Not a Business Trip, but a Vacation

[--On the way just now, I saw an old red handkerchief tied to a branch beside the road. Before Winter Maple Red aired, this Maple Leaf Mountain was not particularly famous. Only locals came here to enjoy the scenery during maple season. At that time, the mountain would be covered in red leaves, and a handkerchief of the same color tied to a branch would not stand out.

[But that recent drama made this mountain popular. Now tourists came regardless of the season, and there were more people on the mountain. Watanuki Tatsuzo, who hid the corpse here, may have noticed this and panicked, worried that the matter would be exposed. So he brought some reliable subordinates here, intending to dig up the remains and dispose of them elsewhere.

[Epimetheus's Slack may know about this incident and used it to gain leverage over Watanuki Tatsuzo. That was why, this time, he obtained the Nisankai's transaction records with us from Watanuki Tatsuzo—around the time Omori Yuichi disappeared five years ago, an antique theft occurred at the nearby Gunma Museum. What was stolen was a Gilded Mask, with a gemstone set into its forehead. Epimetheus's people were constantly after gemstones, and Slack was very likely nearby at the time.]

Jiang Xia: "..."

His boss was clearly quite free, typing so much.

But now, he vaguely understood why Amuro Tooru had not waited until they returned to their rooms to discuss such important matters, instead messaging him face-to-face—Amuro had probably thought Jiang Xia was still on the mountain and, bored, typed all this up to send him. Then Jiang Xia suddenly returned. Amuro felt it would be a waste not to send so much text, so he simply finished typing the last part and hit send.

After considering the possible thought process of