While the two High School Detectives busily worked the case,
elsewhere, Kid put on a baseball cap and quietly slipped away from the crowd while the scene was still in chaos, intending to leave the building.
Inside the luxurious Observation Restaurant, Mouri Ran rested her cheek on one hand and listlessly ate the dessert in front of her.
Suddenly, her gaze shifted to the window, which reflected the night sky like a mirror. "..." Did someone familiar just walk past?
"That guy clearly passed by the restaurant entrance, so why didn't he come in?" Mouri Ran turned to look outside, her face full of confusion. "And something felt off... Right, it looked like he'd changed clothes! And he was walking in a hurry, like he was hiding from something. Could it be... could he have run into some vicious criminals?!"
The moment she thought of that, Mouri Ran could no longer stand by. She put down her silver fork, got to her feet, briefly explained the situation to a waiter, and hurried out the door, intending to rescue her childhood friend, whose fighting ability was utterly unremarkable.
But when she reached the entrance, she suddenly stopped.
"Which way did he go just now, and where is he now?" Mouri Ran looked at the circular corridor around the Observation Restaurant, at a loss.
"Given his personality, if he really is in danger, he definitely won't tell me where he is even if I message him." Mouri Ran took out her phone, then put it away again. After hesitating for a moment, she ran off in one direction. "Trust my instincts! I'm guessing it's this way..."
Crime scene.
"My father was very punctual, so everyone at the company was always on time no matter what they did. The Commemorative Reception definitely