Chapter 81: The Targeted Target (8)
Tapuvi found the box that originally contained the magic bomb, and this time the box was not empty, but left a note with a hint of where the next bomb would be. This was left behind by Carmon, because he couldn't take the note with him after finding the bomb, so he stayed and waited for Tapuvi to arrive.
"It was a good shot, but luckily we managed to stop the bomb from detonating. Next, there is the third clue. When Tapuvi returned to the police station, he sighed for a moment, and then unfolded the clue note and placed it on the table. 'Under the darkness, despair is born. Under the light, hope is born'.
"The clues this time are very vague, and if any of you have any ideas, you can tell them. Tapuvi doesn't know where this clue is pointing for the time being, and hopes that others will have an opinion on it.
"This puzzle is very similar to the first clue puzzle. However, we have searched the places that have been rebuilt before, and there is obviously nothing. According to Kolloven, this clue is very similar to the first, and it also points to places that are 'born again'.
But it was clear that this was impossible, and they had already searched those places thoroughly during the day, and they had found nothing at all, and it was impossible for them to go to those places again when they were tracking down another bomb in the afternoon, they could not have taken such a risk.
"Darkness, light, despair, hope... It can't be a prison, right?" analyzed Cellast, "and the despair of prisoners in dark cells does occur. But after a while, they will reflect on their mistakes, and some of them are not sentenced to life imprisonment and can be released. And when they come out of prison and back into the light of society, new hope will emerge. โ
"But that's absolutely impossible, Mr. Celeste. In this city, there is only one prison, the Motie Prison, and the Motie Prison is very heavily guarded, unless the director or the mayor personally appears, or the document with their seal approves it, it is possible to enter the Motie Prison, even now I can't enter the Motie Prison, let alone the group of thugs with magic bombs. Tapuvi retorted, after all, the Motie Prison is one of the most heavily guarded places in the city, and no one with an official position may be able to enter it, let alone the Holy Tide organization.
"There's one word we've all overlooked, 'gestation'. Carmon suddenly said aloud, "This word seems to be an intermediate word, linking the words before and after to form a sentence, but from this word alone, it is not so simple. Whether it is an animal or a human, it is necessary to have a father and a mother to give birth to the next generation, and 'hope is nurtured in the light' because children are the hope of the future. โ
"But I still don't understand, what's the point of translating it like this? It's not that the location of the bomb has not been determined?" Tapuvi understood Carmon's explanation, but the problem was that it still couldn't translate a correct location.
"Tapuvi, how long have you not been home?" Carmon's tone was very slow when he said this, and Tapuvi woke up to the fact that he had indeed been in the police station for the past few days, even if he spent the night in the police station, he had not been home for almost half a month.
"That's right. To give birth to a new life is indeed to give birth to hope, but before that, it needs to breed people, that is, father and mother. Of all the people here, you are the only one who has a family, Cellast, as the housekeeper of my family, has been serving our family and has no time to find a partner, and Kollevin as a foreigner, even if he has a partner, he is abroad. And since the Holy Tide wants to have a competition with us, it will definitely only target those of us who are against them, so those who have families among us are their targets. โ
Tapuvi immediately realized that something was wrong, that it was likely that the Holy Tide had taken possession of his original home, that his wife and children had been at home, that he had not contacted the family for a long time, and that they had not been to the police station.
Tapuvi immediately mobilized a police team and took the Bad Sex Shield to his neighborhood north of the 'Yongning Road' Motie Prison, and Carmon went with them, leaving Kolphophon and Celeste in the police station, but this time Carmon and all the officers who set out did not have time to disguise.
They rushed into the neighborhood with great swagger, and under the leadership of Tapuvi, they entered a house and went upstairs to Tapuvi's house. Although the door of the room was closed, there were obvious signs of lockpicking on it, and Tapvi didn't have time to pay attention to this, he slammed the door and rushed in.
The lights in the house were always on, and on the other side of the living room, a woman and a girl were tied together, and their mouths were taped with adhesive tape, preventing them from calling for help. Judging from the expressions on the faces of his wife and daughter, they had been bound for a long time, and their minds were very low, and when they looked at the door because of the sound of the door, the expression on their faces was desperate.
Tapuvi immediately ran to them, while the blast team was stopped outside by Carmon, who was not sure if there were any traps in the house, and they needed to patrol the surroundings to find out where the bomb was.
