This Is My Cat

"I never expected that by following them, I'd end up right at this gang of criminals' hideout. Luckily, they weren't very vigilant and misjudged our condition, so I had a chance to let the other two hostages go."

"As for that gunshot... I don't know who fired it either. I thought Miss Masuo had found the police, and then you'd brought in a sniper... Since that wasn't it, perhaps it was one of the Ghost Tiger Society's enemies?" Jiang Xia sighed thoughtfully, as though seriously reviewing the events. "The situation was truly dangerous. I'd originally planned to stay and observe where those Ghost Tiger Society members were headed—although Mr. Yamabe had successfully escaped their control, if those Men in Black wanted to assassinate someone, with the weapons they had, they could strike at any time... Come to think of it, I never expected them to take children hostage."

As he said this, Jiang Xia glanced at the few children beside him who had been "rescued" and reached out to pat their heads. "That was too dangerous. Good thing nothing happened in the end."

The three little brats: "..."

Although Brother Jiang Xia had already been beating people up before they went upstairs—and having a great time doing it... just now, this detective brother had put the two things together. Even though he had not used any words indicating sequence or causation, for some reason, the whole thing sounded like the three of them had mischievously sneaked upstairs, unfortunately been captured by the criminals, and forced Jiang Xia, who had been observing in secret, to reveal himself and riskily defeat the criminals...

They felt as though a heavy burden was slowly settling onto their young shoulders.

But for various reasons—such as the fact that everything Jiang Xia had said was indeed