The two undercover guys followed Kawahara Mimi's footsteps, rushed out of the supermarket door, and followed closely behind her.
In terms of surveillance, the two of them can be considered the best in the search class. Although there were some minor incidents in the middle, they were not serious.
After leaving the supermarket, Kawahara Mimi walked towards home. She and Kurosaki Tatsuya lived in a large apartment building with expensive monthly rent. There were security guards downstairs, so they didn't have to worry about thieves at all.
After greeting the security guard with a smile, Kawahara Mimi took the elevator upstairs. The two undercover officers stood in the cold wind, staring blankly.
"What should we do? Follow them?"
"Inspector Megure told us not to act rashly, lest we alert the enemy. There might be hostages upstairs!"
After some discussion, the two decided to wait for Inspector Megure to arrive before taking action.
More than ten minutes later, after their anxious wait, Kudo Yusaku and Megure Juzo finally arrived with support.
The sound of sudden brakes echoed on the roadside. Three plainclothes police cars stopped in front of the apartment building. After getting out of the car, Kudo Yusaku immediately asked:
"How is the suspect?"
"Very stable. She went to the supermarket to buy some ingredients. It seems that she is going to go home to cook."
"Ingredients?"
Kudo Yusaku frowned:
"What ingredients did she buy?"
"ah……"
The two undercover agents responsible for tracking Kawahara Mimi looked at each other, somewhat at a loss for an answer.
They were only concerned with monitoring Kawahara Mimi's whereabouts, so how could they remember what ingredients she bought?
"Think about it carefully."
Kudo Yusaku's tone left no doubt, as if this was a very important matter.
The two undercover agents did not dare to neglect and began to think hard. After a while, the daily brother said:
"She seemed to have bought two boxes of beef, a bag of potatoes, three carrots, and two onions..."
"No, she didn't buy onions!"
The night-time guy retorted:
“I remember she put the onion down!”
"Yes, yes, it seems that she has put it down. In addition to vegetables, she also bought two boxes of curry cubes with honey apple flavor. My son also likes to eat this..."
When making curry, why don't you add onions?
Onion is the soul of curry!
The honey apple flavored curry cubes are for children, completely sweet, and with the onions that are picked up and put down...
Aren’t these what children like to eat?
Based on these clues, Kudo Yusaku instantly thought of the kidnapped little girl. If Kawahara Mimi bought these ingredients to take care of her, it would be understandable.
but……
Such an obvious clue is totally inconsistent with the intelligence and wisdom previously displayed by the criminal.
Kudo Yusaku pondered for a moment, then said to Megure Jusan:
"Inspector Megure, judging from the current situation, the hostage may be in the hands of Kawahara Matsume. However, this is an apartment building, not a good place to hide hostages, so the criminal should hide the hostage in another location."
Megure Jusan pricked up his ears and nodded repeatedly:
"That's right. Since Kawahara Mimi bought enough food for two people, she must be preparing lunch for the hostages. After all, Kurosaki Tatsuya won't be back until the day after tomorrow."
"In this case, we can wait downstairs. If Kawahara Mayumi doesn't come down after a while, it means the hostage is upstairs. If she comes down with something like a food storage box, then she is most likely going to deliver food to the hostage."
Kudo Yusaku looked at Megure Jusan with a little surprise.
In his impression, the previous Megure Jusan couldn't even consider these things and had to be reminded by others.
Now that I just mentioned it casually, he can draw inferences about other things?
It seems...
The criminal is evolving, and Megure Jusan is also evolving...
Could it be that the old brother beast from back then is finally going to undergo a transformation?
"Inspector Megure, Takagi sent back a message saying that they have searched Kurosaki Shinya's home and found no suspicious items!"
Shiratori Renzaburo held the phone and said:
"Should we ask them to withdraw?"
Megure Jusan said nothing and looked at Kudo Yusaku.
"Well... no matter what, we can't let the suspect continue to move freely."
Kudo Yusaku said in a deep voice:
"If we continue to procrastinate, the suspect will definitely destroy the evidence after the trial is over."
"Inspector Megure, please have Officer Takagi and his men take Kurosaki Shinya under control after the trial is over."
"knew."
Megure Jusan nodded to Shiratori Jinsaburo, expressing his unconditional trust in Kudo Yusaku.
"Also, tell the Okinawa police to control Kurosaki Tatsuya at the same time."
"good."
There was still half an hour before the end of the trial. After receiving the order, Takagi Shigeru and others waited at the door in advance. As soon as the judge inside dropped the hammer, they would rush in and take Kurosaki Shinya away.
At the same time, the Okinawa police will arrest Tatsuya Kurosaki and bring the last two suspects to justice.
"It's up to us now..."
Megure Juzo looked at the towering apartment building in front of him and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
No homemade bomb was found in Kurosaki Shinya's residence, nor was any bomb found in Osaka Prefecture. So where was the bomb made?
It can only be Kurosaki Tatsuya's residence, or one of his secret studios.
In other words, the kidnapped little girl is most likely staying in a room full of dangerous items and living with a bomb.
The situation is extremely dangerous.
It would be terrible if Kawahara Manami couldn't get over the fact and decided to fight the police to the death.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the trial was about to end, but Kawahara Mami still had no intention of going downstairs.
Megure Juzo has never hated curry as much as he does today. Curry is delicious, but it takes too long to cook. If it were an ordinary dish, Kawahara Mimi could have gone downstairs long ago.
At 1:57 p.m., Megure Juzo and Shiratori Rensaburo were sitting in the car, holding their breath and staring at the door of the apartment without moving.
They had already decided that if Kawahara Mimi still hadn't come downstairs at two o'clock, they would rush in and forcibly arrest the suspect.
At 1:58, there was still no sign of Kawahara Mimi in the apartment lobby.
At 1:59, Megure Jusan checked the time and grabbed the door handle. Just as he was about to act, Shiratori Renzaburo suddenly pointed at the apartment hall and shouted:
"She's coming down!"
Megure Jusan turned his head and saw Kawahara Mayumi as expected. She had nothing in her hands, but was wearing light makeup and holding car keys, as if she was going out to meet someone.
"Please hold your action."
With 30 seconds left before the action began, Kudo Yusaku suddenly called a halt:
"Follow Kawara Mimi and see who she's going to meet."
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