Vodka stroked his chin, in high spirits. "Even taking a step back, even if Calvados is extremely confident in his investigative abilities and quickly confirms that Chizo Ogura isn't actually on the train we boarded... it doesn't matter.
"I can pin the blame on those two Tokyo Police officers, say they got the time wrong or got tired of waiting and boarded the previous train.
"Then Chizo Ogura and the two cops will be running on the train ahead, while Calvados and I chase them on the train behind. That idiot Sniper won't even have time to switch transportation. He'll have no choice but to be led by the bait up ahead and obediently make his way back to Tokyo.
"The two Shinkansen will arrive in Tokyo ten minutes apart. By the time Calvados and I reach the station, Chizo Ogura will definitely have already been picked up by the Tokyo Police. Calvados doesn't have a Sniper Rifle, so he can't intercept and kill the suspect like he did in Osaka. In other words, from this point on, he'll have completely lost his chance to kill anyone or cause trouble."
Thinking of that smooth sequence of events and the wonderful scene to come, Vodka felt thoroughly pleased. Using his brain and schemes to toy with a troublesome person in the palm of his hand—was this the joy of writing a script?
"Uzo's perspective really is fascinating." Vodka looked at Calvados beside him, who had not grown suspicious in the slightest, and was practically intoxicated.
"Only after experiencing it myself did I realize that that little schemer's usual work isn't as difficult as I imagined. Once the student surpasses the master one day... hehehe, I'll definitely let that brat have a proper taste of the terror of being enveloped by a