The Case of the Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Pt. 3

The Case of the Shibuya Revelation Serial Murders Pt. 3 (渋谷黙示録連続殺人事件③, Shibuya Mokushiroku Renzoku Satsujin Jiken ③) is the 24th chapter of the Ron Kamonohashi: Deranged Detective manga.
==Summary==
Ron keeps thinking aloud as he kneels beside the victim, cursing the M family bastard. There was a cloud of smoke and a huge crowd of people, so how did the person manage to land a perfect shot on a specific person? Also what does the triangle and 11:00 on the arrow shaft mean?
Toto meanwhile lost the running hacker, but Spitz runs into him, and tells him that the hacker he is looking for is inside a building. Spitz was following the tracker because of Toto's bug and GPS, and captured the hacker into a net. The hacker pleads and asks that he be saved, that he will give the money back, presenting his cold wallet. 
Ron eventually arrives where Toto and Spitz are. He repeats what the hacker said: when the hacker group realized the theft had been uncovered, he loaded the cryptocurrency he stole onto the cold wallet and fled before the police could arrest him. The hacker whines that it was all at his direction. The person said they would tell them, the hackers, how to escape. But now his partners are being killed one by one. He is glad that the three are the police. 
Ron asks who is "he". The hacker does not know the person's identity, but he called himself "Marry Ito". Ron realizes quickly: that is an anagram for Moriarty. Toto also realizes that the M family is really behind the case. 
Ron says that Mari is usually a woman's name, so what makes the hacker say it was a man? The hacker says that when the three of them met up with Marry Ito one time, they saw a shady person outside, they only saw him from behind, but they had a feeling it was him. Ron asks further how they came to know Marry Ito. The hacker relates that when they were trying to put together a hacking group, he contacted him out of the blue and introduced him to the other two hackers. The person had an incredibly detailed crime plan, and everything looked airtight. However one of the other hackers forgot to encrypt their access point, and they were traced. 
Suddenly the hacker pauses as his phone rings. He asks the three if he should answer it. Ron says to put the call on speaker. The hacker complies and takes the call from Marry Ito, who says "You saw Hibino's fate at the crosswalk, right?" If the hacker does not want to end up like him, then bring a cold wallet with all the money he stole to the Delta hotel at 11am. If he tells the police about this, then the deal will end immediately, and he will be as good as dead. 
Ron says that the caller is using a voice changer, as he also analyzes what 11 at the Delta hotel means. In the Greek alphabet the uppercase letter delta looks like a triangle. That matches the code carved on the arrow. The code was another declaration of murder to the last hacker. 
Toto assures the hacker that they will protect him, as the hacker in a panic tells Toto not to, to just let him go to the hotel. Toto does not understand, saying the suspect said he is going to kill him. The hacker says the suspect will not kill him if he gets the cold wallet. Even if they save him this time, he will be targeted for the rest of his life, and he does not want to live like that. He just wants to talk it out with the suspect. 
Ron says that seeing as they are up against the M family, he figures that it is the right call. As long as they are running free, the hacker's life would be in danger. Plus, thy were able to secure their target this time. As long as they can protect him, they will be able to interrupt the murder plan, and might have a chance to arrest the suspect. Ron tells Toto to release the hacker, as Toto protests that it is too reckless. 
Toto calls Amamiya, informing that they are using the suspect as bait at the Delta hotel by 11am. Amamiya objects, telling him to wait. But Toto ends the call as Amamiya complains that he is making this call on his own. Toto on his end says it should lessen Amamiya's responsibility, before they head to the hotel. 
At Delta hotel, Spitz stays at the entrance, saying he will keep an eye out for anyone suspicious. Meanwhile Ron and Toto tell the hacker not to get separated from them. A lady knocks into Toto, which reveals Amamiya in a hat and sunglasses. Amamiya informs Toto that they detected a peculiar alloy in the tip of the arrow that was used in the Shibuya scramble crossing murder, and that it is being examined. They lost sight of the surviving hacker, but the triangle mark on the arrow led them there, and they are keeping an eye out on high alert. They just happened to find out about the trade with the murderer, and they might be able to apprehend them while they are here. 
Toto is happy about all this from his sempai, but Amamiya adds that if the police spot the hacker before eleven, they have no choice but to protect him. Toto then says they will hide him until then. He asks why Amamiya is helping them with the case. Amamiya grits her teeth and says the psycho, the suspect, has already killed two people in the middle of Tokyo, there is no way she can let him run wild. 
Meanwhile in England, Winter reports that they have disposed of two of the hackers, that Ron Kamonohashi does not suspect a thing, and third hacker is next. Mylo ends the call as he looks at a picture of a young Winter in a blouse. He says that Winter should not underestimate Ron. 
At the hotel lobby Ron counts 30 people, musing that Amamiya managed to get that many plain-clothes officers into position in such a short time, and Toto is sticking close to the hacker. 
An officer enters the toilet, and Toto reports to the officer Hayashi that everything looks normal. When the officer leaves, the hacker peeks out. It is three minutes until 11am. 
Ron says they will stop the M family this time, though he muses about what method will be used. Between Toto and the tight watch Amamiya's team is keeping, there is no way the person can get close to the hacker. Even if the person tries to shoot from a distance like at the scramble crossing, they have no place to snipe from between the hotel's structure, and the security detail. Ron looks here and there, asking himself why does he feel so uneasy, like he is missing something. Just what is the M family after? 
Meanwhile in the toilet the hacker receives another call from Marry Ito. Toto tells him to take the call. Marry Ito says the hacker told the police, the deal is off. The hacker begins to panic, saying he is going to be killed. Toto asks how did the person know. The hacker says they might still be in the hotel. The hacker starts running away from Toto, saying he can still make it, he has to give him the wallet. He keeps running, saying he recognizes that man's back, and runs toward the person, telling them to wait. 
Ron sees all this, and gasps. He notices the large chandelier of the lobby, and alerts Toto. With an explosion the chandelier is cut from the ceiling, and drops to the floor. Ron and Amamiya run toward Toto. Toto has just barely saved himself and the hacker from the crashing chandelier. 
Ron explains what he noticed. The light that the chandelier was projecting onto the ceiling looked off. After "Officer Isshiki" noticed that, Ron kept an eye on it since there was a possibility that the chandelier itself was tilted. Ron tells Toto that he did a fine job preventing that declared murder. 
But the piped-in music in the lobby changes as people look up. Amamiya asks if this is supposed to be celebratory music. Ron grins, recognizing Haydn's 96th symphony. Then he realizes with a terrified gasp: they are wrong, they played right into the M family's hands. 
==Characters in Order of Appearance==
* Ron Kamonohashi
* Totomaru Isshiki
* Spitz Fire
* Kizo Takanashi
* Amamiya
* Mylo Moriarty
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