Chapter 29 A Genuine Police Officer
Feng Xingshou listened attentively to Hagiwara's words. As she listened, even before Hagiwara explained, she realized what the danger he was referring to was: his friend was defusing a bomb in box 72.
Based on the countdown in the copy and the text messages on Hagiwara's phone, the bomb must have exploded at exactly 12 o'clock, and his friend probably died in the explosion, which is why he stopped sending him text messages.
Therefore, if he wants to exit the instance, he must go to compartment 71 or make contact with the door to compartment 71. If Hagiwara wants to save his friend, he either needs to find a way to stop his friend from defusing the bomb in compartment 72, or he needs to go to compartment 72 to assist his friend in defusing the bomb.
Kazesei-no-Mori didn't understand the bomb and subconsciously thought it was like any other problem—a problem that one person couldn't solve, but two people might be able to. He believed that Hagiwara's friend Matsuda got into trouble because he couldn't dismantle the bomb, but he didn't consider other possibilities.
Upon hearing this, she wrote a note to Hagiwara: "Judging from the distance to the exit of the dungeon, the bomb's power isn't very high. If it can't be defused, it'll only blow up a few Ferris wheel cars at most. Is it really necessary to defuse it? Could you persuade your friend to come down? If you ignore the bomb, he'll be fine!"
"Fū-chan! Kojinpei's fingers are exceptionally nimble, and his bomb disposal skills are extremely high. Now, there are only 4 years left until I die in the line of duty. In 4 years, no matter how much the bomber's skills improve, it's impossible for him to create a bomb that Kojinpei can't disarm." Hagiwara Kenji said after receiving the note.
He immediately sensed her thoughts and quickly explained before continuing, "As for your question about not defusing the bomb, if only Xiao Zhenping and a few ordinary police inspectors or assistant police officers come..."
It's possible that Kojinpei insisted on catching the bomber to avenge me, which is why he insisted on defusing the bomb. But the fact that Inspector Megure from the Major Crimes Division 3 and a large number of police officers were here indicates that the bomber's purpose was not simple.
It's probably not just a matter of a few travel cases being blown up; there were likely far worse explosions to come. That's why Kojinpei insisted on defusing the bomb in case 72, and why he ultimately failed and met with disaster. Perhaps, like me, he encountered a remote detonation, or perhaps some other problem arose.
The two bombers split up, one planting a fake bomb and the other a real one to extort cash. Before detonating their own bombs, they had already confirmed with Kojinpei during their phone call that Kojinpei had detonated the fake one.
So even though Kojinpei told him in the text message that one of the two bombers had died in a car accident, he still felt that there was a high probability that the remaining bomber would use the same trick. Otherwise, it would be inexplicable that Kojinpei, with his skills and the current situation at the scene, would be killed.
{So what do you plan to do? What danger are you referring to?} After hearing his explanation, Feng Xing Shou also sensed that this instance was probably very complicated and that some kind of great danger was hidden behind it. Looking at the carriage that was about to reach the ground, in order to save time, she simply asked him directly about his plans.
Seeing her write this, Kenji Hagiwara replied directly: "There are police officers on site this time, so I can't help you get supplies. So after you go downstairs, you go and collect supplies first, and I'll try to find out from the police what happened."
When there are about 10 minutes left in the countdown, go back to the Ferris wheel area. We'll go up after cabin 71 lands. You wait in cabin 71 while I go to cabin 72 to check on Xiaozhenping's situation.
As for the danger? After all, once I came out of compartment 72, I certainly wouldn't have time to wait for the Ferris wheel to return to the ground and go back up to compartment 71. I would have to climb from compartment 72 to compartment 71 while high in the air.
Box No. 1.
Climbing at such a dangerous height could lead to anything, so for safety reasons, I estimate I won't be able to go very fast. You might have to wait a while. Take me out of the instance when the countdown becomes quite dangerous.
"Okay! I understand. I'll see if I can find a safety rope or something when we're collecting supplies later, and I'll bring it for you." After understanding Hagiwara's plan, Kazesei immediately agreed to cooperate.
Upon seeing the contents of the note, Kenji Hagiwara's tense mood instantly eased. With Kaze-chan around, his anxiety lessened considerably! o(*￣︶￣*)o
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Just after they finished passing the little note, their carriage moved to the ground. At that moment, police officers were maintaining order on the ground, guiding other passengers from the lower carriages away from the Ferris wheel and to a safe area.
The moment they landed, they looked up and saw that the No. 72 box that Matsuda Jinpei had climbed up had turned to a downward angle. Even though it was at a downward angle, it was only a dozen meters above the ground, which was too far away from them. Even if they weren't afraid of attracting the attention of the police, they could shout at him directly, but he wouldn't be able to hear them from such a distance.
Moreover, in order not to lose time with his family and friends, and in case the police suspect him and delay his rescue of Kojinpei, he absolutely cannot be discovered by the people here as Kenji Hagiwara.
