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Chapter 865

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After hearing the whole story, Miss Luo Quan was still puzzled: "So what does this have to do with you attacking me?"

Officer Mumu explained: "Although this Reiwa Phantom Thief's fighting power isn't outstanding, he is extremely skilled in the art of disguise; he can change his appearance in ten minutes, and can play the roles of women or old people.

When our officers were tracking him, we suffered a great loss because of this skill of his, and several times we brushed past him."

"So you treated me as that Reiwa Phantom Thief?" Miss Luo Quan didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Officer Mumu said awkwardly: "Mainly because you didn't mention coming to Japan at all on your social media, and we thought you were in China."

Miss Luo Quan was speechless: "When have I ever gone abroad without posting news only after I arrived?"

"This is indeed our negligence in work, I am truly very sorry!" Officer Mumu bowed and apologized very naturally, with great sincerity.

Actually, if it weren't for the many people here, he even intended to perform a dogeza directly to Miss Luo Quan.

What is a dogeza? It's kneeling on both knees with the forehead pressed tightly against the ground, slightly lighter than the five-body prostration of ancient times.

There was no help for it; the blunder made this time was truly too big.

If it were just mistakenly arresting an ordinary tourist, that would be one thing, but the person almost mistakenly arrested was Miss Luo Quan.

An international superstar, and also a goddess in the eyes of Japanese civilians, with an outrageously high status.

If something really happened to her, I'm afraid the angry fans would flatten the Metropolitan Police Department.

Fortunately, Miss Luo Quan was agile and could easily face so many samurai, so no major problems occurred.

"Alright, you should still think about how to deal with the reporters." Miss Luo Quan waved her hand and planned to return to the airport lobby to stay.

She could still grasp the sense of proportion.

For ordinary cases, leaving is fine.

But this time it involved Japan's national treasure, the Yasakani no Magatama; the rules that should be followed should be followed, so as to avoid becoming the target of public criticism if they can't find this Reiwa Phantom Thief and they happen to be the only ones leaving the airport early.

"Miss Luo Quan, if it's you, I think we can treat you specially." Jinggong Jinggong Ya Zuo raised his hand, wanting to stop Miss Luo Quan.

Miss Luo Quan turned her head and sighed: "Senior Jinggong, these three sacred treasures are your family heirlooms. If you were the person holding the three sacred treasures right now, of course you could make this decision.

But for now, listen to your father's arrangements; catching the Reiwa Phantom Thief is the most correct way to solve the problem."

Declining the Crown Prince's kindness, Miss Luo Quan returned to the airport lobby.

Although her words were a bit harsh, they were definitely for his own good.

Jinggong Jinggong Ya Zuo patted his head in annoyance, thinking to himself that he was usually quite rational, so why did he become like this when he met Miss Luo Quan?

Clearly, his father had already found him a fiancée, and during the time he spent with Aiko, Miss Luo Quan's figure hadn't appeared in his mind at all.

But when he heard the news about Miss Luo Quan just now, he still rushed over at the first opportunity.

Officer Mumu stood by the side, looking at His Highness the Crown Prince with desolate eyes.

He wasn't saddened by His Highness's long-standing affection.

He was grieving for his own uncertain career.

With so many eyes inside and outside the airport, they clearly saw Miss Luo Quan fighting with these samurai.

Soon, reporters from Tokyo would swarm in, and as one of the commanders who gave the order, he would inevitably be hard to absolve of blame.

As for the other samurai leader who gave the order, if he wanted to apologize, he would apologize to the royal family, and he didn't need to worry about being fired.

And he, I'm afraid his position as Deputy Chief of the Criminal Department of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department was coming to an end.

The only way now was to catch the Reiwa Phantom Thief as soon as possible and see if he could make up for his mistakes.

The restless Officer Mumu immediately gave the order for officers to enter the airport to start searching, and at the same time, the samurai followed to assist in the investigation.

And after Miss Luo Quan returned, Wen Xia and the others surrounded her, asking all at once what happened just now and why they started fighting while talking.

Miss Luo Quan told everyone the whole story.

Gao Liang laughed: "National treasure stolen? Why does it seem like I've seen this kind of drama before? Wasn't it the same with Notre-Dame de Paris before?"

