As for the cheat code that made him immune to anesthetics that he had already obtained from Kotaro, Yoruichi Toyama thought that this criminal in front of him could only be unlucky.
Even the puppeteers of hell have fallen for this, what more do you, a petty thief, want?
After confirming that the other party had not yet committed murder and seemed to have another plan, Yoruichi Toyama made preparations.
When the other person's gloved hand touched his face, he didn't even open his eyes before grabbing the wrist and twisting it sharply behind his back.
Caught off guard, the "driver" let out a painful scream.
Yoruichi Toyama showed no mercy, kicking her to the ground, then kneeling on her back and tearing off her gas mask.
"You...how could you..." The woman with the bulbous nose, now revealing her true face, gasped for breath, both anxious and angry. However, before she could finish her sentence, she drifted off to sleep.
"Huh? Wait a minute, what are you doing..."
Yoruichi Toyama, who was about to question her about why she did this, was completely dumbfounded.
Then it dawned on them that the soporific gas in the carriage hadn't dissipated yet, which was why the older woman was wearing a gas mask.
They didn't have any time-traveling elves to give them a cheat code.
Realizing she had messed things up again, Yoruichi Toyama stood up helplessly, opened all the car windows to ventilate the car, and then took out her phone.
"Hey, Akechi...yes, I'm at the amusement park. Um...I ran into your old friend Kindaichi, so we...we've probably triggered another case..."
...
The people sent by Akechi to pick up the drugged passengers were Takagi and Nanjo, whom he had met in the previous case.
Because we had worked together before and knew each other well, the handover went smoothly.
However, Takagi looked a little displeased that even the suspect had to be sent to the hospital.
Yoruichi Toyama sat in the police car, glancing at his expression as he was about to start cursing, while carefully apologizing.
"No, no, how could I blame you!" Takagi wiped his face and explained in a rough voice, "If you hadn't intervened in time, who knows where this carload of people would have been taken or what would have happened."
"According to Inspector Akechi, Mr. Toyama has helped the police several times, and we are very grateful to him."
I always hear you talking about thanking my ancestors for eight generations...
Yoruichi Toyama thought silently, not daring to reply.
Nanjo punched his partner on the shoulder from the passenger seat.
"You say thank you as if you're about to start an argument."
"Hey, don't hit me, I'm driving!"
Takagi shouted at the top of his lungs first, then chuckled.
"It's alright, Yuanshan won't mind."
His gaze, seen meaningfully in the rearview mirror, met Toyama Yoru's.
"You're one of us, right?"
Yoruichi Toyama paused for a moment, unsure of what he was referring to.
Nanjo immediately turned around and waved his hand.
“Mr. Toyama, you don’t need to worry about it. It’s just some trivial matter.”
This vague statement made Yuanshan Ye's eyebrows twitch.
"So, you mean, regarding that previous case... the person who encouraged Ms. Niino to investigate Chief Odagiri... or rather, the force behind it, you've found out?"
“That’s right, guess what, it’s that…”
Takagi only got halfway through his sentence before Nanjo punched him back.
"Just tell Mr. Toyama not to mention those things to him. He has his own freedom to do so!"
“However,” Yoruichi Toyama said with a smile, seeing that they were just hesitating about whether to treat her as a close confidante, “I am still a ‘special advisor’ recommended by Inspector Akechi for the First Investigative Division.”
"Anything related to the lesson should be considered my business."
Without much deduction, Takagi and Nanjo's attitudes and expressions already said a lot.
The person who plotted against Minister Odagiri, the force behind him, is very likely indeed someone within the police force.
Just as Hakuba Saguru had said when he first came to Yoruichi Toyama, the Metropolitan Police Department was actually divided into two factions.
These two factions are not simply the confidants of the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent, because behind the Superintendent and Deputy Superintendent, there must be higher-level political figures.
Chief Odagiri is part of Superintendent General Hakuba's faction.
Therefore, the person who plotted against him must be from the faction of Deputy Director Moroboshi.
As for which member of parliament or minister was behind them, Yoruichi Toyama didn't want to know.
Anyway, I won't remember it even if I know it.
But whether for public or private reasons, after this case, or even long before this case, I had already stood with Mingzhi.
In other words, he's standing with Chief Inspector Odagiri and Superintendent General Hakuba.
...Alright, at least I can raise Hakuba Saguru's favorability.
Yoruichi Toyama thought this with ease, and a relaxed expression appeared on her face.
Takagi and Nanjo, seeing his expression, both seemed relieved.
“See, I told you so,” Takagi said smugly to Nanjo, “Detective Akechi never misjudged people.”
"Sigh!" Nanjo sighed, her expression somewhat complicated.
It's unclear whether she felt guilty for Yoruichi Toyama getting involved in this conflict, or worried about the unpredictable future.
Yoruichi Toyama smiled again.
"I don't think I've misjudged Vigilante."
“I look forward to the day he becomes the head of a section, no, the Minister of Criminal Investigation.”
Although she had absolutely no interest in factional infighting, Yoruichi Toyama thought that the First Investigation Division, led by Akechi, and the police officers of the Criminal Investigation Department would probably be more trustworthy than they were currently seeing.
"Wow!" Nanjo couldn't help but exclaim, "What you said is exactly the same as what Huangdi said before he left!"
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