Fairy empire

09. The Ninth Mermaid

Sitting in the dimly lit interrogation room, with the lights purposely dimmed, looked uncomfortable.Although there are still cold handcuffs on his hands, and the environment is not very good, but compared with the scene he saw just now, he finally has a sense of reality.The fatigue after the tension made Orihara Rin a little shaky, and he tried his best to support himself so that he looked no different from normal.

Rinya Orihara, a well-known intelligence dealer in Ikebukuro, was not defeated so easily.

The blood flowing in his body is still boiling with excitement, and the calculating light in his eyes has never disappeared. "Tiredness" seems to be a catalyst blindly, making him completely give up the physiological needs of being born as a human being, completely put rest aside, and concentrate on Cope with the predicament at hand.

Orihara Lin was also brought to the police station because a middle-aged woman reported to the police that her husband was missing, and her husband had told her to go to Orihara Linya's house before he disappeared, but all the time gone forever.No one answered the phone, and the restless woman finally chose to call the police.And the police searched all the way, and found her husband's unrecognizable corpse, and... Orihara Rinya who was struggling in the fish tank with his neck strangled.

- That's right.Just in the fish tank, pinching his own neck, struggling and thrashing.

Orihara Lin also couldn't believe it when he heard the police's description - obviously in the hallucination he kept going upstream just to survive, why in reality he was pinching himself?It was Florence who clearly pinched him!However, everything that is abnormal seems normal now, and the extraordinary daily life has already penetrated into Orihara Rinya's life.

Needless to say, the body was at the scene, and Orihara Lin was the only witness. No matter what, he should be taken back to the police station for questioning.Although there is no direct evidence to prove that Orihara Rin is also a prisoner, the policemen have clearly written the message "You are a prisoner" in their eyes, so they are not polite at all during the interrogation.

The interrogation process was lengthy and boring. The police officer was helpless in front of the nimble and cunning Orihara Rinya. Any questions raised would be easily blocked by him. His defense was impeccable. After some questioning, they were blocked. Word.Most importantly, the police didn't have any evidence to accuse him of murder, which was the root cause of Orihara Lin's arrogance.

I don't rule out the possibility of being tortured into a trick, but ordinary policemen don't have the courage to do it when they hear Orihara Rinya's reputation.Many years ago, Orihara Rin also fanned the storm in Tokyo. As a policeman, he must have heard of it.Furthermore, intelligence dealers straddle black and white, and sometimes the police have to rely on him to do things, so the words "Orihara Linya" are easy to talk about anywhere.

No one would seek their own death to provoke him, either they were desperate, or they were more powerful than him.But apparently, the two policemen sitting in front of him were not, they were just poor fellows who graduated from the police academy and came to practice. They didn't even have a responsible teacher to lead the team, so Orihara Lin was arrested like this.

Fortunately, there was no mutual embarrassment. The police made a record and locked Orihara for more than ten hours before releasing him. Even Orihara wanted to deal with a certain police officer.

After finally being released, Orihara Lin also looked at the world that was almost swallowed by the heavy rain, and squinted: Logically speaking, since autumn has already entered, there will be no such rainy season.Besides, the rain seems to be going on for three days and three nights. If this continues, Tokyo's proud urban excretion system may collapse...

Orihara Lin also stood under the eaves, without an umbrella, he said he was helpless against the heavy rain.The endless sound of rain poured into my ears, and the cell phone in my pocket, which had been silent for a long time, suddenly vibrated.

The abnormal weather, as well as the weird things that happened recently, made Orihara Rin couldn't help but think of the missing Miss Florence.The energy contained in her body is by no means as simple as Orihara Rin also thought. Florence's purpose is not yet clear. Although she has a vague understanding of her ability, Orihara Rin always feels that it is just the tip of the iceberg.

How much is hidden under the invisible water?I'm afraid... you still have to ask Earl D about this.

