Hashimoto Maya: "..."
That waitress really was no ordinary person. So she was one of Uzo's minions too. No wonder he had been so wary of her just now.
And then there was this order from Uzo...
"Is this a demonstration? Is he showing the detective who has already noticed his trail just how well-informed he is? After all, if he can have a subordinate deliver food to Jiang Xia tonight, then tomorrow night he can secretly poison the detective's meal without anyone noticing."
A cold bead of sweat slid down Hashimoto Maya's temple. "Or does Uzo want me to photograph the liquor delivery and get leverage on Jiang Xia for underage drinking?... No, if he didn't say so, then that's not it! Even if someone really needed to take pictures as evidence, that should be somebody else's job—like that waitress from earlier. I just need to buy the alcohol obediently."
Thinking like this, he could only temporarily put Irish out of his mind and focus on this task—lest he arrive too late and his boss change his mind, adding to his workload.
Before long, a figure sneaked upstairs, furtively placed a pack containing six different cocktails outside Jiang Xia's door, then furtively returned to his room.
Once the door closed, Hashimoto Maya let out a heavy sigh of relief and slid down against it to sit on the floor. Good. The task was complete.
He wondered who would come later to photograph evidence of Jiang Xia secretly drinking.
He had assumed it would be that waitress again. But at that moment, a door in the corridor clicked open. It was not Jiang Xia's door, but another one.
Hashimoto Maya froze, then immediately became alert. Here it comes!
It was actually not the waitress. Judging from the direction of