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Guangyou slowly walked to the warehouse street carrying a candied hawthorn. In the dark warehouse street, there was a particularly eye-catching place with thick smoke billowing from the warehouse and occasional flashes of fire.

Seeing this, Guangyou quickened his pace slightly. He walked to the burning warehouse, kicked open the back door, and found that only the outside of the warehouse was on fire, and there was no fire inside. Takagi was locked to the window.

Takagi was still unconscious when Kōyū went over and patted her. Takagi then groggily woke up, and to Kōyū's amusement and exasperation, the first thing Takagi did upon waking was to call out, "Mikazuko~"

As Takagi's vision gradually cleared, when he realized that the person in front of him was Kōyū, his dark face immediately turned red. At this moment, the fire had already begun to spread inside, and the firelight made the redness on his face extremely inconspicuous.

"Kuangyou, what brings you here?" Takagi seemed unaware of where he was at this moment.

Guangyou pulled out a gun from his body and pointed it at the handcuffs binding him: "I'm here to save you. Here, use your pistol to break the handcuffs."

After hearing Guangyou's words, Takagi remembered that he had been attacked and then fainted. Takagi nodded and pointed his pistol at the handcuffs.

But the rusty handcuffs made him hesitate. His eyes flickered, and in the end, he put down the gun.

Guangyou shook his head, stepped forward, took out his tools, fiddled with them for a few moments, and unlocked the handcuffs.

Takagi thanked him and quickly picked up the handcuffs from the ground, placing them inside his coat like precious treasures.

The two walked out of the warehouse, which was now filled with fire spirits.

Takagi looked at Kōsuke and asked, "Um, excuse me for being blunt, Kōsuke, why didn't you help me unlock them in the first place, but instead made me break the handcuffs?"

After escaping danger, Takagi realized that something seemed amiss. He clearly remembered that Mitsuyu could easily open the handcuffs currently issued to the police, let alone the old-style locks from eighteen years ago.

Kōyū didn't answer, and just as Takagi was about to press for an answer, he heard Miwako shout at the burning warehouse, "Takagi, you bastard!"

Upon hearing Miwako's shout, Takagi instinctively responded.

Miwako froze. She turned around and saw Takagi, who was covered in dust, and her eyes flickered slightly.

She completely ignored Kwang-woo standing next to her...

Inspector Megure and Shiratori, who were standing nearby, saw that Takagi was unharmed except for being a little dirty, and both of them had genuine smiles on their faces.

Although Inspector Megure was smiling, he still scolded Takagi: "If you act without authorization again next time, I'll transfer you out of the First Investigation Division!"

"yes!"