A group of police officers stared blankly in the direction Amuro Tooru had left. "He really left?"
Jiang Xia looked that way too, then suddenly remembered that Curacao seemed to have run off in that direction.
His eyes brightened slightly. He stuffed the picture book into Officer Sato's hands and said solemnly, "I'll leave this to you. Something suddenly came up, so I'm leaving for a bit."
With that, he chased after Amuro Tooru.
The police officers: "???"
Wait, it was one thing for that dark-skinned boss to leave, but you couldn't leave too!
Fortunately, after running a few steps, Jiang Xia seemed to remember something. With a clear conscience, he waved back at them. "Call me if anything comes up."
Then he grew more and more distant, soon vanishing from sight.
Officer Sato, holding the picture book: "..."
Inspector Megure, who had stretched out a hand but failed to grab either of them: "..."
That damn Amuro, leading young people astray like this!!
Officer Takagi looked left and right, then quietly comforted his grim-faced superior. "Inspector, look on the bright side. Maybe they found out the bomber is nearby, so they ran off to catch him."
"Hmm..." It made some sense, and Inspector Megure's expression eased slightly.
But soon, he remembered something and looked at the bomb package in the trash can, its countdown continuing to flash. "But we can't just ignore this either. What if they don't catch anyone over there?"
Officer Sato opened the picture book herself. "Let's pretend we never ran into Jiang Xia today and solve it the usual way—first, let's figure out which of those three parks has the bomb."
Her gaze swept across Aozora Fountain Park, ISOBE Flower Garden, and Kinsong Park, quickly settling on the middle option.
"If ISOBE is written in