"Matsuda, you have worked hard these days. Please go back on time today."
Matsuda Jinpei, who had been working overtime for several days, nodded, put the documents on Officer Megure's desk and turned around to leave.
He returned to his desk to pack his things. Datehang next to him noticed his movements: "Are you going back?"
"Yeah." Matsuda Jinpei yawned, "I have to thank the police."
The two are both police officers from the Investigation Division, but are currently responsible for different cases.
Datehang was responsible for investigating a kidnapping case against a consortium family member, while Matsuda Jinpei, who was promoted to the police department due to the reservoir explosion, was responsible for the recent attack on the Institute of Microbiology.
The case was officially taken over by the police this afternoon.
After working so hard for so long, Matsuda Jinpei was not even informed of the follow-up. He looked at Datehan who had put on his coat and said, "Are you going to go on field duty?"
"Now I'm going to meet up with my colleagues at Cupido Town and another camp."
Matsuda Jinpei picked up the car keys on the table: "Would you like me to give you a ride?"
"Then I'll trouble you." Datehang readily accepted his kindness.
The two left the office together and came to the underground garage.
After getting in the car, Matsuda Jinpei fastened his seat belt and looked in the rearview mirror.
In the rearview mirror, several people could be clearly seen getting into the car behind him.
…
Cupido Town Food Street.
This is the busiest place in Cupido, with a street full of various shops. The streets are basically shops or restaurants, and the second floor and above are rented to other offices or residences for shop owners and employees.
Matsuda Jinpei, who came here for the first time, made a preliminary observation through the car window and found that although many stores had their sign lights on, there were more clerks than customers in the stores.
This is not surprising. The Institute of Microbiology was attacked not long ago. The stolen virus was highly contagious. Children are a high-risk group. Officials reminded the public to avoid going out.
Infected patients have now appeared in Kyoto and Osaka, but not in Tokyo yet. However, as a place with the largest population and the highest mobility, cases will appear here sooner or later.
Matsuda Jinpei found the parking space without much effort. After parking the car, he and Datehang got out of the car together.
"Matsuda?" Datehang wondered why he also came down.
"Go buy dinner." Matsuda Jinpei replied casually.
The two came to an intersection. Datehang met up with his colleagues. Matsuda Jinpei greeted each other and raised his head to look at the surroundings more closely.
In front of him was an izakaya, and on the second floor was a detective agency. There was a large line of "xx Detective Agency" posted on the outside window. The first two words were torn off, and it was impossible to see what they originally were.
There was no one in the office, and it looked like no one had been there for a long time. The mailbox of the office on the first floor was filled with advertising paper.
Next door to the izakaya was a bakery, and Matsuda Jinpei walked in.
There were mostly young girls in the pastry shop. Matsuda Jinpei, who was wearing a black suit, felt that he felt out of place after entering. However, he didn't take it seriously at all and looked at the cake in front of him.
He heard from Yumi Miyamoto of the Ministry of Transportation that Miwako Sato once mentioned that the root cakes and candies here are good.
...It's not that he is interested in this, he just wants to see what the smell of the store is like that Sato can mention a few times.
Matsuda Jinpei put his hands in his pockets and stood in front of the cabinets by the window, looking through the rows. After looking at them for a while, he glanced outside inadvertently.
Two people who had followed them from the Metropolitan Police Department were looking quietly in the dark alley between the two shops opposite.
"..."
This situation will not last for a day or two.
Not only did he meet him, but also the monitor.
Neither of them are dull people. In the past few days, they clearly felt that someone was secretly following them, and there were signs of being disturbed in their home.
Matsuda Jinpei lowered his head and stopped looking at the police officer from the National Police Agency who had met him once when he came to rob the case in the two afternoons. However, the hand he put in his coat pocket was clenched into a fist.
The police department came to follow and monitor me and the squad leader, but they did not directly order their detention. It should be that something happened to someone related to them, and they came to investigate whether they had any contact with each other.
It is related to both him and the squad leader, and the relationship is so good that others would suspect that there is a connection between them...
... Will it be a falling valley or a disaster? Will something happen?
Matsuda Jinpei casually took out his hand, went to get the plate and tongs, randomly selected a few cakes that didn't look too sweet and didn't have that much cream, and went to the counter to pay.
At this time, there was a jingling sound at the door, and a new guest came in.
Matsuda Jinpei saw that the store manager who was communicating with the clerk suddenly changed his expression. She quickly pushed the things in her hands into the clerk's hands and walked around the counter to greet him.
"I'll get the candies I ordered."
This voice made Matsuda Jinpei startled, and he subconsciously looked back.
A familiar boy with black hair and red eyes stood there.
His body was still wrapped in bandages, and his complexion was still pale, but it was different from the last time we met. There was a very light dark circle under his right eye.
It was the boy he had seen before, appearing next to Jiangu and Zhufu.
Also...
"Mr. Crowe." The store manager shouted respectfully.
——The sole heir to Karasuma Group, the largest chaebol, who just appeared in public a few days ago.
…
When he first saw that boy on TV, Matsuda Jinpei was a little confused.
Sato Miwako and other police officers who were in charge of the Moritani Emperor II case were also surprised.
Others were simply surprised by the young man's identity, but Matsuda Jinpei, after being surprised, quickly remembered Rei Fukoutani and Kagemitsu Morofushi who had appeared with him.
Rei Fukutani once told him personally that he went to a criminal organization. The boy who was traveling with him was a member of the organization, and he was the one who killed Moritani Teiji.
Now, the young man from this criminal organization appears in the public eye as the heir of a chaebol.
This is very scary to think about.
Matsuda Jinpei couldn't help but think of the policemen who died inexplicably and ended the case hastily by committing suicide when investigating cases involving chaebol members in other countries.
Once a chaebol is involved, it is more difficult to deal with and more dangerous than an ordinary mafia or criminal organization.
——This danger comes not only from the place where they infiltrate undercover, but also from the police department or Metropolitan Police Department behind them. It is also easy for them to backstab or abandon them for the sake of profit.
Matsuda looked at the young man in front of him without changing his expression.
He was no longer the young boy in the police academy who could bluntly say that he wanted to beat the police chief. He knew that he had to treat it with caution because it related to the safety of his two friends.
"Good evening, Officer Matsuda."
Just as Matsuda Jinpei was thinking, the boy at the center of his thinking stood in front of him.