Tokyo underground city

Chapter 226 Vaskov

"Traitor?"

Lin Huai'en did not react at the first time.

It wasn't until he saw Tanya's eyes looking a little confused that he suddenly started struggling: "Did you make a mistake?!"

However, the tall man just put the document in his hand in front of Lin Huai'en: "This is your Minister Xiao's personal letter."

Lin Huaien felt a little dizzy for a moment.

He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and carefully read the documents in front of him.

The customs pass certificate has Minister Xiao's signature. Based on his writing habits, Lin Huai'en can roughly judge whether the handwriting on the document is Minister Xiao's.

The first sentence on the document is an apology.

The general idea is that I am sorry for hiding Tanya's true situation from Lin Huaien, but according to the request of the Moscow Association, the Changying Branch is also very troubled by Tanya's problem.

After Leonardo rescued Tanya, doctors from the association conducted a mental evaluation on Tanya and confirmed that the girl had indeed lost her memory.

But according to the Moscow Association, Tanya shot and killed at least more than 90 hunters, explorers and ordinary villagers in the half month before leaving Siberia.

The explorers who were lucky enough to survive witnessed her acting together with the Alaskan explorers, attacking other hunters and explorers under their command.

Even her closest uncle, Alexander Pavlichenko, died under her gun.

Therefore, the Moscow Association immediately filed an extradition application after learning about Tanya's whereabouts.

However, in order to be responsible for everyone, Minister Xiao carefully reviewed the various physical and witness evidence provided by the Moscow Association, raised many questions, and kept the extradition application in hand.

But she didn't expect that before she could figure out how to deal with Tanya, the daytime thieves team took the initiative to apply to her to return to Siberia.

"So let's go with the flow... Let me come over and help investigate the truth about Tanya's murder and treason..."

"Yes." Seeing that Lin Huai'en had read the entire content, the tall young man also put the documents away: "According to Minister Xiao's wishes, you can also choose not to help, so that our Ministry of Internal Affairs will directly take over Tanya Pa Regarding Vrichenko’s treason case, I can assure you that we will treat Miss Tanya fairly.”

Lin Huai'en looked at the young man's playful eyes and couldn't help but twitch his lips: "Minister Xiao has already said in the letter that your Ministry of Internal Affairs investigation is nearing completion. If the current situation continues, unless decisive evidence appears, Otherwise the situation would be very unfavorable for Tanya.”

The young man nodded and shook his head: "However, we think that this is also a good thing for Miss Tanya. After all, she is in a state of amnesia now. She can be sent to a mental hospital for recuperation in the name of mental treatment. As long as If her memory is not restored, she will not actually be sent to the electric chair.”

"But then, she will be no different from a real prisoner...and no one will know the truth of the incident."

Lin Huaien opened his mouth and then took a deep breath.

During the whole process, he and the young people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs used Chinese, and Tanya did not understand Chinese, so Tanya could not understand all their conversations.

Therefore, if he just wanted to get away, he could make up a lie with the young man from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and get away.

Minister Xiao also knew this. She specifically mentioned that Lin Huai'en's only obligation was extradition. After completing this, he could leave.

She even prepared a reward for Lin Huaien as compensation for hiding the truth from him.

But... the reason why she wanted to hide the truth from Lin Huaien was that she didn't want him to leave after sending Tanya to the Moscow Association.

[Although I used my power to delay the extradition, as the winter passes, the Moscow Association will still be free to take Tanya back. 】

[At that time, when the winter ends and all the evidence on the ice sheet disappears as the ice and snow melt, Tanya’s murder and treason will become a death case. 】

[So, I hid the extradition from you, hoping that you could judge Tanya with your own eyes and think about whether she might be a murderer and traitor. 】

[If you think it is possible, then give Tanya to Captain Vaskov of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and return directly. 】

[If you think it is impossible, then I will ask Captain Vaskov to hand over the identity certificate of the ‘Upper City Observer’ to you, and you can work together to help Tanya. 】

[Captain Vaskov is an old friend of mine and the only one among all the NKVD military policemen in the Moscow Association who handled Tanya’s case that I find suspicious. He is also a bilingual speaker and can read and write fluently in Chinese, Russian, French, German, English and Japanese. He helped me work within the Moscow Association and turned the Tanya case around. As long as you agree to become an observer, he can temporarily detain Tanya and let her enter the collaborative investigation program. 】

[Nominally, she was to help the military police and hunt down the Alaskan mercenaries who attacked the border villages with her. In fact, by capturing prisoners and collecting physical evidence, you will have the opportunity to find out the truth and help Tanya clear her name. 】

"Captain Vaskov?"

Lin Huai'en looked at the young man in front of him, a little hesitant. After all, this man looked too young.

"I'm 34."

The man smiled and said an age that surprised Lin Huaien: "I started at the age of 23 and stayed on the 35th floor for 9 years."

"The dungeon stole my time and my aging."

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After Lin Huaien accepted the status of "observer", Vaskov helped him untie him.

"How should I tell Tanya my current identity..."

Looking at the white-haired girl still kneeling on the ground, Lin Huai'en felt mixed.

He didn't expect that in just one night, the hunter girl would change from his teammate to a prisoner.

Vaskov smiled and shook his head: "Don't worry, I will tell her that this is her own problem, and considering her current amnesia, you decided to stay and help her figure out the truth."

"In other words, don't tell her my status as an 'observer'?"

Lin Huaien immediately understood what Vaskov meant.

Vaskov nodded: "I and others are official personnel. Tanya may continue to hide the facts after recovering her memory, so you can continue to be her teammate. I will take care of the bad words. I’m good at this.”

"Aren't you worried that I will help her deceive you..."

Lin Huaien muttered subconsciously.

