Uesugi Shion's family is involved in real estate, demolition sites and such, they definitely use explosives. If she says there's a bomb, there's an eighty percent chance there really is a bomb.

"Isn't this a terrorist attack? There's no need to involve innocent people in our grievances! If you have the guts, come at me directly!"

Words so noble sounded a bit off coming from Fushimi Roku's mouth.

In fact, he didn't care how many people died. He said this to buy time, while his other hand was sending a message to the police station via pager, claiming that his sister had been kidnapped and urging the communications room to bring people over quickly and trace Uesugi Shion's phone.

Uesugi Shion didn't give the typical villainous "keh-keh-keh" laugh, nor did she go along with the protagonist's chatter like in a melodramatic TV series, only to die from talking too much.

"The first bomb is set in Ikebukuro, with an explosion time of midnight tonight. Jun is right next to the bomb, whether you find it or not is up to you. That's all."

After saying this, she hung up the phone.

Fushimi Roku's first reaction was to think that Watanabe Shun had been kidnapped, but then he realized that the Jun Uesugi Shion mentioned was his Border Collie.

Murder is one thing, but daring to kill his dog!

Fushimi Roku was very displeased. He took a deep breath, calmed down, went back to his room, found paper and pen, and wrote an anonymous threatening letter, claiming that he was a terrorist who had planted a bomb in a crowded area in Ikebukuro, to be detonated at midnight tonight, to make the world know the name of the Fox Princess.

After finishing, he put on a mask, changed clothes, went downstairs to find a courier for express delivery, and paid extra to ensure the letter reached the Ikebukuro District police station today.

Whether or not the Ikebukuro Police Station investigated was up to them.

Fushimi Roku didn't plan to look for the bomb. It was obvious that Uesugi Shion must have left clues in various parts of Ikebukuro. As long as he solved the puzzles, he could find the exact location of the bomb and disarm it... But isn't that just being led by the nose by Uesugi Shion?

He had to take the initiative.

The communications room promptly replied, saying the room was quite busy and could only send one person over. Fushimi Roku said it didn't matter, as long as the equipment arrived, they could do without the person.

The communications room didn't dare to directly hand over the equipment to Fushimi Roku. After all, phone tracing devices are expensive and they had to be responsible, so they sent someone over to operate it anyway.

The chief was quite concerned about this matter and called to say they would dispatch additional officers to help.

Fushimi Roku worried that more people would attract attention, and if Uesugi Shion spread unintended information, it would be difficult to handle, so he declined the chief's good intention.

"I'm a professional criminal police officer myself, and isn't the station short-staffed recently? I'll investigate myself, no need to trouble others," Fushimi Roku said.

"In principle, you're supposed to avoid involvement," the chief said.

Generally, if they say 'in principle, you can't,' it means you can; if they say 'in principle, you can,' it means you can't.

Fushimi Roku promised not to cause trouble for the station and falsely claimed that Chief Kujo would assist, so the chief didn't meddle any further, offered a few words of concern, and hung up the phone.

Half an hour later, personnel from the communications room arrived at Sugamo Apartment. Fushimi Roku welcomed them in and let the staff operate the equipment.

The tracking equipment from '91 looked just like in the movies, a large rectangular metal box with a frequency screen, connecting the phone line and landline, capable of both monitoring and backtracking call origins.

Fushimi Roku planned to wait until midnight. Regardless of whether the bomb exploded, Uesugi Shion would call, giving him the chance to trace and locate her.

First, he'd find Uesugi Shion, kill her to silence her, rescue Taira Sakurako, and then consider the rest.

As for Jun...

Fushimi Roku was also deeply saddened. He had already prepared a eulogy for Jun, that for the sake of this family, for his owner's safety, he had to entrust Jun to sacrifice himself.

Surely Jun, in spirit, wouldn't hold a grudge against him.

He sat on the sofa, watching the communications personnel at work, his mind racing incessantly, then suddenly considered Jun might not die... After all, wasn't there still the Ikebukuro Police Station? They should act upon receiving the threatening letter, right?

Maybe they'd dispatch a mobile team to search high-traffic areas. Professional matters should be left to the professionals.

Fushimi Roku soothed his conscience by convincing himself he had fulfilled his duty.

——Ring, ring!

The phone suddenly rang, and the communications staff quickly turned around and whispered, "I'm not ready yet..."

"How much longer?" Fushimi Roku stood up.

"About ten minutes," the communications staff said. "The call will automatically hang up after a minute, so it's definitely not enough time."

"You continue, I'll try to stall," Fushimi Roku saw the caller ID and answered the phone, "Moshi moshi? Where are you now?"

The call was none other than Minamoto Tamako.

He figured Minamoto Tamako might have also been kidnapped since he had been with Tamako when he fell unconscious. Uesugi Shion moved him, so there was no reason not to move Tamako too.

"I'm home... at my mom's house."

Minamoto Tamako woke up a little later than Fushimi Roku. She lay on the bed for half an hour before gradually coming to her senses, with a lot of strange knowledge inexplicably appearing in her mind.

Things like "disguise skills," "janitor's manual," "indoor warfare training manual," "welding techniques"... a lot of miscellaneous knowledge cramming into her head, giving her a splitting headache, and it felt as if this information was being forcibly stuffed into her brain, like glimpsing Cthulhu.

As Tamako recovered, she was just as confused about her situation. She immediately called mom to ask what was going on.

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