Chapter 16 16. Tracking

On a gloomy winter day and a gloomy dusk, on the S main road running north-south through Osaka City, two cars will enter the turbulent taxi flow, keeping a certain distance at all times, and launching an incredible action of chasing each other. In the car ahead, a young and beautiful woman huddled in the corner of the back seat.She wore a bun, a striped cotton robe and an apron, and looked like a small business owner. At first glance, she looks poorly dressed, not at all like someone who can afford to hail a taxi.In fact, she is the peerless female thief Hei Lizard in disguise. Even such a seasoned female thief would slip up, and she was completely unaware that their car was followed by another car, which was pursuing it like a hungry wolf.In that car, half of his face was covered with bandages, and a man dressed as a merchant boss stared at the car in front with a serious expression, and from time to time he ordered the driver to "speed up" or "slow down".

Who is this man? He stared at the front without moving, and took off his woolen jacket and striped kimono without blinking, and there were dirty khaki suits and khaki pants underneath.In a blink of an eye, small traders became workers. Immediately afterwards, he raised his hand and tore off the bandage, revealing the other half of his face that was covered.Apparently he didn't suffer from any otitis media, but he just pretended to be sick and covered half of his face to hide from other people's eyes. There is such a face hidden under the bandage, with radiant eyes and thick sword eyebrows, revealing the true face of this mysterious person.Be wise, wise Kogoro.

It turned out that he used his tricks and disguised himself as the owner of a small shop on the top of the tower. He was gearing up and determined to reveal the secret of Black Lizard today and find her lair. The female thief didn't know where she was, fell into the wise trap, and even asked him to help her escape.As long as she is wise and willing, she can arrest the female thief at any time, but Sanae's whereabouts and the location of her lair have not been confirmed yet, so she can't act rashly.He had to suppress his anxious thoughts and follow up patiently until Sanae was rescued safely and the diamond was recovered, and finally he sent the black lizard to the authorities for legal punishment.This is his plan.

At this time, it was already dark.Amidst the street lights constantly flying behind the car, the two cars zigzag and gallop on the road in Osaka, engaging in unimaginable racing. At some point, the lights in the female thief's car went out, and the occasional glimmer of street lamps reflected the faintly flickering hair bun in the rear window.Sensible had to get closer, so close that he was only one step away from danger. The car turned a corner near a famous canal.On one side of the canal is the small commodity wholesale street after business hours, and on the other side it faces the river directly.For the convenience of unloading, the river bank is a long inclined slope.At night, the street is completely dark, and it is surprising that such a deserted place exists in the city.

The female thief's car was driving slowly in the dim light for some reason, and when it came to the bridge slightly ahead, it suddenly stopped under the dazzling street lights. "Ah, that's not good, stop quickly!" Zhizhi hurriedly asked the driver to brake, but the car in front had already turned around. On closer inspection, a red "Empty Vehicle" sign flashed on the windshield.At some point, the lights in the car came on again, but there was no sign of the passengers. Before Zhizhi had time to think about it, the car had already arrived.The driver honked his horn slowly and passed by slowly.

Because it was close at hand, Zhizhi took a closer look and found that the car was really empty, and the woman who was still sitting quietly disappeared without a trace. Obviously, the driver must be Hei Lizard's subordinate, and the car also belongs to Hei Lizard.In order to avoid inspection by the authorities, he pretended to be a taxi. Want to catch the driver?No, that would only be bad.It makes sense to find the black lizard first, and then find out the lair. But where did the female thief hide?I stopped at the bridge for a while, but I didn't see anyone getting off the car.With the bright street lights ahead, it is impossible for the wise to read wrong.Besides, Black Lizard was indeed still in the car when the car turned the corner and drove towards the shore, and her bun was reflected in the dim light on the side of the road, wasn't it?

Then, the female thief must have jumped out of the car and hid somewhere while the car turned slowly into the darkness of the short half town at the bridgehead.But where would she flee?On one side of the road, the businesses with closed gates stretched for miles, silently, and on the other side was the turbulent black canal.Zhizhi got out of the car and searched repeatedly on the suspicious half-town road, but unfortunately almost dug three feet into the ground, let alone a person, not even a dog. "It's strange, you won't jump into the river?" Zhizhi returned, the driver murmured suspiciously.

"Well, in the river, it's not impossible." Zhizhi said, looking under the unloading area on the shore, and found a Japanese-style ship moored in the dark. There was no one on the boat, but the oil paper door on the side of the ship at the stern glowed faintly, the owner's family should be living there.Taking a closer look, the board connecting the river bank is still standing. Could it be, could it be that the female thief Hei Lizard is holding her breath and hiding behind the red oil paper door? Perhaps this is a whimsical guess, but other than that, the female thief has nowhere to hide.What's more, Black Lizard's actions have never been played according to the rules. Maybe he tried to think in weird and unreasonable ways, but he just guessed right.

"Can I ask you something?" Zhi Zhi gave the driver a note and whispered it in his ear. "There's a lighted paper door on that boat, see? Turn off the headlights and turn the car around so that the light hits the paper door directly. Then, it's a bit of a challenge, I want you to shout 'Help', the louder the better, then suddenly turn on the headlights, can it be done?" "Oh, to put on such a strange play . . . I understand, well, I'll try." Money can turn ghosts around, the driver readily agreed.He turned off the headlights and quietly adjusted the direction of the front of the car.

At the same time, Zhizhi, dressed as a worker, picked up the big rock at his feet, passed the gentle slope unloading area, and stepped down to the river bank. "Help, wow, help!" Suddenly, the driver opened his throat and shouted for help.His performance is very real, it seems that someone is trying to kill him. Immediately there was a huge "plop" falling into the water on the shore.It turned out that Zhizhi threw the stone into the water at the right time, just listening to the sound, it was too much like someone diving into the water. As expected, the commotion immediately caused the people on board to open the oil paper door.The person with his head poked his head just in time to meet the headlights of the car head-on, and the person turned pale with shock and hurriedly hid behind the door.Zhizhi saw it clearly, it was a black lizard, a black lizard with a bun.

Of course, the other party couldn't see Zhizhi, and he didn't realize that he was being followed all the way, otherwise he would never have poked his face out of the door. Soon, the employees of the vendors who were alarmed by the noise ran to the street to find out. "Why, what happened?" "Is there a fight? Has anyone been killed?" "I heard a strange sound of water." At this time, the driver had already changed the direction of the car, and the car drove forward for half a town. Wise or wise after all, he quickly ran along the bank of the river beyond the reach of the river, and came to the public telephone booth at the end of the bridge. It seems that the enemy wants to escape by water.Tracking is no longer the best policy, maybe you will be thrown off if you don't follow too far.Next, the most important thing is to communicate with your own people first.