Matsuda Jinpei, who had been bent over tinkering away with a clatter, suddenly asked, "What do you think I should say in my last words?"
Jiang Xia thought for a moment. "With that arrogant attitude of yours, leave the Bomber a message: 'A rat too timid to show itself even to avenge its companion—why would I be afraid to accept a challenge from someone like that?'"
Matsuda Jinpei laughed. "That really does sound like me..."
Boom—!
On the small Square diagonally below, someone wearing headphones angrily pressed an explosive remote.
With a deafening blast, the Control Room beneath the ferris wheel spewed black smoke once again. The slowly moving ferris wheel jolted violently, then came to a complete stop.
The staff panicked. "Why did it explode again?! Put it out! Put out the fire!!"
On the ferris wheel, Matsuda Jinpei steadied himself and glanced at the bomb, his expression changing slightly.
Jiang Xia looked through the window toward the small Square below and muttered, "He really can't take a joke."
Just then, a ring tone rang out, and Matsuda Jinpei's phone started ringing.
He answered it, and Sato Miwako's voice came from the other end. The female police officer beneath the ferris wheel was anxiously looking up at the sky. "Matsuda, the Control Room just exploded again. Are you okay?!"
"I'm fine." Matsuda Jinpei stared at the bomb before him. "But that vibration just activated a somewhat troublesome switch."
Sato Miwako was confused. "What switch?"
Matsuda Jinpei said, "A Mercury Column. I won't explain the exact mechanics, but there's a freely rolling metal ball inside it. If the bomb is lightly shaken or becomes slanted, the metal ball touches a wire beside it, and the bomb detonates immediately.
"In other words, if you don't want me blown into paste, then