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The ace of the mobile unit has woken up.
Ten minutes later, the last member of the Hagiwara squad's explosives department also woke up with a furrowed brow.
When he opened his eyes, he was momentarily bewildered before turning his head to focus on his colleague, who was also lying on the ground beside him. The officers who had woken up a few minutes earlier were either lying down or prone, but without exception, they were all staring wide-eyed in the same direction.
"...?"
The last man to wake up turned his head to look in the direction of the others' gazes, and then stared wide-eyed in horror.
What did he see?!
Two ace squad leaders were personally invited by the Mobile Commander to join the Explosives Division!
...Are you playing with a sandwich?
The scorching gazes around him were almost tangible. Kenji Hagiwara, feeling like he was being burned through by the fiery stares of his subordinates, forced a smile, but several veins bulged on his forehead.
He took a deep breath, his voice brimming with exhaustion as he spoke: "Stop pretending to be asleep, quickly help me get Matsuda Jinpei up."
In fact, all the members of the mobile unit present knew that the current scene was definitely related to the strange woman who was being held down, after all, they had all personally experienced the eerie slow motion that this woman brought them.
They knew their captain wasn't the type to act recklessly, but why was Captain Matsuda here, and why were the two squad leaders and this woman piled up like a human pyramid...?
Um.
It seems that something terrible happened while everyone was unconscious.
The moment Matsuda Jinpei, who had been pinned down on the back, was lifted up by the awakened members of the mobile unit, Yomi Raikawa's arm, which had been pinned down for nearly an hour, felt like it was being pricked by countless needles, and a strong tingling sensation arose due to poor blood circulation.
"hiss--"
Lai Chuan Huang Quan gasped and sat up, supporting herself on the ground. With her other hand, she lifted her left hand, which had been pinned down and lost all control. When she let go, the completely numb hand fell limply to her side.
The moment Yomi Laichuan got up, the assembled Mobile Unit members also let out a loud gasp.
Kenji Hagiwara, who was at the very bottom, had his clothes pulled open, revealing a large expanse of his chest. Judging from the disheveled state of his clothes, they had been ripped open with brute force.
But what truly sent chills down their spines was the pattern printed on Hagiwara's chest.
Lying on the bottom floor, forced to bear the weight of Yomi Yorikawa and Jinpei Matsuda, Kenji Hagiwara's full pectoral muscles, honed through long-term training, were branded with the shapes of bow ties and buttons. The Mobile Unit members could even see the shape of Yomi Yorikawa's collar through the patterns pressed into his chest.
After a brief silence, the squad member slowly turned his head toward the woman who was standing to one side, rubbing her numb arm in an attempt to improve blood circulation.
Mobile Squad Member: "...Damn it!"
Like two puzzle pieces, the dent on Captain Hagiwara's pectoral muscles and this woman's collar can be perfectly matched!
The empty twentieth floor, already deathly silent due to the sudden disturbance, was now eerily quiet, so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
Under intense scrutiny, even someone as thick-skinned as Lai Chuan Huang Quan realized something was wrong.
She stopped swinging her arms, rolled her eyes to look around at everyone, and after a brief silence, raised an eyebrow: "Why are you all staring at me like that?"
The squad members did not answer, but silently turned their gaze back to their captain, who had just sat up from the ground.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan also turned his head to look over.
Kenji Hagiwara had already sat up cross-legged on the spot. He looked down and moved his wrists, which had been numb from being pressed down, enduring the crackling pain that came with the blood returning to normal. His handsome face didn't show much expression, but he didn't smile either; he just frowned, clearly unhappy.
Her gaze moved down from Kenji Hagiwara's face, which rivaled that of a celebrity, and Yomi Lai immediately noticed the red collar mark she had left on his white chest. She could even distinguish which dent was from her button and which dent was from her fabric.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan: "..."
Dry!
She can't stay in this building anymore!
Blood rushed up his neck to his head instantly. Lai Chuan Huang Quan stopped moving his arms, his face flushed, and he pushed past the onlookers from the mobile unit and turned to run towards the stairs at the end of the corridor.
