The staff lounge was right next to the Mirror House.
The group returned to the Mirror House. Jiang Xia led them in through the exit and stopped at a fork.
He pointed down one of the paths. "That leads to the branch where the body was found. To see the body, you had to pass through where we're standing now."
"True." Inspector Megure looked puzzled. "So?"
Jiang Xia fell silent and looked at Hashimoto Maya.
Hashimoto Maya: "..."
Thanks for grooming me, but I really don't want to be a Detective.
...Unfortunately, as an undercover agent assigned to stay beside a detective, he couldn't say that out loud.
Anyway, the reporters had already shoved their cameras in his face earlier. His presence was already impossible to ignore, so Hashimoto Maya wiped his face and resigned himself to thinking it through.
Picking up where Jiang Xia had left off, he said, "You can clearly see the exit from here, so once tourists reach this point, they usually leave directly. The dead end where the body was found is actually somewhere nobody would go."
Curacao silently applauded, looking thoroughly convinced by his deduction. The others could not hear her, but when they saw someone clapping, they hurriedly joined in.
The reporters were swept up by the mood as well and took a few more pictures of Hashimoto Maya.
In the distance, the mascot's head moved. With a snort, it let out a laugh that was practically gloating.
Hashimoto Maya: "..."
There really wasn't a single decent thing in the organization!
Jiang Xia gave his new assistant ample room to perform before modestly continuing, "In other words, the place where the body was found was an excellent hiding spot. As long as no overly curious guest refused to leave even after reaching the