Who would target Sonoko? With her friend's safety at stake, Mouri Ran did not dare be careless and racked her brains.
First, we can rule out kidnapping gangs. We're strangers here, and we don't have any bodyguard team. If they wanted to grab someone, they could just rush in directly. They probably wouldn't choose such a roundabout method.
And aside from kidnappers...
Suzuki Sonoko was carefree by nature and could indeed have offended some people. But those offenses should not have been serious enough for someone to set a trap specifically for her.
Unless the other side had some other scheme in mind.
And the moment the word "scheme" surfaced, Mouri Ran, who had spent several days investigating Teacher Jodie, immediately pictured a blonde, blue-eyed figure.
Could it be Teacher Jodie? Mouri Ran quietly took out her phone and opened the software to take a look.
Then she discovered in surprise that the signal dot marking Teacher Jodie's location had somehow gone dark.
I could still see it last night... But that makes sense. So many days have passed; the Locator's battery should be about dead. The high school girl looked disappointed. And it had to happen at a critical moment like this. Sigh, if only I'd come sooner.
In any case, since I can't confirm that Teacher Jodie is currently in Tokyo, I can't rule out the possibility that she followed us here and left this phone behind.
After all, no one said she could only target male students. And if I remember correctly, some of the photos Teacher Jodie secretly stuck behind the mirror had Sonoko in them too...
At the time, I thought Sonoko, like me, had merely wandered into the shot by accident. But now...
"Anyway!" Suzuki Sonoko's voice interrupted her thoughts.
The innocent high school