In the audience seats.
Mouri Ran and Suzuki Sonoko were enthusiastically discussing who would win the finals across Jodie.
Mouri Ran thought it would be "Wolf-Mask Warrior." After all, they had just met him, and judging from his past record, his skills seemed better.
Suzuki Sonoko leaned more toward Nagase Hyota: from the booklet, this handsome contestant had excellent taste in hair style. He actually had chestnut, shoulder-length short hair too, and even wore a headband on top... Although that hair style looked a little strange on a man, in any case, as a fellow member of the chestnut short-hair family, Suzuki Sonoko felt she ought to support this kindred spirit.
The two of them chatted away, and halfway through, Mouri Ran suddenly noticed something.
She turned her head to look at Jodie, then was surprised to find that this foreign teacher's expression... seemed a little strange?
"Teacher Jodie?" Mouri Ran couldn't interpret what it meant, but instinctively felt it didn't seem to be anything positive, so she asked cautiously in confusion, "What happened?"
Jodie came to her senses and quickly chuckled. "The match just now was too intense. I'm a little worried about the contestant who got knocked down."
"So that's what it was!" Mouri Ran let out a sigh of relief. "Don't worry. The way he fell only looked bad. He shouldn't actually have any serious injuries."
Jodie nodded perfunctorily, but her mind was already completely elsewhere. She was thinking about that homicide case backstage.
Just now, outside the venue, she had originally wanted to take advantage of the chaos to plant a listening device on "Dr. Araide" and try to figure out why this Thousand-Faced Witch had uncharacteristically accepted her invitation.
But just before she acted, she hesitated with the listening device pinched in her fingers, worried