Standalone Tokyo

Chapter 269 Determine the target and prepare to take action

"Oh my God, here... ugh... ugh..."

"Don't spit on me, get out of here you coward!"

The homestay where the temporary safe house was previously located has been surrounded by Paris police, with more than 20 police officers coming in and out. They need to block off the scene, drive away onlookers, deal with annoying reporters, and clean up the mess at the scene.

Detective Wilder is now on the second floor, frowning at the... battlefield ruins in the corridor?
Wilder, who had served in the African Corps, was particularly familiar with the scene. The two broken bodies in the corridor and the holes in the wall told him what had happened here.

"Broadsword, an anti-infantry Broadsword mine exploded here. These two unlucky guys standing behind the door basically took the thousand steel balls."

"Oh, that's really bad luck for these two unfortunate guys."

A young policeman nearby teased the deceased, which made the forensic doctor who was examining the body feel a little uncomfortable. He turned around and glared at the two bastards fiercely before lowering his head and continuing to work.

"Hey, man, did you see the IDs of the two dead guys?"

"No……"

The forensic doctor said without turning his head.

"Besides, even if there is, do you think it can be preserved?"

Wilder looked up at the densely packed bullet holes on the corridor wall and couldn't help but nodded.

"really."

Then he turned around and left the tragic scene with his partner.

Downstairs of the B&B, Wilder was stopped by his immediate superior, the Paris police chief.

"What's going on up there?"

As he spoke, the fat man, who wore the oversized police uniform like a tights, took out a cigarette case and offered it to Wilder.

Cigarettes are very expensive in France. Passing cigarettes to others is a very luxurious act here. If someone is not familiar with you, he would feel embarrassed to take your cigarette. Therefore, passing cigarettes is a very intimate act in France.

Wilder naturally took the cigarette from his immediate superior, took out his lighter, lit it, took a long puff, and then answered the question.

"The situation is a bit complicated. The two victims were killed by military anti-personnel mines. They had pistols in their hands and their suits were not cheap... Boss, can you find out if anything happened in Paris recently?"

"No, I asked the mayor before I came here, and there haven't been any major conflicts among the bigwigs in Paris recently."

"That's what outsiders do. I also asked the landlord. The house rented by the tenant using a fake passport has no value."

Wilder sighed.

"Boss, you have to be prepared. I just went into the room and took a look. Judging from the traces inside, there should have been two very fierce desperadoes living in the room before."

"I know……"

The fat director hesitated for a moment, but he finally decided to tell his trusted subordinates the information he thought was secret.

"Before I came here, my boss called me and told me to keep a low profile on this case. After the two bodies are packed up, someone will come and take them away."

"In other words, we don't have to worry about the dead, we just need to track down the two murderers?"

Wilder's face was full of thought, and the fat chief nodded vigorously.

"Yes."

"Okay, I'll go to work now."

Wilder immediately pulled his partner to the end of the alley.

"Wilder, any questions?"

"There's a big problem. Does that fat guy want us to die?"

"Um!?"

"If you don't understand, don't ask. This matter shouldn't be complicated. It just involves some big shots, so it's very dangerous. We should not get involved."

"What about the murderer?"

"Let others take charge, young man, don't spend all your time thinking about solving the case...

Well, let me be frank. It must be that some big shot used unconventional means to do things abroad, which led to the victims now fighting back against him.

I don’t know how this will turn out, but since the Claymore mines have been used, it’s definitely not going to be a quiet process.”

……

The new safe house arranged for Huangmao is still in the city of Paris. Fujiwara Masato originally wanted them to leave the city and hide outside, but from the small map, it can be seen that the Paris police have basically monitored all the roads out of the city.

The facial photos of Bellamy and Huangmao were also included in the wanted list. Fujiwara Masato estimated that every police officer patrolling the streets now has a photo of the two of them.

Even with the guidance of the small map, it was difficult for the two to leave the city. Moreover, after going out, it would be troublesome to come back... After the yellow-haired man applied for the revenge operation, Fujiwara Masato knew that the location of the safe house could only be chosen within the city of Paris.

Renting a house is not a good option either. Whether in a regular hotel or an informal B&B, the Paris police will definitely pay close attention to and screen tenants after today.

Fujiwara Masato estimated that the reason why the yellow-haired man and his partner were discovered was definitely because of the house. If Poker Cards had a long-term safe house in Paris, things would not have fallen to this point.

Forget it, there's no point in regretting this now, I should think about how to solve the problem of the safe house.

Fujiwara Masato thought for a while and finally came up with a solution.

Before Bellamy and Huangmao arrived, he sent people to select a family in the city of Paris, rushed in and quietly subdued the family, and then gave them a large sum of money to calm their frightened hearts.

Well, in this way, Huangmao and others have a safe house where they can live for a few days.

After settling down, Bellamy was no longer sleepy. He simply took out a few pieces of bread and milk from the refrigerator in the "safe house", fed himself, and then ran to find Huangmao.

"Sir, I want to know, what should we do next?"

"Do you have a target for revenge?"

Huangmao asked back.

Bellamy thought seriously, and then he became depressed.

"I can roughly guess who wants to kidnap me, but I don't know where he is and how to take revenge on them..."

"Since you are not sure about your revenge target, then follow me. Go and rest now, and we will start the action tomorrow."

"Sir, the organization is in Paris..."

"We don't have a branch in Paris, so we have limited manpower and intelligence. Bellamy, think carefully about what help you can provide for our revenge operation." Bellamy stood up and walked back and forth in the living room, thinking seriously about what help he could provide to the organization.

money?
Bellamy is penniless now. All his bank deposits in Paris have been frozen, and cash... do you think a kidnapped person would still have a single banknote on him?

intelligence?

As I said before, he doesn’t know.

