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Chapter 347 On the Methods of Capturing Lupin III
FBI temporary headquarters in Tokyo.

Judy Starling, who had previously met with Chen En and others at the GAME ON GAME arcade, had arrived at the meeting point. As soon as she stepped inside, all the FBI agents turned to look at her.

James Black, a senior FBI investigator, looked at Judy with some surprise and asked...
"Judy, why are you so late this time? Did something happen?"

Upon hearing this, Judy simply replied...

"Boss, I've been involved in a murder case and have to stay behind to cooperate with the police investigation."

—Oh, that's not surprising.

James and the other FBI agents nodded in understanding, because the crime rate in Beika Town was indeed quite high; they could encounter serious incidents even while walking down the street.
It's entirely understandable that Judy would encounter some serious incident that forced her to be delayed for a period of time.

In response, James simply stated,

"Judy, come here first."

“Since you weren’t here before, I’ll repeat what I discussed with everyone earlier. I hope you can remember it carefully, because I may not have time to say it a second time.”

Judy, who had just sat down in the agents' quarters, nodded.

Her thoughts shifted from the arcade murder she had just witnessed to the crucial information James was about to mention—of course, even if she hadn't come, she already knew what James was going to say.

It's nothing more than content related to Lupin III.

James Black led the FBI to Tokyo to conduct an investigation, not only to fill the void left by Shuichi Akai, but also for other internal FBI tasks, one of which was related to Lupin III.

This world-renowned legendary thief has done countless bizarre and outrageous things.

Regardless of which intelligence organization it was, the level of danger perceived towards Lupin III had been steadily increasing, even reaching its peak, with no further room for improvement. Plus, this guy was undeniably dishonest.

Basically, no matter which country Lupin III goes to, there will be people hunting him down.

—One of the very few exceptions is the Kingdom of Cagliostro.

Although various countries' propaganda claims that half of Cagliostro's city was flooded due to Lupin III's actions, in reality, it was a great treasure left behind by Cagliostro.

Lupin III wasn't the one who opened the treasure; in fact, he was a hero in that incident.

Because at that time, there was a warlord in the country of Cagliostro who had excellent relations with people from various countries and had a far-reaching influence. He even secretly printed large quantities of counterfeit currency from various countries and wanted to force the princess to marry him in order to seize the great treasure.

In the end, Lupin III saved the princess. Inspector Zenigata, who was hunting Lupin III, used the pretext of capturing Lupin III to expose the military's counterfeit money printing line by broadcasting the arrest live. As a result, he quickly resigned from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

The warlord, after threatening Lupin III with the princess to hand over the seal, activated the mechanism and was crushed to death by the mechanism connecting to the dam. After the water submerged most of the city, the ruins of half of the submerged ancient Roman city emerged where the reservoir had been.

—This is yet another terrible situation caused by a riddle-maker.

Everyone thought the Great Treasure of Cagliostro was some enormous wealth, but when it was opened, it turned out to be the ruins of an ancient Roman city beneath the reservoir. Even if that warlord hadn't died, he would probably have died of anger on the spot upon seeing this mess.

Therefore, in the eyes of police forces around the world, Lupin III is a morally ambiguous figure. James Black and Jodie Starling didn't harbor any ill will towards Lupin III, but given the mission, if they could bring him to justice, they would certainly try to do so.

At the very least, you should be able to justify your salary.

Now, James has gathered numerous FBI agents, his purpose naturally being to plan the capture of Lupin III.

"Lupin III last appeared near the Izu Islands, on the Iron Dragon's gambling ship."

"Based on the investigation results of Inspector Zenigata of the International Criminal Court, we can basically confirm that Lupin III is moving from the Izu Islands area towards the Tokyo area, and the reason why his movement route is so strange is very simple."

"Someone is hunting Lupin III."

James's expression was serious.

He adjusted the computer screen to display information about the people hunting Lupin III.
Judy frowned after just one glance at the information. She knew someone was hunting Lupin III, but she didn't expect it to be this particular person.

Hawke, a super soldier who killed more than two thousand enemies on the Middle Eastern battlefield, was once confirmed dead, but eventually returned alive, and was therefore revered as the "Bermuda Ghost".

—Although this man was a former soldier of the United States, he had no ties with the FBI.

If they were to actually face Hawke head-on, this guy would kill FBI agents more often than he would Lupin III. It would be unlikely that the FBI agents present would be able to deal with a super soldier of Hawke's caliber.

Although it may be a bit rude to say this, let's prepare submachine guns for everyone first.

"Our goal is not to confront Lupin III or Hawke head-on."

"All we have to do is find out how the pursuit of Lupin III and Hawke will end. If Lupin III is seriously injured, then we'll take advantage of the situation and capture him."

“If Lupin III is unharmed, we will fire two symbolic shots and retreat. If Lupin III dies, then we will write a report to report back, so we will have an explanation no matter which side we are on.”

James's words sounded a bit like those of a seasoned veteran.
Judy didn't quite agree with this, but since the operation had nothing to do with Vermouth, she was still the type of agent who followed James's orders.

Judy had no objections, and naturally, the other FBI agents had even fewer objections.

Seeing that no one seemed to object, James nodded in satisfaction.
He pulled up a map of the suburbs of Tokyo and the surrounding areas, and quickly drew a line on it with the mouse—that was Lupin III's approximate next route.

In response, James clapped his hands and said,
"The operation to capture Lupin III will begin at 10 p.m. tonight."

"We'll meet here at 8 o'clock and depart at 9 o'clock in the evening. We'll arrive at the area along Lupin III's escape route half an hour in advance to ambush him and ensure that we can achieve our goal accurately."

The senior FBI investigator, with his hands resting on the table, spoke earnestly.

"Unless absolutely necessary, do not launch an attack on the [Bermuda's undead]."

"I hope everyone will come back alive after this operation is over!"

(End of this chapter)