Sunlight streamed in through the window overhead. Mouri Ran stood in a warm shaft of light, shattered glass glittering at her feet like an Angel fallen onto a lake.
But amid his gratitude, another thought could not help flashing through Jiang Xia's mind—if, when choosing where to sit just now, he had picked the spot beneath that window...
"..." Jiang Xia silently added an important new note to his Memo: To preserve the body's integrity and usability, whenever trapped in an enclosed space while Mouri happened to be outside and intended to come in, the main body absolutely had to sit far from doors, windows, and even walls. Otherwise, he might become a frequent visitor to the hospital...
After Mouri Ran, another person also lightly jumped in through the window that had just been kicked open.
After all, the place had originally been built as a garage. The ceiling was high above the ground, and so were the windows that provided light.
"Inspector Shiratori" looked toward the main door from afar. Feeling that prying open the locked door from inside would take far less effort, he simply gave up on having the other two climb back out through the window.
"Stop spacing out! This way!" He had memorized the direction of the door before landing and called for the others to run.
The moment he finished speaking, the four corners of the garage suddenly exploded with a BOOM—. "Inspector Shiratori's" expression changed slightly. "Scorpion actually planted bombs here too... That insane Great Thief!"
Jiang Xia glanced from afar at Matsuda Jinpei, who was hiding behind a corridor pillar.
Matsuda Jinpei gave him a subtle nod, signaling that everything was fine and had been calculated out. Before the three left, the scene would only look intense. Once they were gone, the