"...I don't know where you got the nerve to mock us like that. But in any case, if you don't hand over the bomb's blueprints, you—and this police officer—will stay here."
Elenika took a long look at Kazunobu Chiba, who had fallen asleep again. When she turned back, her expression had regained its composure.
Matsuda Jinpei's words had indeed shaken her, but Chiba's interruption had calmed her turbulent emotions somewhat.
Matsuda Jinpei glanced upward from the corner of his eye.
Using his unusual vision, he quickly made out a small figure quietly moving through the gaps in the wire fence.
...That little detective had followed them after all. When it came to sticking his nose into things, he really was no less troublesome than Tangze.
"Because the trouble you couldn't solve was dealt with easily by me." Drawing back his attention, he pretended not to have noticed anything and continued, "If I really gave it to you, you'd immediately change course and disappear without a trace, wouldn't you?"
"...My brother thought highly of you. But now, it seems you're just an ordinary police officer." Matsuda Jinpei refused to yield, and Elenika narrowed her eyes.
"I am an ordinary police officer. My job is a little more dangerous than others', but that's all." Matsuda Jinpei did not react to her sarcasm at all. "If it were your brother, he wouldn't be this stubborn, would he? Since he came to the Metropolitan Police Department, he must have been prepared to work with the police. You should know that your identities are unusual to begin with. You came to Tokyo carrying firearms—you didn't enter the country legally, did you?"
Elenika's lips tightened, and she said nothing more.
Unlike her brother Oleg, who wanted to find Matsuda Jinpei and seek cooperation, her own approach