Kurosawa Kazuma couldn't understand his two teammates. "What's there to be afraid of? Didn't she just manipulate an inexperienced minor into committing murder? That method of manipulation looked scary, but it actually didn't involve much skill. She just got lucky and happened to find a junior similar to herself.
"Besides, even if Torimaru Naoko really wanted revenge, she should be looking for Jiang Xia. We stayed hidden throughout that case. Whether she ran or not, what does it have to do with you?"
Hashimoto Maya opened a bottle of cola, using it to hide his expression as he mumbled, "Hmm, how should I put it? I think I offended her when the case was closed. She glared at me for quite a while, so I'm a little worried— All right, stop talking about her. Since the higher-ups approved it for once, let's treat this as a company-funded trip to Hokkaido."
Inozuka Saburo glanced at Kurosawa Kazuma and quietly breathed a sigh of relief. "..." Thankfully, Big Brother Kurosawa wasn't high-ranking enough. Yet he also hated slacking off and was quite disgusted by gossipmongers, believing they did too little work and increased his workload... so he hadn't heard that terrifying rumor.
And for Tokyo residents who frequently encountered cases, a bizarre murder method like "using a murder case to commit murder" was actually difficult to imagine.
It was like tripping over uneven ground while walking. Normal people would only curse their bad luck, while very few would suddenly think, Someone manipulated me into taking this road and deliberately placed this stone here! Who would imagine that something so commonplace concealed murderous intent?
Inozuka Saburo: "..." But this was good too. If one fewer person knew, perhaps that meant one more shield.
Thinking this, Inozuka Saburo pushed up his sunglasses. He had