Fortunately, the Wind Star Guardian failed to collect or find suitable clothes for Hagiwara in these three dungeons, so he was still wearing the uniform of the □□ Disposal Team. Therefore, when several tour boxes reached the ground and several people came down together, he deliberately reduced his presence.
His unusual appearance in reality led him to be mistaken for a member of the emergency response team who had come to handle the bomb, and no police officers came to guide him away from the scene.
Upon seeing this, Kenji Hagiwara immediately adapted to the situation. He secretly swiped a pair of sunglasses from a tourist, put them on, and after a brief disguise, pretended to be their colleague and went to inquire about the situation.
Since Feng Xing Shou is in a dimension that these 'NPCs' cannot see, naturally no one pays attention to her, and she will not be driven away. However, she is a little worried that the dungeon distance restriction will prevent her from leaving the Ferris wheel, since the key to destruction lies inside the Ferris wheel's sightseeing cabin.
Fortunately, after she tried it, the thing she was worried about did not happen. She got off the Ferris wheel tour box smoothly and was able to walk to other places without any problem. Seeing this, she glanced at the countdown timer in the upper corner of the screen, which showed that there were only 23 minutes left. She thought of the delicious food that Hagiwara had mentioned earlier.
Fortunately, the owners of the surrounding stalls had been guided to the outer perimeter away from the Ferris wheel due to the explosion, so he wouldn't feel guilty even if he went there to collect supplies, since it seemed unlikely that he could operate here today.
The ingredients don't keep well, and if they don't sell today, they'll definitely have to be thrown away as garbage. It's not a waste to collect them for my own use... After establishing a respectable reason for herself in her mind, she immediately ran towards the stall not far away without hesitation.
Next came the hectic time of collecting supplies. All the processed and unprocessed ingredients from the bread stalls were taken away, and every last piece of food from the barbecue stalls was taken—popcorn, sushi, ice cream, beer, even the gas cylinders…
As I casually passed by a cigarette vending machine, I thought of how Hagiwara was smoking when I opened the door to my first dungeon. Although he hadn't shown any signs of nicotine addiction these past two days, it seemed rather cruel to leave a smoker without cigarettes.
Feeling inexplicably sorry for Hagiwara who had no cigarettes, she simply collected the entire cigarette vending machine.
Inside the backpack, the vending machines in the amusement park were conveniently arranged in rows.
After finding one, she noticed that there were many other vending machines around it selling other products. However, they all seemed to be the same size, suggesting that the amusement park had adopted a uniform system for easier management. As she passed by these vending machines, she also discovered that they sold various beverages and bottled water.
She simply put the vending machine into her backpack space as well. Unexpectedly, when she checked it after putting it away, she found that the two vending machines were automatically stacked. This made her extremely happy.
She had initially planned not to collect more vending machines because they took up space, but naturally she didn't let any slip by. She collected every single one that appeared in front of her...
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In no time, her backpack was filled with food and supplies. If she hadn't been leaving room for Hagiwara, she could have filled it completely. At this moment, she really wanted to collect more plastic to make storage boxes.
If she had a storage box, she could take advantage of the stacked space in her backpack to collect more supplies in this rare place where she could openly store things. Oh well! Although you can never have too many supplies, it's more important to find something like a safety rope that we'll need later.
She looked up at the enormous Ferris wheel not far away and thought that maintaining such a large structure would definitely require safety ropes and other equipment. Perhaps she could find it in a tool storage room or something similar, and even if the countries were different, the practices should be similar...
Thinking of this, she quickly searched around and found a room not far from the control room where the fire had been extinguished. It contained various toolboxes and repair tools. The safety rope she was looking for was in one of the toolboxes, with several bundles inside.
Even more fortunately, there were quite a few identical plastic storage boxes piled up in the room. Looking inside some of the boxes with the lids still on, there were things like repairmen's oil-stained work clothes and broken light fixtures...
These plastic storage boxes seemed to be storage containers used to store all sorts of miscellaneous items, and they were exactly what she needed right now. So, she immediately took out the empty storage boxes and piled in all the supplies she had collected, regardless of their type.
She filled one bag and put it away, then moved on to the next, even taking the toolbox from the repair room. As she packed everything away, her backpack space immediately became more spacious again.
She also didn't forget the most important thing: she deliberately left the bundles of safety ropes in her backpack instead of packing them in the box, so she could take them out and use them at any time...
In the midst of all this busyness, the countdown quickly reached 10 minutes. She hurriedly came out of the tool room and ran towards the Ferris wheel entrance. When she got there, it was time to gather.
To everyone's surprise, Hagiwara was wearing sunglasses and talking seriously to the police officer next to him. Then, as if he was on official business, he waved to the officer and walked towards the Ferris wheel entrance.
Seeing how naturally he blended into the group of Japanese police officers around him, Feng Xingshou truly realized that no matter how handsome, frivolous, or carefree this guy was, he was a genuine police officer.
As she watched this scene, a strange feeling welling up inside her, a soft voice called out, "Feng-chan! You're back?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Xingshou immediately snapped out of her daze. Too lazy to write a note in response, she simply touched his clothes and took out a bundle of the safety rope she had just found to release him.
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