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Chapter 134
chapter 0091 part 1
Chapter 91: Ghost Call?
"The center point of the wildfire spread has been found, Officer!"
Two police helicopters hovered above the Aokigahara (Sea of Trees). A Police Officer wearing the uniform of a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Police Inspector looked down through binoculars.
The thick smoke generated by the burning Forest Sea obscured most of the view and prevented the two police helicopters from lowering their altitude.
This forced the Police Inspector, acting as the observer, to risk being choked by smoke, and even falling from the helicopter at any moment, by leaning out to look below.
"Police Inspector Takahashi, observe carefully and see if you can find the reason for this wildfire. Was it a meteorite impact, or truly 'shelling'!"
In the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's communication channel, the voice of a middle-aged man with a strong Tokyo accent was heard.
"Yes, Officer!"
Police Inspector Takahashi rubbed his smoke-reddened eyes hard. Although he had cursed a million times in his heart, he still respectfully replied to the inquiry from the person on the communicator.
There was nothing he could do. The person on the other end was the Deputy Director of the National Police Agency, the head of the entire Police System. In terms of position, he was four ranks higher than a Police Inspector from a small area like him.
"Shelling, Baka, do you think this is the Middle East or Afghanistan!"
Police Inspector Takahashi cursed the group of incompetent leaders who were remote-controlling from their offices for the million and first time in his heart. He waved his hand, wanting the helicopter pilot to lower the altitude a bit more.
The pilot pointed to the rolling black smoke outside and waved his hand, indicating that this was the lowest altitude the helicopter could descend to.
In the communication channel, the Deputy Director's voice talking to others continued.
The last voice that appeared, Takahashi could even hear the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Director addressing that person as Officer.
Could it be the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Commissioner General? Takahashi swallowed, looking at the real-time video equipment placed in the cabin, and suddenly had a bold idea.
Takahashi retracted his body from the cabin entrance and returned to the cabin, wrapping himself in two layers of fireproof suits.
Then he put on a communication helmet equipped with a camera and tied two rappelling ropes to his waist, back, and armpits.
Immediately after, Takahashi went to the helicopter cabin entrance and, ignoring the pilot's loud dissuasion, jumped directly down.
"Fortune favors the bold. This is a great opportunity to show off in front of the leaders!"
This was Takahashi's only thought when he jumped from the helicopter.
He was already over forty and not a member of the career track. Without any accidents, this Police Inspector position would be the last stop of his career.
This might be his only chance to show his face in front of the big shots, and his only chance to break through his career bottleneck.
The feeling of weightlessness was accompanied by a strong sense of dizziness caused by blood rushing to his head. The wind sound whistled past his ears.
It felt like an instant, and also like a long time had passed.
When Takahashi opened his eyes again, he was hanging upside down, two meters below him was a burnt ancient tree, and the rolling black smoke, even through the protective suit and full-face helmet, was choking him badly.
Ignoring his lingering fear, Takahashi immediately turned on the video transmission device connected to his helmet.
……………
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, in Conference Room One of the Metropolitan Police Department at this time.
More than a dozen people were gathered together, watching the real-time video on the large screen.
Those who could sit here were High-level Staff of the Police System, with the lowest police rank being Senior Commissioner.
This included the National Police Agency Deputy Director, Police Agency Bureau Chiefs, Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Superintendent General, and District Police Chiefs.
Among them, the highest police rank was the National Police Agency Commissioner General. At his level, there was no rank insignia, but he would be equipped with a sun emblem more than the Superintendent General's rank insignia, used as the "National Police Agency Commissioner General Badge" shoulder patch.
However, the person with the highest position present was not the National Police Agency Commissioner General, but a thin old man who sat silently in the chief seat, quietly watching the real-time footage.
He wore a gray suit, a pair of reading glasses. The lenses of the glasses seemed to have a high prescription, and the thin old man would occasionally take off his glasses and drip a few drops of eye drops into his eyes.
"Mr. Ono, among us present, only you are a military man. In your opinion, are these the scene traces left by artillery shell explosions?"
The surveillance footage captured by the camera helmet was a bit shaky, with burnt trees everywhere, and charred corpses.
The camera frame swept over two wooden house ruins. From the large pits on the ground, it was clear that these were not caused by the wildfire, but rather shell craters left after some kind of impact or artillery shell explosion.
The man called Mr. Ono wore the uniform of a Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Admiral. When he heard the Defense Minister call his name, a trace of worry flashed across the man's face.
However, he had to stand up. "From the witness's testimony and the analysis of the scene traces, these should be shell craters left by the bombardment of Federation-made 60MM M2 mortars!
At least one basic load of artillery shells must have been fired to cause shell craters of this scale!"
After Vice Admiral Ono finished speaking, he saluted the Defense Minister and then sat directly back in his position.
He did not express any further opinions, clearly not wanting to provoke trouble.
However, the philosophy of self-preservation was not something only he understood.
Hearing Vice Admiral Ono admit that it was shelling, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Commissioner General immediately became energetic.
"Mr. Ono, this involves organized artillery. This is not something our Metropolitan Police Department can handle. I think it would be safer for your Self-Defense Force to take over this matter!"
