The process of finding people is not so smooth, first of all, the East End of London is not small, and it is a famous poor area in London, and the building layout is relatively not so standardized, maybe there may be a bar hidden in an unknown road, which adds a lot of difficulty to the search for Bai Heqing and Mary.

Bai Heqing is a foreigner, and although Mary lives in London, she doesn't know much about the environment of London's East End, so the two almost walked all the way and visited most of the East End.

Along the way, the two also solved some small emergencies by the way, including but not limited to: helping the blind grandmother find her lost guide dog, physically solving the London gang fire incident in the alley, taking the lost child to find his parents, physically preventing a robbery, recovering his cat for the empty nester, catching the perpetrator who tried to escape after causing the car accident, and making him voluntarily compensate for it......

To tell the truth, Mary never knew that this London city could be so lively?

It is not an exaggeration to say that they solved an incident just across the street.

Is this because she didn't understand London well in the past? Or does the man in front of him have some kind of special physique that is difficult to explain?

"This bar isn't ...... either"

Walking out of a bar that started with the letter 'J' again, Mary sighed slightly.

"The owner of the bar hasn't seen the white man either......"

The two of them searched for an afternoon on the streets and roads of the Eastern District today, and it was already evening, the sun was setting in the west, and the sky was yellow, orange and orange.

"Well, it looks like the situation is more troublesome than I expected." Beside her, Bai Heqing was still carrying the box and nodded.

"Do you want to take a break?" Seeing that there was a stone altar in the small square in front of her where she could sit, Mary asked.

"Okay."

In this way, the two of them, who had been walking all afternoon, decided to take a break for a while.

Bai Heqing sat on the stone altar, while Mary went to the coffee shop next to her, and after looking through her poor wallet, she finally ordered only two cups of coffee.

"I'll ask the major for reimbursement when I go back......"

Muttering quietly, she sat down next to Bai Heqing with two cups of coffee and handed him one of them.

"Here, yours."

"Thank you." Staring at the coffee she handed over for a while, Bai Heqing finally chose to take it, and at the same time replied honestly: "But I don't have the money to pay you back now." ”

"It doesn't matter, these expenses will be counted in the public expense in the end, no need to ...... Well? ”

Finally realizing what Shirakawa had said, Mary turned her head and looked at him incredulously.

"You don't have any money on you?"

Friend, don't you bring money when you go abroad?

"There was a ......"

For some reason, Bai Heqing subconsciously avoided her gaze, and after hesitating again and again, he explained:

"After getting off the plane this morning, I first found a hotel and put my luggage in my room temporarily...... Well, and wallets at the same time.

After that, I went to the London Police Station and waited there all morning until I got back to the hotel......"

"The money is gone?" Mary tilted her head to look at him and asked subconsciously.

“…… Well. ”

Avoiding her gaze again, Shirakawa nodded and continued to explain:

"The window of the room had been pried into, apparently stolen by the thief, but fortunately the thief only took my wallet and did not take my other luggage with him......"

No wonder you have to carry that box with you, it has already been stolen once......

Mary could probably understand Bai Heqing's helplessness at that time.

In London, as soon as he got off the plane and went to the police station, his money was stolen.

In this era of no surveillance and various identification technologies, the language barrier makes it impossible for him to collect relevant information from nearby residents and passers-by, and he can't even track down the thief......

Looking for a hotel for compensation?

No, no hotel can make such compensation.

As for enlisting help from the Metropolitan Police?

He was hung out by the police station this morning......

It's bad luck.

"Have you ever thought about what you're going to do after that?" Taking a sip of her coffee, Mary asked tentatively.

"I originally planned to finish this case today and fly back in the evening...... "Shirakawa replied.

Because if he is returning to his country, he can go and seek help from the embassy.

"Good! Then let's keep up the good work! Try to catch those people today! ”

Without saying something like "It seems that this may not be possible now", Mary stood up and cheered for Bai Heqing.

"Let's go, I just found out in the coffee shop, there is also a qualified bar on the opposite road, can I go check it out now?"

"Well, thank you." Bai Heqing got up and followed her.

"It's okay."

The next target was on the side of the road, and since there was a viaduct that could cross the road, the two of them walked up together.

On the street below, a bus is driving right up to the platform next to the viaduct.

"Bus." Looking down at the bus, Bai Heqing suddenly spoke.

"Are there very few buses in Tokyo these days?" Mary asked curiously, she hadn't been back to Japan in a while.

"It was rare to see that public transportation in Tokyo was mainly based on trains, but in the past two years, the number of trains has been decreasing, and the number of buses has increased." Shirakawa Kiyoshi explained.

"To ease the traffic pressure?"

"I can only say that it is more convenient......"

While the two were chatting, a group of people suddenly walked out of the intersection next to them and walked towards the bus parked on the platform.

There were seven of them, all of them Europeans, and their faces were gloomy, and they didn't look like good people.

The seven did not notice Kiyoshi Shirakawa and Mary on the viaduct, but they did notice a white male among them who was somewhat familiar.

"It's him!" Holding on to the railing, Mary hurriedly spoke.

"Well, it's him." Bai Heqing took out the photo and compared it, nodded back.

One of the seven is a white male, a member of the transnational theft ring he is pursuing.

At the same time, the seven people had already stepped onto the bus, and the bus began to start slowly.

"Stop that car first! I'm going to inform the people at the London Police! Mary looked around and saw the public telephone not far from the street.

"It's not necessary, it's too much trouble."

"You want to ...... Wait a minute! It's too dangerous! ”

However, Shirakawa Kiyoshi rejected her offer, and just as the bus passed under the viaduct, he jumped over the railing and jumped on top of the bus.

He decided to solve the problem in a simpler and more straightforward physical way.

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(End of chapter)