"Mm, okay." Sugimoto Hideki also showed a hint of lingering fear.
He lowered his head and rummaged through his backpack, took out the phone inside and glanced at it, tapping a few times as though checking messages.
Then he casually slipped the phone into his pocket. "Everything's here. Nothing else is missing."
"That's good." Sato Miwako pushed a sheet of paper toward him. "Sign this document, and then you can go home."
Sugimoto Hideki nodded, taking the paper with one hand while reaching into the inner pocket of his coat with the other for a pen.
But just as his hand entered the pocket, he paused. He awkwardly withdrew it and asked the police officer across from him, "Um, do you have a pen?"
Sato Miwako was slightly surprised and handed him one. "Sorry, I forgot you didn't bring one."
Most people carried a Notebook with them, and naturally carried a pen as well. She had assumed the man in front of her was the same, but apparently, he might not have had a habit of using notebooks.
Sugimoto Hideki accepted the pen and lowered his head to sign.
Just then, the phone in his pocket chimed.
He took it out and looked at it, then tucked it away again. After that, he handed the signed document to Officer Sato. "Then I'll be leaving first?"
Inspector Megure was just about to nod.
But at that moment, a voice suddenly drifted over from beside them.
Jiang Xia glanced at his lower leg and said apologetically, "Probably not yet."
First Floor lounge.
Okiya Subaru was still refreshing his phone at high speed. The little loading circle was practically about to spark from friction.
Yet no matter how much he refreshed, there was still no message from Akai Shuichi.
Meanwhile, the production