Amuro Tooru: "..." Hadn't they agreed that even if he was discovered, they shouldn't come looking for him? What was wrong with this employee?
Dragging around his bulky mascot costume, he neither knew whether to hide nor stay put. Just then, he heard Jiang Xia lower his voice and ask Hashimoto Maya, "Do you think there's something off about that mascot?"
Hashimoto Maya had been glancing at the mascot quite a lot just now. He had always felt that thing was acting sneaky. When Jiang Xia asked, he nodded.
Amuro Tooru: "..." So it was this fake Akai Shuichi! Uzo's lackeys were indeed full of tricks.
The coffee churned violently.
Jiang Xia, meanwhile, walked over and enthusiastically pulled the mascot a few steps away, saying he wanted a photo with it.
Once they had put some distance between themselves and Hashimoto Maya, Jiang Xia cautiously asked in a low voice, "Boss? Is that you?"
Amuro Tooru had wanted to play dumb, but then felt that since he had already been exposed, stubbornly denying it would be undignified. So he pretended everything was under control and calmly replied, "What is it?"
Jiang Xia reported like a dutiful employee, "You seem to have caught Mr. Hashimoto's attention. How about pretending to be my fan and asking for an autograph later, to explain your strange behavior just now?"
Amuro Tooru: "..."
Making such a mistake while tailing someone was truly unacceptable.
It was only that the recent string of cases had stirred up some unpleasant memories, making him slightly distracted. He had not expected that such a tiny opening would alert Hashimoto Maya.
"He's actually that sharp. No wonder this guy managed to abandon Irish and defect to Uzo in an organization where there are no job changes, only deaths in the line