Compared to a few years ago, when you had to use a stack of 10,000 yen bills to get a taxi to stop on the streets of Tokyo, and taxi drivers could earn more than a million yen a month in this extravagant era, it is rare to see people willing to pay to take a taxi in Tokyo now. Most of the private cars coming and going are old cars that have obviously been driven for several years. Even such well-maintained old cars would have been replaced at will a few years ago, but now they have become valuable assets that those who still have jobs in Tokyo care about.
Of course, there are still many wealthy people in Tokyo. For example, those who retained their property or even made a fortune after the Plaza Accord economic bubble burst. Naturally, they will not drive old cars. They still drive luxury cars and live in luxury apartments. They even invest in the art market and wait for the purchased artworks to appreciate in value.
For example, the Kuroda family, which lives in a relatively remote area close to the Tokyo metropolitan area, has ancestors who were relatives of the Japanese nobles. It can be said that they were once from a wealthy family. Even though Japan has now abolished the aristocracy, the descendants of the wealthy and powerful chaebols, court nobles, and samurai still occupy power in Japan. At most, the common people have certain opportunities compared to before.
Unfortunately, the Kuroda family is not a direct descendant of a noble or samurai family. They were once just a small local clan. After experiencing the baptism of World War II and the financial crisis, they were certainly not as unlucky as some nobles and samurai families that gradually declined and disappeared completely. However, they were at most promoted from a former country landlord to an ordinary wealthy person in Japan. Now, they have assets worth tens of billions of yen and also collect a painting by Heinz as an investment artwork.
For Lai Sheng Lei, from the information she asked the Lai Sheng family to find out, the Kuroda family was already a relatively weak collector family. Some of the paintings and artworks left by her father were in the hands of large private museums or chaebol members in Japan, and some had even fallen into the hands of European and American collectors. The Kuroda family was relatively easy to deal with. Even if the three sisters of Cat's Eye quietly sent out a warning letter and confirmed that the Japanese police could not spare too many people for protection, the other party's vigilance would only make the three sisters of Cat's Eye spend a little more effort.
As the natives of the Black Lagoon complex world, the three Cat's Eye sisters are extremely talented. Even the eldest sister, Lei Raisu, can easily perform difficult parkour-level moves. Hitomi Raisu and Ai Raisu, one has such a fast reaction that she can dodge bullets, and her physical fitness is close to the human limit. The other one is also gifted in electronics and can easily invade the communication channel of the Neon Police.
However, what the three sisters of Cat's Eye did not expect was that due to the fact that the Neon police, who had been severely slapped in the face several times due to Maoyan's previous successful thefts, this time dispatched a team of elite police officers from other departments to deal with the actions of the three sisters of Cat's Eye!
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“Bang——————!”
When a gunshot broke the silence, the Kuroda family located in a remote area of Tokyo went from quiet to noisy. Inside and outside the originally brightly lit manor, policemen and bodyguards ran back and forth, and from time to time someone used walkie-talkies to communicate and conduct searches.
Unlike the EU Group's manor which is large enough to accommodate a small town, the Kuroda family's manor is actually a medium-sized European-style villa, surrounded by fences, landscape trees and other buildings. It covers an area of only a few hundred square meters. There are only six bodyguards in the three-story European-style villa, plus a dozen Japanese police officers outside. It seems that the number of bodyguards is not small, but the actual security force is not enough.
If possible, the current head of the Kuroda family would naturally want to be surrounded by people as soon as he appears, but his family's financial conditions do not allow it. Total assets of over 10 billion yen sounds scary, but in reality it is less than 200 million US dollars. Hiring a few bodyguards, servants and butlers is okay. If he wants a professional bodyguard team to protect himself at all times, the Kuroda family will have the financial resources to consider hiring or even training their own security personnel unless the family assets increase from over 10 billion yen to over 10 billion US dollars.
