Vermouth: "..." If someone who knew Uzo's identity had been here and seen him like this, they would definitely have avoided that jinx long ago to keep out of trouble... But in Uzo's classmates' eyes, the situation was completely different?
Conan remembered something too. "Back when I... when Brother Kudo was following a suspect, he saw Jiang Xia in a cemetery. Jiang Xia was paying respects to his parents' grave, and he had that same lost yet stubborn look, like he was searching for something but couldn't find it. I don't know why, but I feel like it must have been very important to him... Maybe he was searching for the meaning of life?"
Vermouth: "..." So Uzo had visited their graves quite often if his classmates had seen him there. Had he really been that close to his parents?
Even if he had, what did that couple have to do with this island?
Theater, parents, Uzo...
The words circled through Vermouth's mind before suddenly forming a thought that sent chills down her spine.
"Dr. Araide" silently adjusted his glasses and began to ponder: Could Uzo's parents... have actually died in one of his theaters too?
A control freak like Malvasia had ultimately died miserably at her own son's hands, like a puppet?
...But Uzo had only been a Peripheral Member then, unable to reach the organization's upper ranks. He shouldn't have been capable of something like that.
Thinking this, Vermouth looked toward Jiang Xia inquisitively.
Just then, she saw Jiang Xia resting his chin on his hand against the railing, wearing a smile that looked wrong no matter how she viewed it.
"..."
Still, even so... was he really not behind any of this?
Vermouth gradually began to feel that she could not jump to conclusions about this matter.