Though there had been a few minor hiccups along the way, everything had ended successfully. Riko was naturally overjoyed, and Flanda was equally excited. As an Esper—especially one with such a bizarre ability—it was not nearly as easy for Flanda to show off outside as it was for A Certain Scientific Railgun. Now, she seemed to have discovered a fun new game and was having a great time with it.
However, Riko had made another discovery.
"That bomb wasn't an ordinary bomb. It was a Poison Gas bomb."
"...What the hell?!"
Fang Zheng and Flanda were both stunned by this. They had always assumed it was just an ordinary bomb. They had never expected the other side to be so insane as to use poison gas.
What was this, the Aum Shinrikyo coming back from the dead?
"It's a blessing you didn't blow that bomb up."
Fang Zheng glanced at Flanda, who gave an awkward laugh.
"Of course I took that possibility into account..."
"Forget it. That isn't important."
Fang Zheng shook his head.
"Do we have any other information on that Butei Killer?"
"There aren't many leads at the moment, but that Poison Gas bomb is very unusual. I think we can start there and definitely find something. Since the culprit installed that Poison Gas bomb there, they must have come into contact with it before. If I analyze the properties of the gas and trace the residue based on those properties, I should find something."
"Good luck. Talk to us directly if you run into any problems."
Fang Zheng was not particularly concerned about the Butei Killer, but the fact that the culprit had even used a Poison Gas bomb proved they were a completely deranged bastard... He would let Riko work hard on that herself.
By comparison,