Chapter 436 Crucial News
“Hello, Kawakawa Hiroshi, Lingyuan City Main Building Police Chief. I’ve heard of your name, and thank you for the association’s support.”
After confirming the information on the ID passed over, Police Chief Kawakawa Hiroshi nodded, extended a hand to shake, and introduced himself.
“It’s all part of our duty. The professional heroes from the vicinity may arrive later. The association has already contacted your chief. Police Chief Kawakawa, what’s the current situation? Is there anything I can help with?”
Shaking Kawakawa Hiroshi’s outstretched right hand, Sato Shinichi nodded blankly, but quickly shifted the conversation back to the mission. Looking at the busy police officers around, he couldn’t help but ask.
“Regarding the situation… the Four Seasons Envoy arrived here before you. However, we don’t have the authority to command her. She took the initiative to intercept the enemy, but judging from the current situation, she was still escaped by the opponent.”
“The target should have been rescued by the opponent. We are currently applying for aerial information support from our superiors, and we will soon receive information on the escaping enemies. If you can cooperate with our actions, we can wait a little longer.”
Kawakawa Hiroshi sized up Sato Shinichi in front of him, organized his thoughts, and replied.
Although the police department and the association have always been closely related parallel organizations, due to the insurmountable gap between psychics and ordinary people, association heroes are generally unwilling to obey the instructions of non-psychics. As a local police chief, Kawakawa Hiroshi rarely has the opportunity to cooperate with top association heroes, so he only provided the information in a slightly questioning manner.
“Yes, I have no problem. I’ll wait for your intelligence then.”
Hearing his words, Sato Shinichi readily agreed, indicating his willingness to cooperate with their work.
As the adopted son of Hamano Tsukasa, the young boy naturally knew a lot about the character and deeds of many professional heroes. Heroes with powers far beyond ordinary people were, in some ways, quite arrogant, especially the veteran heroes who grew up in the wild growth environment of the past. Their eccentric tempers were in a class of their own.
To put it mildly, if it weren’t for Hamano Tsukasa’s presence, the entire association might not be so stable, as gathering a group of psychics with immense power was not a stable matter in itself.
Hamano Tsukasa naturally paid absolute attention to education in this regard. Under the iron fist called love, the young boy could not develop the psychology of acting recklessly based on his own strength. Instead, he always held the highest respect for these police officers who lacked powerful abilities but put themselves in danger for the safety of the people.
“Okay, is that alright? Sawada, switch to line four!”
A little surprised by Sato Shinichi’s high level of cooperation, Kawakawa Hiroshi was about to offer a compliment, but the details in his earpiece made his expression solemn. He quickly walked over to the police officer operating the computer screen and said.
“Yes, Officer Kawakawa.”
The police officer named Sawada nodded in response and quickly switched the line he was holding to another screen. The next moment, an overhead topographical map covered with dense red dots appeared before everyone.
“As expected… can we switch to a close-up view?”
The matter he was worried about had finally happened. Kawakawa Hiroshi did not panic too much, his brow furrowed beneath his mask. He continued to instruct Sawada.
“Yes.”
Sawada operated for a few moments, and the topographical map on the big screen changed to a slightly blurry video. He saw a man with short hair and a short-sleeved shirt carrying an adult-sized object on his shoulder, darting rapidly through the woods.
“Switch to several more target points… Okay, no need. Upload the information and location to the command center. Your team will cooperate with the command center to confirm the movement positions of all target points. Kido squad will cooperate to secure this place and wait for the logistics team to recover the scene. The rest and teams two and four will depart for the nearby points and at the same time immediately notify the police departments of other cities to assist in the capture.”
After receiving the same information by switching to several target points, Kawakawa Hiroshi, who had been bending over to look at the screen, straightened up. He sighed deeply and then issued a series of commands concisely. He then turned to look at Sato Shinichi, who was still out of the loop.
“Police Chief Kawakawa, what’s happening now?”
Seeing that the other party seemed to have made a new discovery, Sato Shinichi quickly leaned in and asked with some urgency.
“Huu— It’s even worse than I thought. Sousuke, can’t other heroes from the association get here in a short time?”
Sighing again, Kawakawa Hiroshi asked.
“The fastest one, the ‘Bulldozer’ from Lingyuan City, will take an hour to get here due to patrol duties. Are we short-handed now, Police Chief Kawakawa?”
“We are indeed short-handed… because there are eighteen targets.”
Looking at the red dots constantly moving on the topographical map on the screen, Kawakawa Hiroshi felt a sense of powerlessness. According to the intelligence, the members of this team were not ordinary minions of the [Dark] Organization, but actual evil psychics.
Even if they chose to flee separately, without the cooperation of multiple police teams, it would be like playing with the lives of their subordinates. Moreover, the weapon equipment of the police department in a small border city like this could not satisfy all the members of the teams.
“Eighteen? Have they dispersed? Can’t you identify which one is the real target? Could this be their misdirection?”
Upon hearing Kawakawa Hiroshi’s answer, Sato Shinichi’s expression became solemn. The distance between Lingyuan City and Kyoto was too great. Even if he traveled at full speed, he could only arrive at this time. If they were divided into such numbers to escape separately, even he couldn’t cover them all.
“We can’t. We can’t clearly identify the things on them. Drones will be discovered and shot down if they get too close.”
“Due to the special nature of the culprit’s abilities, both tracking devices and instruments inside the prison become ineffective in a very short time. We can only judge based on the concentration of energy inside the cage, and it is obvious that they have used some method to rescue people.”
Looking at the test data provided by the police officer next to him, Kawakawa Hiroshi shook his head, refuting Sato Shinichi’s somewhat wild guess. As the police chief of Lingyuan City, he had some understanding of this underwater prison where special criminals were held.
“In that case… I’ll trouble Police Chief Kawakawa for the target locations. The situation is urgent, and we’ll assess the situation as we move.”
The young boy was not indecisive. Knowing the urgency of the time, he reached out and took the earpiece handed by Kawakawa Hiroshi, put it on his ear, and took a heavy step forward, preparing to leap into the distance.
“Whoosh—”
Just as the young boy’s calves were about to exert force and take flight, a whistling sound came from afar, followed by a giant shell wrapped in a water bubble descending from the sky and landing heavily in front of everyone, who had switched to a defensive posture.
The pale purple shell slowly opened, and a young boy with a pale face emerged from it. His large shinto priest’s robe was full of wrinkles, as if hiding in this shell was not a pleasant experience.
The young shinto priest somewhat tremblingly raised his head. Upon seeing Kawakawa Hiroshi’s face beneath his mask, he breathed a sigh of relief, completely ignoring the several guns already aimed at him. He shakily stood up and uttered with a trembling voice.
“Police Chief Kawakawa, Lord Suizu has important news for me to deliver to you!”
