frightfiction Chapter 1077 Carnival
Chapter 1077 Carnival
Chapter 1077 Carnival
"Look at this."
Conan, who didn't know what the Phantom Thief of Hearts on the other side had done, pointed to the poster on the display board in front of him.
The poster features a pumpkin and some cute Halloween elements, as well as...
"Traffic control area notice on Halloween..." Mao Lilan saw the title of the poster at a glance and leaned over to study it for a moment. "What's wrong with this poster? This is considered a normal activity."
In Akihabara, traffic control is even implemented on weekends for the convenience of tourists and pedestrians. In Tokyo, vehicles are prohibited from passing through. In Shibuya on Halloween, it is common to temporarily control traffic on several main streets of Shibuya to prevent the explosion of people and vehicles and to divert traffic.
The most congested sections of the road will be closed to traffic, and after the lanes are requisitioned as pedestrian areas, the flow of people in the entire Shibuya central area will naturally increase, which will be even better for the surrounding commercial areas.
This kind of regulation is not a temporary decision. It will be notified and announced months in advance, and everyone is used to it.
"No, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with the controls. Look at the shape."
Conan traced the road marked in red on the poster.
Mao Lilan stared at the shape for a while, and soon associated it with something, and suddenly realized: "Ah, this is the note that Mr. Oleg brought over-"
"Yes. That was all he saw, from Pramya's tablet. He noted it as an important clue, but did not understand its significance."
Conan pointed at the poster above, his tone becoming heavy.
"If this is the location of the attack that Pramiya 'predicted'... because of the traffic control, there will really be a large number of casualties."
Creating an explosion in such a crowded area, and using a special chemical bomb like the one Pramya would use...
This kind of tragedy would shock the world.
"...I don't understand. How exactly is he going to place the bomb?" Because of this sentence, Ran Mao Li couldn't help but imagine the consequences. Her face turned pale and she raised her hand to cover her mouth. "Mixed in the crowd? Or, installed in some malls and shopping areas? But, Dad said that the data shows that the bombs used by Pramya are almost all large in size. If we check carefully, can we discover and prevent them in advance?"
"I don't know yet." Conan lowered his head and looked at his notebook again.
According to his thinking habits when solving cases, when he received the information provided by Oleg, he had already copied the contents of the note onto paper exactly as they were.
In addition to this geometric shape that resembles a dollar sign, the note also has the words "bullet" and "shoulder" written in simple Russian.
This is another very obvious feature of Pramya.
Oleg said that three years ago, he was rescued and taken away by Jinpei Matsuda and Kou Ida in advance, so he did not see what kind of conflict happened between Officer Matsuda and Pramya. He just speculated based on the noise that there might have been an exchange of fire between the two sides.
Oleg also obtained the information that the bullet was in the shoulder from the tablet.
"What a pity... If I had obtained this information three years ago, maybe I could have found some biological information... huh?" Conan muttered this twice and narrowed his eyes.
Wait a minute, Inspector Megure seemed to have introduced it, and former police officer Shimazu Muranaka himself also said that he chose to retire and undergo rehabilitation treatment because of severe trauma that almost lost the function of his right shoulder, and then he met his fiancée, right?
So, his fiancée met him in the same department. Where did she get injured?
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"I feel like I have some clues."
Kenji Hagiwara clutched his cloak tightly, trying hard to keep his balance, and couldn't help but say this.
This is Pramiya, the temple of Christina, located at the "Fire Carnival" in Shibuya.
The overall layout and color are completely different from the outside Shibuya, but the terrain is indeed modeled after the current central area of Shibuya...
In other words, it was crowded, extremely crowded, so crowded that it was almost unbearable.
If Zhu Fu Jingguang had not had the foresight to tie everyone's hands together before entering the door, the two waves of shadows just now would have scattered them all.
"She chose her own wedding as the target in order to gather the police, right?" Zhu Fu Jingguang grasped one end of the thread tightly and could not help but speed up his speech. "In this environment, even if she knew in advance that an explosion was going to happen, she would not be able to escape."