Mia gave him a glare: "The three sacred treasures are their own treasures; is there a need to take them for themselves in this way? Isn't that like taking off your pants to fart?"

"Seems like that's the case." Gao Liang scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

Wen Xia put her hands on her hips and said while twisting: "But refusing Crown Prince Jinggong's kindness is right, so as to avoid the situation where the Yasakani no Magatama isn't found and we can't explain ourselves either."

"But are we just going to let it go like this? Master was attacked in the street and there's no explanation?" Cheng Nuo's temper was a bit more explosive, and she asked.

"He has already bowed; what else do you want him to do?" Miss Luo Quan grinned and joked, "There will definitely be an explanation, and it's coming soon; we can probably see it as soon as we open our phones."

After saying this, she sat on her suitcase and opened her phone, revealing a posture of watching a good show.

Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, Tokyo's legal TV stations and reporters gathered at Narita Airport.

Although the officers blocked them outside, this still couldn't affect the reporters' enthusiasm.

This is a group of ruthless people who dare to run into a house even when an earthquake happens, the reason being they want to get the first-hand footage of officials panicking during the earthquake.

In their industry's words, compared to mortgage payments and the food and clothing of their families, what is life worth!

So although the officers tried their best to stop them, these reporters still tried every possible way to enter the airport.

However, several well-informed ones were no longer obsessed with entering the airport but raised their microphones and shouted:

"Deputy Chief Mumu! Someone saw that officers and Miss Luo Quan, who had finally returned to Japan, had a fierce conflict. May I ask what the situation is!"

Deputy Chief Mumu was covered in sweat and walked into the encirclement of guns and cameras with a stiff upper lip: "This was a misunderstanding. Fortunately, we corrected this mistake quickly and apologized to Miss Luo Quan, and she also accepted our apology."

"Is this your attitude toward this kind of behavior?"

"Miss Luo Quan just returned to Japan and encountered such a thing; don't you feel ashamed as an official?"

"Does your superior know about your order to arrest Miss Luo Quan?"

"Do you know how serious the consequences of this behavior of yours will be!"

"All officials responsible for this matter should commit seppuku to apologize!"

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The reporters' questions came one after another; in the past, when they were this fierce, it was usually on occasions where major safety accidents occurred.

Obviously, Miss Luo Quan almost being arrested was, in their view, a major safety accident.

"Hontou ni sumimasen!"

Officer Mumu looked sorrowful and bowed three times in a row to the aggressive reporters.

During this period, the sound of shutters clicked non-stop.

And just after these images were broadcast live, the Japanese internet also exploded.

First, Japanese netizens didn't expect Miss Luo Quan to arrive early at all.

Although after she announced she would participate in this year's Olympics, many netizens cheered for a long time, saying they could finally see the Springwater Goddess again.

But they didn't expect her to come so early, and she didn't even reveal a bit of news to everyone in the days before she came; it could be said she kept her mouth shut.

However, this should have been a very happy thing.

Arriving in Japan early meant she could participate in many activities, such as going on TV or holding some autograph sessions offline.

But she just got off the plane, and not having a welcoming ceremony was one thing, after all, she didn't notify everyone.

But you police officers clearly knew she was Miss Luo Quan, yet you still wanted to arrest her, and even committed violence in the street.

This is simply making the whole of Japan feel ashamed.

What if Miss Luo Quan gets annoyed and doesn't come again in the future?

Thinking that they might never be able to see the Springwater Goddess in Japan again, a group of fans and netizens were extremely angry.

Even some of the more excited ones went directly to protest outside the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.

After arriving, they realized they weren't alone, but hundreds or thousands.

Now the Japanese internet is full of scolding, all demanding that Deputy Chief Mumu commit seppuku, and even threatening that if he doesn't do it decently himself, everyone will help him do it decently.

A lot of accountants have died in Japan during this period; it shouldn't be strange to have one more police officer, right?

Of course, this kind of rhetoric was relatively extreme and was deleted not long after it was posted.

At the same time, Miss Luo Quan's rational fans also came out to ask everyone to calm down and not be too emotional; Miss Luo Quan definitely wouldn't want to see it like this.

But on the other hand, fans also demanded that Deputy Chief Mumu make a more sincere and profound apology.

Although bowing is Japan's universal way of apologizing, if it's just bowing, it seems too perfunctory.

