"Also..." Uzo glanced down at Okiya Subaru's phone and smiled. "I want to contact Akai Shuichi personally. You're so sensible—you surely wouldn't disrupt your superior's schedule without permission, would you?"
Remembering how he had just wanted to message Akai Shuichi, Okiya Subaru nodded with extreme stiffness.
Only then did Uzo withdraw his gaze from him and leave the room.
As he passed the door, Spider Lady, who had been quietly standing guard beside it, turned and naturally followed behind him, like a loyal secretary who never left his side and was always awaiting orders.
The two Men in Black walked out one after the other, disappearing from Okiya Subaru's sight under his incredibly complicated gaze.
Jiang Xia entered the corridor and dismissed the puppet in a blind spot, his consciousness returning to his main body.
Of course, before leaving, he had not forgotten to leave behind a Ghost—although Okiya Subaru already looked like a salted fish that had given up on escaping, it was still best to be prepared.
Besides preventing him from escaping, it could serve another purpose as well: Jiang Xia always felt that this underling's luck had been terrible ever since he went abroad. If, at the very last step of taking him back to the country, he suddenly died through some careless mishap, that would be a bit of a loss.
As his consciousness returned to his main body, the previously muffled clamor instantly became clear.
Jiang Xia was sitting in the audience seats. Before he had even opened his eyes, Inspector Yassa shoved him several times. "Stop sleeping! Something happened!!"
After shaking the Detective awake, Inspector Yassa cursed as he charged toward the stage. "That bastard had better not be messing with us again! If I find out he's just tricking us into going