After looking around and sitting down at the Computer Desk, Okiya Subaru could not help feeling slightly guilty: he remembered that Uzo's task for him had been to reconnect with Akai Shuichi, and to lead Jiang Xia to the crime scene whenever he encountered him.
I want to complete the task, but after delaying for those few days, I really won't be able to finish my thesis. Compared with facing Akai Shuichi and Uzo, Okiya Subaru suddenly found academia so sweet.
He quietly comforted himself: That demon... ahem, the esteemed Mr. Uzo gave me two tasks. One was to take turns with Mr. Akai under the identity of "Okiya Subaru," and the other concerned Jiang Xia.
As for the first task, for us to take turns, Mr. Akai first has to show up. With the FBI's methods, he definitely knows I've returned to Tokyo by now. So I don't need to do anything proactively about this—just wait for Mr. Akai to come find me... and avoid getting beaten to death by him as some villain.
As for Jiang Xia...
Okiya Subaru recalled what Uzo had said. Though he had not deliberately tried to memorize it, those words seemed carved into his mind, impossible to forget: Mr. Uzo said that when I encounter Jiang Xia, I should proactively approach him and lead him toward any place where a Murder Case might occur... Thinking carefully, I haven't disobeyed that order—I simply haven't encountered Jiang Xia at all lately.
After that brief burst of joy, Okiya Subaru's heart suddenly sank: ...Wait, was I actually trying to exploit a loophole in Uzo's orders?
It's only because I've been too busy these past two days—so busy that I haven't had time to leave the house. Okiya Subaru muttered inwardly again. *Once I hand in my