Since Florence will target Orihara Rinya, it can explain at least two points: first, Orihara Rinya once had a feud with Florence; second, Florence wants to put him to death.Now there are only two places to start—either go to the pet store and bow to Earl D to ask him to tell Orihara Rinya Florence's background; or, start to investigate from the past between him and Tanaka.

For the latter, there are so many materials to be consulted, and the age is long, that they cannot be completed within a limited time.So even though Orihara Rinya didn't want to bow his head anymore, he had to bow his head—even though he clearly said last time that he would not give up human beings to Earl D, and now he wants to ask him for help in a desperate manner, which is not in line with Orihara Rinya's character.

However, the palpable, spreading anxiety, the sense of crisis lingering around his body all the time, and the faint tick-tock countdown sound in his ears made Orihara Lin feel like he was sitting on pins and needles.

He doesn't want to die.

As a person, Orihara Lin also has an instinctive fear of death, which was the first time he noticed it in the hallucination, because it was the closest he was to death.

If you don't want to die, you have to make changes, or even pay the price. How can you live in this world without such awareness?

Orihara Lin also touched the inflamed wound on his neck, and the itching pain reminded him of the suffocation feeling when he was pinched by Florence. Experience it once.

He closed his phone and rushed into the rain without an umbrella.

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Drenched all over, hair hanging down almost covered his eyes.The cheeks that had lost their blood looked much thinner than the day before, and the body wrapped in the coat seemed to fall down at any time.In Orihara Rinya's memory, he never seemed to be in such a mess.Ever since he became an intelligence dealer, he has always been the one who made others feel so embarrassed.

Earl D's Pet Shop is still standing quietly in the rain, and the dry interior makes it impossible to feel the apocalyptic downpour outside. Earl D was not at all surprised to see Orihara Rinya's arrival, two cups of steaming Longjing had been prepared on the table, and one cup was placed opposite him, obviously for Orihara Rinya.

Orihara Lin was not surprised either. He hadn't eaten for more than ten hours, didn't close his eyes, and rushed to the pet shop in the rain. His body was almost reaching its limit. The burning heat in his body was rising again and again. I can't help falling down.A good cup of Longjing was like a spring in his mouth, Orihara Lin also restrained himself from drinking it in one gulp, his eyes were fixed on Earl D.

"Mr. Orihara, I said you would come back," Earl D smiled, with a sense of certainty in his eyes, "but you came a bit late, not quite as I expected. And..."

"Besides, you expected that I should be short of arms and legs now, instead of being able to bounce around or even calm down a little too much." Orihara Lin also satirized his embarrassment.

Earl D snorted, shook his head for unknown reasons, and half sighed: "Florence is still merciful, that child was not like this in the first place."

"child"?The pampering and intimacy in the tone made Orihara Lin also have an urge to nausea. A person who can call that monster a "child" is definitely not a normal person. This has something to do with his perverted behavior of loving all human beings. What is the essential difference?Oh... Earl D should be the one who is too perverted.

"Then don't I have to thank her for her mercy?"

Earl D's eyes are drooping, and his slender eyelashes are as gorgeous as a thousand-year-old demon: "That's not necessary. It will be a matter of time before you fall into her hands, and how to torture you is also her business. As the boss, my only dissatisfaction is that, Florence has spent more time in the outside world, and I miss her very much."

The nostalgic tone sounds really unpleasant in this environment.

Orihara Lin didn't bother to talk nonsense with him anymore.Since the day he became an information dealer, he has never been so embarrassed and humbly begging for help. He has always held secrets that no one knows, stood at the top of everything, and played everything in his hands. among.

Is Feng Shui turning?Or did the current world newspaper come early?Or is he actually old?

No.

No, no.

No no no no no.

No matter what kind of possibility it is, Orihara Rin will never admit it.

——He is forever 21 years old.

——He will always be the man at the top.

——He is always the only one who observes human beings.

The long silence made the atmosphere a bit embarrassing, and Earl D took time out: "So, Mr. Orihara, what do you want to do this time? Or, what do you want to ask?"

