All the Witnesses Are Gone

The second-in-command wasn't staying in the cramped room.

He told one of his underlings to keep watch over the hostages, then went to the cleanest, sunniest room. As he counted the weapons, he searched online for information about Jiang Xia and considered the proper way to make use of the new hostage.

Another Men in Black member wasn't in the building. He had gone to the Convenience Store to buy food earlier.

Jiang Xia quietly stepped out of the room. He passed two cluttered, empty rooms, moved soundlessly along the wall, and arrived beside the room door where Yamabe Koichi was being held.

During the day, none of the rooms were locked. The hostages all appeared to have lost the ability to move, and leaving the doors open made it easier for the kidnappers to move around and observe them. It also aired out the mold-stained rooms.

And now, it made things easier for Jiang Xia as well.

Jiang Xia sensed the location of the Killing Intent in the room where Yamabe Koichi was being held. At the same time, he had Ghost float over to the door and observe openly.

The Men in Black member in that room was bored out of his mind as well.

When he paced over to the window, turning his back to the door as he tried to peek outside through a gap in the black cloth—

Jiang Xia slipped in, expertly covered his mouth, then drove a fist into the man's stomach, knocking him down without a sound.

Yamabe Koichi, bound up like a Zongzi and leaning against the wall, stared at him in shock.

Very quickly, Yamabe Koichi realized that this young man who had suddenly barged into the kidnappers' den was the famous High School Detective. Although Yamabe Koichi worked in