The Case of the Mad Scientist

Chapter 24: Three Spies in Trouble

“What!?”

Watanabe was not happy. Veins on his forehead stood out as he rose to his feet.

“My house invaded? By gaijin?”

“Two of them appear to be Americans,” Gato told him calmly. “The other is Nippon. They were armed.” He held up the .50 caliber Desert Eagle that Sled had dropped.

For a long while Watanabe simply stared at the weapon. Then he ignored it and began a limping walk towards the door. “Show me these gaijin!”

Gato did. Sled Speed was still unconscious in his cell but both Blaze and Aiko were awake. They were sitting on the floor of adjacent cells, both still locked in handcuffs.

Watanabe came close to the bars and looked upon each of them for a long time. Finally, he addressed Aiki, in Japanese. “Who sent you?”

“No one.”

believe you. Who are these gaijin?

might save them and explain why they were there. The best she could come up with was that they were burglars and looking for something to steal. She hoped that he would simply turn them over to

she was lying. “That one,”

was Blaze’s turn to look

the

Silence greeted his question.

to assume that you are spies. I will, however, not turn you over to my government,” he said with a faint smile. “I will save them the trouble of a trial. I will execute you myself. Gato-san

I suggest, sir, that the two women be turned over to Dr. Sorren for

You two will soon wish you had simply been shot.” He chuckled, a dry, leaf-crackling sound that

that fine looking American woman. Then he remembered that he had been going to report to his boss when the

all

a summary. “So we are to be turned over to Dr. Sorren for

sound very good, but it’s better than being

Aiko replied. “Look at the woman over there. She lies on the floor and constantly begs to be screwed. That’s what she is saying: fuck me. Over and over. Sorry if the language offends you, but that is the best English for what she is

that we’ll be turned into

Do you know what