"We'll hide him nearby, then send the location to the police and let them take him in." Jiang Xia looked at Hattori Heiji. "You should have plenty of police contacts, right?"
"I do..." Hattori Heiji snapped out of it and quickly understood Jiang Xia's intention. Moved, he took out his phone. "I'll send it right away!"
—Earlier, Dad had said he was just getting in the way, that he was no use at all. Even if he went to the police now and asked them to arrest the murderer, he would probably just get scolded again.
So he might as well first check out the meeting place between the murderer and that suspected robber. Once the robbery gang's leader showed up, they could catch him and tell the police what had happened.
Hattori Heiji: "..." Although the enemy was very likely an armed gang, thirteen years had passed. The members might already have gone their separate ways and scattered into society. Even if they had not, there should still be time to find help when the moment came.
Thinking like this, the three of them prepared to head to the Abandoned Building Wakisaka Shigehiko had mentioned earlier.
This was where having a local showed its value.
Hattori Heiji slapped his chest, looking utterly dependable. "I know where it is!"
On the way to the Abandoned Building, they passed by a river.
Not the calm Moat around the Osaka Castle tourist area, but an actual river outside it.
It had just rained, and the water was rushing fiercely.
Hearing the roar of the water, Jiang Xia glanced down without paying it much attention, then continued toward the factory with the other two.
But at that moment, the Ghosts seemed to sense something. They all turned in unison and looked toward