly at Inspector Megure, then looked at Qi Ming.
Qi Ming was currently hunched over the table, scrolling through his phone and looking at the photos sent by Shiho Miyano.
The daytime photo shows her and Akemi Miyano riding camels in a desert.
The photo was taken at night; she and Akemi Miyano were having a barbecue on the beach.
From west to east, from south to north, they are truly top-tier special forces soldiers.
Using one of the photos, Qi Ming sent a message to Shiho Miyano.
Because a man's back is visible in this photo.
Qi Ming: Who is this man?
Shiho Miyano: This is a tourist, I don't know him.
Qi Ming sent another message after quoting another photo.
Because a man's hand holding a plate of vegetables appeared in the corner of the photo.
Qi Ming: Who is this man?
Shiho Miyano: ...This is a waiter serving food! Don't look at photos like they're under a microscope!
Qi Ming was about to reply when someone touched his shoulder.
Turning around, I was met with Shinichi Kudo's smiling face.
"Brother Qi Ming, what do you think about this?"
"..."
Qi Ming no longer wanted to speak.
Another person asked him for his opinion. Has he become Baidu's gospel today?
"What do you mean, how do I see it?"
Seeing Qi Ming's somewhat displeased expression, Shinichi Kudo immediately smiled apologetically and then leaned closer to Qi Ming, whispering something.
"I'm starting to suspect that this criminal has the ability to become invisible. Qi Ming, what do you think? Could it be true?"
"I don't know. Aren't you a detective? Why don't you ask me? If you bother me again, I'll gag you."
"……Feel sorry."
Although Qi Ming gave this answer, Shinichi Kudo became even more certain of his guess.
A moment later, the lights in the conference room came on.
The curtain fell, and Takagi Wataru had already taken a USB drive from the gift box and plugged it into the computer, where the video started playing.
In the same scene as in the morning, Officer No. 8 slowly woke up in the dilapidated room.
Then, the voice changed.
"Good evening, officers of the Metropolitan Police Department. Thank you for bringing me a criminal."
"Perhaps you are all wondering why I am only judging him in this operation."
“It’s not because I’m incompetent, but because the other nine officers are all good cops. I, the judge, will not wrong any innocent person, nor will I let the guilty go free.”
Then, seemingly to prove himself, the prisoner named several locations in succession.
The expressions of the police officers present immediately changed, especially the nine officers who were acting as bait.
Because the locations mentioned by the judges were the very places where they had initially stayed!
"Watanabe Toru, 32 years old, detective."
“He received 200 million yen per month from the Mud Association and changed violent cases in his jurisdiction into ordinary disputes.”
"Now, he will be put on trial."
The video was playing, but like any video, the image was only focused on the room.
The video ended, and the judge did not reappear this time.
Without a doubt, number 8 is definitely dead.
After a moment of silence, Inspector Megure contacted someone to investigate Watanabe Toru.
He really hoped it was something the prisoners made up to disgust them.
The atmosphere in the meeting room became even more somber.
The mission had clearly failed, and the judge had put even more pressure on them.
How did he know so much about private matters, and how did he determine guilt and innocence?
Qi Ming glanced around.
The fact that this criminal wasn't caught suggests he has some ability.
Moreover, judging from the current situation, his props seem to be quite interesting, and it's worth trying them out.
"Inspector Megure, continue this plan tomorrow."
Qi Ming slammed his hand on the table and stood up, looking at Inspector Megure and saying something.
"However, we might have to change it. This time, we can use just me as bait."
Upon hearing Qi Ming's voice, Inspector Megure was taken aback.
"Brother Qi Ming, you've seen it yourself. This person seems to have his own intelligence network. You haven't done anything wrong, so continuing this plan doesn't seem to be of any use, do you?"
"..."
Upon hearing this, both Shinichi Kudo and Vermouth couldn't help but twitch their cheeks.
Has Qi Ming never committed any crimes?
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