(shyly waves)
Jiang Xia thoughtfully left, giving the children a chance to bond.
Conan looked at the classmates who had gathered around after Jiang Xia left, sweating profusely. "..."
Unlike the lively scene over there,
on the other side, an Organization Cadre who had narrowly escaped death was contemplating life in the hospital.
Vodka changed out of the hospital gown smeared with bloody paint. Looking at the spot where it had been shot, he still felt lingering fear. "I thought my defenses against Uzo had become impregnable through daily tempering, but who knew..."
Who knew that once he put them into practice today, he would find flaws everywhere.
A setback was a lesson. For the sake of his future, Vodka could only force himself to recall those unbearable scenes and learn from them.
"I, a dignified Organization Cadre, was actually kidnapped by some nobody thug...
"But looking on the bright side, my real enemy wasn't that kidnapper—it was Uzo. That brat Uzo first used the 'dead from a gunshot' kidnapper to lower my guard, then had the dangerous Cito draw my attention. Once all my attention was focused on Cito and I overlooked the kidnapper, that kidnapper suddenly came back to life... Who could have expected something as bizarre as the dead returning to life? So it wasn't that I was careless—the enemy was simply too cunning."
"After that, I finally steadied myself and subdued the kidnapper. I thought I'd escaped danger, but who knew the real killing blow had been hidden in that earlier casual gunshot joke."
"This kind of diversionary tactic sounds awfully familiar...
"Right, magic! Miss Yoko once did a magic-experience program. I remember that the Magicians on that show, with all their mysterious tricks, relied on disrupting the audience's attention and playing them like fools.
"Looks