Chapter 209
Originally, Plamia felt that no matter what the person across from her said, she didn't care—she was definitely going to kill him anyway.
But she had to admit, this time Samukawa Shinryu really had her figured out, making her feel restless and impatient to understand what was going on.
Just as Plamia was shocked, confused, and doubtful while waiting for the continuation, Usuha Izuki paused and slowly said:
"But forget it, this isn't important."
"This is very important! Explain it clearly!!!"
Plamia's mental state instantly collapsed.
How could this be! She really wanted to know what was going on! Why did that person clearly write her such a letter, yet still not know who she really was?!
And wasn't he a member of that organization? Why didn't he know about the organization's affairs either?
Could it be a frame-up?
But if it was a frame-up, who was the person she saw in the surveillance?
But Usuha Izuki refused to explain: "It's just what you think it is."
"How do you know what I'm thinking?! You've said this much, so explain it clearly!"
The system was also very confused: [Don't you like to babble before criminals die? Why aren't you saying anything this time?]
Usuha Izuki calmly explained: [It's not that I like it—this has to be chosen based on the situation. For someone like Plamia, not explaining clearly is more torturous for her.]
System: [...]
What kind of good person always thinks of ways to make people die with unresolved grievances? You keep saying you're a law-abiding citizen.
Since Usuha Izuki refused to explain clearly, Plamia could only speculate based on existing intelligence, frantically contributing suspicion value. But she couldn't stop the main business—she could only brainstorm while questioning.
"Is this what you wanted to ask? Since you already know he didn't know anything and couldn't say anything, why ask such a question? What is your real personal purpose? It can't just be to know whether he suffered before dying, right?"
Usuha Izuki: "Yes, just for that."
Plamia: "...???"
Plamia looked at him woodenly, seeming to wonder why he wasn't following the script—as a big shot like you, why would you pay attention to such small fry? Can't you come up with something like wanting to recruit me to destroy the world together?!
No, this definitely wasn't his real purpose. He was just going along with her words, wanting to hide something.
So Plamia took a deep breath and said with a serious expression: "At this point, is there any need to hide anything?"
"Rather than that, you should want to ask me other questions, right?" Usuha Izuki calmly threw Plamia's earlier words back at her, and indeed achieved the desired effect.
Although Plamia was very concerned about what those earlier words meant and what problems there were with the surveillance she had personally witnessed, what Plamia cared about more was how her identity had been exposed.
Without solving this problem, no matter how many identities she changed or where she ran to, she might keep being discovered. She needed a permanent solution.
"...Fine, then it's my turn." Plamia said something like dialogue from a turn-based game, frowning: "How exactly did your organization discover my identity?"
"That." Usuha Izuki answered mercilessly, "Is a secret."
Plamia: "..........."
In this moment, Plamia finally confirmed one thing—just as she had come with the purpose of killing Samukawa Shinryu, Samukawa Shinryu also had no sincerity in making a deal.
Since that was the case, don't blame her for being rude and bringing the backup plan she had prepared overnight to the forefront.
"Your colleagues don't know you're a corrupt cop yet, do they?" Plamia's tone shifted, and her hostility finally showed without disguise. "With such an insincere attitude toward negotiation, aren't you afraid I'll expose your identity?"
Always threatening her with her identity—now the tables had turned, and she had finally caught someone she could threaten back in the same way!
She didn't know what this guy was thinking. Clearly, he wasn't clean himself, yet he dared to come meet with her...
Plamia felt somewhat worried and doubtful, but also felt her preparations were quite thorough. The other party was probably too clever, so after smooth sailing for so long, he didn't take people seriously and didn't care about her small schemes, thinking they couldn't affect him... Since that was the case, being caught by her and counterattacked was only natural.
Usuha Izuki toyed with the gun in his hand: "How would you expose my identity? Report me? The number of report letters the Metropolitan Police has received about me being a corrupt cop is probably beyond your imagination, but no matter what I do, my colleagues help me write self-criticism reports—I don't have to lift a finger."
Plamia: "..........."
As a foreign criminal, Plamia couldn't help but feel heartbroken for the Japanese people: What kind of garbage Metropolitan Police was this?! The masses had such sharp eyes—you didn't take it seriously when you received one report, and you still don't take it seriously after receiving so many reports?!
They even helped write self-criticism reports! Could it be they were actually covering for Samukawa Shinryu?!
Had the Japanese police fallen to this extent?!
Even the French police who went on strike all the time were better than you!!!
Shocked by the darkness of the Japanese police for a few seconds, Plamia finally recovered and stubbornly continued her lines.
"I've placed bombs in several locations in Tokyo, with letters attached to the bombs. As soon as I press this button, the alarm on the bombs will sound, attracting many people's attention, and they'll explode shortly after... Guess what will happen next?"
Passersby attracted by the alarm sounds would open packages or fire boxes and see the bombs, along with letters attached to the bombs.
There would always be curious people who would open and read the letter contents before the police arrived, and she had used all her strength to smear Samukawa Shinryu in the letters, saying she had been persecuted by Samukawa Shinryu and had no choice but to resort to this.
Even if some people thought criminals writing such letters was slander, they would definitely care whether what was written in the letters was true or false.
She had even set up a bomb near a major newspaper company, hoping reporters and such would notice.
No matter how much the police wanted to cover for Samukawa Shinryu, if passersby or reporters saw it, with social media gradually developing nowadays, it would be impossible to control it completely through press clubs. Public opinion would definitely lean toward investigating Samukawa Shinryu.
Plus, she would detonate those bombs, causing huge losses. If someone had to take the blame, Samukawa Shinryu would be the most suitable person.
