Jiang Xia nodded. "There was more than one restroom near the Ice Rink, but only this one had specially made flooring that allowed people to enter wearing skates. To go anywhere else, they'd have to change shoes—so even if this restroom was temporarily being cleaned, there would definitely be people too lazy to go elsewhere who'd wait here and try their luck."
Suzuki Sonoko slammed a fist into her palm. "That's right! There were two or three other people waiting around with me back then. We're all witnesses!"
Jiang Xia looked at the officers.
The young officer volunteered, "I'll go find them and ask."
With that, he turned and ran off.
Vermouth watched his retreating back, then looked at Inspector Megure. "..."
I really do need to be more careful around the police in the future. Ordinary cops aren't much to fear—I'm more worried that they'll unknowingly get connected to the line behind them.
But then she glanced at Jodie beside her, who was playing with a 5-Yen coin, and thought of the group behind this woman. Vermouth's tense body silently relaxed again.
Vermouth: "..." Not a big problem. For now, it seemed Uzo's attention had been drawn to them.
Hopefully, the FBI would not let her down when it mattered and could hold out a little longer.
An Organization Cadre offered a beautiful yet simple wish to an enemy organization.
Nearby, another Organization Cadre was simply helping the police solve the case.
Jiang Xia looked at Sano Izumi.
"You arranged to meet the victim in the women's restroom. After she went inside, you hung a 'Cleaning in Progress' sign on the door.
"Once the other people using the restroom had left, you locked the outer door from the inside, took out the Shotgun you'd previously retrieved from the