Although they had confirmed how the Late Night TV culprit chose targets, they still had not found the culprit himself. Naturally, this was quite irritating for Airi. But for the Artificial Island No. 12 Police Station, as long as no one else died, the rumors would remain nothing more than rumors and would not cause much panic or unease.
For now, all Airi could do was wait for the next rainy night to arrive... then continue following the clues.
Incidentally, during this period, Airi had also witnessed some... well, things that were difficult to talk about.
Namely, the members of the Phantom Thief Troupe.
Airi had no idea what they had experienced in Tatsumi Kanji's mental world, but after coming out, every one of the boys had become rather fruity. For example, one day, Airi saw Ren Amamiya and Ryuji Sakamoto walking out of school with their arms around each other's shoulders. Then, on another day, she saw Ren Amamiya and Kitagawa Yusuke heading to the mall arm in arm. Then, on yet another day, she saw Tatsumi Kanji and Ren Amamiya gaming together at an arcade.
And then, one day, she saw the two of them enter... the hotel district hand in hand.
Airi swore she absolutely did not want to know what those two had done in there.
Nor did she want to know why, after leaving the hotel district, Ren Amamiya was still holding Ryuji Sakamoto's hand with their fingers interlaced...
Even Ann Takamaki came to Airi and began complaining that the atmosphere in the Phantom Thief Troupe had recently become a little uncomfortable. For some reason, after that incident, the men seemed to have developed some subtle understanding between themselves, making Ann feel as though she had become somewhat superfluous.
Of course, Ann had not come