At least he should explain which brain nerve twitched to make him do such a stupid thing, and guarantee that he won't commit it again to count as almost enough.

To be honest, Miss Luo Quan didn't think this matter would cause such a big storm.

More than half of the Japanese netizens are standing up for her, and even ordering the police to apologize to her.

This is already a proper queen-level treatment; even the Japanese Prime Minister might not have this kind of specification if he were wronged.

But on the other hand, she also realized how fanatical these fans were.

Fortunately, she chose to leave at the first opportunity when she was being manipulated back then.

Otherwise, there really would have been some extreme fans who would have staged a drama of forcing her with death.

Of course, now she doesn't need to have a headache over these things anymore.

The one who should have a headache is Deputy Chief Mumu, as well as his several superiors.

How to appease the angry public is one problem.

In addition, Miss Luo Quan is an international superstar with great influence, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also encountered trouble; diplomats from several countries were asking what happened.

What could they let happen to Miss Luo Quan?

Dozens of samurai couldn't do anything to her, and several were even injured by her.

But this is her ability; in the final analysis, it was their side that acted too recklessly.

But the reason for the recklessness was also wanting to recover the three sacred treasures as soon as possible; after all, this is the face of the royal family.

But how could this kind of thing be blamed on the royal family?

So, in the end, it was all the police's fault.

Consequently, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department came out from top to bottom to apologize; from the Chief to the Department Head to the Team Leader, officials of all sizes stood in rows and bowed in unison.

The formation was quite large, and the attitude was also very sincere.

Regarding this, the Japanese netizens were finally satisfied.

However, the problem at Narita Airport still hasn't been solved.

The Reiwa Phantom Thief hasn't been caught, and Miss Luo Quan and a large group of passengers are still trapped in the airport.

One or two hours is fine; the airport providing free coffee and food can appease everyone's emotions.

But if it takes a long time, the situation might not be easy to say.

Although the flights that hadn't arrived yet had already changed their destinations to Haneda Airport.

But there were still several thousand people gathered in the airport lobby.

With limited police force, conducting a search of so many people one by one is really not a quick matter.

And the suspect is also extremely skilled in the art of disguise; no one knows what his true appearance looks like. With even a little bit of negligence, all of today's efforts would become a joke.

In addition, the loss of Japan's national treasure would also become an internationally famous joke.

Currently, the public doesn't know about the theft of the Yasakani no Magatama.

If they can catch the thief and recover the treasure, then everything will be fine.

If they can't catch him, then the intensity of the accusations on the internet will multiply several times in an instant!

By then, I'm afraid this group of officials will really have to commit seppuku to apologize.

Time passed bit by bit.

The tourists who were relatively cooperative at the beginning had clearly become impatient, shouting one after another about when they could leave.

But the answer they got was always "please continue to wait."

And just when the tourists' patience was almost exhausted, an officer wearing only a vest and underwear ran out of the restroom.

"Captain, I was just attacked by the Reiwa Phantom Thief; he stripped off all my clothes and mixed in among the officers!"

This news made all the police act like they were facing a great enemy, and they began to observe each other, as if the colleague beside them was that master thief who could disguise himself.

Officer Mumu walked over with big strides; his haggard appearance proved how much he had suffered in the past few hours.

And the first thing Officer Mumu did when he met the officer who had his uniform stripped off was to reach out and pull at his face.

Only after confirming it was real skin did he believe what he said.

However, if this master thief had really disguised himself as an officer.

Then as the only group that could enter and leave the airport, this master thief might have already escaped.

Could it be that it really ends here?

He has been a police officer for more than ten years and has solved more than three hundred cases of all sizes; he didn't expect to finally fall into the hands of this master thief whose true face he hadn't even seen.

Seeing the tourists' emotions becoming increasingly difficult to appease, and with phone calls from superiors asking about the progress of the case coming one after another, Officer Mumu felt like dying.

Just at this moment, Miss Luo Quan, not far away, suddenly reached out and pointed at a police officer: "The Yasakani no Magatama seems to be on him."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone turned their eyes to the direction she pointed.

The person pointed at was a young officer of medium build, with an ordinary appearance, belonging to the kind of common face that would be thrown into a crowd and never found again.

And suddenly becoming the target of everyone, this young officer also panicked.

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