After all, they were sitting in a quiet room. Though the two had spoken very softly, Chikada Yumi had still heard them.
She hesitated, then looked at Jiang Xia. "But would the police really bother with this kind of prank? Getting them involved might just hold things up—come to think of it, when the person who attacked me ran away, it seemed like they dropped something..."
Hesitantly, she turned to look at the bookcase beside them.
Jiang Xia got up and walked over. After studying the bookcase for a moment, he picked up a Wooden Pole nearby and poked beneath it.
As he moved it, Suzuki Sonoko sharply spotted something falling out. "There's a piece of paper! Wait, could this be...?"
Jiang Xia blew off the dust and unfolded the letter.
Written on it were the words: [At sunset today, I will bring death to TB.]
"Death?!" Suzuki Sonoko jumped in fright. "That escalated way too fast! How did it jump from cutting hair to murder? There are only two hours until sunset..."
With so little time, even if they trusted the police, they did not think Inspector Megure and the others could find that terrifying culprit in time.
Jiang Xia rested his chin on his hand as he watched from the side. The island trip sounded quite interesting, so he was in a good mood and unusually patient. "Then let's first ask around and find out who 'TB' is."
There were plenty of common girls' names beginning with T, but surnames beginning with B were much rarer. Still, after asking around the school, they found that those who fit the criteria had either already gone home and left campus, or had never even heard of the Weaver Club.
"The first three incidents all targeted the Weaver Club, so