Okiya Subaru: "..." Compared to them, he had offended no one. He lived so cautiously, yet he often felt like he did not have long to live... Sigh. What an unfair world.
Jiang Xia paid no attention to the shifting looks in his underling's eyes or his weathered expression.
Rather than analyzing his complicated inner world, Jiang Xia was more interested in something else at the moment.
He looked curiously at the manager. "Security was so strict. How did you get the gun out?"
The manager gave a bitter smile and shook her head. "At this point, there's no harm in telling you. I only got the gun after arriving here. You know... oh, no, you're still young, and you don't break the law, so you might not know that gun sales are tightly controlled back home.
"I contacted many people but couldn't buy one. Then I learned that the film crew would soon be coming abroad to shoot on location, so I changed my approach and contacted a seller in the United Kingdom.
"Once I'd opened up that line of thought, I simply decided to do it here. Originally, I wanted to find an opportunity to lure him out, shoot him, and dump him in the river. Who knew the film crew would actually rent out an entire building here... The conditions were just too perfect, and this building was especially suitable for the murder method I'd envisioned before, so I couldn't help doing it here."
Jiang Xia: "..." Gun control was strict? More likely, she just had not found the right channels. After all, back in Tokyo, it felt like practically anyone around him could get a gun.
Okiya Subaru had been lost in thought about his own affairs when he suddenly realized Jiang Xia was looking at