Seeing Tapuvi rushing towards their mother and daughter, they finally made a sound, although only 'uh-huh' for help was made because their mouths were sealed. Tapuvi immediately ran to her daughter's side, first to tear off the tape from her mouth, and then to help her wife tear off the tape, so that the mother and daughter could continue to speak.
"Mallena, Alice, don't be afraid, I'm coming. Seeing the misfortune of his wife and daughter, the truest and most vulnerable side of Tapuvi's heart was exposed, but when Tapuvi wanted to help them untie them, his wife suddenly stopped and said, "No! honey, you can't help us untie the rope now, or the bomb will explode!"
Tapuvi felt that his heart was suddenly hit by something, but he didn't expect that the group of guys from the Holy Tide Organization was so affected that they tied the detonation line and rope of the bomb together, and the bomb was stuck to the inside of the rope behind her daughter's back, this time it was troublesome, if the bomb was not defused, the mother and daughter would not be able to get rid of the rope.
"Bring wire cutters and flashlights. Suddenly, Tapuvi's tone was unusually calm, much to Carmon's surprise, and he actually kept his sanity in this situation. After a riot officer handed over the things to Tapuvi, Tapuvi continued: "Evacuate all the residents in this neighborhood quickly, if I don't defuse this bomb, at least they are safe." โ
"But Captain, we still have sometimesโ" "Go!!" Tapwi gave the order angrily, even though there were tears in the corners of his eyes. He knew that if he couldn't defuse the bomb, or if it caused the bomb to detonate early, even Carmon might not have time to react, and he needed to keep everyone in the community at a safe distance, so that at least their family would be sacrificed.
Half an hour later, the buildings in the nearby 100-meter building were evacuated, and the blast team waited in the crowd to reassure the crowd and check if there were any suspicious people trying to enter the building.
"Alice, don't be afraid, Daddy will definitely tear this annoying little toy off. Tapuvi first comforted his daughter, she was only seven years old, she didn't understand how powerful the bomb was, Tapuvi didn't want her to know, and Kamon didn't intend to tell the truth, he just waited at the door.
"Carmon, do me a favor. If I can't defuse this bomb, I need you to keep them safe. Tapwe finally stopped being angry with Kamon, after all, he was begging Kamon to cut the rope without hesitation in case of an accident, and then cover the bomb with his own body to let the mother and daughter escape.
But Tapvi knew the power of the bomb and how far it went, and even if they could, they wouldn't be able to get out of the distance, and the only one who could keep them safe was the one he had been targeting.
But Carmon shook his head and said, "No, they don't need my protection, because they have a reliable backer by their side. After saying this, the corners of Carmon's mouth raised a smile, "I believe in you, you can defuse this bomb." โ
Seeing Kamon's encouragement to him, Tapuvi couldn't help but smile as well, and then lowered his head to defuse the bomb.
Although this is a magic bomb, it is not supposed to have a fuse or ignition device to detonate gunpowder like other bombs. But I don't know how Vicanlo and the Sacred Tide Organization did it, but they actually made the same circuit device as the other bombs in this bomb box, as well as a timer and wires connected to the magic bomb.
"It's not a real bomb, but it's like a real bomb, and it's a problem. Tapwi complained to himself, after all, he didn't have a lot of experience in defusing bombs, and time bombs were not common in the entire Kramer Empire, not to mention the city of Rosafern, so there were basically few cities with 'explosive ordnance disposal teams' in police stations.
There are four wires of different colors inside the bomb box, including three wires in red, blue and yellow that are directly connected to the circuit board and the battery, and a black wire that links to a timer in between. In addition to this, there are two slender wires that go around the outside and tie Alice and Malena to the rope.
"Marlena, I am glad to have met you in this life, and thank you very much for giving birth to such beautiful flowers for me, you are the most beautiful thing I have ever encountered in my life. Tapwi suddenly confessed affectionately, and Carmon understood what Tapwi was thinking, because if Tapwi mistakenly cut any of the wires, it could cause the bomb to explode. If he doesn't say it now, he may never say it again.
"Me too, my dear, you have given me a happy family, and I am content with that. If there is a next life, I am willing to be your wife. Cut it. Marlena also knew Tapuvi's thoughts, and Tapuvi was more nervous than the mother and daughter at the moment, but she still encouraged Tapuvi to cut the line, whichever one it was.
Tapuvi didn't say anything to his daughter, he didn't want her to know what was about to happen, so he focused his attention directly on the bomb, holding the trembling hand of the wire cutter, and gradually leaning the wire cutter towards the yellow wire, and then Tapuvi cut it decisively!