Chapter 57 – Bank Robbery (4)
Thanks to Ronald Smith’s tip, the second and third culprits were quickly caught.
The criminals tried hard to hide their identities from their teammates, but they were all from the same industry anyway, so they had no choice but to recognize them sooner or later.
The fourth hurriedly fled, but had to leave almost all of his share of cash behind.
It will only be a matter of time before the fourth culprit is caught anyway.
Hunters have no place to escape because the use of the airport is severely controlled from the beginning and an emergency order is issued at the port.
‘These guys didn’t try to buy time for nothing.’
But the fifth culprit and instigator.
Black Lotus, who was said to have participated only with telepathic abilities, could not even be traced.
The place where he left his share was already empty.
He probably sent someone to retrieve it before it was too late.
There are no clues on that side, so tracking is very difficult.
[Shall we track all the vehicles passing nearby?]
“Waste of time, waste of quota. Even if you change vehicles once, you can’t track them. Good job, Blanche.”
In the end, the fourth and the culprit were caught before the day passed, and 16 billion out of 20 billion was successfully recovered.
However, the press said they hadn’t found 4 billion won yet, and snared at us.
Upon returning to the headquarters of the association, Alice was enraged when she saw the urgently organized news.
“This wasn’t our case from the beginning! The cops almost blew the golden hour…”
“You can’t blame the cops for that.”
As I calmed him down, the crew looked at me with slightly surprised faces.
“Is that so?”
“Anyway, the police are amateurs in Hunter-related cases.”
Lee Seo-woo smiled bitterly after hearing my words.
I sighed inwardly as I looked at the criminals in the confinement room.
Until now, most of the culprits of big incidents that the Special Forces had dealt with were A rank or higher.
Hunters who can act as main members of large guilds.
Now, modern society is not very helpless against hunters, so at least that much is enough to properly attempt crime.
In particular, Korea’s downtown, with cameras everywhere, is like hell for criminals.
However, none of the guys caught this time had an A rank.
Most of them were B ranks, and the person in charge of hacking was C rank.
There are many people who have huge debts like Reynolds, so they had no choice but to turn their eyes to the amount of 4 billion won.
However, they lacked the ability to plan and execute such a systematic crime.
The person who made it possible was definitely the fifth culprit, Black Lotus.
The criminals I interrogated did not show such caution and planning.
Lee Seo-woo tried to think a little more carefully, but he soon accepted the existence of the Black Lotus.
“As expected, isn’t it trying to reduce the sentence by creating a leader-like existence and shifting responsibility?”
“Well. I don’t think any of the four captured so far can properly lead the other three. And the story is a bit absurd, so it’s rather believable.”
“Yeah? What else…”
“If you lied to pass the blame as Seo Woo said, you should have claimed that Black Lotus also participated in the actual crime. A crime consultant who only communicates telepathically is ridiculous.”
“Ah…”
It’s so ridiculous that it’s rather believable.
If he had decided to lie, he would have done better than that.
After interrogating each of them until late at night, I reconstructed the case from the beginning.
Yeriel waited quietly without saying a word, but…
The crew found it even more embarrassing.
‘It’s already late, but I’d better finish it as soon as possible.’
I also started tidying up under a strange pressure.
“About two months ago, Reynold Smith and three other people came into contact with a telepathic person who called himself the Black Lotus. The Black Lotus already knew about the debts and criminal backgrounds of the four people. They probably did research in advance.”
It wouldn’t have been that difficult compared to the bank robbery case.
Tia didn’t know what to say, but Alice held her potato chips to keep her quiet.
He chewed the potato chips carefully so as not to get in my way.
“It’s kind of embarrassing to say this after seeing the criminal activity, but the banky robber case was almost an art. There was nothing to blame from start to finish.”
First of all, the goal setting was specific and precise.
The Gojoseon Bank head office they robbed had not yet introduced a proper magic power sensor.
It is said that the clerks of the shipboard casino used it as a magic sensor, but if you make it properly for security purposes, it will break in units of 1 billion.
