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Officer Takagi hesitated. If Jiang Xia had been the one asking, he would have spilled it right away. But Boss Amuro... somehow, the owner of that Detective Agency did not seem much like a detective at all.
Should I tell him about this?
Just as he was struggling with the decision, Amuro Tooru had already noticed something was off. His sharp gaze swept over him. "Someone came through here, and you saw them."
Officer Takagi: "!"
Startled by that all-seeing look, he blurted out, "Just now, over there—the spot where you jumped down—I... I think I saw Lawyer Shirai."
"Lawyer Shirai?" Amuro Tooru searched his memory for the name and quickly thought of someone. He frowned. "Which way did she go?"
Officer Takagi had wanted to ask why he was chasing Lawyer Shirai, but the moment he met Amuro Tooru's gaze, his heart inexplicably tightened. By the time he came back to himself, he had already raised a hand and pointed in the direction "Lawyer Shirai" had gone.
Amuro Tooru nodded, then glanced at the open manhole cover nearby. After thinking for a moment, he turned and ran off in one direction.
"Wait..." Inspector Megure called after him, but failed to stop him. He let out a weary sigh. "Why did he leave again?"
His temperament might be strange, but he was still a detective. Inspector Megure had just been planning to ask Amuro Tooru what he thought of this string of Explosion Cases, or when Brother Jiang Xia would arrive...
As he was thinking, a few distinctive notes suddenly rang out from Officer Takagi's person.
Inspector Megure froze. "The Bomber sent another message? Take it out and have a look!"
Officer Takagi answered and hurriedly pulled out a phone from his pocket—not his own phone, but the anonymous