After much thought, Bellamy finally gave Huangmao only one answer.

"I have some respectable friends in Paris, maybe we can try to find them..."

"No, don't go to them. They are unreliable...at least they are unreliable now."

Huangmao refused outright.

"Well... I know the location of the Leib Detective Agency. The Leib Detective Agency is the one who arrested me. I know where their headquarters is in Paris..."

"Point it out. Point it out on the map."

In the Leib Detective Agency, Fujiwara Masato knew about the existence of this group. On the small map, two Leib detectives were still wandering around the city of Paris, apparently still looking for the two yellow-haired men. The broadsword mines he left behind had now offended them badly.

However, the Leib Detective Agency is obviously very professional. Apart from the two old detectives who suffered losses, Fujiwara Masato did not see any strongholds or hostile individuals with the prefix "Leib" on the small map.

This made Fujiwara Masato think that this force did not have any bases or other members in the city of Paris. After a long time, it turned out that they were not hostile to the poker organization.

It has a bit of a "I hit you just because someone hired me to do a job, it doesn't mean I hate you" flavor.

The information provided by Bellamy is very valuable to the yellow-haired man who is eager for revenge. Since he is not sure who the culprit is for the time being, he will destroy his knife first.

……

Paris, the historic European fashion capital, is divided into twenty districts. The Leib Detective Agency is located in a five-story house in the 11th district and is disguised as a cafe. Many people come to patronize it every day.

Huangmao and Bellamy passed by the cafe in a French car. On the narrow bicycle lane, they looked at the building but could not see anything wrong.

"Are you sure the Leib Detective Agency is inside?"

Bellamy explained.

“Although I’ve never been here, I have a friend who is a member of the detective agency. One time when I was drinking with her, she told me that the Leib Café in District 11 is the Leib Detective Agency.

I think the first and second floors are cafes, so the third floor and above must be the detective agency’s work location.”

The yellow-haired man was somewhat reluctant to deny Bellamy's own uncertain guess, and he now began to doubt the authenticity of the information.

This is the 11th arrondissement of Paris, which is located on the right bank of the Seine in Paris and is the most densely populated area in Paris.

If the population density is the highest and it is not a slum, it means that there are a lot of police here. Once a gunfight occurs, the Paris red-hat sentinels and French special police will quickly arrive at the scene.

Although he is very confident in the power behind him, Huangmao still does not think that the poker organization alone can compete with the Paris government.

This is neither realistic nor sensible.

Therefore, if you want to attack the Leib Café, you must move in and out quickly and retreat after the attack. If you run slowly, you will definitely be blocked.

The lanes in the city of Paris are too narrow. In densely populated residential and commercial areas, the lanes are basically single lanes. On the basis of the single lanes, a part of the space must be reserved for parking spaces.

You can imagine the bandwidth of this road.

Want to race?
Not to mention doors, there are no windows.

No wonder small cars and riding bicycles to work are popular in Paris, it's purely because of the road restrictions.

The yellow-haired man signaled the driver to keep driving forward and not to stop. If this cafe was the headquarters of the detective agency, then they should be more cautious in their actions and not reveal too big flaws.

After leaving that area, Huangmao began to think about how to launch an attack.

The building suspected to be the headquarters of the Leib Detective Agency is a rectangular Parisian building. It has no special features on the outside and can be seen everywhere in Paris. The internal structure may be slightly different, but it should not have a basement.

To accommodate many people working in the workplace, the space must not be small. If the office is in the basement, then the basement must be very large. However, when Huangmao looked at the density of nearby buildings, he felt that there was no space for a basement in this area.

Based on this inference, the Leib Detective Agency might be right above the cafe, on the third, fourth, or fifth floor.

If so, then action will be a bit tricky.

Huangmao was thinking hard.

The Leib Café on the first floor is very troublesome. It does good business with people coming and going during the day. Even the seats on the roadside are always occupied. If you want to attack, they will be a big obstacle.

Huangmao didn't want to launch the attack at night, because at night, there were still a few people working in the detective agency, and no one could predict what would happen. He wanted to wipe out the detective agency and kill their members.

Therefore, there is little point in attacking an empty building with few people. The attack must be launched during the day if possible to block the detective agency members inside.

While thinking, Huangmao suddenly remembered the house next to the Leib Cafe. He remembered that the two buildings were close together, with walls next to each other. Does this mean that if they use explosives to break the wall, they can rush in from next door...

Wait, the first floor of the house next door seems to be closed and there are no shops there.

There is such a densely populated street and a very popular coffee shop. Why doesn't any competitor open a coffee shop next door? Even if they don't open a coffee shop, they can still make money by opening a restaurant.

In the catering industry, isn’t the most important thing the flow of people?
When you think about it this way, the building next to the Leib Café seems suspicious.

Bellamy's friend told him that the Leib Café was the Leib Detective Agency, but she most likely didn't say that the real detective agency was actually in the building next door.

Huangmao immediately instructed a street thug disguised as a tourist to walk back and observe the situation in the house next to the Leib Cafe with his naked eyes.

When the younger brother came back to report and told Huangmao that the door on the first floor of the house next to the coffee shop was not open, the windows above the second floor were closed, and there were curtains blocking the outside view, he was very confident that there was a big problem with that house.

"Bellamy, I think I found the location of the Leib Detective Agency. You go back to the safe house now. I'm going to lead some people to launch a test operation."

"Let me follow."

Bellamy volunteered.

"Sir, I'm a good shooter and can shoot people. The poker organization is short of manpower right now, so I can be of use."

"You'll be useful, but not now."

The yellow-haired man patted Bellamy's shoulder and gave an approving smile.

“No matter how short-staffed our organization may be, we will never lack operational personnel.”

(End of this chapter)