"Boss, I caught the man back."

Feeling the force coming from behind, Hoshino Aoi staggered forward a few steps and fell diagonally next to Miss Momota.

Seeing this, the man subconsciously thought that he had pushed the person too hard, and his hand hanging in the air trembled slightly.

However, after meeting Hoshino Aoi's seemingly unintentional gaze, he reacted.

"Boss, you have no idea how hard this woman is to catch. If it weren't for Kinoshita and the others helping to draw her attention, I really wouldn't be able to catch her."

The man pretended to be calm and walked towards the person in charge.

"Takagawa and the others were knocked unconscious by this woman. I couldn't bring them back by myself, so I captured her first."

"Are Tianchuan and the others okay?"

"It's okay, they're still alive, Boss, do you want to arrange for someone to wake them up?"

Hearing this, the robber leader's tightly furrowed brow relaxed a little. Although his expression was hidden under the black mask and no one could see it, one could still feel his sudden relaxation from his eyes, the only thing that was exposed.

But it was only for a moment, and soon, his face darkened again:

"Forget it, let them lie there for a while."

There were only four of them left in the hall. Although he didn't think these people with their hands and feet tied could do anything, it would be better for them not to separate for the sake of safety.

As for the woman who nearly ruined their plans...

The robber leader's eyes gradually became sinister.

"Since she is seeking death, I will grant her wish."

He said, and sneered:

"I was originally wondering, if that fellow Momota Rikuro refuses to agree to our demands even at the cost of his own daughter's life, who should we kill next? Now it seems she's the one to go for."

Since she doesn't want to live anymore, she might as well die.

"But if Commander Bai Tian immediately agreed to our request when his daughter's life was threatened, then you can consider yourself lucky."

As he spoke, he shrugged his shoulders, but from the man's half-smile in his eyes, Hoshino Aoi could tell that although he said so, he actually had no intention of letting her go.

She was not the only one who noticed this. Miss Bai Tian, ​​who was sitting next to her, also noticed the other person's eyes and couldn't help but tremble in her heart.

But before she could say anything, a clear voice came into her ears, instantly attracting her attention.

"Actually, I suggest you choose me first."

The girl seemed to have no idea of ​​the danger this sentence would bring to herself, or maybe she knew it but didn't care at all. In any case, when Mieko Momota looked over, there was a slight smile on her face, as if she didn't care about the gun in the other person's hand at all.

"After all, if it were me, even though my family's lives would be threatened because of me, which would make me personally very sad and might even affect my family, the impact would actually be far less than the death of an ordinary person."

After all, for the benefit of the masses, he can even abandon his own daughter. Although it is inevitable that people will call him cruel to a certain extent, it is better than being labeled by the media as someone who cannot distinguish between public and private.

And the impact of this decision goes far beyond this.

"If you succeed this time, then the news that he will resign will be public, and it will also give the media a reason to attack the Metropolitan Police Department.

Of course, none of this is the most important thing. The most important thing is that it will provide other criminals with some ideas. After all, even the head of the Metropolitan Police Department couldn't withstand this kind of threat, so they can commit crimes against the families of other police officers to threaten the police. And within the Metropolitan Police Department, more people will lose their faith and even fall into confusion.

Especially the rookie police officers.

"I'm sure Commander Bai Tian will be able to imagine the consequences of this series of events. So if you choose Miss Bai Tian as your first hostage, you probably won't get the results you want. So, why not just choose an ordinary person like me as your hostage? After all, you're probably worried that something might happen if things go on for too long, right?"

Hoshino Aoi smiled, as if she didn't care at all about the impact her words would have on the people in front of her.

But Mieko Momota knew that what she said was not wrong...

If she still held a little hope at the beginning, then after hearing what Hoshino Aoi said, Mieko Momota knew that her father would definitely agree to the robbers' demands in the end, because neither he nor anyone else in the Metropolitan Police Department would allow so many hostages to be killed.

But this consent must be given after one's own death.

Because he couldn't let others think that it was okay to agree to the criminal's demands for the sake of his family.

So if she was the first hostage, then what awaited her was certain death.

Mieko Momota doesn't want to die.

Or should I say, no normal person wants to die, right?

But if the girl in front of her took her place as the first hostage, wouldn't she still die?

Mieko Momota questioned this.

After all, she was not blind and could see the sinister look in the eyes of the robber leader.

So even if her father agreed to the other party's request, I'm afraid he wouldn't do it as promised?

Mieko Momota frowned, trying to stop the other party from seeking death, but before she could say anything, the robber seemed to be convinced by her and slowly walked towards them.

"Honestly, you did convince me."

He knelt on one knee in front of Hoshino Aoi, and gently lifted her chin with his black-gloved hand. The only pair of eyes exposed at this moment were gleaming with a hint of amusement:

"But ordinary people..."

A sneer escaped from his throat:

"You don't think I really didn't notice the strong smell of cigarettes, do you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt the stiffness coming from his fingertips, and a cruel smile appeared in his eyes:

"You're quite the naive young police officer, and judging by your appearance, you must be one of the new students in the police academy. If you died in the line of duty at such a young age, your family would be very sad, right?"

"Hmm... maybe?"