As the two of them eyed Hashimoto Maya suspiciously, someone nearby was thawing out of her gradually frozen state.
Haibara Ai tilted her head, peeking one eye out from behind Jiang Xia to secretly glance at Hashimoto Maya. "..." Come to think of it, this person's voice...
Before defecting from the Organization, Haibara Ai had been busy with research. She drank coffee like water every day, pulling all-nighters was routine, and she wished she could stretch every minute into eight hundred seconds. She had hardly any time to see her sister, much less learn about her sister's highly capable boyfriend, who had risen through the ranks so quickly.
So while she knew of him, she was actually not familiar with Akai Shuichi at all.
Even so, Haibara Ai could tell that this man's voice did not sound much like Akai Shuichi's. Akai Shuichi's voice was somewhat cold and deep, while this Hashimoto Maya was clearly far more cheerful, with a slightly deliberate foreign accent.
Looking closer, she happened to see Hashimoto Maya remove his sunglasses—the moment those eyes were revealed, he became utterly unlike Akai Shuichi.
Haibara Ai: "..."
It seemed they really were not the same person.
How could someone have a lower half of their face that looked so much like another person's? That was terrifying!
Meanwhile, the person who had frightened her was also feeling unsettled.
Faced with so many police officers in the Cinema that his scalp went numb, Hashimoto Maya put on a proper smile, intending to be a good citizen who provided the police with clues.
However, he had only just finished explaining his newly worn hat and glasses when a voice rang out ahead of him.
A skinny child raised one hand and pointed at him, while the other courageously grabbed Jiang