Chapter 91: Ghost Call?
"The center point of the wildfire spread has been found, Officer!"
Two police helicopters hovered above the Aokigahara (Sea of Trees). A Police Officer wearing the uniform of a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Police Inspector looked down through binoculars.
The thick smoke generated by the burning Forest Sea obscured most of the view and prevented the two police helicopters from lowering their altitude.
This forced the Police Inspector, acting as the observer, to risk being choked by smoke, and even falling from the helicopter at any moment, by leaning out to look below.
"Police Inspector Takahashi, observe carefully and see if you can find the reason for this wildfire. Was it a meteorite impact, or truly 'shelling'!"
In the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's communication channel, the voice of a middle-aged man with a strong Tokyo accent was heard.
"Yes, Officer!"
Police Inspector Takahashi rubbed his smoke-reddened eyes hard. Although he had cursed a million times in his heart, he still respectfully replied to the inquiry from the person on the communicator.
There was nothing he could do. The person on the other end was the Deputy Director of the National Police Agency, the head of the entire Police System. In terms of position, he was four ranks higher than a Police Inspector from a small area like him.
"Shelling, Baka, do you think this is the Middle East or Afghanistan!"
Police Inspector Takahashi cursed the group of incompetent leaders who were remote-controlling from their offices for the million and first time in his heart. He waved his hand, wanting the helicopter pilot to lower the altitude a bit more.
The pilot pointed to the rolling black smoke outside and waved his hand, indicating that this was the lowest altitude the helicopter could descend to.
In the communication channel, the Deputy Director's voice talking to others continued.
The last voice that appeared, Takahashi could even hear the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Director addressing that person as Officer.
Could it be the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Commissioner General? Takahashi swallowed, looking at the real-time video equipment placed in the cabin, and suddenly had a bold idea.
Takahashi retracted his body from the cabin entrance and returned to the cabin, wrapping himself in two layers of fireproof suits.
Then he put on a communication helmet equipped with a camera and tied two rappelling ropes to his waist, back, and armpits.
Immediately after, Takahashi went to the helicopter cabin entrance and, ignoring the pilot's loud dissuasion, jumped directly down.
"Fortune favors the bold. This is a great opportunity to show off in front of the leaders!"
This was Takahashi's only thought when he jumped from the helicopter.
He was already over forty and not a member of the career track. Without any accidents, this Police Inspector position would be the last stop of his career.
This might be his only chance to show his face in front of the big shots, and his only chance to break through his career bottleneck.
The feeling of weightlessness was accompanied by a strong sense of dizziness caused by blood rushing to his head. The wind sound whistled past his ears.
It felt like an instant, and also like a long time had passed.
When Takahashi opened his eyes again, he was hanging upside down, two meters below him was a burnt ancient tree, and the rolling black smoke, even through the protective suit and full-face helmet, was choking him badly.
Ignoring his lingering fear, Takahashi immediately turned on the video transmission device connected to his helmet.
……………
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, in Conference Room One of the Metropolitan Police Department at this time.
More than a dozen people were gathered together, watching the real-time video on the large screen.
Those who could sit here were High-level Staff of the Police System, with the lowest police rank being Senior Commissioner.
This included the National Police Agency Deputy Director, Police Agency Bureau Chiefs, Metropolitan Police Department Deputy Superintendent General, and District Police Chiefs.
Among them, the highest police rank was the National Police Agency Commissioner General. At his level, there was no rank insignia, but he would be equipped with a sun emblem more than the Superintendent General's rank insignia, used as the "National Police Agency Commissioner General Badge" shoulder patch.
However, the person with the highest position present was not the National Police Agency Commissioner General, but a thin old man who sat silently in the chief seat, quietly watching the real-time footage.
He wore a gray suit, a pair of reading glasses. The lenses of the glasses seemed to have a high prescription, and the thin old man would occasionally take off his glasses and drip a few drops of eye drops into his eyes.
"Mr. Ono, among us present, only you are a military man. In your opinion, are these the scene traces left by artillery shell explosions?"
The surveillance footage captured by the camera helmet was a bit shaky, with burnt trees everywhere, and charred corpses.
The camera frame swept over two wooden house ruins. From the large pits on the ground, it was clear that these were not caused by the wildfire, but rather shell craters left after some kind of impact or artillery shell explosion.
The man called Mr. Ono wore the uniform of a Maritime Self-Defense Force Vice Admiral. When he heard the Defense Minister call his name, a trace of worry flashed across the man's face.
However, he had to stand up. "From the witness's testimony and the analysis of the scene traces, these should be shell craters left by the bombardment of Federation-made 60MM M2 mortars!
At least one basic load of artillery shells must have been fired to cause shell craters of this scale!"
After Vice Admiral Ono finished speaking, he saluted the Defense Minister and then sat directly back in his position.
He did not express any further opinions, clearly not wanting to provoke trouble.
However, the philosophy of self-preservation was not something only he understood.
Hearing Vice Admiral Ono admit that it was shelling, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Commissioner General immediately became energetic.
"Mr. Ono, this involves organized artillery. This is not something our Metropolitan Police Department can handle. I think it would be safer for your Self-Defense Force to take over this matter!"