"Um?"
Kenji Hagiwara, who kept clenching and unclenching his fingers, glanced at Yomi Raikawa, who had turned and run away, and immediately gave the order to the people around him: "Grab her, don't let her get away."
Kenji Hagiwara knew that Yomi Rikawa had nothing to do with the bombing case, and that she might even have defused the bomb that was supposed to explode. But as a police officer, when he encountered a woman who could slow down time and take down an entire riot police squad with her strange abilities, he had a duty to detain her and investigate the matter thoroughly.
But just as Kenji Hagiwara was about to stand up, his legs gave way, Yomi Laichuan, who had already squeezed to the outermost edge of the crowd, suddenly spoke up without turning his head: "Don't move!"
The next second, Kenji Hagiwara stared in horror at himself, realizing he had entered a state of time slowing down again. Everyone's movements were slowed down infinitely, except for the woman running at the front, who continued to sprint.
Three seconds is a short time, just enough for Yomi Laichuan to run from one end of the narrow corridor to the other. But three seconds is also a long time, enough for Yomi Laichuan to widen the distance between herself and the group of police officers behind her—at least that's what she thought.
As soon as the second hand crossed the third tick, Kenji Hagiwara, now back to normal, darted out from the back of the crowd like a cheetah, his movements so fast that he left only a blur.
In the blink of an eye, the man who could carry 20 kilograms of weight and take the lead in the mobile team's weighted long-distance running training appeared behind Lai Chuan Huang Quan, as fast as lightning.
Raikawa Yomi, who was terrified by the sight of ten thousand tons of tonnage, exclaimed, "Huh!?"
The next second, she was grabbed by the arm and pinned to the ground by Kenji Hagiwara.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan lay on the ground, looking at the nearby stairwell with his face in direct contact with the cold ground, feeling like crying but unable to shed a tear.
Unlike Matsuda Jinpei, considering that Yomi's body might not be much different from that of an ordinary adult woman, Hagiwara Kenji deliberately slowed down his movements when he pressed Yomi down, and also used his palm to cushion her body.
But Yomi Yomi of Raikawa was not happy at all.
Before her hands had fully regained their sense of touch, Kenji Hagiwara twisted both arms behind her back, restricting her movements once again.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Although it's very rude of me to do this, there are some things I feel it's necessary to clarify no matter what."
Kenji Hagiwara grabbed Yomi Laichuan's wrist and pinned her to the ground, his long legs spread apart as he knelt on the floor on either side of Yomi Laichuan's waist.
It wasn't that Kenji Hagiwara wanted to do such a thing, but rather that he wasn't sure if Yomi Rikawa possessed any other strange or unusual skills.
This operation was for bomb disposal, so it was impossible for Kenji Hagiwara to be carrying handcuffs with him—and it was even less likely that the eight team members carrying riot shields behind him would be carrying them either.
Therefore, in order to prevent Lai Chuan Huang Quan from escaping as much as possible, he could only adopt the arresting posture commonly used by criminal police when arresting criminals who are trying to escape or resist. In a real arrest operation, he might even press his body down on her, using his shoulders and weight to firmly hold down Lai Chuan Huang Quan to prevent her from struggling.
But he simply pressed Lai Chuan Huang Quan to the ground, one hand pressing down on Lai Chuan Huang Quan's back, and the other hand holding her two wrists behind her back, without any other physical contact.
"Anything is fine, just find something that can tie your wrists."
After clearly explaining the requirements to the team members behind him, Kenji Hagiwara looked down at the woman beneath him who was tilting her head to the side with a wronged expression.
With a deep sigh, this man, who always faced every trouble head-on, found himself in a state of bewilderment for the first time. Everything that had happened today was a complete mess, even shaking his materialistic principles, which he had upheld for twenty-two years.
As Kenji Hagiwara was about to speak, sorting through his jumbled thoughts, a deep, aged voice cut in between him and Yomi Rikawa.