Orihara Rin also clasped his hands: "There are some things I'm not sure about, I want to confirm it."

Earl D made a gesture, indicating that he knew everything without saying anything.

"Florence is not a mermaid, she is human, isn't she?"

——"To be precise, it's 'a human in the past', and now she is indeed a mermaid."

"She has the ability to create hallucinations. Mr. Tanaka died under her ability. Moreover, she can create hallucinations without knowing it."

— "Yes, that's the magic she has."

"When she was a human, she once had a feud with the Tanaka family."

——"To be more precise, it actually has something to do with the Tanaka couple, but this is not the real reason why she came back."

"Then," Orihara Lin also chuckled, the light in his eyes went out, "The main reason for her coming back is me."

Earl D stopped talking this time, and the elegant smile on the corner of his mouth seemed to have changed.He stared at Orihara Rinya, and there was no special emotion in his tone: "Mr. Orihara, I'm afraid you can't even remember how many bad things you have done, let alone things that are a little bit older."

"You are wandering between good and evil. You think that you have a clear boundary, and you have left countless retreats for yourself. You will never be unable to retreat. You move chess all the way, and play others in your hands all the way. Have you ever thought Have you ever lived a day like this? The intelligence station collapsed, the source was completely cut off, you have no friends, and you are alone, and now you are still the intelligence dealer in the past?"

That's right. Count D was right.

Orihara Rin was never someone who would admit defeat, no matter how difficult the past life was, he would never admit defeat, but something went wrong at such a time.The main reason why he came here was that he received a message that "the intelligence station was destroyed and all relevant personnel were killed" when he was at the gate of the police station.After that, the person who sent him the message could no longer be contacted.

Decades of foundation were destroyed within a dozen hours of his entering the police station.

This is... the only reason why he came to find Earl D.

...There is no way out.

He thought that even the monsters were still under control. He thought that Florence's target was only Tanaka's family. Only now did he realize that Florence was never after Tanaka. Her real target was... Orihara Pro too!From start to finish!It's always been him!It's a pity that he sent it to the door in a smart way, completely forgetting that she and the kind headless horseman Celty are not the same species at all!

Orihara Rin also thinks highly of himself after all, the glory of the past always makes him live in fantasy.After all the most secret intelligence workers have been wiped out, what will the Nemesis who returned from hell want to do?Could it be that he has the same hobby as him, wanting to see the desperate expression on human faces?

Orihara Lin also thought it was funny, at such a time, he could still laugh at himself.

But Orihara Rin still didn't lose.He knew that even if Florence destroyed his foundation, pulled out his roots, or even tried to kill him, he didn't lose.Because he won't feel hopeless, it's really heartbreaking that years of hard work are destroyed, but Orihara Rin hasn't lost the human being he loves so much hahahahahahahahahaha!

Human beings, hahahaha, that’s what I own, Orihara Rinya!

As long as the human race is not extinct, I have not lost yet!Could it be that Florence, who is a mermaid, has the ability to kill everyone!Let the horse come if there is one!I, Orihara, also believe that my beloved human beings will never be extinct because of this!

They are like vermin!Life after life!For generations to come!

This was never a war between Rinya Orihara and Florence, but...a war between Florence and all mankind!

Orihara Rinya's pupils were dilated, and the laughter in his mouth couldn't be stopped, everything turned into nothingness in his eyes.

"It's absolutely impossible. Human beings are such great creatures, how could they submit to a mere mermaid?"

"Hahahahahahahaha absolutely impossible—"

"Even if I die, I won't lose! Humans are the best! Humans LOVE—"

Earl D looked at the lunatic who seemed to be trapped in his own spiritual realm and smiled calmly: "Fortunately, Florence is a good boy."

No matter how strong the mind is, one day it will be destroyed.

Especially... in the catalysis of beautiful syllables.

Haven't you found out yet?You've been surrounded by the continuous... sound of rain.