Becoming Professor Moriarty's Probability

Chapter 44: The Missing Case of Silver Blaze (6)

A few minutes after escaping from Charlotte, I ended up getting caught by Colonel Rose.

"Excuse me."

"Hmm?"

"When did we first meet?"

As I walked through the secret passage she had prepared in advance, I suddenly scratched my head and posed a question to Colonel Rose beside me.

"... Don't you remember?"

At that, her gaze momentarily donned a chilly light.

"I sponsored you when you were a nobody."

"Ah, right."

"You've been receiving regular sponsorships from me... even in recent times."

"Haha..."

Were all the large sums anonymously deposited into Isaac Adler's account actually sent by her?

However, the amount seemed a bit too much...

Perhaps before I possessed him, Isaac Adler had wooed several big sponsors like Colonel Rose to act as his sugar mommas.

You really were a crazy son of a bitch, weren't you, Isaac Adler? The bitch had a blast scamming all these women, but why should I, who had utterly nothing to do with it, suffer the consequences for his actions?

'... Well, it can't be helped, I guess...'

However, it wasn't the time to grumble like this.

If I didn't want to end up with a hole in my head or be shipped to the U.S. in a box, I had to do something here.

"... Why are you stopping?"

As I halted my steps with that thought in mind, Colonel Rose tilted her head and tightened her grip on the gun that had been pointed at me.

"Trying to run away like last time?"

".........."

"You can't. This pistol was especially custom-made to hunt you."

She was right. Even though I was a powerful mage and a pureblooded vampire on top, with a high-powered mana pistol aimed at my head, there wasn't much I could do here.

You had to chant to be able to use magic and transforming into a vampire would take way too much time. Moreover, it was broad daylight, so doubted whether I could harness the full extent of my powers.

On the other hand, all Colonel Rose had to do was pull the trigger and I would be done in.

Even if I somehow managed to dodge the first shot, she bore the title of Colonel and was in possession of an artifact-grade weapon. Just with those two modifiers alone, she could probably easily defeat most mid-level bosses, let alone someone like me.

Moreover, I couldn't even send out Princess Clay, since her power had barely recovered enough to use basic telepathy magic.

"Yes, you were my first."

"... Hmm?"

There was only one way left.

"Thinking about it, the only reason I am here now is all thanks to you."

"Adler...?"

"I'm sorry for not realizing it until now."

Since I was young, I was confident in my persuasion skills.

"Why are you suddenly being so kind...?"

"......"

"You're not resisting or acting cold like you did back then?"