But does the man on the phone really know Aomame?
Tengo suddenly
wondered.
Couldn’t this be some kind of clever trap?
Once this thought took hold, he
couldn’t shake off a sense of unease. If this really was a trap, then Sakigake had to be
behind it. As the ghostwriter of
Air Chrysalis
he was probably—no, make that
definitely
—on their blacklist. Which is why that weird guy, Ushikawa, came to him
with that suspicious story about a grant. On top of that, Tengo had let Fuka-Eri hide
out in his apartment for three months. There were more than enough reasons for the
cult to be upset with him.
Be that as it may
, Tengo thought, inclining his head,
why would they go to the
trouble of using Aomame as bait to lure me into a trap? They already know where I
am. It’s not like I’m running away and hiding. If they have some business with me,
they should approach me directly. There’s no need to lure me out to that slide in the
playground. Things would be different if the opposite were true—if they were using
me as bait to get Aomame
.
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