manynovel Chapter 992 Humble Sorrow
Chapter 992 Humble Sorrow
Soon, police cars roared, and Nanbeihu Railway Station was surrounded by a large number of police officers. Passengers were evacuated urgently, and teams of police officers in explosion-proof suits rushed onto the platform to conduct a carpet search of the trains that were parked and about to arrive at the station.
The atmosphere was extremely tense.
No corner is spared.
Suddenly, a policeman found a suspicious object under the seat of a carriage.
"A bomb has been found!" he reported nervously through the intercom.
Everyone's heart was in their throats.
The bomb disposal team approached cautiously, and finally took out the suspected bomb device with shaky hands and moved it to an open area.
However, when the explosion-proof experts were about to detonate——
"Oh!"
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a ball of colorful fireworks sprayed out from the device and slowly fell in the air.
Everyone: "..."
Soon after, more "bombs" were found in different locations on the train.
"Report! Found one here!"
“It’s available here too!”
"There are also suspicious items at the connection between the carriages!"
However, after all the "bombs" were detonated, without exception, they were all fake, purely counterfeit and shoddy products.
Either fireworks were sprayed out, or colored smoke was emitted, and there was even one that popped out a small flag with the word "idiot" written on it.
This was simply an elaborate cover-up designed by the criminals! A mockery of the police.
The police were made a fool of!
Everyone's face turned extremely ugly, and a feeling of anger and powerlessness of being fooled spread.
……
When Sato Miwako heard the angry and frightened report from her colleague at Minamibeito Station coming through the communicator, her face instantly turned extremely ugly.
"Fake... all fake?!"
She slammed her fist on the steering wheel, and the horn let out a long, piercing blast. "We got screwed! That bastard!"
The huge disappointment and anger of being teased instantly overwhelmed her. She thought she had grasped hope, but it turned out to be a trap carefully laid by the criminals, wasting precious police resources and time.
"Calm down, Officer Sato."
Hanyu Kusunoki's voice remained steady, as if he had anticipated this. "Since it's an 'overtime' match, the criminals certainly won't let it end so quickly. They're enjoying toying with the police."
A sharp glint flashed in Xiao Ai's icy blue eyes. She picked up the notice again, tapping the words on it with her fingertips. "'The overtime match will begin soon'... 'The match will officially begin tomorrow at noon'... The key lies in the words 'soon' and 'officially'. We may have overlooked the time difference."
She raised her head and looked at Sato Miwako: "The police's previous investigation was based on the assumption that the game had already begun. But what if the clues he is giving now point to the 'preparatory activities' or 'warm-up venue' before the 'game' begins?"
Sato Miwako was stunned: "Warm-up venue?"
"That's right." Ai pointed to another sentence on the notice. "'Even if you try to find someone to stop me, it's futile. I will eventually turn defeat into victory.' That sounds a lot like a statement of confidence before a game. And 'stepping on the blood-stained bases'...besides being a scoring point, what is the base first before the game begins?"
Hanyu Kusunoki interjected, a knowing smile on his face, "It's where the players stand, waiting for the game to begin—the starting point."
Sato Miwako's eyes suddenly lit up: "Starting point?! Could it be..."
"The police were previously focusing on the train itself and the station interior," Xiao Ai analyzed calmly. "But what if the bomb wasn't on the train that had already started, but instead... on a train that hadn't yet departed, but was parked on the platform, waiting for the 'race start' signal?"
"The blood-stained base..."
Miwako Sato muttered to herself, her mind racing. "Trains waiting to depart... platform... blood... red... oh yeah, the Toudou Loop Line! Those trains with red locomotives are now neatly parked in the main station garage, awaiting tomorrow's dispatch. That's the real 'steel home plate'! And the 'blood stains' refer to their color!"
The idea came to me instantly!
Sato Miwako immediately grabbed the communicator, her voice trembling with excitement: "Inspector Megure! This is Sato! Immediately send someone to seal off the Toudou Loop Line Terminal Depot! I repeat, seal off the depot immediately! The bomb is likely there! On those trains with red locomotives!"
Megure Jusan's voice of shock and sudden realization came from the other end of the communicator, followed by the noisy sound of rapid mission deployment.
Miwako Sato put down the communicator and breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling that the huge rock pressing on her heart had finally loosened a little. Although the pressure was still huge, at least the direction was clear.
Through the rearview mirror, she glanced gratefully at the calm-looking girl and smiling boy in the back seat.
"This time...it's really thanks to you!" she said sincerely.
"It's just a small effort to serve the citizens."
Hanyu Kusunoki smiled and said, "Next, it's the police's turn to show their skills. Come on, Officer Sato~"
The red Mazda roared again, turned around, and sped towards the Toudou Loop Line terminal garage.
However, Xiao Ai in the back row suddenly frowned.
"What's wrong?" Hanyu Nan supported his head and looked at her with a smile, "Do you feel something is wrong?"
Xiao Ai shook her head, pulled the notice out of the atlas, read it carefully again, and said softly with a hint of uncertainty:
"I have a feeling... I've over-estimated the bomber's code. Given his penchant for toying with the police and enjoying their embarrassment, this 'warm-up field' clue is most likely... another decoy."
"Really?"
Hanyu Nan naturally knew that this clue was still a bait, but looking at Xiao Ai who was frowning in thought beside him, he chuckled and said, "In that case, our world's smartest Xiao Ai, the safety of the 1200 million people in Touto is entirely in your hands~"
"Humph~"
Hearing someone's exaggerated and unconventional flattery, the little girl subconsciously snorted and turned her face away.
Hearing someone's flattery, the little Loli snorted softly.
It's over, it's over, she's not that smart anymore, she's only the third smartest in the world. (Inner OS: Be humble~)
As for who are the top two?
Of course, it is the smartest and most talented beautiful girl scientist of the Miyano family and the Hanyu family - Miyano Shiho/Hanyu Shiho!
However, Shiho Hanyu could only rank second.
Because of the long-term pollution and subtle influence of a certain unscrupulous god, in addition to scientific research data, some pornographic waste and gestures occasionally emerge uncontrollably in Hanyu Shiho's mind, seriously affecting the purity of her IQ and the stability of her performance!
Therefore, the first one has to be the purely rational Miyano Shiho.