Chapter 085 Marseille International Game Festival
The Marseille International Convention and Exhibition Center is currently hosting the Marseille International Video Games Festival! Countless people dressed in strange outfits have come here.
These people are all COSPLAY enthusiasts.
Many European countries have a strong 2D culture, but Marseille lags behind Paris in this regard, after all, Paris has hosted several international video game tournaments. However, Mayor Gaudin saw the potential and has been hosting 2D events in Marseille for several years, creating the "esports capital of southern France" and attracting more young tourists! Now it feels like a latecomer has caught up.
Will said, "Chief, if the suspect hasn't changed his clothes, then he should be at the convention center right now. But how are we going to get in and arrest him? If we mess up the arcade game festival, we'll be in big trouble! I heard the mayor will be here in person! If we mess up things here, we'll be in big trouble!"
Angeloni thought for a moment and said, "Then we can't let the criminals go! So, you take a few people with you and we go in in plain clothes to investigate!"
Will wanted to persuade Angeloni, but after looking at Angeloni, he could only shake his head and make the arrangements.
A higher-ranking official can crush people to death!
So a special operations team of six people entered the Marseille Convention Center under the leadership of Angeloni.
"Are all young people like this now?" Angeloni frowned after entering the convention center. "Will, do these people's clothes look good? Who would normally dress like this?"
Will shrugged and said, "It's a hobby for young people. My daughter likes it too. I didn't understand why she did it at first, but then I thought it was better than messing around and taking drugs, so I stopped objecting."
"Why are there so many people gathered over there?" Angeloni noticed a group of people gathered in front.
Will looked up and said, "That's the arcade area. There must be some video game masters competing there. In the eyes of these geeks, video game masters probably have more influence than Connie Carter."
"Are you kidding me?" Angeloni obviously didn't believe what Will said.
Who is Connie Carter? She's the star of Woodpecker Studios! She's considered Europe's most beautiful, sexy, and top-tier action-adventure actress. Originally a model, she transitioned into action-adventure films and instantly gained a worldwide following.
That’s right, it’s ‘hot all over the world’!
When many people think of romantic action movies, they first think of Japan and America. This idea is a bit ignorant. The real core of romantic action movies in the world is in Europe!
Among the world's top 500 companies, there are two film and television companies that specialize in shooting romantic action movies. One is the Spanish "Private Folder" film company, and the other is the French "Woodpecker" film company.
Woodpecker is considered the forefather of European and American romantic action films! It once dominated the entire European romantic action film industry. Although Private Folder secured funding from the United States for a period of time, it stole the crown, but Woodpecker has since caught up. Now, the two companies are fiercely competing for dominance.
In France, the romantic action actresses from the Woodpecker film company were just as famous as real film and television actresses! At least for Angeloni and Will, they might not know Felix's sister, Marlene Walter, but they definitely knew Connie Carter!
This is the romance of middle-aged men.
Will pointed ahead. "Connie Carter is really at this exhibition. She's right over there! A mobile game manufacturer has launched a so-called 'development' mobile game and has paid a large sum of money to hire Connie Carter to endorse it. Director, shall we go over and take a look?"
Angeloni almost blurted out "Okay!" But reason got the better of him. He coughed twice and said, "Let's get down to business first! There are so many people over there, let's go investigate!"
"Okay, Chief!"
Angeloni and his group pushed through the crowd and walked in. It turned out to be the video game area as Will said. Two people were sitting in front of a game console called "Street Fighter 5" and fighting each other. There was a big screen next to them showing the process of the two people's duel, and a commentator was explaining the content of the game eloquently.
The game seemed to be very intense, and from the reactions of the onlookers nearby, it could be seen that this was a battle between masters.
Angeloni and the others couldn't understand the content of the game, but they all widened their eyes: including the two people fighting in front of the game console and the few onlookers nearby, they were all dressed in the standard outfit of "V for Vendetta": top hats, black robes, and mustache masks.
"Chief, what should we do?" Will asked.
Angeloni whispered to Will, "This case can't be handled by one person! If these people are all accomplices, then it's easy to explain! Go out and mobilize people quickly. Let's arrest all these people and investigate!"
"Isn't this bad?" Will shook his head. "If they are suspects, why don't they run away and play games here?"
After hearing this, Angeloni frowned and said, "How do you do your job as a detective? Don't you study criminal psychology? Many criminals will not leave the scene after committing a crime. They will observe the police's actions closely! I am the director and I have the final say! Call people in quickly! We can't let them escape!" Angeloni said.
Will had no choice but to take out the walkie-talkie to contact the police outside. Soon a team of police came in and surrounded the people in front of the game console!
This scene made everyone around stunned and not know what was going on.
The two players facing off in front of the game console were so engrossed in their games, oblivious to what was happening nearby. Angeloni, enraged by this, reached out and pinned one of the gamers' heads, slamming him hard against the monitor. "Are you addicted? Marseille police, you're all under arrest!"
He used a lot of force, and the person he was holding screamed, and cracks appeared on the display glass of the game console.
Seeing him take action, all the police around him took action and arrested all the people dressed in V for Vendetta costumes in the venue!
These people did not resist.
French police are armed, especially after 2016 when there were many incidents of refugees attacking police officers. Now the French police have increased their law enforcement efforts a lot!
Seeing that no one resisted, Angeloni said with a smug look on his face, "Take off their masks! I want to see what kind of faces are hidden under these ugly masks!"
He said as he unmasked the man next to him.
Beneath the mask was an elderly white man's face, filled with anger. Angeloni began to stutter as he saw the face clearly: "Go... Mayor Godan? Why is it you?"
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