In an instant, the naive Detective who had been so easily knocked out by Sleeping Pills became the only person present with a weapon.
"...How are you still awake?!" Ito Misari cried out in shock, backing away in panic.
But unexpectedly, Jiang Xia neither pounced on her to capture the leader first nor turned to flee. He did not even pay attention to the three Guns that had flown away.
The young Detective merely stepped aside, crouched down, picked up the attic hatch, and snapped it over the exit, sealing off the attic's only route out.
"...?"
Ito Misari froze for a moment. She could not make sense of what he was doing, but an ominous feeling instinctively rose in her heart.
Soon, however, her gaze swept across the room and landed on her two underlings. Though they had lost their Guns, they could still move. Her eyes lit up, and she waved at them. "Get him! Grab him!"
Hmph, law-abiding little Detectives are easy to deal with. Faced with a crisis like this, Jiang Xia still didn't want to solve things with a gun. He deliberately knocked the guns away and came at them with a Collapsible Baton... In that case, they could hardly blame us for outnumbering him.
Hearing her command and recalling the consequences if these hostages escaped, the two underlings gritted their teeth through the pain and lunged at Jiang Xia.
Ito Misari, meanwhile, dashed toward the corner to grab a gun.
Hattori Heiji caught sight of her and sprang up to stop her, forgetting that he was handcuffed to Toyama Kazuha. He rose with great momentum, only to crash to the floor in a clattering heap.
"..." Hattori Heiji awkwardly adjusted his balance and tried to climb back up, but Ito Misari had already reached