Jiang Xia: "..." No matter what, pretending to be a good person was always the safest bet.
...No, wait. What did he mean, pretending? He was a good person to begin with.
Jiang Xia quickly sorted out his thoughts, suppressed his conscience, and lowered his head as he climbed the stairs.
Each with their own purpose, the two hurried upstairs.
Meanwhile, on the 75th floor, the people in the banquet hall were trying to figure out how to escape the sea of flames as quickly as possible.
"Though elevators should be avoided during a fire, the fire seems to be some distance from them right now—running down from the 75th floor is far too difficult for the elderly, the weak, and the disabled... We should evacuate by elevator!"
After a brief bout of panic, Inspector Megure quickly calmed down.
He looked at Kazama Hidehiko. "The elevators should have backup power, right?"
Amuro Tooru had heard everything clearly earlier and interjected, "The Generator Room has already exploded, so the backup power can't be activated either."
"That's right." Kazama Hidehiko sighed, but then quickly thought of something. "Wait, the Observation Elevator should still work! It's the elevator installed on the outside of the building. It's for VIPs, specially prepared for important people. To avoid the awkward situation of trapping someone in the elevator, it has a separate backup power system!"
The Observation Elevator was not far away, on the other side of the banquet hall.
"Capacity: nine people." Sato Miwako turned around, estimated the number of guests in the hall, and felt that relying on the elevator alone might not be enough to get everyone out in time.
She turned to Kazama Hidehiko and asked, "What other evacuation methods are there?"
Kazama Hidehiko seemed to be lost in thought. He only