civilwarnovels Chapter 867: Threatening Letters Will Make It More Difficult
Chapter 867: Threatening Letters Will Make It More Difficult
Chapter 867 Threatening Letters Will Make It More Difficult
Upon hearing this, Shiratori Renzaburo said, "After all, feelings vary from person to person. There will always be people who are dissatisfied and angry about some unreasonable things."
"Yes." Inspector Megure nodded in agreement, "Shiratori is right. Governor Asakura will attend the opening ceremony of the Touto Line tomorrow, so we will be responsible for his security. We must not slack off at all."
"Yes!" Qing Musong and others responded.
Aoki Matsu thought for a moment and said, "Inspector, I have an idea."
Upon hearing this, Inspector Megure looked at Aoki Matsu and said, "You go ahead."
"There are two possibilities for this threatening letter. Either it is a joke, or it was done by someone who only dares to talk but not to play it for real, just wanting to bet whether Governor Asakura is a coward. Or the other party is already prepared to assassinate Governor Asakura." Aoki Matsu said.
"That's right!" Inspector Megure nodded. "We have to consider the latter. We can't bet on the latter."
"I understand, but there is a problem." Aoki Matsu said: "If I am a gangster who wants Governor Asakura to die and wants to kill him, I can either find a way to get close to him and stab him, or use a gun to shoot him from a longer distance.
But in this case, this threatening letter seems a bit strange. It will obviously lead to the strengthening of security forces around Governor Asakura, which is not conducive to the assassination."
After receiving the threatening letter, if Governor Asakura wants to continue to stay in Japanese politics, he will not be a coward and not attend. Instead, he will strengthen his own security, publicize the matter, and create an image of a strong man who is not afraid of threats.
There is a samurai spirit in Japanese culture, so people are quite fond of this kind of character setting.
In fact, this is what Governor Asakura did.
Inspector Megure frowned upon hearing this, and after thinking for a moment, he looked at Aoki Matsu and said, "Do you think it's the former? Is there really someone trying to assassinate Governor Asakura?"
Qing Musong shook his head. "Inspector, you were right before. We can't gamble. I just thought of another possibility that is more reasonable, but more likely."
"What's possible?" Inspector Megure asked hurriedly.
"Suppose the criminal really wants to kill Governor Asakura and really sends a threatening letter. Then how do you think he will kill him?" Aoki Matsu looked at everyone and asked.
Ok……
Most of the people who want to kill corrupt government officials in Japan are low-level people.
Japan is so small, and many of the conglomerates and officials are hereditary. Under such circumstances, generally speaking, they will not kill their enemies unless the situation reaches a certain level.
After all, the prime ministership takes turns, and this time it's my turn.
If you are so desperate that you kill your enemy today, then tomorrow others will also be so desperate that they kill you.
Therefore, whether in Japan or in the East and the West in the feudal era, the struggle among the upper classes would not kill the losing party completely, but would leave an heir for the other side.
On the contrary, if the lower class people kill people or rebel, no matter whether you are from a noble family or not, you will be defeated.
The most common weapon used by the lower class to kill people is a knife, especially a kitchen knife. Even if they have some connections, the most they can get is a gun.
Neon is a country that bans guns legally, but in reality it is not very strict. You can get a gun through formal procedures, and there are even more ways to get a gun secretly.
As for the old actor cyanide in the world of science, you need to be able to contact the other party and make the other party eat the drug you put in order to poison the other party.
However, it is no exaggeration to say that the difficulty of these methods of killing increased by 30% after sending threatening letters. After all, Governor Asakura is not a fool.
Is the criminal stupid?
He is definitely not stupid.
In this case, there are only two possibilities: one is that the criminal is just talking nonsense, and the other is that the criminal has already thought of a method to kill him even if Governor Asakura has strengthened security.
Inspector Megure thought for a moment, then looked at the others, all of whom had a thoughtful expression on their faces, and finally his eyes fell on Aoki Matsu. "Aoki, what did you think of?"
"If these two conditions are met, there is a way to achieve the goal, and it can really be called 'divine punishment'!" Qing Musong said.
"What method?" asked Miwako Sato.
Aoki Matsu announced the answer: "Blow up a running subway!"
"What!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"It means blowing up a running subway." Aoki Matsu repeated.
In the world of science, there have been many incidents of subway trains blowing up in motion.
