Akai Shuichi: "Thinking it over carefully, after all this investigation, we still know nothing about Uzo—he is in the dark, while we are in the open. Pulling such a mysterious figure out of hiding when he is prepared is extremely difficult.
"But Vermouth is different. She is in the open now, and we are in the dark. Unless she voluntarily gives up her identity as Teitan High School's school doctor, the advantage and initiative will be ours.
"In short, rather than continuing to be led around by the nose by Uzo, we should temporarily halt the investigation into him and focus our efforts on Vermouth. Compared with an opponent as shadowy as him, this Thousand-Faced Witch is something we can actually get our hands on."
The FBI Agents were somewhat confused by what he had said at first, but they understood the conclusion after "in short."
—In other words, it seemed they no longer had to deal with Uzo. They only needed to focus on Vermouth?
...Was there really such a good thing?
Though they had long witnessed how troublesome and ruthless the Thousand-Faced Witch was, in that instant, compared to Uzo, they suddenly felt as if even their souls had relaxed.
"This is what we should've done long ago!" an agent with dark circles under his eyes blurted out excitedly. Once the words left his mouth, he came back to his senses and hurriedly cleared his throat, putting on a serious expression. "Um... I mean, Mr. Akai is wise!"
Akai Shuichi glanced at him. "..." A few days ago, he had noticed that this kid's gaze toward him was somewhat strange, but he had never figured out exactly what was odd about it... Now that he compared the two, he suddenly understood everything—this kind of admiring, supportive look was