Just a few chance encounters had already left her physically and mentally exhausted. If they really targeted Uzo and tried to capture him...
Just imagining that future made Jodie's vision go dark.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
"?!"
Jodie sprang up from the sofa and landed on the floor.
She pricked up her ears and warily looked toward the door. She had only just sent away a group of troublesome people—who had come knocking this time?
...Could her imagination have come true? Was that evil Uzo in black standing outside?
"Uzo knocking on my door in the middle of the night... Haha, something straight out of a horror movie like that couldn't possibly happen to me, right?"
The heavy image of a figure in black pressed down on her chest. Mocking herself, Jodie drew the Tranquilizer Gun she had hidden earlier, then silently approached the door and peered cautiously through the peephole.
...Bad news: she really did see a pitch-black figure.
Good news: not a man in black, but a dark-skinned man!
—Standing outside was none other than the High School Detective who had made her jump off a building not long ago, Hattori Heiji!
Jodie: "..." He really was impossible to shake off. He even knew to come back for another round!
Still, a puppet coming to her door was better than the real person coming himself. Then again, they had already asked so much just now. What did this dark-skinned brat want to ask this time?
Jodie pondered with mixed feelings.
At that moment, perhaps noticing the peephole darken, the Osaka high school student grinned brightly and waved at her. "Hi~ Teacher Jodie."
Jodie: "..."
Tch. She should have turned off the lights and pretended not to be home sooner.
While everyone busied themselves with their own