Chapter 31 Chapter Thirty-One

At 11 o'clock in the morning, Ogoshi left the hotel in a large limousine driven by Miura. Totsukawa and Kamei followed in a taxi. The weather is gloomy and the temperature is low. After passing the Arc de Triomphe, driving through the Champs-Elysées, the car arrived at the Ile de Cedre. The majestic building standing tall in front of you is the famous Notre Dame Cathedral.On the square in front of the temple, tourists gathered for sightseeing. Ogoshi got out of the car and walked into the Notre Dame Cathedral with Miura. Totsukawa and Kamei followed closely into the temple, and it was surprisingly dark inside.

(not good!) Totsukawa thought to himself. It is lit only by the faint light coming through the stained-glass windows, and also by the candles lit by the faithful. Tourists filed forward in the gloom according to the arrows indicating the direction, and some young women stopped to pray with rapt attention. Totsukawa and Kamei hurriedly approached Daigoshi. The detectives of the Paris Police Department and Officer Bart of the New York Police Department must also be located nearby, but the light is too dim to see clearly. Only when the visiting queue is close to the windows can people's faces be seen clearly.

Taking advantage of this moment, Totsukawa quickly examined everyone's faces. Saw a few Japanese faces, but there was no Yayoi Shimazaki in it. (The light is so dim, it is not so easy to start.) Totsukawa thought. Fortunately, Dayue didn't mean to climb to the top of the tower, but came out directly following the people. From here, Dai Viet walks to the flower market. Pass by the front of the Paris Police Station, turn right, there is a not-so-spacious place, densely lined with stalls selling various flowers. Next to it is the quietly flowing Seine River. On the narrow passage between the stalls, a steady stream of tourists admiring the colorful flowers in the flower pots on both sides, filed forward.Flower seeds and rhizomes are also sold here.

So far, nothing has happened. Ogoshi and Miura got back in the car, drove across the Seine, and got off near the Louvre Museum. Instead of entering the Louvre, the two walked to Rivoli Street and entered the 7 coffee shop. They sat at a table set up on the terrace, and Miura began to order. Totsukawa and Kamei were also sitting at a table.But the menu was written in French, which they couldn't understand, so they had to order coffee and sandwiches, and the Evian mineral water they had been drinking since they came here. Da Yue and the others ate fish, drank wine, and ordered some snacks.

"Where's Officer Bart?" Totsukawa looked around. "Across the street." Kamei said in a low voice. Yes, the man in jeans, a jacket, and a camera slung over his shoulder, looking like an American tourist, was Officer Butt. He's standing there in a natural American way, eating a hot dog. Although Pierre was not seen, he must be nearby. After eating for about an hour, Okoshi stood up and walked towards the Metro Louvre station together with Miura. Dai Viet is acting exactly as planned. This is the first underground railway built in 1900, so the entrance to the station looks very old.

As soon as I stepped down the steps, maybe the incoming train just happened to come, and the passengers rushed over with a whoosh. On the narrow steps, people's bodies jostled each other. Before coming to Paris, some people said that they met someone's body in France and immediately said "sorry", but in fact no one said anything. Maybe it's an exception on the subway.Thinking of this, Totsukawa was the only one who kept saying sorry, sorry, chasing after Daigoshi and the others. Louvre Line 1 is the oldest metro line running east-west in Paris.This line passes through the Champs Elysées, Place de la Concorde, Palace Gardens, Place de la Bastille, Gare de Lyon and other places.

Metro tickets are divided into first class and second class.How can the subway be graded?Thinking of this, Dai Viet and the others had already bought first-class tickets, and Totsukawa had no choice but to buy first-class tickets as well.The first-class fare is 7.40 francs, and the second-class fare is 5 francs.No matter how far you sit, the fare is the same. They passed through the automatic ticket gates and walked towards the platform in the direction of Château Vincennes.This is the line to Place de la Bastille and Gare de Lyon. The first-class train was in the middle of the train, and Okoshi and Miura walked towards the middle of the platform.

Totsukawa and Kameina were waiting for the train on the side of the platform.Yayoi Shimazaki was not seen on the platform. "Saw Officer Bart." Kamei said in a low voice. Just like before, he was dressed as an American tourist and stood on the platform. The tram is coming.There are also new cars on this line, but this one is an old car. He walked to the car door, but the door didn't open. Da Yue and the others quickly got into the car. Totsukawa hastily opened the car door with his hands. He suddenly remembered that the subway in Paris closes the doors automatically and opens them manually, as stated in the travel guide.

As soon as I got in the car, the door was closed and the tram started. Totsukawa and Kamei walked to the first-class compartment in the car. Due to the different colors of the car bodies, the first-class compartments are easily recognizable. Now is not the rush hour for traveling, the second-class carriages are very empty, and the first-class carriages are even more empty. The two of them sat down on the farthest seat.Seats are box style.Officer Bart was also in the first class. The rest of the passengers in the first-class car were probably also criminal police officers from the Paris Police Department, but there was no Inspector Pierre among them.

Made two stops at Saint-Chapelle and the town hall, nothing happened. There were neither passengers getting off nor boarding in the first-class carriage, and the doors remained closed. Someone patted Totsukawa on the shoulder, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Officer Pierre.Probably he was sitting in a second-class car and walked along the aisle. Here comes the Bastille station. A passenger got off the first-class car, and this was a man who looked like a Middle Eastern man. Still no passengers boarded. However, the car door that had been closed was now open. Totsukawa suddenly became uneasy.This is because Dai Viet is sitting near the door.

Standing on the platform was a teenager wearing a baseball cap, jeans, sneakers, and a small backpack on his back. Suddenly, the teenager moved and fired a shot through the open door. The moment the boy shot, the door closed and the tram started again. The bullet hit the ceiling at an angle, and fragments fell one after another, falling on the head of Dai Yue who was sitting. It turned out that the boy on the platform was Yayoi Shimazaki in disguise. Pierre hastily pulled the emergency brake. The train screeched to a halt. However, the first-class carriage has deviated from the position of the platform. Pierre, Totsukawa, Kamei, and Officer Bart all ran towards the rear compartment.The detectives of the Paris Police Department, who were dressed as passengers, followed suit. Everyone opened the door of the last car and ran to the platform. Yayoi Shimazaki, who was dressed as a baseball boy, has disappeared without a trace. The detectives rushed towards the exit.