Chapter 440: "Knockout" Game

The lively air filled the ward, and the heavy sense of burden on everyone's hearts was alleviated under this playful commotion.

Watching the current performance of her friend, Ran couldn't help but reveal a mischievous smile and started to tease Sonoko.

After all, she had always been the one teased by Sonoko. This time was a rare opportunity to exchange positions and let her friend experience the embarrassing and awkward feelings she usually felt.

Faced with her friend's teasing, Sonoko unexpectedly lost her previous "little devil" appearance and became as awkward as Ran.

On the side, Senichi and the others, seeing that Sonoko was fine, didn't linger in the room for long. They left the room one after another, giving this young couple some space for communication.

Not long after, Makoto Kyogoku walked out of the room. First, he bowed to Ayako beside him and thanked her, saying, "Sister Ayako, thanks for letting me know this time. Otherwise, I might have been kept in the dark..."

"It's nothing. It's what I should do." Ayako was quite satisfied with the boyfriend her sister was talking about. Then she smiled at Senichi and entered the ward after pushing the door, saying, "I'll go in first."

"Yeah, take care of Sonoko." Senichi nodded.

From beginning to end, Senichi did not promise Ayako to arrest the criminal, and Ayako did not ask Senichi to make sure he would arrest the criminal.

This was the silent understanding between the two.

So Ayako didn't plead with him because she believed Senichi would do his best to catch the criminal.

And Senichi didn't make any promises because he would take practical actions to prove everything.

"No time to lose. I want to check the video first." After making sure that Sonoko was safe, Senichi immediately got into work. "Shall we go back to the police headquarters first?"

"Let's borrow a computer from the hospital's office first."

Shiratori spoke, "There are other clues to investigate later. It's a waste of time to return to the police headquarters. Now we're on the streets trying our luck to find that guy, and manpower is seriously lacking."

"Other clues?" Senichi asked.

"Since yesterday, the people from the Cyber Crime Countermeasure Division have been searching for the whereabouts of that clown. Unexpectedly, the guy is also a skilled hacker, and they haven't been able to lock down his location."

Chiba explained, "Later, the Cyber Crime Countermeasure Division changed their direction of investigation and dug up information on the administrator of the 'acpany' video website.

Originally, we were planning to go there directly, but unexpectedly, we received the news of Sonoko being attacked on the way, so we turned around halfway."

"Is that so?. Let's take a rough look first." Senichi nodded, then quickly found a nurse at the front desk, showed his credentials, and successfully borrowed a computer after explaining the situation.

After logging into the website that Chiba had mentioned, the webpage quickly redirected to the "acpany" video site.

After searching for the name of the "Just Clown," several videos immediately appeared above a personal homepage.

The first and most prominent was the scene of Sonoko being attacked, with the title "This woman walks too slowly, obstructing everyone's way" – a seemingly absurd name.

The video was short, showing Sonoko walking on the street, the clown approaching from behind, knocking her to the ground. The clown then crossed his arms in a crucifix pose to the camera before disappearing from the video.

Apart from Sonoko, there were several other videos below on his homepage.

Senichi clicked on another one, discovering that this time the clown had stopped a woman walking. In response to her puzzled questions, he suddenly punched her to the ground without warning.

Another video showed a man smoking and preparing to cross the street. The clown followed directly behind him and punched him when he turned his head.

"What is he doing!"

Makoto Kyogoku, watching the clown's actions in the video, seemed to be covered by shadows in his eyes, carrying an indescribable anger. "Look at his moves; he's obviously a skilled expert. But such a person actually bullies defenseless pedestrians without any resistance. It's unforgivable!"

As a martial artist, Makoto Kyogoku instantly saw through the opponent's fighting stance, but precisely because of that, he felt particularly angry.

Practicing martial arts is not for senselessly hurting others for amusement, which completely contradicts his philosophy.

Similarly, Ran felt the same. She was not only angry about her friend being injured but also genuinely disgusted by the Clown's behavior.

"Clearly, this despicable behavior is clearly imitating the United States 'knockout game.'" Senichi frowned as he watched the clown posing on the video.

"'Knockout game'? What's that?" Ran asked after hearing Senichi's words.

"Although it's called a game, the actual behavior is extremely malicious." Senichi explained to everyone the origin of this "game."

Initially, it originated as a "game" within the United States.

In simple terms, it involves suddenly punching and striking the head and neck of passersby in public places, unexpectedly knocking them to the ground to prove one's strength in a kind of "game."

This game originated in the state of New Jersey in the United States and gradually spread to major cities, with victims being punched to death.

Later on, it evolved into recording the process, then uploading it to the internet, becoming an extreme and malicious form of entertainment.

This includes frequent occurrences of heinous crimes such as robbery, making it a complete criminal act.

In Japan, due to the current model where video websites can earn money based on clicks, these individuals act as pleasure criminals while also profiting from their attacks.

It can be said that they are the lowest of criminals.

This is a new type of crime that emerged with the popularization of the internet in the online community.

Perhaps, as society progresses, it inevitably leads to the evolution of new types of crime, which is a somewhat helpless situation.

"Damn it! So this guy treats it as just a game and takes pride in it!"

After hearing Senichi's explanation, Makoto Kyogoku was extremely angry, and his fist instinctively moved to strike the table.

Fortunately, Senichi had anticipated this and grabbed his wrist. "Calm down; this is a hospital!"

While facing others, Senichi, who had just injected the Type 2 gene enhancer, has to take care not to injure them. But when it came to Makoto Kyogoku...

Ummm...

A humanoid Gundam that can dismantle a stone pillar held by two people with bare hands. Let's call it "Super Saiyan Kyou"?

If Senichi hadn't stopped him in time, the table probably wouldn't have survived... So, instead of worrying about Makoto Kyogoku getting hurt, it's better to first consider the hospital's computer desk...

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