Yoruichi Toyama and Saguru Hakuba, who were standing on the rooftop, watched him go for a while.
Then they looked at each other.
"And then?" Hakuba Saguru asked with a teasing smile, "Detective?"
Yoruichi Toyama took out her phone, waved it, and decisively dialed 110.
"If you see Kaito Kid appear, of course you should call the police!"
"We are law-abiding citizens!"
...
In order to capture the Phantom Thief Kid, who had disappeared for a long time but suddenly reappeared in the Deep Mountain Group building, the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Headquarters mobilized almost its entire force.
Police cars completely blocked all the exits of the building, sirens blaring. Although it lacked the grandeur of Officer Nakamori deploying a helicopter, it was still quite a spectacle.
Officer Yokomizo personally led several officers all the way to the top floor of the building, to the president's private 360-degree circular office.
What came into view was a scene of utter chaos.
Broken glass was everywhere, and the air was filled with the smell of smoke bombs and gunpowder. Even the wind rushing in through the broken windows couldn't dissipate it for a while.
Several burly security guards fell to the ground, seemingly unharmed, but groaning and covering their eyes.
Inspector Yokomizo, a man of the world, guessed that he had been temporarily blinded by the flashbang.
A long-haired woman was sprawled on the carpet in the center of the office; despite her disheveled state, her graceful figure was still evident.
Two police officers carefully approached and called out to her, only to find that she had already fainted.
The observant Yokomizo crouched down to examine her and immediately smelled the gunpowder on her hands.
He then instructed the officers to collect the handgun that had fallen onto the carpet.
Japan is not a country where gun ownership is legal.
Based on this alone, this woman faces multiple charges.
As Yokomizu straightened up and looked around the office, he noticed a figure huddled under the huge desk.
He grabbed the man's wrinkled suit and pulled him out. When he asked his name, the man, who looked like an elite, had a blank look in his eyes and could only mumble one sentence.
"Quickly...quickly go and invite the Buddha..."
...
Despite deploying a large number of police officers, no trace of Phantom Thief Kid was found inside the Deep Mountain Group building.
According to the on-site investigation, it appears that a gunfight took place in the president's office, and that someone threw miniature flashbangs and smoke grenades.
Strictly speaking, apart from the woman who was knocked unconscious, no one was injured.
Surprisingly, the woman was none other than Shimizu Reiko, who had been witnessed jumping into the sea to commit suicide.
When questioned by the police, she displayed a hysterical and uncooperative attitude.
She's no longer the pitiful, innocent girl she used to be.
The man hiding under the desk was none other than the company president, Soichiro Fukayama.
He was so shocked that he couldn't say anything logical for a moment.
Yokomizo knew perfectly well why the two of them were acting this way.
Because in that president's office, countless priceless gems and works of art were openly displayed.
Every single one of them was linked to a high-profile theft or robbery case.
If you insist that President Fukayama is just a collector who happens to have bought stolen goods, then how sweet must he be?
Anyway, Officer Yokomizo is definitely not sweet.
Soichiro Fukayama, Reiko Shimizu, along with the deceased Shoji Nishio and the comatose Suehiko Ito in the hospital, form a gang of robbers.
This is Officer Yokomizo's preliminary conclusion.
As for the evidence supporting this conclusion, he is confident that he will find it all this time.
Let these weasels in human skin be punished by law.
However… Officer Yokomizo, who was so busy he was practically scrambling to his feet, suddenly realized that what had helped the police uncover this robbery gang was…
Kaito Kid?
...
Haven't you read Li Bai's "Ballad of the Knight-Errant"?
Yoruichi Toyama said this on the train back to Tokyo.
"To kill one man in ten steps, to leave no trace for a thousand miles?"
As soon as Kaito Kuroba finished speaking, Yoruichi Toyama flicked his finger on his forehead.
"Having accomplished their task, they vanished without a trace, concealing their identities and names!" Yoruichi Toyama exclaimed with exasperation, "Are all you young people's classical Chinese skills this poor?"
Hey, please don't do such weird things while wearing Akemi-san's face! ...
Kaito Kuroba rubbed his head while muttering to himself.
Meanwhile, Hakuba Saguru, who was also subjected to a sweeping attack, remained unmoved, sitting aside and watching the spectacle unfold.
Husky No. 1 and Husky No. 2 made a fuss for a while and then calmed down.
"...Getting confessions from Miyama and Shimizu Reiko won't be difficult for the police. Then they'll know that the robbery has nothing to do with Kaito Kid."
Yoruichi Toyama explained.
"As for this time, the gun was carried by someone from the Deep Mountain Group. As far as Officer Yokomizo is concerned, they probably won't cause you any more trouble."
"After all, causing trouble for you is also causing trouble for himself."
Thinking about how the police had taken credit for his work, Kaito Kuroba didn't show much resentment; instead, he let out a long sigh.
"It would be best if you didn't bother me anymore."
As he spoke, he glanced sideways at Yoruichi Toyama.
"However, I believe that Detective Toyama upholds procedural justice?"
"Why are you acting so recklessly this time too?"
Yoruichi Toyama gave a cold laugh.
“A slight slack in the name of procedural justice is not justice at all.”
If the police had investigated more thoroughly in the first instance, it wouldn't have been difficult to determine that there were three people robbing the armored truck.
Having a gun is illegal in Japan. By analyzing the gun traces at the scene and tracing the origin of the gun, we can at least find the trail of those three people.
Or, one could directly reach Soichiro Fukayama.
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