After Reporter Long had finished his supper, the camera returned to the rooftop of the police station.

At this moment, the crowd had already cornered the suspect.

"Surround him together and catch the suspect!"

Our chief began commanding his subordinates to carry out the arrest operation. People started closing in from all sides.

But someone quickly noticed something.

"Chief, it looks like the suspect has a bomb in his hand."

"What? Hold on, let's temporarily observe."

Upon hearing about the bomb, our chief immediately canceled the forced arrest operation. If the suspect performed a suicide bombing, the casualties on our side would be devastating. Our chief would then have to resign, and all the hard work he had put in for so many years would be ruined. He couldn't afford to be careless.

This is a classic case of one misstep leading to thousands of bitter regrets.

Well, at least this situation was within Ryuto's expectations.

Then, another report came from the subordinates.

"Chief, the suspect is making a move."

Everyone saw Hiyori acting, causing a commotion among the crowd, and the surrounding circle became chaotic.

Hiyori held the bomb firmly and made a throwing motion.

"Chief, it seems like he's going to throw the bomb."

"Ah, indeed he realized he can't escape and is prepared to die together? Damn terrorist, everyone quickly take cover."

With that order, everyone scattered, the speed of dispersion...

Next, following Ryuto's instructions, Hiyori threw the bomb with all his strength when the time was almost up, just as before.

"Boom——"

A loud noise came from the night sky, illuminating the sky with flames. Everyone immediately fell to the ground, assuming the standard evacuation position, protecting the vital parts of their bodies.

"Ah, Chief."

Someone reported again.

"What's wrong now?"

"The suspect escaped on a balloon."

"What?"

Just as reported, a huge hot air balloon floated from somewhere, and during the time when everyone was taking cover, the suspect grabbed the string of the balloon and escaped.

Damn it, if the suspect escaped, it would be difficult for him to be promoted in the future. Thinking of this, our chief acted decisively.

"Hurry, let everyone know to shoot down that balloon."

"But if we do that, the suspect will..."

Seeing his subordinates hesitating, our chief suddenly became furious.

It's already at this point, who still cares about integrity? So our chief directly gave the order.

"Never mind that, do as I say."

"Yes..."

Although there was some hesitation, his subordinates agreed.

However, there was soon another report.

"Chief, the suspect's balloon has already burst."

"What? I just gave the order, how did it burst so quickly?"

As he said that, he looked up and saw that the suspect's balloon had inexplicably burst. In the present situation where the balloon had burst, the suspect's body was also descending rapidly. It seemed like he would land in the nearby square.

And...

A red gas leaked out from inside the balloon. Seeing this, our chief immediately understood.

Could it be that the suspect deliberately burst the balloon? After landing, they planned to use the smoke as an opportunity to escape? No way.

The intuitive chief took decisive action.

"Inform the people below to surround the suspect tightly. Don't panic even if there is smoke."

"Yes."

At the same time, the chief himself boarded a helicopter to observe the suspect's movements from above.

The suspect fell onto the square with the burst hot air balloon. At the moment of landing, red smoke dispersed rapidly, quickly enveloping the entire scene.

What an idiot! Even with smoke, they won't be able to escape from the encirclement formed by so many people. Now my promotion is finally guaranteed.

Thinking this, the chief couldn't help but feel proud.

As he watched the smoke gradually disperse, as if the road to his promotion was becoming clearer and clearer, he thought it would be like this. However, after the smoke cleared, something unexpected appeared...

"What?"

The chief widened his eyes and cold sweat formed on his forehead.

And a panicked voice came from the walkie-talkie."Director, the suspect... the suspect suddenly turned into hundreds of people..."

"..."

The director's walkie-talkie slipped from his hand.

How could this happen? There's another trick up their sleeve. The director, who had no idea what the suspect looked like, was completely dumbfounded. He just stared blankly at the hundreds of people in black clothes and masks in the square.

At the same time, near the square, a young girl looked at the hundreds of suspects in front of her with a sigh of helplessness.

"So there's still another move? Now we're really out of options."

Just then, a male police officer's voice came.

"Miss Katsuragi, I didn't expect to find you here. Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine."

After speaking, the male police officer looked at the hundreds of suspects in front of him and showed a puzzled expression.

"Miss Katsuragi, this is a bit difficult now."

"Yes, without confirming the identity of the suspect, we can't just arrest everyone."

"Then these people..."

"They are probably ordinary people brought here by the real criminals using other excuses. In other words, they are not aware of what's going on."

"And the real criminal..."

"They probably escaped among the crowd a long time ago."

With that, the male police officer seemed to remember something.

"By the way, speaking of the real criminal, Miss Katsuragi went to arrest another suspect, didn't you? Did you not run into them?"

"...I did run into them, but they managed to escape."

The girl said with some frustration.

"...Then what should we do? We're completely helpless now, aren't we?"

To this, the girl just shook her head and took out something.

"No, it's not over yet."

After seeing what that something was, the male police officer widened his eyes in astonishment.

"This is..."