"Why? Because she plans to wipe out the entire Investigation Section 1?" Matsuda Jinpei frowned. "That's a bit too ambitious. Does she know how many people there are in the Investigation Section 1?"
The First Investigation Division is one of the most important practical departments under the Criminal Division of the Metropolitan Police Department, and is responsible for major criminal cases.
Among them, the violent crime investigation department consists of 1 departments from 10 to 10. Except for Department which is administrative office staff and Department which is secret intelligence personnel, all of them are responsible for major violent murders.
In addition, they also have robbery crime search, arson crime search and special crime search departments, almost all of which are aimed at various types of vicious crimes, public safety incidents and major disasters.
Including the information team responsible for on-site searches and trace identification, the entire Investigation Section 300 has nearly people, the largest in the entire Metropolitan Police Department.
For those who have stayed in the Investigation Division for a shorter time - such as Jinpei Matsuda - it is difficult to get to know the heads of each department, let alone recognize people.
"She came up with this idea because there were too many people." Tang Ze slowly answered while observing the noisy environment with his third eye, "Public safety incidents are also the responsibility of the Investigation Division 1. When the bombing occurred in Shibuya on Halloween, half of the entire Investigation Division 1 had to be mobilized. However, so many people, in Shibuya now, are just a few drops of water merging into the ocean."
A police force of more than one hundred or nearly two hundred people is a huge investment under normal circumstances.
But in a holiday celebration of this scale, it is difficult for such a small police force to even direct and evacuate traffic.
"And the remaining half will be responsible for the safety of the wedding." Morobushi Kagemitsu added, "That's why she chose Shibuya Lights."
This building is also located in the central area of Shibuya and its location is very clever.
If we move forward a little further in time, when the wedding is about to take place, the crowds taking to the streets of Shibuya will surround the entire building.
At that point, other than a rooftop helicopter ride — which was planned as part of the wedding process — there was little way to leave the area quickly and safely.
Although the target chosen was very large, Pramia's attack was strictly speaking the same idea as the explosion caused by Gin.
As long as there are enough victims and the damaged area is large enough, others will not be able to figure out who her real target is.
"Why is this? Is it just because the Investigation Division is investigating her?" Asai Narimi pulled at his haori robe that was blown all over by the crowded shadows, frowning, "This is too petty."
It is one thing to be vindictive, but this reason is no different from killing someone just because someone glanced at you for a few more seconds in the crowd.
"Because she was worried." Tang Ze looked at the screens on the high-rise buildings on both sides, which were full of fire and explosion effects, and gave his own thoughts, "Trigger, you died in the explosion shortly after you encountered her. But Officer Ida was not like that."
Among the four policemen targeted by Pramiya, due to their special identities, she could not find out the details of Furuya Rei and Morobushi Keimitsu, so she could not understand their working environment.
At this time, even if Pramiya wanted to expand the scope of revenge, she could not lock on the target.
But Jinpei Matsuda and Kou Date are different.
After approaching Muranaka Tsutomu, she was able to find out with a little research that they were both working in the Investigation Division 1 at the time, but in different departments.
Jinpei Matsuda had no chance to disclose the details of the case to others. The only person who might have known something about the situation was probably his partner at the time, Miwako Sato.
For Idahang, the situation is a little more complicated.
Apart from his junior Takagi Wataru, who had a good relationship with him, he had also worked in the Investigation Division for a long time and had contacts with many people...
"As for Sato and Takagi, if I remember correctly, they were among the police officers closest to her at the wedding." Matsuda Jinpei's eyes twitched, and he asked back with gritted teeth, "Just for such a vague reason?"
"Anyway, her bombs have to be aimed at someone. Of course, she should attack the most likely threat to ensure the greatest benefit, right?
Tang Ze raised his head as he spoke.
