Conan, I'm an actor

“We’ve dealt with that guy for so long, and we’ve never actually managed to catch him,” Akai said, dismissing Jodie’s suggestion. “I think they’ve already prepared an escape route, like tunnels. Once we successfully launch a full-scale assault, they’ll retreat into them…”

Before Akai could finish speaking, the front of another infantry fighting vehicle was blown off. The six crew members who had just gotten off the vehicle looked at each other and took a few steps back in unison.

"That wasn't a rocket launcher, was it?" Judy's voice was a little hoarse.

“The shells, the caliber is unclear, but they should be shells from artillery.” Shuichi Akai felt sweat beading on his forehead. “When did they get their hands on these weapons?”

“I don’t know either, it could be autonomous,” Karen said, her voice brimming with insecurity.

The current situation seems to be beyond the capabilities of FBI agents; more specialized personnel should be called in to handle it.

Just then, several more grenades flew out of the church. These grenades hit the ground and exploded violently, blowing away the sandbags used as cover.

Those military and police officers hiding behind cover instantly became live targets, and a hail of bullets knocked them down.

Despite the commander's hoarse shouts of "counterattack!", the military and police forces, having lost two infantry fighting vehicles, were too weak to mount an effective counterattack.

Fortunately, there were A-10 attack aircraft. Two A-10 attack aircraft belonging to the Army swooped down from the sky, about to start their cannons and bombard the church. Four missiles flew out from near the church, and soon beautiful fireworks bloomed in the sky.

They lost two infantry fighting vehicles and two A-10 attack aircraft before even starting the attack. This is a huge embarrassment.

Soon, a powerful counterattack was organized on the scene, with formidable squad firepower erupting at that moment. Clearly, these National Guard troops were ready to regain the face they had just lost.

But they were met with even fiercer firepower; a hail of bullets pinned them down, and grenades were occasionally thrown from the church.

This round of firefight lasted for about ten minutes before both sides stopped firing and entered a break.

While they were changing gun barrels outside, inside they were retreating through the tunnels. Just now, the sentry posts they had set up inside the tunnels detected people entering. Anyone with a brain could tell they were enemies. These people seemed to be checking if there were any escape routes at the bottom of the church, but fortunately, they were driven back by the underground sentry posts.

About twenty minutes later, just as the military and police commanders were about to give the order to attack, the roof of the church suddenly flew into the sky. The violent explosion shattered all the glass near the church, and the soldiers who were closer to the church were thrown to the ground by the shock wave, bleeding from their mouths and noses and unconscious.

A few minutes later, Akai went directly to the FBI vehicle, opened the door, placed the unconscious Judy in the passenger seat, and drove to the hospital.

With so many injured people at the scene, waiting for an ambulance would definitely be too late, and even if an ambulance came, it might not be able to reach Judy. It would be better for me to take her to the hospital myself.

On the way, Akai pondered who was providing Gin with weapons support. He knew that Shinjo was supplying Gin with weapons, but the list he provided only included rocket launchers, rifles, and rifle ammunition; there were no anti-aircraft missiles or artillery pieces. Could it be the organization's original stockpile?

Chapter 345 Sniping

Two weeks ago, he was suddenly summoned back to the mainland, told there was a case he needed to investigate. But the investigation eventually led back to Gin. If that were all, it wouldn't have been so bad. What made things difficult for them was that Gin's equipment had been upgraded, and now Gin seemed to completely disregard the organization's rules, acting recklessly.

He had previously thought that Gin had betrayed the organization and was trying to use this crazy move to draw their attention to the organization so that his old rivals would help him get away.

However, based on previous investigations, Akai discovered that things weren't so simple; those organization members were still providing Gin with intelligence. Without these people providing information, it would have been virtually impossible for Gin and his group to hold out for so long.

"Where is this? Where are we going?" Judy looked at Akai beside her with some confusion, then asked in surprise, "Aren't we in front of the church?"

“There was a bomb inside the church. Gin and his men must have escaped through the church’s underground passage. They detonated the bomb when they left,” Akai said. “Everyone around here is knocked unconscious. I’m taking you to the hospital now.”

Judy looked bewildered. She could see Akai speaking, but she couldn't hear a sound. After a moment, she realized that her eardrums had been damaged by the explosion, and she was now deaf.

On the other side, Chi Jin also realized that Judy's ear had been injured by the shock, so he sped up and drove to the hospital, intending to explain to him in sign language once they arrived.

The following day, news of the church bombing sparked heated discussions, with the group of unidentified armed men naturally becoming the focus of the debate.

