Chapter 624 - Be Ahead (1/2)

“This is the toughest and the most elusive criminal we have ever encountered in the history of the Metropolitan Police Department! This day is also the most shameful day for us, and I hope that everyone sitting here will give this your full attention and put everything you have into this case. Don’t just put in your best effort—I want you to catch the criminal Xiao Han in the shortest time possible so we can solve this case quickly!” said the old Chief as he eyed everyone in the meeting room. His voice rang with an air of authority and inner toughness.

“Understood!” Everyone replied in unison.

The old Chief looked at Miyazaki Ronjin. Back when he was still in charge, Miyazaki Ronjin had been an outstanding police officer and had single-handedly eradicated the Yamaguchi-gumi in Dongjing. And in return for his excellent work, he had to pay the painful price of losing both his wife and child. He felt sympathy for Miyazaki Ronjin.

He asked Miyazaki Ronjin, “Ronjin-kun, what are your thoughts regarding this matter?”

Miyazaki Ronjin furrowed his brows. He had yet to come to terms with the fact that Xiao Luo had turned into a wanted person. How was it that a police officer who had come to the Ri Nation to solve the cases of the missing citizens of Hua Nation suddenly direct his attack toward a Ri Nation official? He looked at the old Chief, and with a heavy heart, said, “Chief Hiroshi’s death is not the end, but just the beginning.”

Hmm?

Everyone present turned their heads to look at him. The effect of those words was like a bomb going off and the roomful of officers was caught completely off guard. That was not the end, but just the beginning—was he implying that Xiao Han was going to kill more people?

“Continue,” the old Chief said with a serious look on his face.

“On the night of the 14th, a genetically mutated person attacked me, Kimura Akino, and Xiao Han. This mutated person had grown blue-colored scales to cover his body, and not even bullets could penetrate it. The only thing we were sure of was that he was one of the missing Hua Nation people, Wang Leyou…”

Asou Shuyao suddenly interrupted him. “What nonsense? You will only see this sort of thing in a sci-fi film. There’s no way this can happen in real life. Department Head Ronjin, are you sure it wasn’t because you were drunk that night and accidentally knocked someone over, so you thought of this excuse to cover up your crime? This excuse is simply too ridiculous. Not even an idiot would believe such nonsense,” she sneered.

The old Chief had a smile on his face and said, “I trust all the things Miyazaki-san has said.”

Everyone looked shocked. No one had expected the old Chief to support this sloppy over-the-hill cop, Miyazaki Ronjin. Asou Shuyao’s face turned slightly red, and she immediately kept her mouth shut.

“Ronjin-kun, please continue,” the old Chief said.

Miyazaki Ronjin nodded and said, “We have confirmed that the mutated monster was the missing Hua Nation man, Wang Leyou. Given that fact, I believe an organization was behind the abductions of these missing Hua Nation citizens, and they were used as test subjects for secret experiments.”

“You’re trying to say that there are people who are conducting genetic engineering experiments in Ri nation? And that they’re using Hua Nation citizens in our country as guinea pigs for these experiments?” the old Chief asked.

“Yes. I believe the explosion and avalanche that occurred at Mount Fuji yesterday was no coincidence either. My hunch is that something happened at the bio-research facility, and someone in Ri nation is trying to bury the evidence. That was the reason for such an enormous explosion,” Miyazaki Ronjin said.

“Gasp!”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. Conducting genetic engineering experiments on living human beings—were they trying to go back in time and recreate Unit 731?

“Department Head Ronjin, even if all the things you have just said are true, how is this related to Chief Hiroshi’s death?” Someone stood up to ask.

Everyone else stared at Miyazaki Ronjin with unblinking eyes, waiting in anticipation to listen to what explanation he would provide as a plausible cause.