Akai Shuichi added, "And I found out something else—during the previous bank robber incident, there was a curly-haired man who 'Acted Righteously.' According to the nurses' descriptions, he was dressed in black, wore sunglasses, and was an incredibly accurate shot."
"!" This time, James finally understood. A memorable figure immediately surfaced in his mind. "Could it—could it have been that black-clad man who appeared on the bus that day, the one suspected of being Uzo?!"
Akai Shuichi said, "That's right. Many Organization members have another profession and identity in society—you think he might publicly be a magician, or perhaps a circus member?"
James said, "This..."
It sounded a little far-fetched, yet there seemed to be a trace of logic to it.
But there was one problem.
"You just said the nurses claimed he was an incredibly accurate shot?" James asked. "He dared to fire a gun in a hospital, and the police didn't issue a warrant for him?"
Akai Shuichi shook his head. "He used a toy gun that fired paint. The fact that he could easily obtain that kind of prop is also one reason I suspect he's a magician."
James understood. "I'll have someone investigate Tokyo's magicians right away. But smart people can excel at anything. If his actual profession really is magician, he shouldn't be obscure. Yet before you raised this possibility, we never saw him in any reports..."
Akai Shuichi said, "Some people learn magic for work, while others do it purely out of interest. Either way, magic techniques don't come from nowhere. That man suspected of being Uzo may indeed never have performed onstage, but if he truly studied magic seriously, then as long as we find his teacher, we'll definitely be able to dig up more clues."
James could not help nodding repeatedly, feeling