This kind of part-time job, with simple work and high pay, was practically a pie falling from the sky. It was somewhat similar to what had happened to Mori Rintaro's family.
"I remember that in 'The Red-Headed League,' the low-paid clerk and the person offering the highly paid side job were actually working together. They did it to get the pawnshop owner to leave regularly, while the two of them dug an underground passage from inside the pawnshop to the bank vault next door."
As Hashimoto Maya recalled the case, he swiftly ran through the layout of this street in his mind. "There really is a bank... Could this actually be a Red-Headed League setup?"
He discreetly glanced toward the next table, vaguely revising his impression of his superior. Uzo actually teaches according to aptitude. He starts the Baker Street Irregulars he favors with Sherlock Holmes classics.
Come to think of it, Uzo really does like the Sherlock Holmes series. These kids, Jiang Xia the 'Sherlock Holmes,' me as 'Watson,' and that bad-tempered 'landlady' from the Detective Agency... He's nearly assembled all the major figures in real life... Well, 'Moriarty' goes without saying. That would naturally be himself.
Speaking of which, that 'landlady' actually dared to go street racing near the Metropolitan Police Department. He's got guts to match his skills—he nearly hit me yesterday. I have every reason to suspect he did it on purpose... I'll write it down and settle the score with him later.
Also, it seems they're still missing Irene Adler. That woman Sherlock Holmes admired so much—I remember she used to be a singer at a theater... Wait, a theater?!
Hashimoto Maya's body jolted as enlightenment suddenly struck him. Could it be... could the Sea Heart Theater Uzo had told him to build have been