According to Aoki Matsu's experience, the criminals either installed explosives on the train or on a section of the road where the train would pass.
Tomorrow is the first time that Line 15 will be opened to traffic. The first train has been parked at the station, so it is unlikely that someone could sneak in and install a bomb.
It is more likely that explosives will be installed on the road where the train will pass.
"When Line 15 opens for the first time, Governor Asakura will be the first to ride the train. If we bury explosives somewhere along the way..." Aoki Matsu looked at everyone and said.
The Metropolitan Police Department has actually handled this type of case many times.
But no one has as wild imagination as Aoki Matsu.
And it seems that Aoki Matsu has such a wild imagination, because he is a hardcore scientist.
In the world of science, there are quite a few cases of murder and bombing on the subway.
Inspector Megure frowned when he heard this.
Nanatsuki Koshimizu thought for a moment and said, "Although it sounds incredible, this is indeed an assassination plan that can be implemented. As for explosives, they can be made with fertilizers."
It's just because of its purity that its power is not that great.
However, the country will not regulate fertilizers unless the amount reaches a certain level.
So making homemade explosives is actually easier than buying a gun.
Inspector Megure thought for a moment and said, "Shiratori, notify the Railway Department and have them check the railways."
Line 15 has not yet opened to traffic, so it is still very convenient to check, but it does require a lot of manpower and time.
Of course, I don’t know whether the Ministry of Railways will listen to Inspector Megure, but it is Inspector Megure’s business whether to inform them or not.
If the bomb really happened, Inspector Megure would have an excuse. It was not because they were incompetent, but because the Ministry of Railways did nothing after receiving the news.
"Yes!" replied Shiratori Renzaburo.
Inspector Megure then left the office and went to report his speculation to Matsumoto Kiyonaga, who had been promoted to head of the First Investigation Division.
Firstly, he trusted Aoki Matsu, and secondly, if something like this really happened, it would not be something Inspector Megure could handle, so it would always be a good idea to tell his superiors first.
"Mr. Aoki, do you think the criminals will really install bombs on the tracks and blow up the train?" asked Miwako Sato.
Qing Musong said: "I just made an analysis based on the situation we have now. You can't deny that this is definitely the best way."
Sato Miwako couldn't deny it after hearing it.
The track is so long that if nothing happens, the staff will not clean and patrol it every day. So if a bomb is installed in a certain place, it may not be discovered for several days.
This method sounds shocking, but it is actually very practical.
However, what was unexpected was that by the next morning, the Ministry of Railways had searched the entire Line 15 and found nothing abnormal on the tracks.
It seems that Aoki Matsu guessed wrong.
The next day, except for Inspector Megure, who had a very conspicuous body shape, everyone else changed into plain clothes and disguised themselves among the "onlookers", monitoring the crowd to see if there were any "criminals" who suddenly jumped up.
The ceremony went smoothly.
In front of a crowd of reporters and onlookers, Yuichiro Asakura and the leaders of the Touto Line cut the ribbon together, and then entered the subway car of Line 15 as the first passengers.
A few minutes later, the carriage doors closed and the subway ran out of the station normally.
Everything went so smoothly, as if the threatening letter never existed.
At this time, Inspector Megure and others became more vigilant.
Because this is most likely the calm before the storm.
After the train had been running for a while, the cell phone in Aoki Matsu's pocket suddenly rang.
He picked it up and saw that it was Sayuri calling.
If it was anyone else, Aoki Matsu would definitely not answer, but Sayuri... she is very likely with Conan and the other members of the Junior Detective League.
It is well known that the members of the Junior Detective Team can always intervene in the case in various ways.
and so……
"Hello, what's going on?" Aoki Matsu asked after answering the phone.
"Brother, something terrible has happened. Conan was in the Shin-Yamamate Tunnel and discovered that someone had planted a bomb inside the tunnel." Sayuri's voice, which was several octaves higher, came from the phone.
Inspector Megure standing by vaguely heard some words and turned his head to look at Aoki Matsu.
Aoki Matsu suddenly realized something when he heard this. He ignored Sayuri on the other end of the phone and ran towards the front of the car, saying, "Officer, someone has planted a bomb in the Shin-Yamamate Tunnel. Stop the car."
When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned, and then shocked.
Qing Musong didn't care about anything else and hurried to the front of the car and knocked on the driver's door.
