A minute later, Jodie finally seemed to understand.
She stared carefully at the headlights, studying the distorted human figure reflected in them, which looked like a ball, and asked uncertainly, "You mean... this?"
Akai Shuichi nodded. "Don't you think it looks very similar? If we reconstruct that shadow at the proper scale according to the curvature of the reflective surface, it's practically Gin's silhouette."
Jodie: "..."
Of course not. It didn't look anything like him!
Were you really not just making things up based on intuition?
But Akai Shuichi continued, "According to the Organization's habits, before making a deal, they always go to a nearby high point to observe the general situation. In other words, considering when and where Gin appeared, when that Roller Coaster decapitation case happened, he and Vodka were very likely on that Roller Coaster and unfortunately got caught up in the case."
As she listened, Jodie frowned at the enlarged image. ...Wait, first explain exactly where that shadow resembles Gin... No, first properly explain how it resembles a person at all.
Beside her, Akai Shuichi clearly had no intention of dwelling on what seemed like an obvious matter to him. He continued his deduction. "Simply put, I suspect Kudo Shinichi's disappearance was related to the Organization. For example, this highly curious Detective may have noticed something suspicious about Gin and Vodka, then fearlessly taken some action, ultimately leading to unfortunate consequences."
Seeing that he had no intention of explaining, Jodie could only set that question aside for the moment and try to follow Akai Shuichi's train of thought. "In other words..."
Akai Shuichi said, "Given the Organization's methods, if Kudo Shinichi had truly discovered something, they would never merely threaten this High School Detective into keeping quiet. They would use physical means to ensure that someone