New Town, far across the ocean, was the first to receive the news. After seeing the news reports, he was also a little confused. Why did Gin make such a big fuss?

But now that Vodka has gone to deliver goods, no one knows what Gin is thinking.

“Your partner is no peace. I’ve heard that the calls to eliminate him are growing louder lately,” Karen said with a hint of schadenfreude. “If he wants to live, he’ll definitely threaten you.”

"Threaten me?" Shinjo rolled his eyes. "Could you even threaten me?"

"If he exposes the evidence of supplying weapons, you'll be in big trouble."

"Would he dare? He won't expose my existence unless it comes to a fight to the death." Shinjo stretched his neck. "But this isn't a long-term solution. It seems we need to speed things up regarding the Atlas."

"What does this have to do with the Atlas?"

“Gin’s biggest weakness right now is that he has no backing. What do you think would happen if he had a more advanced extraterrestrial civilization as his backer?” Newtown stretched his neck. “Send Stout and Ryssalon to North America to monitor and protect Gin.”

"Aren't you afraid Gin will kill them both?"

"He's just an intelligence trader. Gin isn't that stupid. Besides, if he hates rats, the biggest rat of all is himself."

Tokyo, it's time for school to let out right now.

Kudo and Ran had just stepped outside when they saw their mother arrive to pick them up. Although he was a little disappointed that he couldn't go home with Ran, he knew the situation was dangerous. He also recognized the car behind his mother; it was Officer Takagi's vehicle, and the two officers inside were Takagi and Sato.

It's obvious that his father asked Inspector Megure to come and protect him, and it was also a test for those guys.

Just then, Miss Karen's voice came through the headset.

“We’ve identified the people who were following you this morning. Two were from the police, and four belonged to the CIA. The two police officers have left, and the two CIA officers have also left.” Karen’s voice was calm and devoid of any emotion.

“C…”

"Don't speak. There's probably a bug in your mother's car. Just send me what you want to say via text message," Karen stopped Shinichi from speaking.

Kudo was taken aback. If he remembered correctly, how did Karen know there was a bug in the car? Logically speaking, she shouldn't have had any contact with his mother.

However, trusting Shinjo, Kudo decided to send Karen a message, since doing so wouldn't do him any harm.

Yusaku Kudo, who was monitoring his son from a high-rise building, noticed that there were fewer people following him than in the morning, but there were still some, and the car was very close, seemingly unafraid of being discovered.

Just as he was about to take a look, Yukiko's car suddenly accelerated, and Sato, who was following behind, also sped up to catch up. Clearly, both cars had noticed the following vehicle.

Behind the two cars, inside an Audi, two blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners exchanged a glance, then one of them stepped on the gas and accelerated to catch up, and the three cars began a road race.

Inside Yukiko's car, Yukiko, wearing an earpiece, began driving according to the instructions on the earpiece.

"I've wanted to try racing for a long time. Road racing is so much more fun than rally racing!" Yukiko asked excitedly. "Shin-chan, where did you find your navigator?"

At this moment, Shinichi Kudo was pale, one hand gripping the passenger side armrest on the roof of the car tightly, looking like he was about to vomit.

My mom used to drive pretty recklessly, but at least she had brakes. After all, road conditions are unpredictable, and you always have to be wary of cars that might suddenly appear and cut you off.

But with Miss Karen's help this time, the driving became even more reckless, with no sign of slowing down.

Metropolitan Police Department

Inspector Megure soon received a call from his superior, who was asking about Takagi and Sato, apparently because there was some mission to be assigned to them.

After finishing the call, Inspector Megure looked terrible. Although those guys were being cryptic, he knew that Shinichi was probably after him this time, and they wouldn't give up easily.

With that in mind, he immediately called Yusaku Kudo and explained the situation.

"I understand." Kudo Yusaku simply smiled after hearing his friend's explanation.

"I'm telling you, Yusaku, Tokyo isn't safe right now. Why don't you take Shinichi abroad?" Inspector Megure said seriously. "Don't you have a lot of businesses overseas? Why don't you take Shinichi abroad and hide out for a while?"

“I had this plan before, but now it’s not just the Public Security Bureau that’s watching Shinichi, there are also CIA people.” Kudo Yusaku said helplessly, “You know what kind of people they are and what they can do. Here, at least there are people who can protect our family. Once we leave here, we’ll be lambs to the slaughter.”

"Someone can protect you?" Inspector Megure frowned.