In fact, the Kuroda family used to hire three bodyguards. If the head of the Kuroda family had not received a warning letter from the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye, indicating that they were going to steal their family's collection of artworks, the head of the Kuroda family would have doubled the number of bodyguards and notified the police. Even his family, servants and housekeeper were temporarily evacuated. Only the head of the Kuroda family and several bodyguards were left in the manor, plus a total of more than a dozen police officers to carry out the protection mission.
Therefore, when they suddenly heard the gunshots, the bodyguards and police were dumbfounded. They didn't know why they heard the gunshots. Could it be that the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye was not going to use technical stealing, but directly learn from his counterparts in America and rob with a gun?
"Did you find the cat's eye?"
At the moment the gunshots rang out, a beautiful woman in a high-end dress and with an elegant temperament opened her eyes in a business car outside the Kuroda family. Her beautiful eyes seemed to be full of oppression like sharp knives, and her pleasant voice seemed calm and powerful, which made the man and woman in the business car calm down. The female attendant even grabbed the steering wheel, ready to start the business car at any time.
“Sir! The people outside said they didn’t find anything. Is Cat’s Eye really going to leave from here?!”
After hearing what the beautiful policewoman said, a male police officer sitting in the co-pilot seat asked a few times using the police intercom. After getting a reply, he couldn't help but ask. He kept looking at the situation outside and felt that the gunshot was too abrupt. He wondered if it was a plot by the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye. Unfortunately, the police officer in charge of protecting the Kuroda family did not dare to take the risk, and the bodyguards were even more nervous.
As for the fact that he followed the beautiful policewoman, it was purely because the other party needed a familiar colleague to communicate with those policemen. This team of elite policemen selected by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department did not operate together with ordinary policemen at all!
"Hmph~!"
The beautiful police officer snorted coldly at her temporary subordinate, and found that the other party was really confused. Even the female police officer in charge of driving looked over curiously. Knowing that she was too optimistic about the quality of these colleagues, she helplessly held her forehead and explained to her subordinates: "Officer Utsumi, Officer Kobayakawa, Cat's Eye is not one person, it should be a team with division of labor. There must be someone outside to meet the successful thief..."
While saying this, the beautiful policewoman was looking out the window thoughtfully. She estimated that the possible evacuation location of the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye team was the intersection of this street not far from the Kuroda family. In the key areas of other streets, several commercial vehicles also carried several elite police officers.
It is true that most of the police in Japan can only maintain public order at best, and their role cannot be relied upon when encountering major events. However, this does not mean that there are no elites in the Japanese police force. For example, there are elite police teams that are responsible for cases involving firearms and major criminal cases, and special service teams that deal with major news such as terrorists and shoe cultists. The former are all selected police elites with outstanding abilities, and the latter are more like the special police established in China, and are urban emergency response teams that target major events.
If Cricket was a Phantom Thief Cat's Eye, they would naturally not use a special forces team to deal with terrorists. Instead, they selected a team from the elite police to prepare to capture the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye. This was because the recent actions of the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye had been successful, which severely slapped the face of the Japanese police. In addition, the Kuroda family had some connections with the other owners of the lost items, so the top Japanese police thought it would be a good idea to capture the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye to establish their authority.
Otherwise, the most that Phantom Thief Cat's Eye could do is have ordinary police form a special task force, such as drawing on elite police teams to deal with major criminal cases. That is also a very rare situation and is generally not used to deal with civil cases such as petty thieves!
……
"I found the cat's eye!"
In just less than five minutes, news came from the Kuroda family's manor that art was stolen. The beautiful police officer didn't pay any attention to the situation inside the manor. Instead, she began to wait with full concentration and received a message from a subordinate.
Obviously, the judgment of the beautiful policewoman was correct. The Cat's Eye sisters did not use guns to rob. The sound of guns was a prop made of gunpowder. It actually sounded very similar to the sound of gunfire, but it was actually used to disrupt the defense of the manor. Hitomi Raisu took the opportunity to sneak into the collection room and took away one of the paintings left by her father. The bodyguards and police were still nervous, and even if someone discovered the phantom thief Cat's Eye, they would not dare to step forward.
