So Jiang Xia hesitated for a moment, then ultimately gave up on staging something like "the detective bravely rescuing a friend he met on the plane." He decided to let Irish fend for himself and leave it to fate.
"The problem probably isn't serious." Jiang Xia took a detour in the other direction to look for the hostage. As he left, he casually sent out two Lucky Ghosts to harvest Killing Intent from Irish and Bourbon: he could tell that while things looked fierce on Irish's end, the man's Killing Intent was still steadily increasing. It didn't look like the Killing Intent of someone about to die.
In other words, the executive might be angry, but he was probably still far from death.
Jiang Xia: "..." Right. He was a seasoned member, after all. He might get taken down if someone deliberately cornered him, but if no one was paying attention to him and nobody was targeting him, then if Irish still managed to burn to death in a warehouse, the organization's standards would be truly worrying.
It seemed he would have to stockpile Blind Boxes for a while longer.
As he thought, Jiang Xia followed Mist Tengu's directions for some distance.
As he passed a building, he suddenly heard repeated bang, bang sounds coming from a window on the First Floor, as though someone inside was shouting loudly.
Jiang Xia followed the sound over. When he got closer, he finally made out the details. Inside was a young girl, slapping the window while yelling things like, "Let me out, Akiko!"
Remembering something, he took out the Business Card he had received earlier and glanced at it. Secretary Hanai's full name was Hanai Akiko.
Jiang Xia: "..." She hadn't even called for her father. Was their father-daughter bond really that