Another gate opened at this time, and countless people surged out from within.
With another point of diversion for the flow, the pressure on this side was no longer so immense; Heiji and the others were gradually able to squeeze their way inside.
"Help! Help!"
A woman was sitting on the ground holding a man; fortunately, the surging crowd consciously avoided them, otherwise, these two would have been trampled into meat paste.
Not far away, two corpses lay on the ground, with bright red blood flowing from their necks.
Toyama Ginshiro walked over quickly, checked their pulses, and shook his head slightly: "These two are dead."
"Superintendent, this person was only hit in the leg by a bullet."
The man being held by the woman had a lot of blood flowing from his leg, but his life was not in danger.
"Sakata, notify the ambulance immediately," Toyama Ginshiro said gravely.
Heiji crouched beside the corpses of the two Self-Defense Force members, his brows tightly furrowed.
"Superintendent Toyama, these two seem to have had their carotid arteries directly slit by a sharp blade; it was a lethal blow in a single strike."
"Mhm." Toyama Ginshiro nodded, his expression becoming extremely serious: "The technique is clean and neat; it is the work of a professional killer."
"Could it be the Night Baron or Kaito Kid?" Heiji asked with a heavy face.
"It is impossible to draw a conclusion right now."
Toyama Ginshiro picked up his phone and dialed a number: "Hello, Heizo? This incident is not that simple. Perhaps you should call and request instructions from the Cabinet to check the commander of the Self-Defense Force. This time, they have committed a major dereliction of duty."
"Mhm, I will give you an answer in a moment. Until there is an answer, do not let a single person from the Self-Defense Force leave."
Toyama Ginshiro hung up the phone. Seeing that Heiji was still crouching beside those two corpses, his brows furrowed: "Heiji, go and accompany Kazuha for a bit."
Heiji was startled for a moment, then nodded.
He had only walked a few steps when two delicate bodies radiating a faint fragrance threw themselves into his embrace, one on the left and one on the right, hugging him tightly.
Heiji smiled slightly: "Isn't everything fine now? There's no need to worry."
"Oh my, my, someone makes it sound so simple. Just a moment ago, a bullet accidentally flew right toward us, and yet you actually say it's fine? Hmph, heartless Heiji."
Yukiko gave him a fierce, rolling-eyed glare.
Eri Kisaki shook her head helplessly, took a soft glance at Heiji, and then walked directly in front of that couple: "I am Eri Kisaki. If you wish to sue the Self-Defense Force, I can act as your lawyer, free of charge."
This time, the behavior of the Self-Defense Force was truly too arrogant. They were constantly threatening to shoot ordinary citizens on the spot and even dared to fire their guns at will.
A fire of suppressed anger was burning in Eri Kisaki's heart.
Heiji took a glance at Yukiko and shook his head slightly: "Yukiko, are you and Lawyer Kisaki really classmates? The gap is so large!"
Yukiko immediately looked at Heiji puffing out her cheeks in anger, a flash of stubbornness in her beautiful eyes: "You just wait; I'll make you take back those words."
Heiji shrugged his shoulders, put his arms around the slender waists of the two girls, and smiled faintly: "Just now, I was right behind you all the entire time, simply to stay alert for the Night Baron and Kaito Kid; I just didn't go to find you, that's all."
A beam of light suddenly burst from the beautiful eyes of Kazuha and Sonoko.
Heiji smiled slightly: "From left to right, sitting in order were Yukiko, Lawyer Kisaki, Kazuha, and then Sonoko. I didn't get it wrong, did I?"
Sonoko stood on her tiptoes and suddenly gave Heiji's lips a kiss, laughing happily.
Kazuha gave Sonoko a roll of her eyes: "You don't even pay attention to the occasion."
"Hee-hee, I don't care about other people."
Sonoko tilted her face up, looking triumphant.
The sound of a string of synchronized footsteps approached.
The person at the very front wanted to push Heiji aside.
