Chapter 2238 2250 [False Allies]

There were several emails from Judy in the mailbox.

Akai Shuichi took a quick glance, confirmed the details on the other side, and then sighed softly.

It has to be said that he wished he could have battled wits with Uzo in the woodland villa where Uzo showed up last night, rather than having tea with some not-so-bright policemen in the police station.

But now that things have come to this, it is more important to figure out what to do next rather than regretting.

While thinking, Akai Shuichi replied to Judy's email with just two simple words: "Received."

Just as he was about to put away his phone, a call came in. He picked up the buzzing phone and saw that the caller was Judy.

James tilted his head and saw the caller ID. He nodded: "Judy faced that person alone in the forest villa last night. She must be very uneasy now. I really need to communicate with her."

Shuichi Akai actually didn't want to answer the call, but since James said so, and it made sense, he had no choice but to answer it.

"Shuichi, are you okay?" Judy was still immersed in the nightmare that Shuichi Akai had been stuffed into the trunk of a car by Uzo and thrown downstream. Her voice sounded a little excited.

Akai Shuichi said calmly: "We encountered a little unexpected situation, but it's not a big problem."

"That's good." Judy breathed a sigh of relief and shared her experience. "Those policemen are a bit stubborn. It's hard to reason with them. Don't take these things to heart."

Shuichi Akai paused and looked at James:...Does she know that I was taken to the police station by the police last night?

James didn't mean to embarrass Ace, so he smiled and explained, "Judy kept saying that you might have been killed, and asked me to salvage her car that was washed away by the river. The river was swollen due to yesterday's rain, and the flow was very fast. We really don't have enough manpower to do this.

"You know, she is a stubborn person. Now she is influenced by that person and is very persistent. If I don't give her a strong enough reason, she will probably go down to the river to retrieve the car herself."

Akai Shuichi took a breath silently and exhaled: "You are right, this approach is correct."

Then he chatted with the person on the other end of the phone for a few words and hung up.

…

When he walked to the entrance of the Metropolitan Police Department and saw a bus passing by on the road in the distance, Shuichi Akai stopped.

Soon, he pressed his forehead, which was slightly sore from not sleeping all night, and turned back to the Metropolitan Police Department and returned to the office of the First Investigation Division.

"I forgot one thing before." Akai Shuichi found Sato Miwako, "Last night, an old man named Shitara Shigekichi was suspected of being kidnapped."

He wrote down the license plate number of the bus and pushed it along the table to the police: "The location is at the stop where I met you. The time was also exactly at that time. I saw him being chased by a burly man after he got off the bus. He might be in danger."

——That’s right, as an FBI agent whose identity had just been confirmed, Shuichi Akai chose to call the police.

Firstly, as the local boss, the Tokyo police can take many actions openly in this city, which can increase the probability of Shitara Shigekichi being rescued.

Secondly, Akai Shuichi suspected that this incident was related to Usa... No, not suspicion, but certainty. The "coincidence" in time and experience made it impossible not to think that this was a "little gift" left by Usa for him.

Shuichi Akai also worked as an undercover agent in the Black Organization for a period of time, and relied on his outstanding ability to get the code name of a cadre. He is very clear about the rules of this organization and knows that the police can cause some interference to them.

So today's call to the police can be considered as Shuichi Akai's small return gift to what happened last night.

Shuichi Akai: “…” However, judging from what happened yesterday, “that person” is not afraid of the police at all. Not only that, he would take the initiative to go to the crime scene, imitate the detective to solve the case in front of a group of police officers, and even won the respect of the leading police officer.

...Looking at so many "former colleagues", it is rare to find someone who is so unafraid of the police.

Could it be that Wuzo also has an official identity and he is also an undercover in the organization?

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, it was quickly denied by Shuichi Akai.

——I’m afraid no normal organization, especially official agencies, would use such people as undercover agents.

First of all, few normal organizations can accept Uzona’s inhumane behavior.

Secondly, whether he teased Judy several times or unexpectedly appeared in front of the police, these things all showed that he was not an organized and disciplined person. Compared with "achieving the goal", he also valued the fun of the process.

He has strong abilities, evil hearts, and no organization or discipline... Not to mention official organizations, any normal organization with a little bit of brains would not send such a person out as an undercover agent. Because he might end up lying on the other side, and then turn around and deal a heavy blow to his own side.

Maybe he is not afraid of the police, it's just because of his personality.

Many thoughts flashed through Akai Shuichi's mind: No matter what, I should call the police first to test it out. If that doesn't work...

"Are you really going to call the police, or are you trying to justify your behavior yesterday?" This sentence interrupted his thoughts.

Akai Shuichi came back to his senses and met Sato Miwako's suspicious expression. He didn't understand what the policewoman meant for a moment: "Huh?"

Miwako Sato repeated her question: "Are you trying to say that you ran down the street with a gun yesterday in order to save Mr. Shitara? Is this true, or are you, uh, just trying to save face?"

"..." Although Akai Shuichi was not a person who cared too much about his reputation, he could not help but remain silent for a while after counting the obstacles he had encountered in the police station. "He was kidnapped, and I was chasing someone. These are two different things."

Miwako Sato was skeptical. However, considering that it was better to believe it than not to believe it when it came to life-threatening matters, she still followed the reporting process and registered what needed to be registered.

After doing this, Shuichi Akai finally walked out of the police station exhausted both physically and mentally.

Although he had never had contact with the Tokyo police before, nor had he sought help from these people, he always felt that the enemy of his enemy was his friend, and he secretly regarded this group of people as allies.

...But now, before he could mobilize his allies, the other side moved first.

…

After gaining a new understanding of the means and evilness of "that person", Akai Shuichi began to think about the real things.

——You can't just lie down just because the other party is difficult to catch, and from the current perspective, even if the FBI wants to bypass him and focus on dealing with the organization, Uzo probably won't agree.

"We don't have to fight him to death, but we must have a certain understanding of him." Akai Shuichi remembered something, touched the pocket of his windbreaker, and took out a palm-sized disk from it, "The next clue... seems to be found from Jiang Xia."

(End of this chapter)