The underground vault of the bank headquarters was quite large, so the cost was even higher.
The choice of Gojoseon Bank eventually resulted in a loss of 4 billion won and a decline in credit quality.
“Black Lotus already had a detailed plan in place at the time of first contact. They rented the basement of a commercial building about 400 meters away from the site and started construction immediately. They set a route with their search ability, liquefied the soil, and carried out the construction silently, then compacted it. Handled with skill.”
Of course, at the same time, training for hackers was started.
Originally a C-rank hunter, the hacker was not at the level of being able to dismantle the bank’s security facilities, but he grew rapidly while receiving training from the Black Lotus.
She must have been a fairly good educator.
The bank robbery members became more anxious as preparations progressed, but Black Lotus held their weakness tightly.
In addition, she even presented a clear vision of 4 billion and a new life.
It was she who provided the escape route for her teammates.
Thanks to the mobilization of the abilities that were perfect for each role, the tunnel construction was completed safely without noise or accidents.
It was the next step that Black Lotus demanded extra attention from her members.
It was the execution of the operation.
She knew what was most important in her bank robbery.
“Even if you rob 20 billion won, it’s useless if you can’t escape. Gojoseon Bank head office checks the safe twice a day. It’s time to leave work and go to work in the morning. It was quite difficult to rob it in one night and run away to a foreign country.”
So Black Lotus worked hard to secure as much time as possible for her escape.
In addition to quietly handling the theft itself, video from the vault surveillance camera was overwritten, the tunnel was incinerated to destroy evidence, and even booby traps were prepared.
In particular, the manipulation of the surveillance camera worked well, and the police who were dispatched after receiving a report the next morning suspected insider embezzlement or computer error for a long time.
The scene of taking the money out of the safe was not filmed properly, so it was natural if it was natural.
Most electronic devices do not assume attacks using hunter abilities, so they are extremely vulnerable to such manipulation.
It’s not impossible to prepare, but doing so will skyrocket costs.
‘If it wasn’t for Blanche, the criminals would have really succeeded in escaping.’
The problem is that there are no clues leading to the real culprit, the Black Lotus.
As if she had intended to use the culprits as a disposable from the beginning, she left no clues leading to her.
The other four were just thoroughly used from start to finish.
‘They communicated with telepathy, so there’s no way they could catch it even if they used an oracle. I have no choice but to end here right now…’
I want to continue somehow, but there is no way.
I let the crew go home later, determined to harass the culprits a bit more.
“The day has already passed, so get enough rest and go to work in the afternoon. Everyone did a good job.”
“Thank you for your effort.”
“Whoaam.”
Slow down Tia, who was yawning, covered her mouth belatedly looking at Yeriel.
Fortunately, Yeriel showed no signs of blaming me.
In fact, it was the bank robbers who did it wrong, so why should I be angry about what I did wrong?
Still, I must have been a bit mean and resentful, but thank you for not muttering once.
Driving back home, I suddenly bit my tongue in frustration.
Now, you’re a hunter crime consultant.
To think that such an opponent still roams freely in this world is frustrating and depressing.
Besides, the Black Lotus must have roughly grasped the abilities of the Special Forces through this case.
Since the special unit is a government agency in name, it cannot cheat or relax.
If a crime is committed on the other side, you must do your best to solve it with sincerity.
“It’s frustrating. Oh, that’s right. I’m so sorry I couldn’t keep my dinner appointment.”
“It’s not something the West should apologize for. Rather, it was nice to be able to watch the work?”
Although Yeriel said it clearly, she laughed horribly.
“That Black Lotus woman, I’ll find it later and tear it apart.”
“Chji, tore it up.”
“Coul…”
Tia, who had been dozing off earlier, couldn’t stand it any longer and fell asleep.
Alice took advantage of that gap and revealed her true feelings about her.
She was already in charge of taking care of her and Tia her.
“I find it strange that he really surrendered without thinking.”
“Tia doesn’t have the intelligence to plot things like that.”
“I think so too.”
We went home talking in a friendly atmosphere.
