Although they had not pinpointed the exact hotel, this was still far better than having no leads at all.
There were quite a few upscale hotels in Beika Town, but not that many. Wanting to get this resolved as soon as possible, Amuro Tooru said, "Let's go take a look."
Jiang Xia nodded and took out his phone to search for hotels that matched the criteria.
Seeing this, Mayonaka struggled into a sitting position on the bed. "I'm coming too—I have a feeling I've forgotten something very important. I need to remember it as soon as possible."
It was hardly appropriate to take a patient out with them, but perhaps her determination to follow even if she had to crawl moved the detective. Jiang Xia nodded in agreement.
Soon, the group set off by car toward the nearest upscale hotel.
Then they received some rather discouraging answers.
The gatekeeper at Hotel A shook his head helplessly. "Sorry, I don't remember."
The receptionist at Hotel B regretfully shook her head. "There's no guest named 'Mayonaka' on the registration list."
The owner of Hotel C was frazzled. "There were two murders here in succession last week. We're closed for renovations, and there aren't any guests staying here at the moment. You may have come to the wrong place."
Jiang Xia politely exchanged business cards with the owner of the third hotel, promoted the Amuro Detective Agency's services, then left with the others.
While Vodka stared uncertainly at the third hotel and silently added all of its affiliated branches to his blacklist, the group headed for the fourth hotel.
This time, as they got out of the car and entered, they had not even reached the front desk when the security guard at the entrance gave them a slight bow. "Welcome, Ms. Tachibana."