Directly in front of them were the tiered seats; if pushed, Heiji along with Kazuha and Sonoko would all fall down.
Heiji shifted his body slightly and raised his foot, delivering a kick directly into that Self-Defense Force member's stomach.
Ou~~!!!
As if hit by a truck, that Self-Defense Force member violently flew backward, smashing into the other members behind him. He landed on his knees with his head toward the ground, clutching his stomach and frantically vomiting bitter water.
"The Self-Defense Force is meant to protect our safety, not for you to be arrogant toward civilians."
Heiji let go of the two girls, turned to look at that Self-Defense Force member, his face covered in a layer of frost.
"Hateful! To actually dare lay hands on us, the Self-Defense Force."
One of the Self-Defense Force members prepared to raise his gun.
"Do you Self-Defense Forces want to start a rebellion?"
Toyama Ginshiro suddenly raised his hand, and behind him, a group of police officers raised their guns, pointing them at the group of Self-Defense Forces.
Naturally, the Self-Defense Force would not just surrender; they collectively raised their guns in a standoff against the police.
The situation in the venue was at a breaking point, ready to explode at the slightest touch.
Toyama Ginshiro looked down at his mobile phone.
"Heizo..."
"Commander Ueda is already dead; his body was discovered in the Dingchuan River."
Hattori Heizo's voice was extremely solemn.
"What?" Toyama Ginshiro's face changed drastically: "Then who was the person commanding the Self-Defense Force just now?"
"People from that organization."
Hearing Hattori Heizo's words, Toyama Ginshiro couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air: "Does this mean that organization has very likely infiltrated the Self-Defense Force?"
"This matter is becoming more and more serious."
Toyama Ginshiro nodded silently and couldn't help but give a bitter smile: "It has already reached the levels above us."
Hattori Heizo went silent for a moment: "Bring that group of Self-Defense Force members back; tomorrow, someone will take them to where they should go."
"I'm afraid that will be difficult; they are currently in a standoff with us."
"Wait a moment."
Hattori Heizo hung up the phone.
The expressions of that group of Self-Defense Force members straightened; after a short while, all of their faces changed drastically as they looked at each other in dismay.
All the people from the Self-Defense Force lowered their guns, looking utterly dejected.
"Arrest them."
Toyama Ginshiro also knew that Hattori Heizo had been successful on his end, so he quickly had the police subdue the members of the Self-Defense Force.
Heiji's brows furrowed: "Superintendent Toyama, there is likely a problem with the Self-Defense Force this time."
"Mhm, we will find out."
Toyama Ginshiro did not reveal anything to Heiji; these matters were not yet for Heiji to know.
Heiji nodded silently, but in his heart, he didn't care: It looks like there is a lot more to this story.
In a certain dark corner:
"Hateful, the Night Baron escaped again." Vodka angrily punched the wall.
Gin did not speak; he leaned against the wall with an ice-cold face, his sharp eyes flickering with a piercing, cold light.
"Gin, why didn't we just blow up the Osaka Sports Arena and blow that damn Night Baron to death?"
"Idiot, if we did that, we wouldn't be able to escape either."
Gin gave Vodka a cold, side-long glance.
Being looked at by Gin like that, Vodka immediately didn't dare to speak. He clearly remembered how cruel and terrifying the methods Gin used to torture that Self-Defense Force commander were at the time.
Just thinking about it made him shudder.
"The Yasakani no Magatama is definitely on the Night Baron. Spread the news to society that the Night Baron killed two Self-Defense Force members and snatched away the 'Yasakani no Magatama'."
"I understand, Gin."
Gin didn't speak any further, leaning against the wall, completely merging into the darkness.
In another corner!
Kuroba Kaito looked back at the Osaka Sports Arena, gritting his teeth: "Night Baron, I've remembered it again this time."
In the hurried night!
The next day, a shocking piece of news swept through the entirety of Japan.