Chapter 212: The Sweep Begins

The three of them, having run all the way back to the hot spring inn, stood at the entrance to catch their breath.

Since stepping onto the path of the Arcana, Ren Amamiya's stamina was beyond comparison with his past self.

Mao Li Lan had begun advancing down the path of physical strengthening, so short sprints had almost no effect on her.

"Ha... ha..."

A kilometer-long run still had quite a big impact on Suzuki Sonoko, who didn't usually exercise much.

"Sonoko, you need to work out."

Watching her friend panting so hard, Mao Li Lan couldn't help but offer the suggestion.

"L-let's talk about it after we get back..."

Flushed red in the face from the long run, Suzuki Sonoko couldn't get a word out at this moment.

Right now she only felt her throat was on fire.

This was the result of never exercising regularly over the long term.

Suddenly breaking into a run, one was easily affected by limits of stamina and endurance.

After catching her breath, Suzuki Sonoko slowly brought her rapid breathing back to calm.

"Alright, let's go in."

"Wait."

Ren Amamiya reached out and pulled back Suzuki Sonoko, who was about to head inside.

Without offering any explanation, he turned around and opened the large door behind him.

Less than two hundred meters from the inn, a woman in a short-skirted suit was leading a group of fully armed SWAT members rushing toward the inn.

They arrived quite fast.

And...

Opening his Spirit Vision and sweeping it over all the SWAT members behind her, the color of their Ether bodies was extremely intense, and their auras possessed a certain thickness as well.

It could be confirmed that these SWAT members had all undergone a certain amount of rigorous training.

The blast shields in their hands, the submachine guns on their backs, and the grenades, ammunition, and pistols at their waists all carried considerable weight.

The base weight of this gear was at least over thirty kilograms.

Without long-term training, carrying all this gear wouldn't allow for much speed either.

The distance of two hundred meters was closed quickly.

Standing up straight, the female officer leading the group at the front caught her breath, then took out her police ID to prove her identity.

"Hello, Young Lady Suzuki."

"I am Satō Miwako of the Criminal Investigation Division One of the Metropolitan Police Department."

"We received a tip that someone is dealing drugs on the island, and we will be conducting sweeps and arrests of the drug dealers on the island from here on."

"Just in case the drug dealers are driven to desperate measures, we need to place you under protection."

"We hope you can cooperate."

After the female officer named Satō Miwako finished speaking, Suzuki Sonoko immediately agreed.

"No problem."

"However, we also need to know more detailed information."

"Why would drug dealers appear on an island this close to Tokyo?"

"And why has the Metropolitan Police Department only just now learned of this?"

This string of questions was rather pointed.

These words were practically pointing at the police's noses and saying, What on earth have you police been eating? Only now did you discover that drug dealers were operating on the islands near Tokyo?

Satō Miwako's expression also turned unsightly from the questioning.

This was indeed the Metropolitan Police Department's failing.

Although the Metropolitan Police Department had recently been investigating where the source of the drugs being sold wantonly in Tokyo actually was, the fact was that they had not located the source.

If not for someone reporting it this time, they might truly have still been unaware that the drug dealers had been hiding on Tsukikage Island all along.

"That's enough, Sonoko."

Ren Amamiya cut off Sonoko's interrogation.

"Although the police were a bit late in tracking down the drug dealers, at least they still rushed over."

"If they could arrive in time, then it can't be counted as late."

The unsightly emotion on Satō Miwako's face was immediately tucked away, and the upright female officer bowed slightly to express apology on behalf of the entire Metropolitan Police Department.

"I am very sorry; this was an oversight in our Metropolitan Police Department's investigation."

With Ren Amamiya playing the bad cop, Suzuki Sonoko, who was playing the good cop, also dropped her accusatory stance.

"The matter of the drug dealers is, when you get down to it, an accident."

"But the drug dealers being able to appear on Tsukikage Island is still a failure of the Metropolitan Police Department's investigation work."

After letting off a round of complaints, the look on Suzuki Sonoko's face also gradually improved a bit.

"I won't say anything else."

"Thank you very much."

Satō Miwako secretly breathed a sigh of relief inside.

As long as this matter hadn't blown up completely this time, that was good.