Outside the Coco Bongo bar, Detective Peter, who had been staking out the place, began gathering his subordinates to investigate the situation as soon as he heard gunshots inside.
However, the gunshots in the bar came and went quickly.
Just as Detective Peter was about to push open the door with his subordinates, the bar door opened automatically.
A humanoid Bugs Bunny with long green ears appeared splendidly before the assembled detectives.
"Ah!!!"
Amidst the chaotic exclamations, not only were the detectives startled, but Bugs Bunny also opened his mouth wide in surprise.
"Does everyone want to do the Bunny Hop?"
Stanley, the startled Bugs Bunny, didn't forget to be mischievous after he reacted.
After a whirlwind, he transformed himself into a circus clown costume, holding two tambourines in his hands, and a long party horn appeared in his mouth.
As the mask's ability to bewitch people activated, the detectives "forgot themselves" and followed Stanley, dancing the lively Bunny Hop.
On the other side, Mike in the bar had already obtained the power he wanted; now, all that remained was to complete the MIB Headquarters mission.
To retrieve that mask with special abilities.
"Needy, I'm leaving this to you for now. I'll come back for you after I'm done..." As soon as he finished speaking, Mike also transformed into a gust of wind and chased out of the bar.
Stanley, who was happily dancing with the detectives at the entrance, saw Mike chasing him and quickly dropped the tambourines in his hands, scurrying into the surrounding dim streets.
"Captain, why are you here?" Without the mask's enchantment, Detective Peter immediately sobered up.
However, judging by his expression, he didn't seem to remember much about the previous dancing.
"The gang leader who robbed the bank is in the bar; you can go arrest him..." Mike, who still had a mission, only had time to give a quick instruction before disappearing from the detective's sight at a speed far exceeding that of an ordinary person.
Then, in the dim streets of Broadway, two figures, one green and one black, moved rapidly one after the other under the night sky.
As time passed, the black figure behind could be seen approaching the green figure in front at a visible speed.
"Come on, boy! What do you want with me?" When he was about to be caught, Stanley decisively stopped.
He transformed himself into a stylish black suit, with his green face vaguely visible under a wide gentleman's hat.
With a thick cigar in his mouth, he struck what he considered a dashing pose, and his speaking tone deliberately deepened.
"Cool guy?" Mike looked at the Green-Faced Monster, who was deliberately trying to look cool, with amusement and said, "Leave the mask behind; it's a bit dangerous for you."
As mentioned before, the mask has the ability to amplify the desires within human hearts, including the desire for slaughter.
The reason Stanley hasn't been controlled by the mask to unleash slaughter yet is probably because he is a good person at heart.
But under the mask's enchantment, who knows how long his kindness can last?
"Want the mask? Catch me first!" When the mask was mentioned, Stanley's emotions seemed to become agitated.
After a flashy whirlwind, he transformed into a sprinter's tracksuit, with a stylish red cape added to his back.
"I'll count to three, and then we'll start a long-distance race." Stanley, wearing the mask, never forgot to be humorous.
Before running away, he produced a starting pistol in his hand and said seriously, "Let's agree beforehand, no one is allowed to false start—"
"I'm going to count... I'm going to count..."
"Three—!!!"
After a blur of motion, Stanley vanished from his spot.
Clearly, someone had "stolen" a false start.
...
A few minutes later, Stanley, thinking he had shaken off Mike, hid in a secluded corner of the street and pretended to wipe non-existent sweat from his forehead.
Then, pressing against the wall, he carefully peeked out, revealed an exaggerated smile, and shouted, "Cheers! Mr. Stanley has won the championship!!!"
However, before he could gloat for long, Mike's voice suddenly came from beside his ear: "Are you looking for me?"
On the other side of the wall, Mike stood in the shadows with his arms crossed.
"Ah—!!"
Amidst the exclamations, Stanley, dragging his red cape, turned and ran.
However, among the two people with the same ability, Mike's physique was stronger, and he also possessed the abnormal Bullet Time ability.
Under these circumstances, he quickly caught up with the panicking Stanley again.
His relaxed demeanor clearly showed he still had energy to spare.
On the other side, Stanley, who had exerted all his strength, finally gave up the idea of escaping.
"You forced me!!!" Stanley, cornered in an open space, conjured a pair of boxing gloves for himself.
Then, a boxing ring rose from around him, enclosing both himself and Mike.
"Come on—!" Stanley pounded his boxing gloves twice with both hands, then started bouncing on his feet, using a swaying punch.
The mask could amplify negative emotions in the human heart, which made the current Stanley appear a little crazy.
However, when he came in front of Mike and threw a tentative punch, he saw an alloy shield appear in his opponent's hand, and then an exaggerated hammer appeared as well.
"You cheated—!!"
This was Stanley's last thought before being knocked out by the hammer.
A few minutes later, Mike returned Stanley, who had lost the mask's power, to his house.
"Sweet dreams~"
Before leaving, Mike didn't forget to help Stanley by taking away the 100 million dollars of "dirty money" he had recovered.
Under the Power of Transformation, a wardrobe full of dollars was transformed into a "check" of equivalent value.
...
Afterward, Mike, lightly equipped, came outside and gave himself a flying device, experiencing the joy of aerial flight.
And by the time he returned to the Coco Bongo bar, the gang leader Dorian and a group of gang members had already been escorted away by the detectives in a police car.
In the vast bar, besides Needy and John, only Detective Peter and Tina remained.
"Captain, you've come at just the right time. This lady says she's your friend, what do you think?" Seeing Mike return, Detective Peter immediately came forward.
Although he had caught the bank-robbing gang members tonight, the huge amount of dollars lost by the bank still hadn't been recovered.
Therefore, Detective Peter currently had no time to deal with Tina, a woman suspected of being Dorian's accomplice.
Yet, this woman insisted that she was Mike's friend.
Inside the bar, facing Tina's pleading expression, Mike, who had read her "little thoughts," told Detective Peter, "I can prove to her that she and Dorian are indeed not on the same side."
"That's good, I'll leave her to you." Detective Peter, eager to deal with the trouble of Tina, left the bar in a hurry after the personnel handover.
The three-day deadline for closing the case was approaching, and Peter had no time to delay here.
However, his "journey" to find the missing bank cash was destined to be fruitless.
Of course, Detective Peter, who had caught criminals like Dorian, should still be safe even if he couldn't recover the dollar cash.
After all, the detectives' emergency mission this time, being able to arrest the "masterminds," was already a considerable achievement.
At the Coco Bongo bar, Mike, who had gained a windfall, generously gave John and the others a "duty allowance" before sending them home.
"Tell me, how do you plan to resolve your matter?" When only Tina, the outsider, remained, Mike asked.
Through her thoughts, Mike could confirm that this woman had no ill intentions towards him.
But one thing is one thing; the wrongs she had committed before would not be so easily dismissed.