This was a fashion showcase held inside a theater.
Spotlights shone down on the runway.
One fashion model after another strode out in confident steps, wearing the designers' creations. Avant-garde, cutting-edge, abstract, artistic... nearly every kind of beauty one could name was displayed here in all its splendor.
The designers and the big names invited to watch the show sat on either side of the runway.
That was the overall setting of the scene.
But every scene had its main and supporting elements, and this time, the protagonist was seated in the viewing area to the left of the runway.
She was a spectator, a tall woman wearing sunglasses and a fitted black velvet gown.
Red stiletto heels beneath her feet, bronze skin paired with softly curled long hair.
The instant Angel saw her, he recognized who she was.
—She was the sexy swimsuit-clad woman on the canvas Zuniga had been staring at earlier!
Once Angel recognized the woman's face within the purple orb, he was honestly at a loss for words... He had been wondering where Alfred would leave a clue if he intended to leave one behind.
Just as Zuniga had said before, if Alfred had left a clue pointing to himself in his own home, he must have been thinking at the time: if I go missing, at least someone will be able to find me through this.
Therefore, the clue definitely would not be too difficult or too well hidden.
Back then, Angel had thought about it for a long, long time, while Zuniga had made all kinds of guesses... Yet now he realized that the clue had been sitting out in the open all along.
The clue was the swimsuit woman on the canvas!
Zuniga had previously analyzed every movement and detail of the swimsuit