——Of course, it's not the fault of the bodyguards hired by the Kuroda family and the policemen who were negligent in their duties. It was purely because everyone had anticipated that they would catch thieves and robbers. It was within their expectations that the other party might have cold weapons such as knives, but those who held guns were vicious criminals. The bodyguards did not think that their salaries were enough to make people risk their lives. The dozen or so policemen had also never experienced a large-scale gun battle. They were inexperienced and nervous that the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye might be holding a gun. In addition, they had to protect the breathless head of the Kuroda family. As expected, they let Hitomi Raiu easily escape from the manor.
However, Hitomi Raiu had only run a few dozen meters with her father's paintings when she spotted a black business car with its lights on. Two elite plainclothes police officers quickly rushed towards her with guns drawn, shouting at her to stop and surrender while running. Moreover, these two elite plainclothes police officers were not to be trifled with. They were strong and armed with semi-automatic pistols, which were different from the revolvers rarely equipped by ordinary Japanese police.
Just by observing the situation, Lai Sheng Tong immediately realized that she and her sister had fallen into the police's trap. She didn't expect the police to set up an outer defense line. While running quickly to avoid the pursuit of the elite police, she whispered through the communicator:
"Big sister, Xiao Ai, the police have set up an outer encirclement, we must evacuate separately immediately!"
Chapter 13 Escape and Chance Encounter
"Captain! We found the trace of the Cat-Eyed Phantom Thief. She just escaped from Tagawa and is being chased by the two of them!"
When Hitomi Lai Sheng warned her elder sister and younger sister to evacuate first instead of continuing to come to support them, the beautiful police officer leading this elite police team also received the news from her subordinates.
As the elites selected by the Neon police, they naturally would not be as distracted as ordinary Neon police. The two elite policemen reported their current findings to their superiors as soon as they chased Hitomi Raiu, and accurately reported the location where the Cat's Eye Thief appeared and the direction of their pursuit. If it were an ordinary Neon police, they would probably still hesitate whether to chase the enemy who might have guns.
Not to mention the cute female police officer sitting in the driving seat, Officer Utsumi, who was temporarily transferred to the elite police team, became nervous when he heard the words. If it weren't for the beautiful female police officer with a strong aura, he would have chased out immediately!
"Order! Leave a few police officers to guard the manor, and the others should follow immediately to expand the encirclement. Watch out for possible accomplices of Cat's Eye!"
As for the beautiful police officer with blue shoulder-length hair, beautiful appearance but cold demeanor, she faced the current situation more calmly. With a flash of her beautiful eyes, she issued an order through the intercom, and issued a very decisive order to the two elite police officers who were chasing Hitomi Raiu: "Also, let Tagawa and the others bite the cat-eyed thief. If they judge that she will successfully escape, they can directly shoot. Of course, it would be best to leave her alive..."
If it were in the real world of Neon, police shooting would be a very serious matter. For example, ordinary Neon police might practice shooting at a shooting range once a year to keep themselves from using guns and not forget how to shoot. However, it is very rare for them to actually face the situation of shooting.
Of course, the situation of the Neon police has a lot to do with the fact that Neon has had strict gun bans and good public security in the past. However, Neon in the Black Lagoon mixed world is obviously much worse than Neon in the real world in this aspect. At least the Neon police occasionally encounter situations where they have to shoot, but if they want to deal with Cricket, a strange thief named Cat's Eye, they are still required to write a report and submit it if they are allowed to shoot. Even if this beautiful policewoman has a powerful background, it would be a bit troublesome if someone really died.
However, this beautiful policewoman had long been fed up with being gossiped about by people in Japan's patriarchal environment because of her gender, appearance and even family background. However, she also understood that if she failed to deal with the thief Cat's Eye, she would be afraid that the failure of the last case that almost caused quite a sensation would make other people, including her father, even more disappointed. So she would rather ensure that everything went smoothly.
Compared to the astonished Officer Utsumi, the subordinates who followed the beautiful officer understood her character and naturally did not say anything to refute her. Officer Tagawa, who was chasing Hitomi Kusuke, looked at Hitomi Kusuke not far away and answered with a grin:
"understand!"