Then, in his capacity as a third-rank inspector of the First Investigation Division of the Criminal Investigation Department of the Metropolitan Police Department, he asked the driver to stop the car immediately.
The driver hesitated for a moment, then pressed the stop button under Aoki Matsu's striking gaze.
At this time, Inspector Megure and Yuichiro Asakura both rushed over.
Inspector Megure asked, "Aoki, you just said that someone had planted a bomb in the Shin-Yamamate Tunnel?"
Aoki Matsu nodded. "Just now, Sayuri called me and said that they saw a strange man in the Shin-Yamate Tunnel after entering it, and that a bomb was planted in the tunnel. There is a section where the Shin-Yamate Tunnel and Line 15 overlap. If the criminals had detonated the bomb at that time, the Shin-Yamate Tunnel would have collapsed and directly hit the moving train, and then all of us would have been killed."
Hearing what Qing Musong said, everyone present gasped.
After coming to his senses, Inspector Megure quickly said, "Are you sure that Sayuri wasn't playing a prank? This really happened."
"They can be naughty sometimes, but they won't joke about this. This is a bomb." Aoki Matsu said, "Inspector, we need to immediately ask the Ministry of Transportation to block the Shin-Yamamate Tunnel and stop vehicles. We may not catch the criminals, but we cannot cause any casualties to the citizens."
This reminded Inspector Megure, and he immediately called Matsumoto Kiyonaga and contacted the Ministry of Transportation.
The Neon subway is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Railways, and the highways are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Transport.
Inspector Megure informed his superiors and other departments, while Aoki Matsu also contacted the Ministry of Railways, asking them to order the train to be driven back.
You have to know that the locomotive has now entered the intersection with the Shin-Yamamate Tunnel. No one knows how powerful the opponent's bombs are. If you stop nearby, you may get hurt.
Aoki Matsu could ask the driver to stop the car and avoid danger, but he couldn't ask the driver to drive back directly. This required reporting to the Tokyo Railway Department and getting their consent.
But it was a bomb after all, and there was not only Yuichiro Asakura on the train, but also many reporters and ordinary citizens.
The Ministry of Railways did not dare to gamble with so many lives, so it quickly ordered the driver to drive back.
On the other hand, the Traffic Department, which received a notification from Inspector Megure, immediately took action, sending people to the Shin-Yamate Tunnel and using the car's built-in radio and other channels to notify everyone that the police would immediately block the Shin-Yamate Tunnel and asked those heading there to change routes immediately.
Vehicles currently in the Xinshoushan Tunnel must also leave the tunnel as soon as possible.
At this time, Shiratori Renzaburo came over with a cell phone in hand and said with a bad look on his face, "It's bad. The bomb in the Shin-Yamamate Tunnel has exploded."
"What's the situation?" Qing Musong asked hurriedly.
Shiratori Renzaburo shook his head. "It's not clear yet. The Ministry of Transportation, the Fire Department, and the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team have already rushed over as quickly as possible."
Although Qing Musong was anxious to know the situation over there, he was not panicked.
Since Conan has already discovered the bomb, he cannot remain indifferent. Even if he cannot stop it, he can definitely stop some vehicles and prevent ordinary people from getting hurt.
As for Sayuri, Aoki Matsu is even less worried. Do you know what the Boy Detective League is?
An absolutely invincible cockroach.
As long as you don't die, minor injuries are not a big deal.
After escorting Yuichiro Asakura to a safe place, Matsu Aoki and others rushed to the Shinjo Tunnel site.
Just as Aoki Matsu guessed, with Conan there, there were no casualties, but the tunnel was destroyed and some car owners were affected by the aftermath of the bomb. In addition, rear-end collisions occurred in the panic, so the overall loss was still very large.
However, for the Metropolitan Police Department, as long as there were no casualties, it was a victory and the blame could not be put on them.
"What's the situation?" Aoki Matsu asked Matsuda Jinpei.
"The criminals used plastic bombs, which were activated by remote control," said Jinpei Matsuda. "They were all very common items, and their sources could not be traced."
Qing Musong frowned when he heard this, "That's troublesome."
Conan only saw a suspicious person, but couldn't see what the other person looked like.
As for those who are dissatisfied with Yuichiro Asakura, there are many, and their reasons are different.
Some people blamed Asakura Yuichiro for building a dam, some blamed him for building a subway, and some blamed him for being their political enemy...