A Scientific Urban Detective

#547 - Small Bank Robbery

Reading Kofuku Meiwei's lip movements, Kazari Uiharu was taken aback, but fortunately, she managed to restrain herself and didn't cry out.

Knowing that her combat ability was negative and that staying would only be a burden, Kazari Uiharu listened to her senior's words, gripped her phone tightly, nodded with a serious expression, and took a step back out of the door she had just entered.

Shirai Kuroko's eyes lit up, and she became excited.

Compared to boring patrol missions, this kind of development was more in line with her ideal of what a "Judgment" member should be!

"Where? How many people?" Shirai Kuroko asked in a low voice.

"I've only found three so far, and they have guns!" Kofuku Meiwei said with a solemn expression, "One in the far right of the resting area, one wearing a baseball cap in front of the bulletin board, and one in a green jacket queuing at counter number 3."

"Three people," Shirai Kuroko confirmed each target one by one, "This is going to be a little difficult."

"Don't be impulsive, wait for Lin Wu Ming to arrive," Kofuku Meiwei instructed, "If anything unexpected happens, just take that pregnant woman out."

With that said, Kofuku Meiwei walked towards the counter, preparing to first alert the bank staff and ask them to cooperate in discreetly evacuating the crowd.

In Kofuku Meiwei's view, robbing a bank in a place like Academy City was a brainless act.

Putting everything else aside, even if they succeeded in robbing a large sum of cash, could they escape the pursuit of the security forces and Judgment?

Even if they managed to escape temporarily, could they even spend the money they had worked so hard to steal?

After all, even outside of Academy City, robbing banks was no longer popular these days. The stolen money couldn't be spent in a short period of time.

Therefore, the most pressing issue at hand was the personal safety of the bank customers present.

After all, the robbers were equipped with firearms—Kofuku Meiwei had checked with her "clairvoyance" ability, and they were real guns.

Therefore, Kofuku Meiwei felt that she should evacuate the crowd first to prevent them from being accidentally injured or even taken hostage, leading to an even worse situation.

But unexpectedly, whether it was due to being too nervous or being solely concerned with her own and the bank's interests, she somewhat neglected the customers present.

After receiving Kofuku Meiwei's warning, the counter staff immediately pressed the alarm.

Instantly, the alarm bells rang loudly, and all the entrances, exits, and windows of the bank were sealed off with blast-proof shutters, and the bank counter was completely sealed off by three layers of thick bulletproof glass.

As a result, the customers and robbers were trapped together in the bank lobby...

The customers present had not yet reacted and were looking around in confusion.

The robbers, on the other hand, knew immediately that they had been exposed!

Without hesitation, the two robbers at the bulletin board and in the resting area drew their guns and fired shots into the air as a warning while loudly shouting to control the scene.

If looks could kill, Kofuku Meiwei would have stabbed the counter staff in front of her a dozen times over.

But now, she could only adapt to the situation...

Looking back, as expected, Shirai Kuroko couldn't hold back and took action first.

In this situation, she couldn't be blamed for acting impulsively. After all, the robbers had been provoked and had even opened fire.

The only option now was to act quickly!

Kofuku Meiwei didn't hesitate at all and directly pounced on the robber in front of counter number 3.

Using her "clairvoyance" ability, she struck first, blocking the robber's right hand trying to draw a gun, and then used a police arrest technique to subdue one person cleanly.

At the same time, Shirai Kuroko also used her "space transfer" to deal with the other two robbers—at least moving all the guns in their hands outside the bank.

After losing their weapons, the robbers' level of danger dropped sharply.

—Well done!

Kofuku Meiwei couldn't help but cheer in her heart.

As a Level 4 space ability user, Shirai Kuroko was already a highly anticipated newcomer in Judgment—otherwise, Kofuku Meiwei wouldn't have personally mentored her.

Now it seemed that she indeed had the talent to live up to that expectation.

Just then, Kofuku Meiwei suddenly saw another young man reacting differently from the others.

—He suddenly launched forward, charging towards Shirai Kuroko, while also throwing a small object towards Kofuku Meiwei.

Kofuku Meiwei subconsciously dodged, while loudly reminding, "Shirai, watch out!"

But it was still a step too late. Shirai Kuroko, participating in a real combat operation for the first time, was still immersed in the joy of the successful surprise attack just now, and her reaction was half a beat slower than normal.

The girl's petite body was kicked away by the man and rolled several times on the ground.

"Shirai!" Kofuku Meiwei exclaimed.

Although she could see that Shirai Kuroko had taken a receiving stance and the actual damage she received was not as serious as it looked, she was still just an elementary school girl. Facing such a severe situation right from the start was a bit too cruel.

Not everyone was as good at fighting as Komori Hazemi.

Immediately afterward, Kofuku Meiwei heard a crisp sound from above.

Looking up, the bulletproof glass in front of the counter had a dense network of cracks—it had actually shattered!

The cause of this scene was the small steel ball that the fourth robber had just thrown!

It was clearly just a small steel ball not much larger than a bullet, yet it had easily shattered three layers of bulletproof glass!

Without a doubt, this was the effect of some kind of ability.

In Kofuku Meiwei's mind, only Lin Wu Ming's "Railgun" and Misaka Mikoto's "Railgun" could achieve this level.

However, the power of the small steel ball thrown by this man was far less than the two people's ultimate moves.

Moreover, the flying speed of the small steel ball was very slow—if it were a "Railgun" or "Railgun", Kofuku Meiwei wouldn't have been able to dodge it at such a short distance.

But as a diversionary tactic, this level of attack was already sufficient.

Kofuku Meiwei didn't have time to worry about other things.

The fourth robber had a wealth of combat experience and immediately pounced on her, adding to the attack, not giving the space ability user a chance to regroup.

Shirai Kuroko was in a fierce battle.

"Space Transfer" was a very precise ability that required the ability user's calculations to be accurate, otherwise, it was easy for an ability accident to occur.

The robber was aiming for this point, not giving Shirai Kuroko a chance to calculate.

Or rather, this strategy also applied to most other ability users.

It seemed like a long time, but in reality, the two people's entanglement lasted less than ten seconds.

After a fierce entanglement, the robber relied on his physical advantage, held Shirai Kuroko's neck, pressed her to the ground, and held a small steel ball in his other hand, ready to launch.

Shirai Kuroko also grabbed the opponent's wrist, holding two steel needles in her other hand.

"Let go and surrender obediently if you don't want to die!"

The two said almost exactly the same lines in unison.

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