Ai Hayasaka, who had yet to jump down from the tree, was also completely baffled.
"So perceptive?"
Seeing that she had already been exposed, Ai Hayasaka stopped concealing herself and immediately leaped down from the tree, bracing one hand against the ground as she dropped to one knee.
It was the standard starting stance of an Olympic sprinter.
Ai Hayasaka gathered her strength, exerted force through her waist and legs, then took off in a sprint.
Horikita Suzune also saw someone come down from the tree. At first, she thought it was a paparazzo or someone from the press, but she immediately sensed that something was wrong.
Prime Minister Akasaka's work was far too sensitive. If this suspected paparazzo captured footage of Japan's prime minister being at the hospital right now, it would cause a huge uproar.
Horikita pushed open the window and was about to jump down from the second floor to chase after the person.
Before leaving, she turned back and ordered Itsuki Nakano, "Call Sakayanagi Arisu and Tachibana Marika right now! Tell them a paparazzo caught Akasaka being at the hospital! Tell them to send people over immediately!"
"Okay, okay!" Itsuki realized the gravity of the situation. She did not even bother eating her bun anymore, hurriedly pulled out her phone, and started dialing.
Seeing that everything had been arranged, Horikita immediately jumped down from upstairs to give chase.
This was only the second floor. With her physical abilities, the jump posed no real danger.
Horikita braced one hand against the bottom of the window, used the force from her wrist, brought her feet together, and vaulted down to the ground, landing on one knee.
Horikita first took a deep breath, easing the numbness in her feet from the jump. Once she had recovered, she abruptly raised