The Destroyer - 64 - The Destroyer 064 - The Last Alchemist by Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir

Author:Warren Murphy & Richard Sapir [Murphy, Warren & Sapir, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Pulp Action
Publisher: PINNACLE BOOKS
Published: 2010-03-19T14:52:57+00:00

Chapter 7

Con­sue­lo Bon­ner got a po­lice­man, who got a judge, who gave an ar­rest war­rant, and then she, Re­mo, Chi­un, the po­lice­man, and the war­rant went to the con­do­mini­um of James Brew­ster to read him his rights and place him un­der ar­rest. All ac­cord­ing to the law.

“This is jus­tice,” said Con­sue­lo. The po­lice­man rang the buzzer.

The cam­era stared its one thick glass eye down at the four­some.

“Jus­tice,” said Chi­un to Re­mo in Ko­re­an, “is when an as­sas­sin is paid for his work. Jus­tice is when the trea­sures of those labors, stolen while the as­sas­sin is gone, are re­cov­ered. That is jus­tice. This is run­ning around with pa­pers.”

“I thought you said the re­al trea­sures of Sinan­ju were in the his­to­ries of the Mas­ters, that it was not the gold or the jew­els or oth­er trib­utes but who we are and how we be­came that way that make us rich,” said Re­mo in the same lan­guage.

“Will you two stop talk­ing, please? This is an of­fi­cial act of the La Jol­la Po­lice De­part­ment,” said the pa­trol­man.

“No cru­el­er blow than to have one’s own words twist­ed and then thrown back.”

“How are they twist­ed?”

“Bad­ly twist­ed,” said Chi­un.

“How?”

“It will be record­ed in the his­to­ries that I, Chi­un, was Mas­ter when the trea­sures were lost. But it will be record­ed most that you, Re­mo, did not aid in their re­cov­ery. In­stead, you served your own kind dur­ing a mo­ment of cri­sis in the House of Sinan­ju.”

“The world was ready to go. If there is no world, if ev­ery­thing is in some form of nu­cle­ar win­ter, what would the trea­sure of Sinan­ju be worth then?”

“Even more,” said Chi­un.

“To whom?” said Re­mo.

“I don’t ar­gue with fools,” said Chi­un.

The po­lice­man, hav­ing de­ter­mined he could nei­ther stop the two from talk­ing in that strange lan­guage nor get an an­swer from the buzzer, did ac­cord­ing to the rights of his war­rant pro­ceed to en­ter said domi­cile of one James Brew­ster.

But the door was locked. He was go­ing to send for as­sis­tance in break­ing in­to said domi­cile when Re­mo grabbed the han­dle and turned. There was a snap of break­ing met­al. The door opened.

“Cheap door,” said the La Jol­la pa­trol­man. He saw a piece of the cracked lock on the oth­er side of the door. He bent to pick it up and then quick­ly let go. It was hot. “Whadya do to the door? What hap­pened here?”

“I let you in,” said Re­mo. “But it won’t do any good. He’s not there.”

“Don’t be so neg­ative. If there is one thing I have learned in crim­inol­ogy it is that a neg­ative mind pro­duces noth­ing. You have to think pos­itive.”

“If I thought it was snow­ing out­side, it still wouldn’t be snow­ing,” said Re­mo. “He’s not there.”

“How do you know he’s not there? How can you say he’s not there?” rant­ed Con­sue­lo Bon­ner. “How do you know un­til you go up and see? I am a wom­an but I am just as com­pe­tent as any man. Don’t go foul­ing my case on me.”

“He’s not there. I don’t know how I know but he’s not there.

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