Chapter 56 Chapter 56 My Dear Ling Ling
Although he had never heard of the strange code name "Pramya", Jinpei Matsuda realized almost immediately that "Pramya" referred to the bomber they encountered today.
"Who are you?"
"you guess."
The girl finally stood up from her chair. She slowly walked over to Jinpei Matsuda, snatched the handcuffs from his hand, and twirled them around in her hands.
She casually twirled the handcuffs around him, then stared at him for a moment, thinking.
"Well, if you don't give me any useful information, Lingling will visit your grave every year on this day. Well, I know you police officers are very principled. But you don't want Lingling to be sad for you, do you?"
Jinpei Matsuda was suddenly stunned, perhaps because the mouth of the wooden cannon was pressing against his forehead, or perhaps because of... English.
English, red hair, green eyes... He couldn't help but recall something that happened three years ago. Back then, Hagiwara Kenji hadn't died yet, back then, Furuya Rei could still be contacted...
Matsuda Jinpei stared at the girl in front of him, lost in thought. When she finally showed a hint of impatience, he asked tentatively, "Olga?"
The safety on the wooden warehouse had been pulled. Matsuda Jinpei could practically hear his heartbeat hammering like a drum in his ears. This was probably one of the most tense and dangerous moments in his life so far.
Then, he saw the girl's expression go blank for a moment.
He breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he had made the right bet.
He should have thought of this earlier! Such obvious characteristics! Such arrogant temperament!
"Do you know me?" The girl named Olga frowned deeply. She still didn't retract the cannon, but Matsuda Jinpei could feel that the pressure of the cannon mouth against his forehead was much weaker than before.
Matsuda Jinpei observed Olga's expression, seemingly grasping some kind of inspiration. He raised his eyebrows, adopted a casual attitude, and even extended his hands broadly, seemingly unfazed by the wooden hatch pressing against his head.
"Ah, your 'Zero Zero' brought you to meet me before, don't you remember?"
Matsuda Jinpei saw the girl staring at him with narrowed eyes, as if trying to determine the truth of his words. But unfortunately, what he said was the truth—albeit with some embellishments and changes in the wording.
Suddenly, Matsuda Jinpei saw Olga showing a look of some pain, and she pressed her forehead with the palm of her other hand.
She had no strength in her left hand.
Jinpei Matsuda realized this almost immediately.
Then, he took a step forward without hesitation, raised his palm to knock the wooden cannon out of Olga's hand, and held her left wrist with the other hand.
In an instant, the situation reversed.
"Click." Jinpei Matsuda handcuffed one end of Olga's hand and handcuffed the other end to the bed leg.
"Huh——" He finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After standing up, Matsuda Jinpei took out his cell phone. Just as he was about to call the police, he glanced at Olga, who was curled up on the ground, holding her head in pain.
It doesn't seem like he's pretending.
The blood drained from her lips almost instantly, and her whole body was trembling, as if she was enduring great pain.
Matsuda Jinpei hesitated for a moment: "Hey, do you want me to call an ambulance for you?"
Olga seemed to say something, and Matsuda Jinpei saw her lips move, but it was too soft for him to hear.
So he had to squat down and get closer: "What did you say?"
"...Medicine..." Matsuda Jinpei could only barely hear this one word.
medicine?
By the way, patients like this usually carry medicine with them.
Matsuda Jinpei prepared himself mentally for a second, then went to pick Olga's pockets: "I'm just trying to help, it's not a perverted behavior."
He spoke loudly, not knowing who he was talking to. After all... his mental state was not strong enough to pretend that he didn't remember anything after the embarrassing thing just happened.
Matsuda Jinpei finally found a small medicine bottle. He unscrewed it and asked, "How many pills should I take?"
Unfortunately, Olga no longer had the energy to answer him. She seemed to be about to faint.
Matsuda Jinpei didn't see any instructions on the bottle, so he gritted his teeth and poured out two pills to try to feed Olga. Fortunately, Olga was quite cooperative, as if taking medicine had become an instinct.
At this moment, a soft melody suddenly sounded in the room. Based on his not-so-good musical literacy, Matsuda Jinpei judged that this should be a classical music called "Ave Maria".
It's Olga's cell phone.
Not to mention that Olga was weak at the moment, even if she was fine, Matsuda Jinpei would definitely not let her answer the phone - are you kidding, what if she called a car full of bread man accomplices?
However, after picking up Olga's phone, Jinpei Matsuda was stunned - the caller ID on the screen showed "Zero Zero". If he understood correctly, "Zero Zero" should be referring to Furuya Rei.
Olga, who was lying on the ground, laughed softly, causing Jinpei Matsuda to look at her.