……
Boom—————bang—!
In less than a minute, Officer Tagawa aimed and fired the semi-automatic pistol in his hand. The 9X19MM bullet flew out of the barrel instantly. According to its owner's intended goal, it was intended to injure the opponent's calf and cause him to be injured and arrested.
After all, as one of Neon's elite policemen, Officer Tagawa could certainly aim at the opponent's head and upper body to shoot, but shooting to death a vicious criminal and shooting to death a thief who stole art are two different things for the Neon police and even the entire Neon. The former will not be misunderstood by other policemen or even civilians, but the latter will easily make people wonder whether the police are making a big deal out of nothing.
When faced with a thief who steals works of art, should we kill him directly instead of arresting him?
This question is naturally self-evident in America. American police have always been known for their simple and rough attitude towards law enforcement, but Japanese police used to maintain public order, and there is still some controversy about the shooting and killing of criminals.
Well, in this magical place called Neon, even a brutal murderer who brutally killed many innocent civilians can be sentenced to life imprisonment or even be released on medical parole. There are also many people who admire him and some girls even want to have children with him. It can be said that if the police draw their guns and directly shoot a thief who steals art, it might really make people feel that it is too much. Even if the leading beautiful police officer doesn't care, Officer Tagawa still cares about her own future and deliberately aims at the opponent's legs.
However, to the surprise of Officer Tagawa and his colleagues, it was as if Hitomi Raiu had eyes on her back. Holding a painting that was at least 60cm wide and one meter long in one hand, she managed to easily avoid the bullet aimed at her leg. Besides, except for turning slightly and pausing for a moment, her running speed did not slow down at all, let alone paying attention to the police's calls for her to surrender immediately.
Not only that, when Officer Tagawa immediately came to his senses and felt that he had lost face, he fired two shots in succession, but he still failed to hit Hitomi Kusuke. At most, he forced Hitomi Kusuke to dodge and slowed down a little!
"Takashi, what happened?"
After hearing several consecutive gunshots, the leading beautiful police officer frowned. She directly contacted her subordinates using the intercom to ask them. You know, the police officers she led were an elite team, so how could they open fire continuously for no reason?
"Sir, the Cat-Eyed Thief is very agile. I failed to hit him with three consecutive shots!"
This time, Officer Tagawa's face looked very ugly. He was running fast and a little out of breath. On the one hand, he was staring at Hitomi Raiu who was running dozens of meters in front of him, and on the other hand, he was quickly explaining to his superior about the shooting.
There was no way. Even if the beautiful policewoman said that it was okay to shoot, Officer Tagawa, as an elite police officer, failed to defeat his opponent after shooting continuously. If he did not explain the reason, other people who did not know the reason would think that his shooting skills were too poor. Even if his superiors and colleagues knew that it was not the case, Officer Tagawa himself could not get over it. What's more, if those people who did not know the truth gossiped, the trouble it brought would definitely be a headache.
Besides, Officer Tagawa really felt that the Cat-Eyed Thief was very powerful. He was selected into the elite police sequence and his marksmanship was outstanding. He could hit the target fifty meters away with every shot in the area around the bull's eye. He fired three consecutive shots but couldn't even hurt the Cat-Eyed Thief.
"…It seems that the Cat-Eyed Thief is indeed quite capable!"
In response to her subordinate's seemingly evasive statement, the beautiful police officer was silent for less than two seconds before speaking again. She confirmed with interest that the Cat-Eyed Thief was indeed quite skilled. Then, her beautiful eyes condensed and looked very cold. She gave new orders to her two subordinates in a calm tone: "You two, just shoot. Try to keep the Cat-Eyed Thief alive. Don't let her run away!"
That's right, the beautiful policewoman had made up her mind. She would rather let her men lift the restrictions on shooting, even though she would have to write several reports later to explain the reasons for the shooting. She also wanted to keep the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye. Otherwise, she couldn't keep the other party even if she shot him, and the consequences of failing to hunt down the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye would be really annoying.
