On the other end of the phone, James said regretfully, "We didn't spot anyone nearby who looked like they might be Organization members. Shuichi worked backward to deduce the sniper positions that could target the windows, but there was no one at any of them either... Sigh, I don't know whether The Organization is confident Kobayashi Seiji won't be exposed, or whether they have some other way of silencing him."
Remembering the painter's brazen, self-righteous demeanor, Jodie could not help gritting her teeth. "How could this happen...?"
James sighed. "After all, we have no direct evidence that Kobayashi Seiji knew beforehand... Sigh, that's the most troublesome thing about dealing with Uzo and his subordinates."
Jodie deeply agreed. "Yes. Incitement is difficult to convict in the first place, let alone this kind of traceless incitement—if only we could figure out how those people were guided. Unfortunately, it seems we still can't find any leads for now."
Akai Shuichi interrupted their pessimistic remarks. "Anything that has been done will leave traces behind. But if we want to deal with Uzo, we truly can't focus on this alone."
James paused, growing somewhat wary. "What are you planning to do?" Don't go down the wrong path. He only had one reliable ace under his command. If Shuichi was arrested or deported for acting too drastically...
"Focus on handling Vermouth's side," Akai Shuichi said, not answering his question. "I'll think of a way to deal with Uzo."
While the FBI busily assigned tasks internally.
On the other side, Public Security was worrying over similar matters as well.
Using Public Security's authority and connections, Kazami Yuuya obtained nearly all the statements Investigation Division 1 had gathered at almost the same time.
He quickly filtered through them, removed the repeated content, then sent the simply compiled