And when the organization behind Samukawa Shinryu found that protecting him was too troublesome, they would most likely choose to silence him.
"If hundreds of people die and prosperous downtown buildings are damaged by explosions, can the positions of the Metropolitan Police people your organization bought still suppress these losses?"
Plamia asked with feigned curiosity but actual threat: "As for my identity, whatever backup plans you have, it doesn't matter if they're exposed. It's not the first time anyway. There are many criminals in this world whose true faces have been exposed but still can't be caught—why can't I be added to that list? Comparatively speaking, you're the one who should hide yourself better, right? Perhaps you should consider changing your attitude now."
Usuha Izuki said casually: "Then go ahead and press it."
Plamia: "...You think I'm bluffing?"
"No, I just simply don't care. Press it if you want."
Usuha Izuki had stayed up all night with her antics and knew exactly what this guy had done—he had cleaned up the mess early.
Now he just felt Plamia was talking more than expected and was confused why she hadn't made a move yet. He could only add some fuel: "With just this level of threat, I can't possibly tell you how I investigated your identity."
Plamia was first startled by this guy's brazen attitude, but then became wildly excited.
He let something slip!
No wonder after discovering her whereabouts this time, that organization hadn't taken further action... Sure enough, all along, the one who had been discovering her whereabouts was actually Samukawa Shinryu! Everyone else got their intelligence from him!
So that guy who wouldn't reveal anything no matter how she interrogated him was actually framed by Samukawa Shinryu too!
Although she still couldn't quite understand the footage she saw in the surveillance, she roughly understood the situation—as long as she killed Samukawa Shinryu, she could rest easy.
As for guessing wrong and having someone else come after her later, she'd just kill them one by one. Anyway, she was already prepared for the worst.
"Fine, you're not afraid, right? Then I'll press it." Plamia didn't hesitate to press the activation key in front of Usuha Izuki, secretly delighted that Samukawa Shinryu was too arrogant and careless, actually letting her succeed so easily.
She thought there would be another fight when it got to this step!
The moment she pressed the button, not only did the bombs she had installed elsewhere begin their startup procedures, but even the bomb she had installed here today before Samukawa Shinryu arrived also activated.
Plamia definitely didn't trust the location the other party had chosen, so she naturally had to come check in advance.
After coming once last night and finding nothing suspicious, she hadn't left anything behind to avoid the other party discovering the situation when they came to check. She deliberately chose to install the bomb today to maximize the chances of her plan succeeding.
The bomb was installed behind the rooftop door.
Based on her calculations, as long as she started shooting as soon as the other party entered, and the other party dodged or whatever, it would be good enough if they didn't use the door as a shield. They definitely couldn't close the door again like entering a room. Even if there was such a tendency, she could find ways to divert the other party's attention and control their movements to stay near the doorway.
The seemingly peaceful conversation was also to achieve this goal—to stabilize Samukawa Shinryu so he wouldn't think to close the door and check the entrance. Anyone with normal intelligence wouldn't close the door when they might need to escape at any time.
Plamia had been standing in a relatively safe corner. When the bomb exploded, the rooftop might be blown away, but she had prepared escape ropes and such, enough to let her escape to downstairs or even the opposite building.
As for Samukawa Shinryu at the center of the explosion... she could only wish him luck.
Usuha Izuki could roughly guess what Plamia was thinking.
He kicked the rooftop door with his foot, exposing the bomb that was very conspicuous in [Universal Navigation], and asked: "Are you waiting for this bomb to explode?"
Plamia's expression finally changed.
This was clearly a bomb she had just installed not long ago, and this guy had been blocked by the door right after entering. How did he know there was a bomb there?!
Since he already knew, why could he still be so calm? Could it be he had prepared in advance?
Plamia sneered: "So what if you already know? You can't escape."
As she spoke, she directly fired a shot at that bomb.
That bomb was her personal design, with two liquids in the device that would produce a violent explosion when mixed together. She had originally reserved time in case she wasn't in a safe position, but now it seemed to be a flaw—but it didn't matter. As long as she fired a shot directly to detonate it, there was no need for any countdown.
Plamia was very confident in her marksmanship. After firing one shot, she immediately did a somersault and jumped to the edge of the rooftop. To prevent the superhuman behavior of Samukawa Shinryu being able to aim at her even in an explosion, she fired the grappling hook from her rope gun downstairs instead of to the opposite floor, wanting to swing away from Samukawa Shinryu's blind spot.
When Plamia's body was already suspended in mid-air, she was still puzzled.
Why was there no feeling of upheaval? According to the timing, the rooftop should have exploded along with Samukawa Shinryu by now.
But it didn't matter—she'd escape first and think about it later. With this thought, Plamia tried to swing her body with the momentum into the nearest floor.
But almost instantly, that floor suddenly exploded.
The shockwave from the explosion not only loosened the anchor point of the rope gun but also blew Plamia's body outward.
With no foothold available, she could only watch helplessly as she fell rapidly through the air.
Until the moment before hitting the ground, Plamia was puzzled.
The flames from this explosion looked like they came from her bomb.
But hadn't she installed her bombs elsewhere last night? Why would they suddenly explode here?
What exactly had Samukawa Shinryu done...
Thud!
The sound of a human body hitting the ground was buried by the explosion.
Usuha Izuki didn't have Plamia's concerns and directly chose the safest opposite building, swinging over with his rope gun.
Looking at the abandoned building burning in the explosion across from him, he sighed.
"The buyer of the new land will thank me—I saved him so much demolition costs."
System: [...? Is that the point? What do you plan to do next?!]
[What else can I do? Call the police, of course!] Usuha Izuki said. [I'm a law-abiding citizen.]