He knew exactly what that drug represented. Faced with its allure, Kudo Yusaku's connections would be utterly rendered useless, if not completely ruined. It was obvious which was more tempting: the friendship of a mystery novelist or immortality.

However, not everyone will be tempted by this drug, such as those who already possess the technology, that organization, and Shinjo. Yusaku's target is likely Shinjo; at this point, probably only that guy can help him.

"Okay, I understand. Be careful." Megure coughed. "Also, we've assigned tasks to Sato and Takagi. I'll have Shiratori come over tomorrow to keep an eye on them. We'll take turns."

He and Shiratori have both been promoted now. Those officials can command Takagi and Sato, but they may not be able to command them.

After all, unless it's a particularly important case, there's no need for police officers of their rank to keep an eye on it. Tokyo's security situation has improved considerably, and it's unlikely that any particularly difficult cases will occur in the short term.

“Let’s hold off for now. Those guys aren’t exactly rule-abiding citizens.” Kudo Yusaku took a deep breath. “They’ve even gone after members of parliament and other big shots. If you two get dragged into this…”

Upon thinking of this, Inspector Megure shuddered, then smiled somewhat awkwardly, accepting Yusaku Kudo's kindness.

On the other side, because they had to be wary of vehicles suddenly cutting in, Sato was left behind by Yukiko. However, the car behind them seemed to think they were still following Yukiko and the others, so it kept following them.

"What do we do now?" Takagi had already drawn his revolver.

When he received the mission, Inspector Megure had already emphasized to him how dangerous it was. However, he did not expect that those desperate criminals would be so persistent and crazy, starting a car chase in the city.

Just then, the car behind suddenly lost control, and the high-speed vehicle rushed off the elevated road and flew down with a loud bang.

As Takagi and Sato stopped to check the situation, the car below suddenly exploded. The explosion instantly affected those who wanted to help and those who were nearby and had not yet escaped, and chaos ensued under the overpass.

Takagi and Sato immediately turned on the police lights, notified the traffic police as quickly as possible, and rushed to the scene.

On the rooftop of a building 800 meters away, Cohen calmly put away his sniper rifle, while Chianti beside him had already packed everything up and even collected the spent cartridges.

That car was their doing; two men, one on each side, took out the two CIA agents inside.

"Damn it, that guy doesn't trust us at all. He sent us on a mission and even planted a bomb on the target vehicle!" Chianti said, somewhat annoyed.

It had been a while since she'd taken action, and she'd originally planned a contest with Cohen to see who would miss at 800 meters. But who knew that just as they finished their sniping, the target's car veered off the overpass and exploded.

“We’re not confident at a distance of 800 meters,” Cohen said expressionlessly. “Besides, if people find out they were killed by a sniper, we won’t be so relaxed right now.”

“That was before, do you understand?” Chianti slapped the bag containing the sniper rifle behind him, somewhat annoyed. “Now we have new equipment, the bullet trajectory is more stable than before, we are fully capable of sniping at much longer distances! Do you understand?”

“The other car was speeding, going very fast,” Cohen added. “You were at 800m, a stationary target, and you made a mistake.”

"Can't you just ignore this? You bastard!"

"What I mean is, it's always better to be safe than sorry."

"Yes, yes, you're absolutely right!"

The two walked out of the building side by side, like bandmates, but halfway there, Chianti suddenly stopped.

Cohen looked at his partner beside him, somewhat puzzled as to what she was thinking.

“If I remember correctly, Calvados died at that guy’s hands,” Chianti suddenly said.

“Yes.” Cohen nodded.

"Then we should help him solve his problem, shouldn't we...?"

“We are snipers, we are tools. Since we are tools, we must be prepared to be tools.” Cohen seemed to know what Chianti was trying to say. “Moreover, Calvados was trying to kill the other party. If you are going to kill, you must be prepared to be killed. I believe Calvados was prepared for that.”

"Do you have one?" Chianti asked somewhat defiantly.

"I guess so," Cohen said somewhat uncertainly. "Maybe I'll only know if I'm aware of this when I die."

"hypocritical!"

Half an hour later, at the accident scene

"The car must have fallen from a great height and hit the battery pack, causing the explosion," said a forensic officer. "The license plate and car model shown on the surveillance footage don't match; this car is likely using a fake license plate."

"This is a headache. We can't even find an insurance company for this kind of thing." Yumi, who was in charge of handling the case, had a headache, then glared at Sato. "Miwako, if I remember correctly, you were racing this car!"

“It can’t really be called racing,” Sato said with a headache. “We were actually chasing a fugitive, but we don’t know why this car followed us, and then it went out of control.”