"Hagiwara! What are you doing!"
Turning towards the stairwell following the sound, I saw the somewhat elderly mobile unit captain panting heavily, one hand on the stairs and the other holding a walkie-talkie.
When the entire Hagiwara squad lost contact, and Matsuda Jinpei rushed upstairs despite being advised against it, the mobile unit commander frowned and pondered, but did not panic too much.
The First Investigation Division reported that the bomber had died in a car accident during their arrest. Kenji Hagiwara had stopped the bombing before losing contact, so there shouldn't have been any problems. But almost half an hour has passed since Jinpei Matsuda went upstairs, and not only has there been no news from Hagiwara's team, but Jinpei Matsuda himself has also lost contact.
After racking his brains for a while, he finally decided to go upstairs to take a look.
Then I saw this scene.
Kenji Hagiwara has always been popular with women in the Metropolitan Police Department, but he knows that Hagiwara isn't the type to blur the lines between public and private matters or act recklessly; otherwise, he wouldn't have promoted Hagiwara to squad leader. But precisely because he knows Hagiwara isn't that kind of person, the mobile unit commander was speechless with shock at what he saw. A row of question marks spun wildly above his head, yet he didn't know where to begin asking.
Kenji Hagiwara was startled by the sudden appearance of his superior officer, and as he held onto Yomi Rikawa's hand, he loosened his grip a little.
Noticing the officer's helplessness, Lai Chuan Huang Quan's eyes lit up, instantly realizing that her superior had arrived. The next second, she bit her lower lip, looking like she was about to cry, and without saying a word, she just kept trembling, as if she was trying to hold back her tears.
Kenji Hagiwara's lips twitched twice, and he said, "..."
I didn't do anything to you, so please don't start acting out a drama.
"Hagiwara, let him go right now!"
Yes, yes, yes.
As she spoke, she let go of his hand and stood up. Hagiwara Kenji put his hands on his hips, sighed deeply, and resignedly began to put his clothes back on.
Panting as they climbed the stairs, the mobile unit captain first helped Raikawa Yomi up, asking if she was alright, before turning to Hagiwara: "What's going on with you guys? Why didn't anyone answer when I called you on the walkie-talkie for so long?"
"..."
Kenji Hagiwara turned his head and looked at the group of police officers, not daring to speak for a long time.
What should I say, and what can I say?
—"We were all knocked unconscious by the woman in front of you with newspapers, so we can't hear the walkie-talkie"?
Forget it, my superiors will definitely think I'm crazy and question my competence.
But some people just don't understand the thoughts behind Kenji Hagiwara's silence.
A new recruit in the SWAT team, who hadn't been with the unit for long, tremblingly raised his hand and pointed at Yomi Lai, trying to stand up for Kenji Hagiwara: "Sir, this woman assaulted a police officer."
The mobile unit commander turned his head to look at Raikawa Yomi, who looked a few steps away with a wronged expression, and then at Hagiwara Kenji, who was bowing his head to fasten his collar, before falling into an eerie silence.
Are you guys serious?
This seemingly weak woman sexually assaulted your captain in front of so many police officers, even tearing off his shirt and leaving marks on his clothes.
Realizing belatedly that something was wrong, the young police officer who had spoken earlier timidly withdrew his hand and fell silent.
Junior officer: Captain, should I have said something?
Kenji Hagiwara: ...Guess.
A terrible silence and awkwardness filled the air. As Raikawa Yomi tiptoed away, Hagiwara Kenji, smiling, grabbed her wrist and pulled her back.
Yomi Laichuan used his other hand to hold onto Hagiwara's fingers, trying to free his hand from the other's grasp.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan threatened in a low voice: "Let go!"
But Kenji Hagiwara simply held her wrist tightly, smiling and looking directly at his superior without glancing to the side, as if he hadn't heard anything at all.
"Hmm..."
At the end of the corridor behind everyone, the curly-haired police officer who had previously tried to arrest Lai Chuan Huang Quan twitched his fingers, covered his forehead, and swayed as he sat up from the cold floor.
