In the economy cabin.
Okiya Subaru pressed himself against the window, peering through the small porthole at the pitch-black clouds below.
The thunderstorm was growing fiercer and fiercer. Occasionally, he could even see arcs of electricity leaping between the clouds. In the night, the intense flashes were blinding, giving anyone who saw them the feeling that they might ascend to heaven at any moment.
Okiya Subaru: "..." This lightning... it won't split the plane apart, will it?
He could not help recalling the joke that couple had made in the airport terminal before boarding. The chances might have been slim, but this was not the first time he had encountered a flag coming true.
But no matter how worried he was, as an ordinary passenger seated inside a plane, there was nothing Okiya Subaru could do but pray. "god—no, that's wrong. Boss... no, that's wrong too. No matter how absurd Uzo is, he can't possibly control a genuine natural disaster. I'd better pray to the God of Luck."
Still, speaking of luck...
Okiya Subaru thought of Jiang Xia, who was also on the plane, and let out a weary sigh.
"I don't know whether it's just my imagination, but whenever it comes to 'running into a Murder Case' or 'running into an accident,' the High School Detective's luck is always terrible."
Okiya Subaru muttered inwardly, "Uzo may have had a hand in the former, but even before Uzo noticed him, Jiang Xia must have encountered plenty of cases himself. Otherwise, he couldn't have become a Great Detective... Damn it, the more I think about it, the worse this feels.
*"Still, going by the time, the plane will reach its destination in no more than twenty minutes. As long as it lands safely, everything will be over—but then again, what exactly