Seeing that Jodie was about to start arguing with someone again, James hurriedly stepped in, nodded casually to the police officers, then pulled Jodie away.
Officer Takagi remembered something and stopped them. "Um..."
James spoke before he could. "It seems the other suspect already left while you were searching through the trash. In that case, Jodie and I will head back first—we're at that hospital, and our phones will stay on. If the clothes hanger test results come back, you can contact us anytime."
"Huh?" Officer Takagi looked around, only then realizing that they really were missing a suspect—the store owner's wife had discovered that no clothes hanger could be found in the garbage bags. After snapping at them, she had hurried off, counting on the lack of evidence.
But now...
The two officers carefully accepted the clothes hanger from Amuro Tooru's hand and said sincerely, "Mr. Amuro, you're really a helpful person. But... why was this clothes hanger in your hand?"
Amuro Tooru: "..."
He looked at the clothes hanger that had suddenly been tossed to him. Fortunately, he had a habit of wearing gloves. Otherwise, if his fingerprints had gotten onto it, there would probably have been a whole new pile of trouble later...
Though he was extremely concerned about the mysterious Men in Black who had appeared out of nowhere, Amuro Tooru was still Amuro Tooru. His schedule was packed far too tightly for him to keep searching this area indefinitely.
Seeing that the other party had mysteriously exited in the explosion and seemingly had no intention of continuing the stage, Amuro Tooru could only sigh. He messaged his subordinates to keep an eye on this case, then left.
As soon as he was gone, the two high school girls turned at once, their eyes fixed