Previously, the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye had slapped the Japanese police in the face many times, making the Japanese police more concerned about catching the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye. If the beautiful police officer could successfully catch the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye, it would naturally be a success. But if she couldn't catch the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye even with the elite police team, she would definitely be under a lot of pressure. Even if she has a prominent family background and a father in a high position, the Japanese workplace environment is not friendly to women at all, except for some special welfare industries.
Compared to his boss who considered more, Officer Tagawa, who had obtained permission to shoot, did not hesitate and shot at each other tacitly with his companions. Even though Hitomi Aisuo tried hard to dodge this time, she had not yet anticipated the direction of the gunfire. She dodged several shots but her body trembled. She let out a cry of pain and had to leave her father's painting behind. She staggered over the wall and ran away quickly.
Just a few minutes later, the beautiful policewoman led her men to reunite with Officer Tagawa and his duo, and confirmed that the thief Cat's Eye had escaped with a piece of art painting left behind. They immediately followed the bloodstains and the direction of escape, and continued to chase and prepare to capture him!
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"Not good! He was shot in the shoulder. If the bleeding doesn't stop, it will be dangerous..."
On the other side, Hitomi Lai Sheng, who had to leave behind the paintings left by her father and escape quickly, covered the wound on her shoulder with her hand. Feeling the pain of the wound tearing if she exerted a little force, she immediately realized that she'd better stop the bleeding quickly.
Even though elite police officers like Officer Tagawa use semi-automatic pistols that fire 9MMX19MM ammunition, their power is not as excessive as that of real military firearms, but it is still lethal enough to ordinary people. Although the special nightgown worn by Hitomi Raisu is mixed with Kevlar material, it only weakens the lethality of the shot, and the injured part of her shoulder is still bleeding.
——As the Cat's Eye Sisters are billionaires after all, they naturally would not wear ordinary night clothes and other equipment. The special night clothes and other equipment chosen by the three sisters are all specially customized. However, considering that the theft operation is in Neon instead of America, it is naturally impossible for them to wear bulletproof vests. The special night clothes have a good shielding effect for infrared observation and ordinary optical observation, and can also effectively prevent cuts and stabs, but their bulletproof ability is just so-so.
But the problem is that Hitomi Raisheng is now being chased by the police. Even if she stops for a short time to treat her wounds, it will be enough time for the police not far behind her to find her. While thinking about it, Hitomi Raisheng climbed over a wall and suddenly found that there were several luxury business cars parked on the street in front of her. Several elite bodyguards who were obviously not ordinary security personnel had already looked at her and surrounded her tacitly.
When Lai Sheng Tong found out that something was wrong and was about to throw out the smoke bomb at her waist to cover her evacuation, she suddenly found a tall figure suddenly appeared behind her, and Li Mo's voice came into her ears before she fainted:
"Hmm? There's actually a beautiful lady who came to my door. I'll save you~!"
(Character design of Nogami Saeko)
Chapter 14 Doubts and Concerns
"Tsk tsk, Miss Laisheng Tong, you're actually injured~!"
Seeing Lai Sheng Tong fainting and collapsing in his arms after he gently pressed her neck, Li Mo was deeply impressed by the beauty in his arms. He reached out and pressed the wound on her shoulder a few times to stop the bleeding.
For Li Mo, this was a piece of cake, but it made him sigh!
Obviously, in this Black Lagoon mixed world where Li Mo is, there is no law of the protagonist's immortality or the law of the protagonist's success. If Li Mo hadn't helped just now, it would be hard to say whether the injured Lai Sheng Tong could escape the police chase.
As for Raito Rei and Raito Ai, they had made preparations for evacuation in advance and successfully left, but Hitomi Raito was being closely watched by the police. Officer Tagawa and his group were chasing her closely, and there were even two groups of elite police officers who were encircling her from both sides. In addition, a dozen ordinary police officers who came out of the Kuroda family residence were divided into several groups and were searching along the surrounding roads to see if there were any accomplices of the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye. It can be said that if Hitomi Raito had not chosen to escape separately, the three sisters might have encountered difficulties.
