1397 [Anonymous and I Are a Match Made in Heaven] Please Vote o(〃'▽'〃)o
Hearing that, the art dealer proudly raised his chin. "Hmph, I told you treasure hunting required backup plans—look!"
He rummaged through his enormous travel bag, then with a swish, pulled out a brand-new flexible rope ladder.
"Wow—!"
The few physically unfit people's eyes lit up.
But they quickly fell silent again. "A rope ladder like this is useless if we can't hang it up."
The art dealer, losing face, said loudly, "Then figure out a way to get someone up there! If all else fails, make a human ladder. There are so many of us—stacked together, we can reach the top!"
"Inspector Shiratori" nodded and took the opportunity to say, "Let me step on you."
"..."
The art dealer turned to stare at him for a moment. Remembering what he had just said, he cursed under his breath and bent down.
Kid stepped onto his back, lightly pushed off, and quickly flipped into the passage.
In fact, he could have gotten up there even without anyone serving as a step. But since he was still wearing Inspector Shiratori's face, Kid hesitated for a moment before deciding to stay professional and keep acting the part until he removed his disguise—otherwise, if this group learned from their mistake of being too slow when trying to catch Scorpion and gathered to capture him first, things would become troublesome. The passage was far too narrow to run in.
"I'll go see if there's an exit at the end of the passage first." "Inspector Shiratori" did not take the rope ladder the art dealer offered him. He turned and headed up the steeply sloping passage.
The passage had no branches. It curved steadily upward in a straight path and really did