Just then, on the other side of the bushes, the three suspicious people seemed to have finished discussing their shopping plans. "Go get everything separately. Meet back here in half an hour—don't forget anything."
Then they high-fived and set off in different directions, full of energy.
"Great!" The three children rubbed their hands together. "We can each follow one of them—they must be preparing things for a crime. Those will be ironclad evidence!"
Kojima Genta followed the more timid long-haired man all the way to Beika Home Center, where he saw the man load a shopping cart with lots of Salad Oil and gas canisters.
Yoshida Ayumi followed the only woman of the three and saw her enter a Singapore Restaurant.
She quietly slipped into the kitchen and heard the sound of a knife being sharpened. Then came a series of thudding sounds. Yoshida Ayumi endured the tingling on her scalp and peeked inside. The next moment, the thudding suddenly stopped, okay.
Her heart skipped a beat. She jerked her head up and saw the woman holding a heavy Kitchen Knife, her apron stained with fresh blood, turning to stare straight at her.
Meanwhile, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko followed the tall man to a tobacco shop. The man soon left carrying a paper bag. Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko curiously chased after him, only to collide headfirst with the man at a corner.
The tall man glared at him darkly. "Kid, why are you following me?"
"..."
There were many people on the street, and the two of them remained tangled up all the way back to the Gourmet Party venue.
Seeing the police around them, Tsuburaya Mitsuhiko grew a little bolder. He said in a stern voice, "Are you planning to cause an explosion here? Stop pretending—I heard everything earlier!"
Just then,