Several emails from Jodie lay in the mailbox.
Akai Shuichi gave them a cursory scan, confirmed the details on the other end, and let out a quiet sigh.
Honestly, he would have preferred spending last night at the Forest Villa where Uzo had appeared, engaging Uzo in a battle of wits, rather than sitting across from a few not-so-bright police officers at the Police Station, drinking tea.
But now that things had come to this, what mattered more than regret was figuring out what to do next.
As he thought, Akai Shuichi replied to Jodie's email with just two simple words: "Received."
He was about to put his phone away when it rang. Looking at the buzzing phone, he saw that the caller was Jodie.
James tilted his head and saw the caller ID. He nodded. "Jodie faced that person alone at the Forest Villa last night. She must be terribly uneasy right now. You really should talk to her."
Akai Shuichi did not particularly want to take the call, but James had put it that way, and it made sense, so he had no choice but to answer.
"Shuichi, are you all right?!" Jodie was still trapped in the nightmare of Akai Shuichi having been stuffed into a trunk by Uzo and dumped downstream. Her voice sounded agitated.
Akai Shuichi answered steadily, "There was a minor unexpected situation. It's nothing serious."
"That's good." Jodie breathed a sigh of relief and shared her experience. "Those police officers are a little stubborn. You can't reason with them, so don't take it to heart."
Akai Shuichi halted and looked at James. ...She knows I was taken to the Police Station by the police last night?
James had not meant to make his ace lose face. With an awkward laugh, he explained, "Jodie