The crowded ground and shadows may seem like obstacles, but in fact they are the safest and most harmless parts of the entire hall.
Because neither Pramiya herself nor the explosives she had planted were on the ground.
As his line of sight rose higher and higher, dense red dots appeared in the special vision of his third eye.
The pumpkins with ferocious expressions deliberately carved on the light strips hanging above the heads were all bright red, and the billboards, graffiti and other decorations set high up were all, without exception, filled with warning red lights.
This also means...
Tang Ze narrowed his eyes, pulled open his scarf, and gently threw it upwards.
The cloth jumped up lightly and flexibly, and then in Tang Ze's sight, it suddenly stopped as if it hit something out of thin air.
"A classic hidden road." Tang Ze raised his eyebrows not too surprised and tilted his head to signal, "Everyone be on alert, it's about to begin. Lunar."
Without any additional instructions from him, Asai Narimi had already decisively thrown off his coat, picked up the bow and arrow in his hand, bent the bow and put the arrow on it, and made preparatory movements.
Tang Ze raised his hand and pointed to the pumpkin closest to their heads.
"Smash them!"
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"boom!"
"ah!"
As if startled by the movement behind her, the blonde bride standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window turned her head, hunched her shoulders, and let out a short scream.
"Don't be nervous, Miss Christina." Seeing her reaction, Sato Miwako smiled and gestured to the bottle of wine in her hand, "I just opened a bottle."
Christina couldn't help but use a little strength on her fingers trapped in silk gloves, and it took her two seconds to regain control of her expression.
"It's not appropriate to drink during work hours, right?" She said sarcastically in a slightly worried tone, "Of course, if it's because you're too nervous or stressed... Don't worry, I'll pretend I didn't see it."
This is the dressing room prepared for the bride. Now Christina has put on her full wedding dress and done her makeup. She is just waiting for the night to fall and put on her veil.
After all, it was a women's locker room. Even if close protection was needed, it was not appropriate for male police officers to come in. Naturally, the person who stood in the room to protect her was Sato Miwako.
"How could that be? I won't neglect my duty at such a crucial moment." Sato Miwako smiled and took out the dropper on the other side. "Because it's the wine that will be used in the wedding tonight, I'm just checking its safety."
The information that Pramya used liquid bombs was accurately conveyed to all the police officers in the Investigation Section through Oleg and Kazami Yuya.
Therefore, being vigilant about all liquids and doing a good job of security checks becomes the number one issue they need to pay attention to.
Pramya's eye twitched slightly.
...Even if you really want to use chemicals to create an explosion, putting it in champagne and hoping to cause a reaction and explosion by shaking it and then removing the lid is a bit too childish.
"These are all sealed bottles of wine. How could this happen?" She wanted to complain in her heart, but Christina just smiled a little. "I know you want to protect me. Thank you, Officer Sato."
"We have to be careful. This is a cunning criminal." Sato Miwako glanced at her and pressed the lid back on the bottle. "We have to confirm the safety of all the utensils we need to use at night."
"I didn't expect there would be a champagne session." Christina smiled, "Hasn't it been decided not to invite any guests?"
They already knew in advance that the wedding would be attacked, and not canceling the wedding because of the threats from the criminals was already the biggest compromise. Even the most careless police officers would not really let innocent citizens attend the wedding without knowing anything.
So naturally, only the bride and groom will attend the wedding tonight, and all other participants are well-prepared police officers who will mobilize their forces to the maximum extent to ensure the safety of the wedding.
"We won't invite guests. This is the wedding of the former police officer, and as colleagues, we can't let his wedding be too lonely." Sato Miwako smiled. "Danger is one thing, but this is a once-in-a-lifetime wedding, isn't it?"
"...What you said makes sense." Noticing her subtle tone, Christina smiled.
Are you on guard for something? It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter if you are on guard.
She turned her head and looked down at the crowded streets below that almost formed an ocean, and gave a hidden smile.
After all, her carnival had already begun.