He needed to communicate with those teammates of unknown makeup in the organization, yet he did not want to expose his identity... After thinking it over, Jiang Xia felt it would be better to send out a Double and have Fake Uzo handle the things he could not conveniently do himself.
After all, as the Detectives said, everything that had existed would leave traces behind.
So, to hide the real Uzo, the most cost-effective method was not to erase every trace of his existence completely, but to cast a shadow in front of him. Those curious about Uzo's identity could battle through layers of fog and follow the faintest clues all the way through their investigation. In the end, all they would find was Matsuda Jinpei.
And Fake "Uzo," Matsuda, was actually a Ghost. Using him as a breakthrough to keep digging deeper was simply unrealistic.
Besides, for a Spirit Medium, personally controlling a puppet consumed far less Killing Intent than having a Ghost Fetus support a puppet running around. So most of the time, this Fake Uzo was actually the real Uzo. That made him even harder to see through.
Matsuda Jinpei could completely block every gaze directed at Uzo.
Of course, achieving that goal came with one slightly troublesome prerequisite—The organization's cooperation.
Otherwise, even if Jiang Xia made a fake "Uzo" himself, there was nothing he could do if the organization refused to acknowledge it or hand the relevant matters over to him.
But Jiang Xia did not think that would be much of a problem. In the organization's eyes, the identity of "Jiang Xia," the Great Detective, was also an important part of Uzo's value. Wanting to find a Double to conceal his identity was an extremely reasonable request.
...That said, he still had to consider the