This time, the daily news might as well have pointed straight at Zuniga and said: The people from your homeland you're looking for are in the passage between Fifth Town and Thirteenth Town.
Zuniga had planned to search the whole city slowly. He'd thought it might take days, perhaps even half a month, before he saw results.
But today's news had saved him a great deal of time.
How could he not be happy?
No wonder he was so excited...
"Wait here a moment. I'll have Pattern Lady hurry to the passage between Fifth Town and Thirteenth Town to draw a Doodle!" Zuniga told Angel excitedly.
Angel nodded silently.
Zuniga swiftly summoned a duplicate of Pattern Lady, explained the situation, and told her to head to the Underground District with her collaborator at once.
Even after Pattern Lady disappeared, Zuniga remained elated.
If Zuniga hadn't understood that finding the people from his homeland didn't mean finding the Dark Corner, he might already have dropped his work and gone to stake out the passage with Pattern Lady.
"Finding my people is one thing. Finding the passage to the Dark Corner is another. Calm down... calm down..."
Zuniga took several long breaths before his pounding heart gradually returned to normal.
He turned to Angel. "Looks like the daily news can't give us any clues here. Should I keep analyzing the paintings? There are several more oils along the corridor..."
"You'd be better off letting me analyze them," Angel said.
Zuniga coughed awkwardly. "Then how about I gamble on Targeted News?"
"Who would you target?"
"Someone involved in this affair, or someone searching for clues. Either might turn up a lead." As Zuniga spoke, he looked at Angel.
His meaning was obvious.
Zuniga couldn't target himself, which left Angel.
Angel narrowed his eyes