"What am I doing..."
Matsuda Jinpei was momentarily bewildered before his eyes cleared. He abruptly turned and glared at Raikawa Yomi on the other side of the aisle, his expression suddenly turning fierce.
He was knocked unconscious by a newspaper, and there were also slow-motion scenes that he couldn't understand or accept!
Damn it, is this woman using him as a magic prop or a prank target?!
Although he knew in his heart that this was definitely not magic and that there was something wrong with the woman in front of him, Matsuda Jinpei was still furious, feeling a sense of frustration and anger at being thoroughly played and manipulated.
With his back teeth clenched so tightly they were grinding together, Matsuda Jinpei clenched his fists and approached Raikawa Yomi step by step like a fire-breathing Godzilla. Raikawa Yomi suspected she could even hear the angry thuds of Matsuda Jinpei's feet hitting the ground, as if he could stomp a hole in it.
With one hand grabbing Raikawa Yomi's other hand and lifting it up, Matsuda Jinpei grinned menacingly, two veins bulging on his forehead.
"You bastard!"
He gripped Lai Chuan Huang Quan tightly, squeezing her until it hurt. His terrifying expression and overwhelming sense of oppression were so fierce that even the mobile unit commander could be intimidated by him.
Lai Chuan Huang Quan shrank his neck.
Just a second ago she was trying to break free from Kenji Hagiwara's grasp, but now she's grabbing onto his back and shrinking behind him.
Yomi Laichuan clung to Kenji Hagiwara, desperately trying to hide behind him, while Jinpei Matsuda grabbed Yomi Laichuan's wrist and kept pulling her away. But in terms of strength, Yomi Laichuan was no match for Jinpei Matsuda, who was labeled "Super-Strong Ape" by the central system.
In just a few seconds, the struggle between the two squad leaders of the explosives department and Lai Chuan Huang Quan turned into a strange scene—
Kenji Hagiwara, who had been suppressing his chaotic emotions and preparing to interrogate Yomi, had already loosened his grip on her. Not only that, but he was now being draped over Yomi's body by her hands and feet, forced to lean to one side and bear her weight.
Kenji Hagiwara's smile was one of utter helplessness, practically screaming "I'm having a terrible time!" But he still raised his hand to protect Yomi Rikawa and kept trying to persuade Jinpei Matsuda.
"Xiao Zhenping, forget it."
"Don't be so petty with girls."
"Calm down, calm down."
While being dragged away by Matsuda Jinpei with one hand, Yomi Raikawa clung tightly to Kenji Hagiwara's arm with her other hand, clinging to him like a sloth.
Her bright, sea-blue eyes were filled with a longing for life, as if pleading with Kenji Hagiwara not to give up on her.
As for Matsuda Jinpei...
All the officers present at the scene said that this was the first time they had seen Matsuda so angry since he joined the force, like a mad lion.
Matsuda Jinpei gripped Yomi's hand tightly, pulling her towards him like a tug-of-war, trying to pull her off Hagiwara Kenji.
It was a strength that even the central system recognized. However, after a mere half-minute stalemate, Yomi Laichuan was pulled away from Kenji Hagiwara by Jinpei Matsuda.
Anger surged to its peak, and Matsuda Jinpei glared intently at Yomi Yorikawa. The close proximity allowed him to see his own angry face reflected in Yomi Yorikawa's clear pupils.
Ignoring Kenji Hagiwara, who was ready to rescue Yomi Raikawa from his clutches at any moment, Jinpei Matsuda gritted his teeth and said, "Are you having fun playing with me?"
The soothing gesture stopped abruptly; Kenji Hagiwara: "?"
The mobile unit commander and ordinary team members, who were quietly observing the situation, were both bewildered: "...??"
Wait a minute, what did you two do behind our backs?
[Author's Note]
After this chapter, there won't be any more awkward scenes (maybe a tiny bit?), and the rest should be really good (in my opinion).
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