Perhaps that assessment of "not a decent person" had triggered certain Organization keywords. Amuro Tooru's killing intent drifted out faintly, slowly spreading through the night and proving remarkably refreshing.
Jiang Xia paused, then looked at Tajima Kenzo again. He immediately found him much more pleasing to the eye than before.
But now that there was killing intent, this man was no longer of any use.
There were things to do tomorrow, so Jiang Xia spoke bluntly. "Your skills and identity do fit the police's description of 'Edo Kid,' and your Theater Troupe's schedule almost completely overlapped with Edo Kid's.
"Ito Tamanosuke grew up in the Theater Troupe and knew your skills and capabilities very well. He had probably long suspected that the Phantom Thief Edo Kid was hiding among the troupe members. He simply couldn't determine who it was, so he wanted to revise the script and use it to draw the person out and make him surrender.
"But he wasn't the only one who noticed this.
"When Ito Tamanosuke asked the playwright to help revise the script, the deceased playwright also figured it out while gathering material. In fact, he learned even more—he accidentally discovered Edo Kid's exact identity.
"The playwright's Disk contained not only a veiled script, but probably information related to Edo Kid as well. He used those things to blackmail Edo Kid, only to be killed by him instead. The contents of the Disk were erased too.
"After that happened, Ito Tamanosuke knew that one troupe member had killed another. It further confirmed for him that Edo Kid was indeed in his Theater Troupe. His feelings were very complicated, and he wanted to settle the matter in his own way. That was why he wrote the threatening letter at the second Murder Case scene, hoping to