"I'm a fast pitching, hard-hitting major leaguer. Now the extra innings have begun. The games begin at noon tomorrow and end at 3 PM.
Even if you prepare a good stopper, it won't help you. I'll turn it around in the end!
If you want to end the game, come find me!
When you police bastards climb the bloodstained mound, I'll be waiting in the steel batter's box."
"This is the contents of the warning letter found in the suspect's bag."
Inspector Megure looked at Senichi with a serious expression and said, "Although we arrested the culprit in advance and gained an extra night and half a day compared to the culprit's plan, considering the tricky nature of the second bomb later, the sooner we find the first bomb, the better..."
"Hmph, hmph, hmph..." The bomber with glasses sneered after hearing Inspector Megure's words. "Even if you have half a day more, what can you do... you people..."
"The first bomb is at Tokyo Tower."
Senich directly interrupted the man without even looking at him. He turned his head and said to Inspector Megure, "Please send someone to search the elevators at Tokyo Tower."
"I understand." Inspector Megure did not question but nodded. He immediately picked up the walkie-talkie to contact headquarters and then asked nearby officers to rush over for investigation.
After Senichi interrupted the bomber's words, who had been shouting, suddenly became silent like a duck with its neck pinched with a shocked expression on his face.
"It seems my answer is correct." Senichi glanced at the bomber next to him and smiled. "Your reaction has already exposed the information."
"How is that possible!!" The man shouted madly. "How could you..."
"Nothing is impossible." Senichi coldly glanced at the man. "Using such a simple code to negotiate, I think you want to add another charge, don't you?"
"Damn it..." Hearing Senichi's words, the man's face twisted with malice. "Don't be too pleased. Even if you can find that bomb, you'll have to wait till the last three seconds before the bomb detonates to get the clue for the second bomb..."
"You must have a malfunction in your brain. With this much time, we can come up with a complete strategy."
Senichi interrupted him without hesitation and looked at him with an expression of disdain. "Even if there's a countdown, so what? Having enough time is confidence.
The simplest way is to take the bomb to a safe place, place a camera above it, and even if it explodes, we can still watch the content in its entirety."
"I'll immediately have the venue prepared. Once that bomb is found, we'll activate it immediately."
Inspector Megure picked up the walkie-talkie to inform headquarters of the situation, requesting the preparation of the site and professional personnel to act as soon as the first bomb was found. However, Senichi stopped him.
"No need to make it so complicated, Inspector Megure." Senichi looked at the puzzled Megure and smiled. "I've pretty much figured out the location of the second bomb."
"What? Really!" Megure was surprised at the news, then quickly asked, "You've cracked the code?"
"That's right." Senichi nodded with a smile. "Although I haven't decoded it all due to the missing content, finding the bomb shouldn't be a problem."
"Impossible!" The bomber shouted upon hearing Senichi's words. "Without the content on the bomb, you'll never find it! Are you trying to deceive me? Do you think this will make me reveal the bomb's location to you? Forget about it!"
Seeing the opponent's expression of "I've seen through everything," Senichi couldn't help but feel a bit of pity.
In this regard, Senichi didn't directly reveal that the answer was Teitan High School. Instead, he used a relatively "convoluted" way to smoothly solve the second bomb.
After all, this code was quite complex, and the correct answer could only be obtained with the prompts on the display screen of the first bomb. So, Senichi couldn't have made it up.
Firstly, the meaning of "hard-hitting major leaguer" was a crucial hint to translate the content into English.
And "a good stopper" referred to a pitcher with a high earned run average (ERA), with it being the abbreviation for "ERA."
The "extra innings" was for "EXTRA."
Subtracting ERA from EXTRA gave XT.
Then, [ I'll turn it around in the end]is for reversing "XT"and it gives a symbol resembling the character "文."
This symbol represented a school on the map.
"A school?" Megure's expression brightened. "If that's the case, the area is significantly narrowed down!"
"In fact, we can further narrow it down."
Senichi smiled and said, "Although there are many schools in Tokyo, it's quite simple to filter out schools that might have bombs without knowing the content on the display screen of the first bomb.
After all, today and tomorrow are weekends, and in a situation where students are all resting, this bomber wouldn't choose it as a target."
"So, as long as we filter out schools that still have classes on weekends, we can further narrow down the scope, right?"
Inspector Megure immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and began directing the operation upon hearing this.
At this point, it was only a matter of time before the bomb was found. After all, the Metropolitan Police Department's "superpower" was its large number of personnel. The workload that might be challenging for ordinary people was a piece of cake in the face of such a massive workforce.
"You monster!"
After listening to Senichi's analysis, the man could no longer maintain his previous arrogance. He looked at Senichi with terror and shouted, "Monster!"
"I don't like being called a monster by a criminal." Senichi looked at the last bit of confidence being shattered in this criminal who now resembled a defeated dog and said indifferently, "If we're talking about monsters, I think it's you."
After saying that, Senichi ignored the man and went straight to the side, joining Inspector Megure and others in patiently waiting for the results.
As for the results, they were already evident from the moment the bomber reacted so vehemently.
However, when the two bombs at Tokyo Tower and Teitan High School were successively disarmed, cheers erupted uncontrollably from the crowd.
This long-lasting series of consecutive bomb cases, at this very moment, was officially declared concluded!
After Senichi opened the system panel, he finally saw the settlement rewards for this case as he wished.
[The cases related to "bombs" have all been concluded...]
[Reward settlement in progress]
[As this case connects two related "bomb" cases, the reward for this case is a fixed reward.]
[True and False Consecutive Bomb Cases]
[Completion: Perfect]
[Congratulations to the host for acquiring the skill Bomb Disposal (D-rank)]
[Evaluation: Sometimes complex cases may not require overly complex solutions. Just pinpoint a key aspect, guide it with the means available, and you can easily "see through the whole thing."]