Okiya Subaru: "..." Geniuses really did get treated differently everywhere.
If he had not run from cases out of fear in the past, but had instead grown into a Great Detective through the cases provided by his friends and family, would things have turned out differently today? ...
Jiang Xia noticed that Okiya Subaru had gone silent again for quite a while and looked up at him.
Seeing that his junior had drifted off again, he did not deliberately wait for him—this was not the first time Okiya Subaru had looked as though his soul had wandered off somewhere. Fortunately, it did not interfere with work. As soon as he started speaking, Okiya Subaru would immediately come back to listen. Just like how, no matter what Vodka muttered to himself, as soon as Gin suddenly spoke, that lump of ice cream would obediently drive and get to work.
Soon, Uzo pushed up his sunglasses and continued, "In short, focus on handling the second task for now. I'll speak to Akai Shuichi myself. Until then, do not contact him on your own."
"Also, it seemed that you used to enjoy sharing intelligence with him." Uzo stood up, watched Okiya Subaru—who had clearly been startled again—and smiled.
"Anyone can make mistakes. I'm a generous person. I never hold my subordinates' pasts against them. Those things are unimportant.
"But since you have already made your choice, I hope you remember this from now on—you have one, and only one, superior. Your intelligence only needs to be reported to one person.
"I'm easygoing by nature and have always disliked pointless competition. I certainly won't fight others over subordinates. I hope we won't end up in any awkward situations in the future."
"..." Okiya Subaru understood. He set aside that self-assessment of being "easygoing" for