According to normal development, even if Hitomi Raiu managed to escape the pursuit of the Japanese police, Nogami Saeko, who felt that she had lost face, would probably hold on to the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye. And if Hitomi Raiu was caught, then even if the Raiu family was a billionaire with many connections, if such a thing was discovered, the three Cat's Eye sisters would probably be in great trouble.
However, Li Mo was obviously an unexpected factor in his appearance. He had already known the information about the actions of the three Cat's Eye sisters, so naturally he wanted to gain the greatest benefit from it. For example, the injured Lai Sheng Tong was rescued by him and taken under his control!
"Let's get out of here!"
Regarding the beauty in his arms, Li Mo looked up at Nogami Saeko and a group of elite police officers who were obviously searching a hundred meters away. He turned around and took Hitomi Raiu to the car and gave orders to his subordinates.
Although Li Mo didn't care about the elite policemen and a dozen ordinary policemen who came, the dozen bodyguards around him were not just for show. They had integrated the [Seed of Fusion] and were equipped with sophisticated equipment. The same number of them might be enough to fight against the elite special forces of the five giants. For example, the twenty or so policemen of Cricket might not be enough to be beaten by these bodyguards. However, Li Mo didn't want to cause a stir. The death of more than twenty policemen would definitely be a big deal in Neon.
Hearing Li Mo's order, the bodyguards who had silently formed a protective formation quickly got into the car and responded in a low voice. Then these luxury business cars drove away and left in a swagger!
……
A few minutes later, Nogami Saeko arrived here with two of her subordinates. She also used the walkie-talkie to inquire about the situation from several other elite police teams and ordinary police officers. Unfortunately, she did not catch any trace of the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye.
This undoubtedly made Nogami Saeko feel strange. She was not stupid enough to just follow behind to chase the criminal. Instead, she let her subordinates and ordinary police form an encirclement network. The ones chasing and flanking the criminals on both sides were elite police officers, and the ordinary police officers behind were formed into small teams to search the places where the accomplices of the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye might exist in a network. Moreover, the elite police officers and ordinary police officers reported the situation at any time. Even if they were attacked by the criminals, their whereabouts would be exposed.
According to common sense, this trick of Nogami Saeko is enough to launch a dimensionality reduction attack on more than 90% of the criminals. Even the brutal armed criminals will not be able to get any benefits. However, Raito Rei and Raito Ai had already evacuated, and Raito Hitomi was chased by Nogami Saeko and several elite police officers. There was also a small group of elite police on each side to encircle her. It can be said that it is very difficult for the injured Raito Hitomi to escape from this predicament.
Therefore, after chasing in vain, Saeko Nogami couldn't believe how the injured Phantom Thief Cat's Eye disappeared. She frowned and asked her subordinates and other police officers to search for him, while wondering whether the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye had been taken away by his accomplices!
"Inspector Nogami, it seems that the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye disappeared here?!"
After a careful tracking, a middle-aged police officer wearing the badge of a police inspector stood at the intersection where Li Mo and his group had just parked their car, and respectfully explained to the beautiful policewoman what he had discovered.
Nogami Saeko!
The middle-aged police officer in charge of the protection operation for the Kuroda family naturally knew more about the situation than his incompetent subordinate Utsumi Toshio. He naturally knew that the leader of the elite police team in front of him was the most popular beautiful police officer in the Tokyo police.
This Saeko Nogami is a police officer who has already reached the rank of Superintendent of Police, which is already a mid-level police officer in the Japanese police hierarchy. If it were ordinary police officers who are not from the professional group, they would find it difficult to reach this level in their entire lives. Even for those Japanese police officers who come from the professional group, those who can climb to this position are generally in their early thirties. Unless you have a strong background or outstanding achievements, you can be promoted as an exception.
