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On the same day, another person was also busy.

This person was Dojou Kazuaki.

Two or three months earlier, ManranyamaSouren had come to see Dojou Kazuaki and they had reached an agreement.

At that time, Dojou Kazuaki was persuaded by ManranyamaSouren and agreed to help her, even if this private act violated the regulations of the police station.

Everything was done to bring Bai Yaxin to justice and to prevent any more victims from appearing.

Last night, Dojou Kazuaki received a message from Van, saying that today was likely to be the day of the decisive battle.

So, Dojou Kazuaki quickly arranged and prepared, mobilizing manpower, and making thorough preparations.

During these two months, Dojou Kazuaki monitored the movements of ManranyamaSouren and Van every day.

Naturally, the monitoring was done through GPS tracking.

Both of them were equipped with ultra-mini GPS signal transmitters hidden in places where they would not be discovered—within the underwire of their brassieres.

For the smooth operation on this day, they had been practicing continuously for two months, aiming not to make any mistakes on the most important day.

To ensure everything went smoothly, Dojou Kazuaki didn't return home all night, staying at the police station to make preparations, sleeping on the couch that night to be prepared for any emergency.

The next morning, Dojou Kazuaki began monitoring the GPS locations of ManranyamaSouren and Van.

Dojou Kazuaki watched as the two moved from Okazaki Park to Nijo Castle, and then slowly entered the castle.

—Something felt a bit strange.

In order to avoid being discovered or suspected, Dojou Kazuaki could not directly contact ManranyamaSouren and Van, and could only wait for them to contact him.

Therefore, whether the movements of ManranyamaSouren and others were reasonable or problematic, and when to take action, all had to be judged by Dojou Kazuaki himself.

His intuition told him it was time, but he couldn't make a hasty judgment yet.

If he made a mistake, the entire plan would be ruined.

His brothers at the police station could only go out on an unfounded call once.

"Ino, help me check the opening hours of Nijo Castle." (Dojou Kazuaki)

Dojou Kazuaki found a clerk in the police station office and asked him to look up the information.

Dojou Kazuaki's intuition told him that Nijo Castle was definitely the right place, and all that was left was to wait for decisive evidence.

"Okay, please wait for five minutes." (Ino)

This clerk named Ino was a young man in his twenties. Dojou Kazuaki didn't know him well, but he had heard others praise him for being efficient and reliable.

—Five minutes? Time to go to the pantry and have a cup of coffee.

With that in mind, Dojou Kazuaki turned and went to the pantry to make coffee.

However, what he didn't know was that as soon as Ino confirmed that Dojou Kazuaki was far away, he immediately sent an email to Bai Yaxin's people.

—"Kumo, there is abnormal attention to Nijo Castle at the police station today."

Ten seconds later, Ino received a reply email, in which it said:

—"It's fine, don't expose your identity. I will make arrangements on this end."

After receiving the reply, Ino quietly deleted both emails and then began to check the opening hours of Nijo Castle.

After checking, Ino saw on the official website of Nijo Castle that today was a closed day, not open to the public.

Should this news be truthfully conveyed to Dojou Kazuaki, or...?

Ino pondered.

"Ino, how is it? Did you find out?" (Dojou Kazuaki)

Before long, Dojou Kazuaki returned with a cup of coffee, the rich aroma spreading and refreshing one's heart and mind.

"I found out." (Ino)

Without any hesitation, Ino answered directly.

"Today is not open to the public, it's a monthly closed day." (Ino)

"Why did the officer suddenly ask about this?" (Ino)

"Oh, nothing, it's just my daughter at home, she told me she wanted to visit Nijo Castle yesterday, so I asked." (Dojou Kazuaki)

Though Dojou Kazuaki seemed casual, his heart was already in turmoil.

—Today is a closed day, but ManranyamaSouren and Van entered Nijo Castle.

—It seems like it's time.

Dojou Kazuaki briskly returned to his office, picked up the telephone, and started contacting his brothers to prepare for action.

—Target: Nijo Castle.

It was truly unexpected that in the 21st century, there would be an opportunity to march towards an ancient castle tower.

Under Dojou Kazuaki's arrangements, nineteen people in the police station, including Dojou Kazuaki himself, gathered, prepared five police cars, and set off towards Nijo Castle.

...That was the plan, but before they could leave the station, all the cars were stopped.

The reason was that the director of the Osaka Prefectural Police Department, Yano Ichiro, somehow appeared there and happened to park right in front of the police station.

"Wow, such a big operation, are you going out for a mission?" (Yano Ichiro)

Yano Ichiro got off the car and looked at the stranded police cars.

Yano Ichiro was a man in his forties, slightly overweight. He must have had some ability to reach this position at his age.

Seeing this, Dojou Kazuaki quickly got out of the car and went forward to explain.

"Yes, there is a situation, and we need to go out immediately." (Dojou Kazuaki)

"Director Yano, why are you here?" (Dojou Kazuaki)

"Oh, so many people on the move, why didn't I see your director from Kyoto with you?" (Yano Ichiro)

Yano Ichiro didn't look directly at Dojou Kazuaki but scanned the police car convoy, as if looking to find the figure of the "director in Kyoto" he mentioned.

"Our director is not here today, he went on a business trip to Tokyo." (Dojou Kazuaki)

"So, according to the rules, don't you need your director to be with this scale of operation?" (Yano Ichiro)

"Or is it that we in Osaka are outdated and can't keep up with the new rules in Kyoto?" (Yano Ichiro)

It was only then that Yano Ichiro looked directly at Dojou Kazuaki, with a disdainful expression.

"This is a special case, I have obtained special approval from our director." (Dojou Kazuaki)

Suppressing his anger, Dojou Kazuaki responded politely to Yano Ichiro's questions.

The sudden appearance of this man from Osaka without prior notice made Dojou Kazuaki wonder what his true intentions were.

If he wasn't in a hurry now, Dojou Kazuaki would definitely investigate this man thoroughly.

"Oh, special approval? Your director is really amazing to have such power. Can you show me the approval letter?" (Yano Ichiro)

By this point, Dojou Kazuaki completely understood that this man had come to cause trouble.

"Director Yano, I don't know what issues you have with our Kyoto Prefectural Police, but we have an emergency to attend to now. Please step aside." (Dojou Kazuaki)

Dojou Kazuaki's anger was about to burst out; he clenched his fists, trying to control himself to refrain from lashing out.

"Haha, no grievances, I just want to see the approval letter. Don't you have it?" (Dojou Kazuaki)

"Our matters in Kyoto have nothing to do with Osaka, right? Can you please step aside?" (Dojou Kazuaki)

Every word of this sentence was uttered through clenched teeth by Dojou Kazuaki.