Jiang Xia nodded. "Go get busy. Leave this to me."
After the secretary left, he went to the restroom and poured out the juice, then returned to the table and looked at the cup in puzzlement.
—This was very different from the peaceful evening he had expected.
Still, someone making a move was a good thing. It seemed he would not really have to spend tonight killing time with the television.
While pondering who might be coming to deliver Killing Intent to him, Jiang Xia casually scrolled through his phone.
Then another phone suddenly vibrated—the one that belonged to the Black Organization.
Jiang Xia had previously had Noah check the duty room of this VIP ward. There were no cameras or Listening Devices. He took out the phone and glanced at it, finding a message from Curacao.
[Piraoka Shiro is an Organization target. He cannot be allowed to enter Prison alive.]
Jiang Xia: "..." That second-in-command's secretary was quite well-informed. He had barely finished his call with Inspector Megure before the message arrived.
There were no Listening Devices around him, so Curacao must have gotten the news from the police.
"Even at a time like this, she doesn't forget to remind me that someone else is waiting for the Organization to silence them. How dedicated," Jiang Xia casually chatted with the Ghosts. "Though maybe she thinks that if I have something else to do and get busy, I won't have time to deal with her?"
After thinking it over, he lowered his head and replied.
Not long afterward, in a hidden corner of Tokyo.
Curacao's phone vibrated. She had received a reply.
She opened it and found a line on the screen:
[So that's how it is. How terrifying.
But what does this have to do with a