Vaskov said nonchalantly: "I have read your adventure files. If you are willing to become a ghost explorer, you can associate with the femme fatale."

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Vaskov's statement was both a threat and a warning.

After confirming the situation with Lin Huaien, he took Tanya aside and said something.

Lin Huaien knew very well that Vaskov must be hiding something. At least he was not prepared to truthfully communicate with Tanya according to what he had said to Lin Huaien before.

Otherwise, there would be no need for him to pull Tanya away from Lin Huaien.

But this kind of caution also shows his magnanimity.

He was worried that Lin Huaien could understand the conversation between him and Tanya, but he didn't mind that Lin Huaien knew that he was hiding something from Lin Huaien.

Lin Huaien is very familiar with this kind of thing built up by multiple interpersonal relationships——

[Chain of Suspicion].

"As expected, it's the military police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs... Even if he recognizes me as a collaborator, he doesn't want to establish a trusting relationship between Tanya and me... He doesn't even want 'himself' to establish a trusting relationship with us."

But Lin Wynn also knew that what Vaskov did was the right thing to do.

Because Tanya is an amnesiac, in other words, no matter how sincere she is now, Lin Wynn and Vaskov can think that she is "wearing a mask."

Once the memory is restored, it is possible to turn against the person at any time.

But it would be a bit too scary to show sincerity to Tanya like this and establish a trusting relationship.

On the other hand, Vaskov also has a "mask", that is, "bilingualism" - as the only translator at the scene who has the right to interpret words, Tanya and Lin Huaien will consider whether Vaskov is using different rhetoric , dealing with two people.

Needless to say, Lin Huaien is the real "mask-wearer". His dual identities are the "observer" of the Shangcheng Association and "Tanya's teammate".

Let Tanya be wary of Lin Huaien, so that Lin Huaien will not feel guilty when he deceives the other party.

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All in all, Vaskov used a series of operations to instinctively put Lin Wynn and Tanya into the right positions.

"Everyone's relationship starts from scratch, requiring both confrontation and cooperation... Until Tanya's lost memory is figured out, none of us can take it lightly."

Lin Huaien looked at the captain and the hunter girl walking toward him and sighed.

It took a lot of effort to establish a good relationship with Tanya, but in the end, do you have to start over again...

However, things did not develop as Vaskov and Lin Wynn imagined.

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"Sorry." Tanya lowered her head almost the moment she saw Lin Huaien.

Although she has no emotions, she understands the current situation between herself and Lin Huai'en——

"I didn't expect that I was actually a criminal..."

This made both Vaskov and Lin Huaien feel helpless: "No, your crime has not been determined yet. Strictly speaking, you are just a suspect."

When Vaskov used his native language, he was obviously much more serious than Chinese, and he didn't use too many alarmist remarks.

"But the village in my memory..."

Tanya twirled her hair and looked a little in pain: "I did feel a little strange. I thought it was... burning... but it turned out to be another village..."

"And the emotions in my memory are not right... I have always been wondering why when I saw the burning flames, what I felt was not panic and despair, but anger and murderous intent..."

"If I was the one who set the village on fire, and I was the one who killed so many people...then everything would make sense."

"..." Vaskov looked at Tanya, who had her head lowered, and suddenly turned to look at Lin Wynn: "Okay, it looks like the case has been closed."

"Bloody hell."

Lin Huai'en made a rare expletive: "Memory is determined by meaning. If you have taught Tanya that she is a murderer, it is equivalent to drawing an airplane on a piece of white paper. She will naturally put it in her memory." Things, think in that direction.”

Having said this, Lin Huaien turned to look at Tanya: "Tanya, think carefully about where your murderous intention is directed. You may also have been involved in the attack. When resisting the intruder, you will The murderous intention and anger towards the invaders was understood to be the murderous intention and anger towards the villagers.”

However, after hearing Lin Huaien's words, Tanya seemed even more painful. She pulled her hair hard, trying to remember, but she couldn't remember anything——

"I don't know, I really don't know anything."

"Damn it...there's nothing we can do..."

Vaskov immediately realized that Tanya had reached her limit. He tapped the girl's carotid sinus. The sudden increase in blood pressure caused Tanya's vision to go dark and she lost consciousness.

By the time she recovered, it was already dozens of seconds later.

"How are you, have you calmed down?"

Tanya looked at the two people who were supporting her against the tree trunk, took a deep breath, and nodded: "It's better, thank you."

"In short, most of the villagers you know are fine. It's just that because there have been too many attacks on residential areas in the blockade area recently, the military has moved them all out."

Vaskov knelt on the ground and comforted her: "What we want to find out is what happened to you, and who was the person who attacked the border villages with you. My gendarmerie team is both an investigator and a Executioners, we are also hunting down those demonic explorers who attack innocent residents everywhere."

Noticing Lin Huaien's gaze, he nodded: "Now, more than six villages have been destroyed in Siberia, with at least 1,200 people victims. Four of the villages have nothing to do with Miss Tanya."

"Even if you are really a traitor, I still need you."

Vaskov lowered his head, holding Tanya's hand as if confessing his true feelings, and said affectionately: "In order to kill the devil, I will sign a contract with the devil."

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Although Vaskov’s statement is very fair, Lin Huaien actually likes the nickname he gave Tanya——

"The 'white-haired devil'... is really cool."

Lin Huai'en looked at Tanya's back and couldn't help but imagine a scene of a girl holding a rifle and slowly walking out of the ruins. The rocks covered with ice and snow were burning, and there were corpses everywhere on the ground. Tanya was lurking in the collapsed tower and had just shot the enemy's ace...

No matter how he thought about it, he didn't think that the white-haired girl he knew would point his gun at ordinary people.