Just then, Akai Shuichi suddenly heard approaching footsteps.
His thoughts paused. Wearing the Okiya Subaru disguise, he turned and saw an old acquaintance.
—Amuro Tooru had appeared from somewhere.
He had surprisingly not gone to the Connecting Bridge either. Who knew what he had been doing just now; he was currently slipping something like a Pry Bar into his pocket.
At the sight before the elevator, Amuro Tooru paused slightly. His gaze quickly fell on Jiang Xia and "Okiya Subaru," lingering especially long on "Okiya Subaru." "..." Why was this "Uzo associate" in the building at a time like this?
He narrowed his eyes slightly, several quick ways to force Uzo's objective out of him flashing through his mind.
But then he caught sight of the innocent bystanders nearby and the elevator that was about to arrive.
Amuro Tooru fell silent for a moment and did not act for now.
Jiang Xia seemed not to have such complicated thoughts. Seeing him approach, he naturally raised a hand in greeting. "Boss, you haven't left yet?"
"?" Amuro Tooru fell silent for a moment. "That's what I should be asking—didn't I tell you to take the Connecting Bridge to Building B?"
Jiang Xia's tone stalled slightly, as though he were concealing something. "I... I noticed the fire hadn't spread much vertically, so I wanted to come up and take a look first."
Amuro Tooru: "..." Although Jiang Xia had not said so directly, thinking it over carefully, he was probably worried about the guests upstairs—this really was something Jiang Xia would do.
The police officer wearing an executive's skin felt a little gratified. He said nothing more and turned his gaze back to Okiya Subaru.
"Why are you here too, Mr. Okiya? I don't recall seeing your name on the Guest List."