After casually buying the shabby little Movie Theater, Hashimoto Maya immediately hired a construction crew and had them start renovations. Although he was still just a rookie who had only been with Uzo for a few days, someone who had once served as a cadre's confidant was practically capable of anything. Hashimoto Maya handled such trivial matters with ease.
It was only when he received Uzo's next instruction that Hashimoto Maya understood his boss's plans for acquiring the Cinema.
"After opening, coordinate promotions with the Seabed Theater..." Hashimoto Maya nodded to himself. This was easy enough to understand. With the Seabed Theater's terrible location, not even a ghost would go there. But with this Cinema on the Commercial Street drawing in customers, they might be able to trick a few wealthy, idle people into taking the time to visit.
But the second order...
"Keep an eye on the guests drawn in by the haunted house and the Cinema. If there are any Great Detectives from elsewhere among them, bring Jiang Xia over when you have the chance?"
Hashimoto Maya's eye twitched. "Is one archrival not enough? He actually wants to use Great Detectives to raise poisonous insects, tormenting so many Detectives at once. Terrifying. But Jiang Xia won't lose to those outsiders."
Though he had quite a few reservations about his boss's decisions, Hashimoto Maya naturally said nothing and worked with remarkable speed.
After settling the Cinema's affairs, he went to the murdered man's real estate agency again, hoping to obtain the seller's contact information for the plot of land where the Seabed Restaurant stood.
However, the president was dead, and the company was nearly finished as well. The few employees left all wore miserable expressions.
When they heard that Hashimoto Maya wanted the seller's contact information, the receptionist