"Listen up, everyone here, gather together."

"Hurry up! Otherwise, don't blame me for having a blind gun!"

The iron shutters slowly dropped until the sunlight was completely blocked out, and the hope in everyone's eyes disappeared along with it.

In the chaos, no one noticed that a man in black was missing from the crowd, and no one noticed that he exchanged glances with Hoshino Aoi before leaving.

"You, you, and you."

The robber pointed his gun at Aoi Hoshino and the other two girls from a distance:

"You three, go and tie them all up for me."

Having said that, he seemed to have thought of something interesting, and the corners of his lips curled up, revealing his white teeth.

"If anyone dares to resist, well, I'll give him a chance to try my gun, just in case you think it's fake."

His words instantly made the few people who were ready to move stop moving.

Iwajiro Niizawa was one of them, but when he noticed that the person who came to tie his hands was Aoi Hoshino, he did not move his lips. His almost whispering voice seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, a little vague, but enough to make people understand what he meant.

"Hey, Hoshino, even though we don't usually get along, we are still..."

He omitted the word "police" so that no one could hear.

"Now, we don't know when the people outside will realize something is wrong. For everyone's safety, I need to find a place to contact the Metropolitan Police Department as soon as possible and have them send someone over."

And most importantly, he didn't know whether the robbers were targeting the jewelry in the store or the people in the store.

after all……

His eyes swept over the woman sitting quietly in the corner.

He had met this person before at a banquet.

She is the daughter of the current Metropolitan Police Department Director-General.

Although she did not enter the police academy as her family required, since she was the only daughter of Momota Rikuro, her status in the family was not low.

If these robbers seemed to be robbing her but were actually coming for her...

Shinzawa Iwajiro's eyes darkened a little, and he said softly to Hoshino Aoi:

"The manager of this store is not ordinary. If we don't protect her well, both of us will be doomed when we return."

Iwajiro Niizawa actually didn't want to tell Hoshino Aoi about this.

After all, in his heart, he hoped that she would get into trouble soon.

But considering that he was also at the scene and he would be to blame if something really happened to Miss Momota, Iwajiro Shinzawa still gave her a subtle reminder.

However, in order to prevent her from trying to please Miss Momota first, Iwajiro Niizawa did not tell her her identity, but only said that her identity was extraordinary.

After hearing his words, Niizawa Iwajiro also noticed that her movements seemed to pause for a moment. The next second, he heard her soft reply in his ears:

"There are so many hostages in the store right now. Even calling the Metropolitan Police Department would be useless. They can't just barge in without caring about the lives of the hostages, right? And if, as you said, they're here for the hostages, then they need her identity somewhere. In that case, they'll probably contact the Metropolitan Police Department without you having to do anything."

Hoshino Aoi lowered her head, and her hand movements were a little unfamiliar. She looked just like the other two ordinary girls, but when Iwajiro Shinzawa moved his hands slightly, he knew that the knot she tied for him was a loose knot.

Obviously, she agreed to cooperate with him, but she did not agree with the method he just mentioned.

Niizawa Iwajiro was a little dissatisfied, but before he could say anything, he heard her quickly say in his ear:

"Well, I'll lead them out one by one, and you protect that important person."

Um?

There is such a good thing?

It turned out that it was right to conceal the other party's identity just now.

Iwajiro Shinzawa's eyes lit up, but before he could say anything, he heard the robber's roar.

"Hey, woman over there! What are you doing? It's just tying up someone, does it take so long?!"

Iwajiro Niizawa could feel the person behind him seemed to tremble, and then he heard the other person's timid voice in his ears, which almost made him unable to react.

"Sorry... I need to go to the bathroom, so..."

As she spoke, there was a hint of tears in her voice:

"I'm really sorry, but I can't hold it any longer. Can you go to the bathroom first and continue tying it when you come back?"

The robber was silent for a moment, as if considering whether she was dangerous or not.

Iwajiro Niizawa also waited with bated breath, until the other party nodded and pointed to someone, asking the other person to take her to the bathroom, then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Great!

All he had to do next was wait for her to take care of the robbers one by one, and then he could take the stage.

I feel like a promotion and salary increase are just around the corner!

Thinking of this, Iwajiro Shinzawa's eyes lit up. As for whether Hoshino Aoi would be in danger or whether she could get rid of so many people, he was not worried at all.

Anyway, it wasn't him who asked her to do this, so even if she encountered a problem that she couldn't solve, it had nothing to do with him, right?

Seeing that the man who was suspected to be the leader of the robbers showed suspicion because she had not returned for a long time, and assigned a few people to check the situation, Niizawa Iwajiro took advantage of the fact that their attention was not on him and turned his wrist anxiously.

He wasn't thinking of completely untying the rope right now, he just wanted to loosen it a little so that it would be easier for him to do things later. However, just when a hint of joy flashed in his eyes -

"Bang—"

Gunshots rang out in the silent jewelry store, but unlike the previous time, this time, they actually saw blood.

“Ah!!! Murder!!”

Accompanied by screams, the man's body collapsed to the ground with a muffled sound.

Niizawa Iwajiro never knew how his actions were discovered until his death. Obviously... the other party should not be able to see his hidden movements from where he was standing...

But in the other party's mouth, it turned out that he discovered his little tricks in private, so he shot.

"Our purpose is very simple. We just want to discuss some things with Miss Bai Tian's father. So if you all obey me, I won't do anything to you. But if you don't obey..."

He pointed the pistol he had just used, the muzzle still a little hot, at the corpse on the ground, sneered and said:

"Then I'll have to ask you to do the same as him. I believe everyone here is smart and should know what to choose, right?"