Chapter 3087 3099 [Arrival]
Jiang Xia entered the room closest to the abandoned building, opened the window, and said to the others: "Let's take a look at the situation first. If the wanted criminal shows signs of escaping before the police arrive, I will jump over... Okay?"
He seemed to have suddenly seen something and exclaimed, "Mr. Yamaguchi!"
Calvados subconsciously looked over at the famous detective's anxious call. In the shadows, the wanted criminal, who was also startled by the call, jumped up and swung his stick violently.
There was a dull thud, followed by a scream of "Ah!!" - "Mr. Yamaguchi" was hit hard on the shoulder.
Under normal circumstances, this blow probably wouldn't have caused him to scream in pain. But now, he had just returned from the snowy mountain resort, and the gunshot wound on his shoulder hadn't healed completely. The wanted criminal hit him with a blow, and blood spurted out of his shoulder.
Calvados' eyes went dark due to the pain. After a moment, he suddenly remembered that the goddess was still nearby and was probably watching him, and his eyes went dark again.
“……”Why did things turn out like this?
…It’s all the fault of this sneak attack bastard!!
…
The wanted criminal was terrified and, according to the plan he had thought of countless times before, he instinctively attacked the intruder.
Now that he found himself bleeding from a blow, he was stunned: What happened? Wasn't he just holding a broken water pipe? Could it be that during these four years of seclusion, he had developed some unique skill that could produce a sharp blade?
...But now is not the time to think about these things.
——Since I have already knocked down the man in front of me, and those guys in the opposite building haven’t seen my face clearly yet, I should hurry and escape.
Thinking of this, the wanted criminal turned around and tried to run, but before he took a step, his hand tightened - the water pipe was suddenly pulled by a huge force.
"?" The wanted criminal's heart skipped a beat and he turned back carefully. The next moment, he saw a man covered in blood, holding his water pipe with one hand, and crawling up from the ground crookedly, like a demon who had just returned from hell.
"..." The wanted criminal looked at the gloomy face in front of him, and then looked at the expression that was more terrifying than a ghost. He couldn't help but let out a scream that was as terrifying as seeing a ghost, "Ah——!!"
…
A few minutes later.
Police cars and ambulances arrived with sirens blaring. The police took away two unconscious suspects, and the ambulance picked up Mr. Yamaguchi, the hero who once again bravely fought the criminals alone.
It should have been a perfect and happy ending, but Hideo Yamaguchi stared at the swaying roof of the ambulance with a dejected face, like a handful of dead grass that could wither at any time.
Calvados: “…” This ugly look might have been seen by the goddess.
What was even more infuriating was that he was about to beat up the damn wanted criminal who caused all this, but before he could do anything, Jiang Xia jumped over from the apartment opposite, saying something like "excessive self-defense" and held him down.
In the end, the wanted criminal was not even hit, and the murderous intent to hit him was growing. Not long after that, the police car arrived, and the frustrated cadre completely lost the opportunity to take revenge.
What’s even more annoying is that even in the ambulance, there was no peace and quiet. The high school girl kept muttering to herself: “You should have told us the truth first. It’s so dangerous to rush into the enemy’s lair alone. You’re not a very good fighter... Well, I mean, you’re still injured, not that you’re weak.”
"..." Calvados heard that the last sentence was just a way of making up for it. He was so angry that his head hurt. He wanted to show off his muscles on the spot. But before he opened his eyes, his eyes twitched because of the tearing pain in his shoulder.
...In order not to lose more people, in the end, an organizational cadre could only endure and lie down again.
At the same time, because of what Mao Lilan said, he realized something belatedly.
"Wait, I didn't go into the building opposite to catch any wanted criminals. I went to look for that fake hand... so where is that hand?"
Not only did he fail to achieve his goal, but he was also hit with a stick for no apparent reason. If he had not refused desperately just now, his current injured appearance would probably have been reported by reporters who had heard the news.
Even if it hadn't been spread out, people nearby would have definitely seen it. If the goddess hadn't gone far away and was attracted by the noise here...
“Ding Di——!”
The monitoring equipment made an unusual sound.
The medical staff was shocked and started to get busy amid Mao Lilan's exclamation.
Next to him, Conan watched this scene and snorted quietly through his nose.
"These guys will do anything to gain the trust of others. They even resort to such self-torture tactics..." said the fake elementary school student. "But the more this happens, the more nervous I feel. After paying so much, what exactly is their conspiracy?"
…
After the ambulances and police cars left one after another.
The haunted apartment has returned to peace.
The landlord looked at the deserted house and shook his head regretfully: "It seems that there will be no more hauntings here in the future. Alas, I thought I really had a haunted house before."
“Isn’t this better?” the graduate student said, and suddenly he slapped his forehead and remembered something, “Oh no, I haven’t finished my thesis yet!”
The three people left the street and went back to their rooms, some to sleep and some to work overtime.
A minute later, at the corner of a nearby alley.
A figure walked out from the shadows, and "Dr. Shindo" looked up at the haunted house after the curtain fell and sighed helplessly.
"Although I already knew that Calvados's overall quality was not that strong, but now that I have seen him so directly... I realized that he is actually so weak."
The good news is that, unlike what Calvados imagined - when the commotion happened here just now, Vermouth didn't come close at all, let alone have any intention of observing the situation closely. Instead, she retreated much further than before.
But the bad news is... Although he didn't witness it with his own eyes, a thoughtful colleague in the organization took pictures of his various key experiences tonight, named them "Hero Collection", and sent all the photos to Vermouth.
Vermouth didn't want to see these things at all.
She wanted to shred the photo, but before pressing the confirm button, she suddenly remembered something and opened Vodka's email instead.
Not long after, the photo was sent and a small black coin was deposited into the account.
Vermouth looked at the fluorescent currency in the electronic display cabinet and nodded slightly with satisfaction, feeling the satisfaction of having packed up the unwanted junk at home and exchanged it for a treasure.
The only regret is... the pattern this time is the same as the previous one.
(End of this chapter)
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