"...Let’s go." Nishino said in a low voice, "Let’s take a look."
Nishino’s "take a look" hit the mark in Shimizu’s mind—he just happened to have the sa intention.
At a ti when there is a vigorous crackdown on the "Radical Anti-foreigner Faction," having heard strange noises, they could not ignore it—Nishino and Shimizu left a few people behind to escort all those involved in the small gambling den back to the Magistrate’s Office, then personally led most of their n toward the direction where the strange sounds emanated.
Swiftly crossing the street, brushing past the buildings, quickly—the Hieda Residence Area in the north suburb appeared before Nishino and the others.
Entering this "district that everyone turns a blind eye to," with the air saturated with a strong stench, just as they turned a corner, Nishino and his team collided head-on with a samurai who was fleeing in panic—the very Tora Goro who had earlier faced off against Mukiwa, now utterly demoralized, seeking only to escape.
Tora Goro’s face, already quite unhappy upon seeing a large number of Officials appear, changed abruptly once more.
He hurriedly stopped in his tracks, intending to find another direction to flee.
Why would there be sword-wielding samurai in the Hieda Residence Area? And wanting to run upon seeing Officials... Shimizu, finding Tora Goro extrely suspicious, waved a large hand: "Catch him!"
Several mbers of the Fourth Squad dashed out from the ranks, swarming him, and in a mont captured Tora Goro, who had collided with them and hadn’t managed to change direction to flee.
At this ti, a series of light and urgent footsteps suddenly ca from afar—from the end of the western street, a petite figure turned the corner and stood on the street, then rushed directly toward where Tora Goro was.
But she had only taken two steps when her whole body froze on the spot upon seeing a large number of Officials led by Nishino and Shimizu.
This petite figure... stood separately with Nishino and the others at the east and west ends of this street, watching each other, as a gentle breeze swept across the street between them.
This peculiar tranquility lasted no more than about 2 seconds before an undercover informant under Nishino raised a hand pointing at the petite figure, shouted loudly, breaking the eerie silence:
"It’s Cat Monk! Lord Nishino! It’s Cat Monk!"
This petite silhouette was indeed Cat Monk... or rather, Mukiwa.
"Cat Monk?" All along, having only heard of the famous Phantom Thief, Shimizu who had never seen her, widened his eyes, his expression changing.
As for Nishino, his expression likewise changed drastically due to shock.
How could Cat Monk be here—this question weighed on the minds of Nishino and the others.
While Nishino was still in shock, Shimizu, standing beside him, managed to break free from his stunned emotions first: "Sagara! Miyabe! You two stay here to watch this guy (Tora Goro)! Everyone else follow ! Catch Cat Monk!"
Though he didn’t know why the Cat Monk, who only stole from evil n, appeared here, capturing this Phantom Thief that had troubled the Magistrate’s Office for so long couldn’t be wrong!
Thus—in response to Shimizu’s instructions, the mbers of the Fourth Squad flooded toward Mukiwa.
Seeing Shimizu and his team proceed to chase Mukiwa, Nishino hesitated for a mont, then clenched his teeth, waved a large hand, and led his undercover informants closely following behind the Fourth Squad.
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"Miss Kinoshita! What’s up with these Officials?"
At this mont, Aoto and Mukiwa were side by side, sprinting eastward along the street.
Before long, they rushed out of the Hieda Residence Area, returning from the "unregulated ruins area" to the "normal City Town."
But even though they had escaped from the Hieda Residence Area, there was still a dense sound of pursuit behind them.
"I don’t know either!" Mukiwa said quickly with a confused and puzzled expression, "I just went to chase after a fugitive thief."
"But when I turned a corner, I saw these Officials!"
Aoto, after hearing Mukiwa’s explanation, took a mont to twist his head back and looked at the Officials closely trailing them.
Among the group of Officials, Aoto spotted a familiar face—the ace detective of their North Guard Station: Nishino.
As for the large group of people beside Nishino, Aoto was unfamiliar with them.
However—though he didn’t recognize these people, Aoto did recognize their attire.
Seeing their black uniforms and the lanterns in their hands with the large words "arson" on them, Aoto couldn’t help but mutter:
"Ran into the most troubleso opponent..."
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