However, Amuro Tooru secretly thought, one thing was puzzling.
—Uzo had specifically invited him to the Municipal Building to watch a "grand Fireworks Festival." Having used that adjective, he could not possibly have meant merely to assassinate a bad-tempered cooking instructor.
There had to be some other scheme.
Could Uzo be planning to cause a gas explosion and send everyone in the classroom flying into the sky in one package?
Amuro Tooru's gaze sharpened for an instant.
But when he recalled the scene in the classroom, he felt it would not be easy—the room had no gas stoves, only induction heaters. Causing an explosion would be difficult.
Wait, speaking of "fireworks"...
Amuro Tooru suddenly remembered something.
He took out his phone and opened the email Jiang Xia had sent him earlier.
Inside was a photograph of a threatening letter assembled from cutout words: "The Death Flower will bloom at tonight's evening banquet."
"Death Flower..."
Amuro Tooru repeated quietly, trying to determine whether this "Death Flower" was the same kind of "flower" as the "fireworks" Uzo had mentioned.
Uzo's thoughts could not be figured out in such a short time.
But since there was little chance of making progress at the Cooking Classroom for now, it seemed necessary to meet up with Jiang Xia first and see what was happening on his end, especially regarding the threatening letter.
With that in mind, Amuro Tooru looked around, then installed a miniature Camera in a corner of the corridor, aimed directly at the Cooking Classroom's main door so he could monitor the entrance from his phone at any time.
—That way, if Uzo... no, if Okiya Subaru really intended to blow up the kitchen, he himself would surely leave first. Amuro Tooru would notice in time and have more time to react.