A moment later, Hashimoto Maya hesitated. "There aren't any controls outside the window that resemble an elevator switch, and there are no seams in the ceiling either—the body probably wasn't transported from this room to the second floor during the blackout. So Mr. Iida probably isn't the culprit."
As he spoke, Officer Takagi suddenly jogged over to the window. "Jiang Xia, look over there! When we searched that Flower Bed earlier, we found some broken branches and strange marks nearby. They look like they were left behind while someone was trying to cover up footprints."
"Where? Let me see too." Inspector Megure squeezed up to the window and leaned out. Then he suddenly noticed something. "Th-this is directly beneath the study we were just in, isn't it? Could the culprit really have jumped out the window and escaped?"
This discovery left Inspector Megure both pleased and worried. He was worried because, if the culprit had fled like this, finding him again would be like searching for a needle in a haystack. But he was pleased because...
"Brother Hashimoto, you were right after all!"
Inspector Megure patted his newly acquired little brother on the shoulder, his face full of gratification. As expected of the talent Jiang Xia valued—he was already showing signs of being ready to strike out on his own so quickly. If he kept growing like this, wouldn't there be another little brother Inspector Megure could rely on in the future?
And unlike other rookie Detectives, Hashimoto Maya had Brother Jiang Xia behind him. If he couldn't solve a problem, he could naturally summon Brother Jiang Xia over...
Just as he was thinking that, he suddenly heard Jiang Xia sigh.
Inspector Megure: "!"
Hashimoto Maya: "?!"
—Though he was only a fake superior included with the assignment, for some