Chapter Six: Walking Into the Trap

Ding ding ding—

In the hotel room, Shiroishi’s phone rang.

Glancing at the caller ID, a sly smirk curled at the corner of Shiroishi’s mouth.

“Hello, Mr. Iwanuma. Have you recalled any new details?” Shiroishi had previously given Iwanuma Noboru his number.

“Y-yes... I have something important. Could you come to the garage on the north side, first floor?” Iwanuma’s voice was tense.

“All right, I’m on my way,” Shiroishi replied calmly.

The hotel was arranged by the airline; other passengers were staying here too. He wasn’t invited to Iwanuma’s room but was asked to go to the garage? This sounded suspicious, but—

Shiroishi feigned ignorance.

Without putting on his jacket or tie, just wearing a white shirt, he headed straight for the elevator.

It was four in the morning; the hallway was deserted.

Without a jacket, Shiroishi’s muscular upper body was even more apparent.

Before entering the elevator, he paused to listen carefully outside the doors—hmm, no ticking bombs. The local gangs still had some code of honor.

Arriving at the garage, Shiroishi glanced up at the surveillance cameras as he passed.

Sure enough, from the reflection, he keenly noticed the cameras were not operational.

In the silent garage, Shiroishi caught sight of a figure from behind—“Iwanuma Noboru.”

Using his Lv7 Memory skill to verify, Shiroishi confirmed the height matched, the clothes were identical, but… it wasn’t the real person.

“Mr. Iwanuma, have you recalled anything else?” Shiroishi approached, pretending not to notice.

Suddenly—

Swish—

The man spun around abruptly, a sharp blade slashing toward Shiroishi’s chest.

Prepared in advance, Shiroishi caught the wrist in a single motion, twisted it to disarm the blade, then pinned the arm behind, eliciting a sharp cry of pain.

Clang—

“Let go, you bastard!”

“August 19th, 4:15 a.m.—Police arresting a suspect resisting arrest!”

Before Shiroishi could finish, the sound of dozens of car doors opening echoed. Turning around, he saw numerous men armed and fierce disembarking from cars.

Clang, clang—

Swish—

Some dragged iron pipes, scraping against the ground; others brandished folding knives. Roughly thirty men surrounded him.

“Police! Those with sticks, show your ID for a routine check! Those with knives are violating the weapons law—crouch and cover your heads!” Shiroishi said half-heartedly, then knocked the captured man unconscious with a chop.

Of course, no one obeyed.

But the proper law enforcement procedure had to be maintained!

“Heh heh heh… Police? Who knows… The Metropolitan Police idiots getting killed by drunks at night is just inevitable, right?” A mohawk-wearing gang leader sneered.

Clearly, they had a scapegoat ready.

Whoosh—

An iron pipe swung toward Shiroishi, who stepped back slightly, dodging nimbly and immediately spinning around.

Another knife aimed to stab from behind, but Shiroishi reacted faster—redirecting the blade mid-thrust, deflecting the force aside, and countering with a defensive hand strike and iron elbow!

At the same time, the folding knife plunged into the mohawked man’s shoulder.

“Ah!”

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