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Greetings old... Inspector Fox!? Man, you're in it again!
― Murray, meeting Sly being chased by Inspector Fox[src]

"Police HQ" is a job for Sly Cooper in "An Opera of Fear" of Sly 3: Honor Among Thieves.

Synopsis[]

Bentley decides to start their search for Murray at the police headquarters, just in case they might have captured him, or at least are aware of his presence in Venice. Bentley points out that the Venetian police station can be distinguished from other buildings by the large dome on top of it. Despite this huge impression, Octavio's forces are the ones patrolling the streets rather than the cops. Sly notes this and manages to find an entry point into the station through the vent on the top of the giant dome roof. However, the dome was covered in glazed tile, making it almost impossible to climb up. Sly sees that a rope connected the roof of the police station to a nearby apartment, and that the side of the rope could be reached by bouncing on top of a gondola. Sly reaches the top of the dome, and crawled inside.[note 1]

After crawling into the police station, Sly works his way through the ventilation system, down to the bottom floor. He exits a vent next to a jail cell, which he thinks is holding Murray. Upon calling his friend's name, Sly finds out that it's not Murray in the cell, but Dimitri, a member of the now-defeated Klaww Gang. Dimitri, who would rather see Sly get arrested than tell him where Murray is, yelled for the cops nearby.[note 2] To calm Dimitri down, Sly rationalizes with Dimitri; if he gets thrown into jail, no one will be there to bust Dimitri. Dimitri tells him that even if he does manage to get the cell door open, he'll be caught on the way out anyway and will get a bigger punishment for trying to break out.

Realizing that Dimitri has a point, Sly thinks of a way to get him out quietly after he opens the cell. He eventually comes up with a plan: he'll distract the cops, and while they're all focused on him, Dimitri can simply just walk out the door. Dimitri completely agrees with this indirect act of revenge. He reveals the location of the cell key to be in the head cop's office.

Sly quietly crawls over to the head's office, whom he sees is Inspector Carmelita Fox, to steal the key. As he did so, Carmelita is giving a presentation to a group of mercenaries about a tar pollution situation, which they know Octavio is behind, but without direct evidence. After stealing the key, the lights, having electrical problems, start flickering on and off. To avoid being seen, Sly hides under a table in the room when the lights flickered on, and makes his way back to the cell when they flicker off. Once at the cell, he removes the lock on the cell door. However, the cell has another lock, a dial. Using his perception, Sly maneuveres the dial and unlocks the final lock. Once Dimitri is out, he tells Sly that Murray will be waiting at Rialto Bridge,[note 3] Then, Sly gets the cops' attention, while Dimitri sneaks out the front door.

Inspector Fox chases Sly outside, where she "praises" his nerve to show up in her squad room. After establishing that she has hardened since their last encounter, Carmelita chases Sly as he bounces and runs across gondolas. He eventually makes his way to the Rialto Bridge where, as Dimitri said, Murray is waiting. To lose the Inspector, Sly and Murray jump into a manhole and sheltered in the sewers, later emerging from one nearby.

Once alone, Sly talks with his old friend, whom he finds to have taken his new Dreamtime training to heart. Sly tells Murray that he and Bentley need him back on the team, and that Bentley doesn't blame Murray for his wheelchair. Murray refuses, saying that his Guru told him to "lose himself and not return until the black water ran pure". Although Sly is confused as to what Murray meant, Murray declares that he's on a real spirit quest. Sly has Murray tell him everything, and Murray begins his story... after a gum request. Afterwards, Sly makes it back to the safe house and relays the information to Bentley.

Notes[]

  1. In the PS Vita version, when you enter the air vent, it will actually show Sly crawling through the vent to get inside instead of skipping to where he walks up to Dimitri's cell.
  2. Dimitri refers to the police as "politzia" when he yells for them, according to the subtitles. The actual Italian word for police is polizia, although Dimitri's misuse of the word may have been intentional.
  3. which is an actual landmark in Italy.
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