Although it was inconvenient to write anything down at the moment, Akai Shuichi swiftly and skillfully compiled a list of suspects in his mind.
A second later, he suddenly fell silent. "..." The list he had worked so hard to thin out over the past few days seemed to be growing again?
The thought circled through his mind before the ace agent quickly cast it aside: there were plenty of FBI personnel in Tokyo this time. His colleagues had nothing better to do anyway, so they might as well get moving and investigate further. It would be good training for them too.
Besides, if spending this much manpower could uncover even the slightest trace of that person, it would be an exceptionally worthwhile deal.
As an inexplicable chill ran down the backs of the FBI members,
the investigation at the bank continued.
—Although the lobby manager had blamed everything on a mysterious person who might not even exist, the Detective clearly did not believe that this "heroic employee acting righteously" was innocent.
Jiang Xia said, "That phone is only one piece of evidence. There's something else as well."
He suddenly turned to Akai Shuichi. "Sir, if I remember correctly, the surveillance footage showed that the lobby manager gave you half a pack of candy?"
Akai Shuichi tugged at his face mask and nodded discreetly.
Having been through quite a few cases himself, he did not wait for Jiang Xia to ask further. He took out the untouched half-pack of candy and handed it over.
Jiang Xia did not take it. He merely glanced back, and the gloved officer from the Forensics Department immediately understood. The officer hurried forward, took the pack of Throat Lozenges, and placed it into an Evidence Bag for close inspection. "This is also evidence?"
Jiang