On the other side.
Irish chased him up to the rooftop, only to find the place already empty—the abandoned building had more than one entrance, and the guy who had just been on the roof pushing stones was clearly very familiar with the layout. While Irish had been climbing the stairs, he had quietly slipped away by another route.
Irish cursed under his breath. He lowered his head to check the traces on the ground, doing his best to judge the direction the man had left in, then quickly gave chase.
The rooftop fell silent, but that silence was soon broken again. With a burst of footsteps, the two from the detective agency came up here.
"He runs fast." It was unclear who Amuro Tooru was talking about. He also began tracking along the traces. The rooftop was still manageable, but once he got downstairs, the accumulated dust thinned out, and the pursuit quickly became difficult.
"I'll check this way." Amuro Tooru hesitated for a moment between two paths, then turned to Jiang Xia and said, "You go that way—if you find any traces of Ed...ward or the culprit, don't act rashly. Message me immediately. Also, watch out for sneak attacks."
The reliable high school detective nodded, then turned and left without the slightest hesitation.
Of course, before leaving, he didn't forget to toss a ghost toward Amuro Tooru.
As a group of confident lone wolves split from two routes into three, then from three into four.
On an old street near the gas station.
A figure slowed from a run, panting as he stopped in front of a bar.
Most of the buildings here had already been abandoned, and the shops along the street looked ghostly and desolate. The bar before him was similarly dull in color, and