Chapter 122

After the special forces finished their operation, they began to return to the perimeter of Moon Shadow Island to stand guard, ensuring that no one would take advantage of the chaos to leave Moon Shadow Island.

As for the interior of Moon Shadow Island, the detectives dispatched by the Metropolitan Police Department were responsible for the aftermath.

Even this aftermath work was not easy at all.

The entire interior of Moon Shadow Island needed a more detailed investigation.

Whether there were other drug traffickers hiding among the civilians, and the identities of the dozens of corpses below the drug-manufacturing lab also needed to be investigated.

These things kept them busy for a whole night.

"Ha~~~"

Juzo Megure squinted and yawned; he was sleepy to death right now.

Various investigations and interrogations had been going on for a whole night.

"Really tiring."

Only when staying up all night to handle cases like this could Juzo Megure feel that he was indeed getting old.

He really couldn't compare to those young people who were still young.

"Inspector Megure, the rough interrogation and investigation have already been clarified."

"The captured drug trafficker leaders have already admitted to their drug trafficking facts and have already confessed most of the things."

Nobunobu Chiba walked up to report as soon as he saw Juzo Megure.

"What about the confirmation of those corpses?"

"It has also been completed."

Nobunobu Chiba pursed his lips and nodded slightly.

"After confirmation, those corpses are all ordinary civilians of Moon Shadow Island."

"It's just that their presence was not very high, and they didn't often interact with the villagers, so other villagers didn't pay excessive attention to their disappearance."

This point was also within Juzo Megure's speculation.

Being able to take action against the villagers on this small island of Moon Shadow Island on such a large scale, most of them were aiming at those who didn't interact much with other villagers.

Only those families who didn't interact much with the villagers wouldn't attract the attention of the villagers because of their disappearance.

"Really a group of drug traffickers who are inhumane to the extreme."

Even now, Juzo Megure was amazed at the ruthlessness of the drug traffickers.

"Has the identity of the dead drug traffickers been confirmed?"

"That... it hasn't been fully completed yet."

Speaking of confirming the identities of the drug traffickers, it was still very difficult, especially those drug traffickers who had already been killed.

Nobunobu Chiba was a bit troubled.

"If it's not completed, continue to work hard."

"The identities of those drug traffickers also need to be confirmed; we also need to confirm whether there are other people trafficking or using drugs besides them."

Juzo Megure didn't care.

Because he knew very well that this was also a fairly long process; this was not work that could be completed in a short while.

"Collect the identities that can be investigated now, and the rest of the work can be handed over to the anti-narcotics team to investigate."

"They know more about the field of drug manufacturing and trafficking than we do; let them help too."

"Yes!"

Nobunobu Chiba immediately agreed.

He also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment; after all, the sum of all the cases he had experienced over the years was not as serious as this one.

Suddenly, he remembered one thing.

"Inspector Megure, then what about Takagi... should he continue to stand guard?"

"Let him continue to stand."

Juzo Megure didn't have any hesitation.

He was clear about the fact that this subordinate, Takagi, had the same level as Kogoro Mouri once did.

But comparing Takagi with Mouri... it was still more appropriate to compare Mouri.

Mouri was at most just deducing randomly, easily guiding the case in a strange direction, but his ability to handle cases was not bad at all; he could be called the "desperate Sanjiro" of the Metropolitan Police Department back then.

Mouri belonged to the type without strong deductive ability.

But apart from not having strong deductive ability, his execution, skills, and focus on handling cases were all top-notch.

And Mouri was also a rare sharpshooter; there was no need to mention that shooting ability.

Takagi was too poor compared to him.

Situations often occurred when handling cases; not only could he not control his mouth, but his execution was extraordinarily poor, and not only was his execution poor, but even his focus on handling cases was poor.

In the past, Juzo Megure felt that Takagi could learn bit by bit in actual combat.

But judging by his ability to handle cases recently, Juzo Megure felt that for such a big case, he should just stand guard on the side and not continue to cause trouble in things that were already going well.

"This incident is very big, and the higher-ups are always watching, so we can't let Takagi cause any more trouble."

"If he can't even do a good job standing guard, I can't protect him this time."

Juzo Megure could protect him if some small problems occurred in ordinary cases.

But now, once trouble occurs in this kind of case, Juzo Megure absolutely cannot protect him.

Therefore, Juzo Megure would rather let Takagi go stand guard than let him be responsible for any part of the work.

"Also, after returning this time, Chiba, you are responsible for bringing him."

"If Takagi still can't adapt to the work of the First Investigation Division, I will explain it to Superintendent Matsumoto and arrange for him to go back to be a traffic cop."

Nobunobu Chiba clicked his tongue slightly.

But he knew that after returning, it would be Takagi's last chance; once he couldn't adapt to the subsequent work, his final fate would be to return to the Traffic Department and become a traffic cop with almost no room for advancement.

You have to know that most ordinary police officers start as traffic cops.

Only when they do well as traffic cops do they have the opportunity to transfer to other departments.

This is an upward space for police officers.

But once a police officer transferred from the Traffic Department cannot adapt to the work of other departments, they only have the fate of being sent back to the Traffic Department.

Once that police officer is sent back, they almost only have the fate of retiring in the Traffic Department, and almost have no room for advancement.

Therefore, calling it (Wang Zhao Hao) the last chance is not an exaggeration at all.

"Yes, I'll go talk to him later."

Juzo Megure nodded slightly, then patted Nobunobu Chiba's shoulder heavily.

"Go talk to Takagi properly."

"Let him adapt to the work of the First Investigation Division as soon as possible; I really don't want a young man with spirit to be sent back by me to retire."

"Tell him not to have any thoughts of showing off in front of Officer Sato when he has nothing to do."

"Tell him that to be a police officer, you have to be down-to-earth; don't always think about those messy things."

"If he can't even do his own job well, what conditions does he have to think about those things?"

"If you want to attract Officer Sato's attention, do your job well first, and then consider how to let Officer Sato see his highlights."

"Judging by his current work state, I think he has no chance at all."

— Author's Notes —

PS: New book launch, seeking data.