"Oh... I'm going to tell Lingling that you're trying to kill me..." She obviously didn't have much strength, but she still deliberately said provocative words.
However, Matsuda Jinpei asked a very stupid question: "How do you know who is calling?"
He regretted it after asking.
Sure enough, he immediately heard Olga say in a disdainful tone, "Is it possible that a mobile phone can set different ringtones for different contacts?"
Matsuda Jinpei: "..." This makes him look like an old man who has completely failed to keep up with the changes of the times...
Jinpei Matsuda decided not to argue with the patient, but he was still troubled by the ringing phone.
"Answer it, why not? This is a call from your dear Lingling." Olga looked better. She supported herself on the floor and managed to sit up.
Matsuda Jinpei corrected him, "It's 'you' dear Lingling, thank you. Please don't describe the pure relationship between me and 'Lingling' in such a strange way."
Olga laughed again. "Okay, it's 'My Dear Ling Ling'. So, I'm going to tell my dear Ling Ling that you want to kill me, okay?"
Matsuda Jinpei was speechless: "...Do you think he will believe it?"
"Who knows?" Olga looked at Jinpei Matsuda provocatively.
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
He wasn't sure what the relationship between Olga and Rei Furuya was, so after a moment's hesitation, he said, "Answer the phone, but put it on the line."
"Oh, what if we talk about something unspeakable on the phone—" Olga glanced at Matsuda Jinpei lightly and said to him word by word, "Pervert."
Matsuda Jinpei: “…”
I'm so angry, but I can't do anything.
*
The police did not catch the bomber in the afternoon, but when they were cleaning up the scene, they found a bottle of suspicious pills spilled on the floor of a building - small white pills in a transparent bottle with no instructions on the bottle.
The suspicious pills were taken to the police station, and Rei Furuya saw the familiar pill bottle.
The drug analysis results came out quickly - it was a strong painkiller.
Looking at the analysis report produced by the analysis department after working overtime, Fūya Rei frowned tightly.
Without any hesitation, he went to a deserted place and dialed a number.
I waited for the ringtone for a long time, but the call was never connected.
Just as Furuya Rei was about to hang up and contact Vermouth directly, a familiar voice came from the other end of the line, with obvious sleepiness: "You'd better be busy... It's early morning!"
Furuya Rei pursed his lips. Yes, it should be early morning in New York, but it was actually nine o'clock in the evening in Tokyo.
"Olia, you—"
Furuya Rei paused. What should he say? Ask her if she was in Tokyo? Ask her if she'd seen him working with the Japanese police? Ask her if...she already knew about his undercover identity?
But it was Olga who spoke first: "Lingling, it hurts so much..."
Since she lost her memory, she rarely called him "Ling Ling", with a hint of coquettishness in her tone.
"Is your heart hurting again? Have you taken the medicine? How do you feel now?" Fūya Ling almost immediately put aside his previous confusion, and there was obvious worry in his tone.
Then he heard a faint chuckle from the other end of the phone.
"Lingling... I seem to remember something."
Fūya Ling was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood what these words meant - she remembered!
But before Fūya Rei could say anything else, there was a sudden sound of something heavy falling to the ground from the other end of the phone, accompanied by a subtle groan that should have belonged to a man.
"...Olia, what are you doing?"
"Ha..." She seemed to be panting heavily, "It's okay... just now... I accidentally fell off the bed."
Furiya Rei's bad feeling grew even worse. The last time a similar conversation happened... she had killed over a dozen of her classmates.
"Zero..." Olga seemed to know what he was thinking, and suddenly said in a lonely tone, "Don't you trust me... I promised you that I wouldn't kill people again."
"No, I—"
Furuya Rei bit his lower lip. What? He just... did doubt Olga.
"Olia, I—"
Olga interrupted him: "Why don't we switch to video chat."
"...No need." Furuya Ling couldn't stand Olga speaking in that tone. He even wanted to hang up the phone as if to escape. "I...you should rest well and go to sleep quickly."
"Well," he heard Olga say softly, "Good night, Lingling."
*
Olga put her phone back in her pocket and looked down at Jinpei Matsuda who was handcuffed at the foot of the bed.
"Oh, are you still going to take me to the police station now, Officer Matsuda?"
She was breathing slightly and sounded a little tired, but her aloof and ruthless temperament remained unchanged.
Matsuda Jinpei hummed twice, and then Olga raised her eyebrows as if she had just realized something, and tore off the tape on his mouth, causing Matsuda Jinpei to gasp again.
"As a girl, can you please not be so rude?" Matsuda Jinpei felt a burning pain around the edge of his mouth. Adhesive tape was really not kind to the skin.
"Who told you not to listen?" Olga rolled the tape into a ball and threw it on the ground.
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