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"AT PRESENT, WE HAVE AN unidentified criminal organization threatening to detonate a large bomb in a metropolitan area and launch a smear campaign against the Agency." Kunikida explained as everyone, excluding Dazai, Ranpo, and Junichirō were present. They were currently having a meeting about the threat.
"I know the Agency's between a rock and a hard place. Tell us more about the bomb." Yosano spoke up, wanting more information.
"This is the message left behind by the perpetrator. I'll read it now." Kunikida responded as he looked down at the paper he held.
"Greetings, I hope your Agency is faring well. Forgive my impudence, but I have placed a bomb capable of causing mass destruction in a certain location here in Yokohama City. To secure the citizens' safety, I request that you locate and disarm the bomb at your earliest convenience. You have until sundown. I have faith in your abilities. Respectfully, the Azure Messenger." Kunikida read out loud.
"Who could the Azure Messenger be?" Fukuzawa questioned as Kunikida glanced over at his boss.
"We don't know as of yet." Kunikida replied as Yosano hummed.
"So it's all rigged so that if the bomb detonates, word of the Agency's failure will spread like wildfire. The Agency can weather sticks and stones, but this type of attack will hit us hard." Yosano explained.
"Since yesterday, the office staff have been searching for plausible locations, but there are too many possibilites." Haruno stated with a frown on her face.
"Hey. Are we still unable to reach Ranpo-san?" Kenji asked, raising his hand.
"It seems the case in Kyuushuu is coming to a head. I've requested he contact us as soon as the criminal is caught, but..." Haruno responded.
"Any further information from that taxi driver?" Fukuzawa asked.
"He denies any knowledge of the bomb. He wouldn't have it in him to blow up Yokohama himself." Kunikida explained as Chikara huffed.
"What Kunikida says is true. Even when I threatened to rip his heart out, he was telling the truth about knowing anything about it." Chikara added as Fukuzawa nodded at him.
