The Great Detective looked like he was in some kind of hurry; otherwise, he would not have been running against the bitter wind in such heavy snow.
The warmhearted graduate student silently expressed his concern and prayed that Jiang Xia would find a taxi soon... Then he pulled his head back in and pretended he had seen nothing.
—After a busy day, Okiya Subaru only wanted to get home as quickly as possible and retreat into that technology-filled safe shell.
But then, his phone buzzed.
As though it had seen through certain employees' slacking mentality, an email suddenly arrived on his phone.
Okiya Subaru's heart skipped a beat, and he was instantly seized by a bad feeling. He took a deep breath, pulled out his phone, and nervously opened his mailbox with the tension of someone defusing a bomb.
What greeted him was a sender address so familiar it made him choke, followed by only two simple sentences:
[A detective seems to need help. What do you think?]
Okiya Subaru stared at the email from his superior. "..."
"That Lord's gaze is indeed still watching me..."
After his escape attempt had failed and he had been forced to return from the United Kingdom, Okiya Subaru once again felt Uzo's presence with overwhelming intensity after many days apart.
A cold sweat silently broke out across him as he recalled one of the tasks Uzo had assigned him: encounter Jiang Xia by chance, then take Jiang Xia to every place where a case might occur.
Yet just now, after encountering Jiang Xia, he had turned around and wanted to flee...
"Lord Uzo, please rest assured. Tonight, I will be a qualified driver. I'll go wherever you point, without the slightest delay." Drenched in sweat, Okiya Subaru repented fervently in