Especially given the unfriendly environment for women in the Japanese workplace, female police officers mostly work in clerical or traffic police positions. Their police ranks are generally relatively low, and their abilities make it difficult for other male colleagues to be convinced of them. However, Nogami Saeko, a beauty known as the "female fox of the Metropolitan Police Department", is different. Her family background can be said to be quite prominent and she belongs to the upper class in Japan. Her own abilities are outstanding, otherwise she would not have obtained the rank of superintendent in her early twenties.
If this is compared to China, the Japanese superintendent is equivalent to the deputy bureau level at the municipal level, or the top police position at the county or city level. In Japan, he is the chief of a district police station. Even in the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, he is the manager or adjutant of a certain department. For example, the elite police team led by Saeko Nogami probably has actual power and status that exceeds that of an ordinary Japanese superintendent.
Therefore, the middle-aged police officer who knew Nogami Saeko's identity and general background, was not at all attracted by her attitude like ordinary men. He saluted very formally and reported the situation, and at the same time let his subordinates understand that this young lady was extraordinary.
"Disappeared? Could it be that someone took him away..."
Hearing the middle-aged police officer's words, Nogami Saeko's beautiful eyes flickered a few times. She looked at the occasional vehicles at the intersection thoughtfully, and then loudly issued a new order to the middle-aged police officer and his subordinates: "Everyone listen, immediately divide into three teams to return and search, and check if there are any surveillance cameras nearby, and also send back the artwork that was found!"
As the head of an elite police team, Nogami Saeko is no incompetent person. She immediately realized that the thief Cat's Eye was most likely rescued by his accomplices, but there was also a small chance that the other party had found a place to hide temporarily.
Saeko Nogami didn't want to let the injured Phantom Thief Cat's Eye escape due to her negligence, so she simply ordered her subordinates to return to search, and also to find out if there was any surveillance system nearby, and to send the discarded artwork back to the Kuroda family. Even if the whereabouts of the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye were not found, the mission would not be declared a failure due to the theft of the target artwork.
Under the order of Saeko Nogami, more than a dozen policemen and several elite policemen went back to search in the dark. When the day dawned, they did not find any clues about the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye, so they had no choice but to withdraw their troops and return!
……
"Big sister, why hasn't the second sister come back yet?"
When the sun rose, in the lounge on the second floor of the Cat's Eye Cafe, Lai Sheng Ai asked her eldest sister anxiously. Her pretty face could not hide a trace of fatigue, but what she was more worried about was that her second sister Lai Sheng Tong had not come back yet.
"Xiao Ai, I'll contact someone to find out the situation. You should pay more attention to the communications from the Metropolitan Police Department. If Xiao Tong is really arrested, there will definitely be relevant news!"
Faced with her youngest sister's anxious mood, Lai Shenglei, who was anxious but still able to remain calm, looked up at her, gritted her teeth but did not act rashly. Instead, she asked her youngest sister to pay attention to the communication while she went to find out the relevant information.
It has to be said that Lai Sheng Lei's action actually has considerable risks. Even if the Neon police did not catch Lai Sheng Tong, rashly inquiring about the information of the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye would easily arouse suspicion, especially when the Neon police had just tried to set a trap and failed to catch the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye. Suddenly someone wanted to inquire whether the Phantom Thief Cat's Eye had been caught. The risk for Lai Sheng Lei and even Lai Sheng's family would be very great.
However, Lai Sheng Lei was very concerned about the safety of her younger sister Lai Sheng Tong. She supported the Lai Sheng family and did not get married until she was in her twenties. The reason was that she was the only daughter in the Lai Sheng family who had just reached adulthood. It was hard to say whether rashly looking for a marriage partner would lead to a ruthless person who would turn the tables. Lai Sheng Lei's decision was to reject all those suitors with greed or even malicious intent, and take care of her two younger sisters and let them grow up.
Her sister Lai Sheng Tong asked for a dispersed evacuation yesterday, but she has not returned yet and has not even sent a communication. Lai Sheng Lei said it was impossible for her not to be worried. She now comforted her youngest sister Lai Sheng Ai, suppressed her worry and contacted the old housekeeper of the Lai Sheng family by phone. She began to find out the specific actions of the Neon police last night through various secret channels.
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