"Unlike now. All we have to do is look at the photos Vermouth hid in Araide Clinic, and we can clearly tell who this woman's attention is focused on right now."
Thinking this, Jodie kept an eye on the two nearby alleys while looking again at the familiar photos in front of her.
"High school girl, high school boy, a bunch of elementary school students... Why is she only picking on students? Anyone who didn't know better would think the 'Thousand-Faced Witch' in that Secret Organization was actually a human trafficker who liked abducting good-looking kids."
"The only slightly proper target is this photo."
Jodie's gaze paused, stopping on a solo shot—it was a half-body photo of a mixed-race woman in a lab coat. The woman had delicate features and an indifferent expression, and the look she cast toward the camera carried a faint hint of impatience.
"Speaking of this, her hair style..." Jodie rubbed her chin, then dug another photo out of the stack.
This time, the photo showed a group of elementary school students. The camera's focus was a mixed-race little girl—the child had a schoolbag on her back and was walking home from school with her classmates.
The moment she turned back, the person taking the secret photo pressed the button, leaving most of her face in the picture.
Although the different angle made it hard to compare her with that ID photo, at first glance, the two mixed-race girls—one grown, one small—looked extremely alike. Their hair color and hair texture were exactly the same.
"Mother and daughter?" Jodie looked at their ages, then switched to another guess. "Sisters?"
After thinking for a while, she still couldn't come up with anything useful.
Jodie sighed, and could only pray that her doubts would be answered during the upcoming