No Big Problem

At his underling's words,

Tora-mura Yuji immediately remembered as well.

He snorted. "Good thing we didn't leave this Detective there. Otherwise, they'd definitely investigate it thoroughly... We'll dump him farther away later."

After saying that, he suddenly thought of something and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

A moment later, Tora-mura Yuji gave a sinister smile and changed his story. "Wait, bring him back after all."

—He suddenly realized that a Great Detective of this caliber might have other uses:

Jiang Xia was a celebrity with both the police and the public. Better make full use of him—after they shot that Bastard Prosecutor, they could use Jiang Xia to exchange hostages with the police and see if they could get their boss released.

Since they had been lucky enough to pick someone up, there was no harm in giving it a try.

The assassination was not far off anyway. Jiang Xia would be useful soon, so they would not have to keep him for long. Besides, judging by how badly he had been thrown just now, it was already a miracle that he was alive. Keeping him locked up would not take much effort.

Compared to that, finding somewhere out in the wilderness to dump him carried the risk of exposure. Better keep him with the other two hostages for now.

Tora-mura Yuji quickly made his decision.

When he spoke again, his tone was far more resolute. With a sweep of his hand, he said, "We're not going to the river. Head back and take him with us."

Fifteen minutes later,

Okiya Subaru, who had wanted to wait around and pick someone up, sat in his car and looked at the location on his phone, yawning sleepily.

...Why was it taking so long just to dump someone? The car had been