Just as Expected of You

The message had come from the Organization-Specific Phone.

Jiang Xia froze for a moment, then unlocked it and checked. To his surprise, it was a message from Gin—an email.

He opened the attachment. Inside were several résumés. The first belonged to an unmemorable stranger.

"..." Jiang Xia was a little puzzled, but before asking any questions, he gave it a cursory read.

He quickly flipped past it.

Then his gaze stopped on the second résumé.

...It was actually his own résumé.

Or, more precisely, information on "Jiang Xia," the High School Detective.

"These are a few subordinates I found for Uzo before."

Gin looked toward Jiang Xia's phone, then found his attention drawn to the conspicuous lit tip of the strange-smelling "cigarette" in the darkness. He could not help glancing at the one in Jiang Xia's hand.

He briefly considered the purpose of that fake cigarette and concluded that it was probably just a prop Uzo used to experience adult life—Uzo did care rather a lot about such things. Several times, when they had been planning to go to the Sushi Restaurant, Uzo had suggested that, since they could pay by face recognition anyway, they should just go to a bar... Considering that people of this age seemed generally prone to such problems, Gin did not dwell on it. He set the fake cigarette aside and quickly returned to the point.

"They all have ordinary qualifications, but specialize in certain unique fields. Don't get them killed." At that, Gin gave Cito a somewhat complicated look before turning back to Jiang Xia. "If you don't know what to have them do, ask me for missions and assign them to carry them out. At least once a month—Jiang Xia's specific assignments are up to you, but the frequency cannot be too low