The VIP table Mouri Ran had chosen was very close to the stage.
Jiang Xia moved, and Yusuke Nakamura instinctively shifted his gaze toward the audience member who had turned to look at him.
When he saw Jiang Xia's face clearly, he froze for a moment.
After a brief pause, Yusuke Nakamura swept his gaze across the audience again and returned to singing.
He continued from where he had left off and announced the song: "S.G's 'Farewell'!"
Beside him, Vermouth keenly caught the tiny exchange between the two.
Mouri Ran and Conan had gone to get more food and could not hear them.
Vermouth pulled her chair closer to Jiang Xia and asked in a low, interested voice, "What is it? Someone you know?"
"Sort of." Jiang Xia glanced at her empty draft beer glass. "We ran into each other at Nichiei TV before and exchanged a few words."
Vermouth said, "I see..."
She recalled the slightly expectant look in Uzo's eyes when Yusuke Nakamura had begun speaking and Uzo had looked toward the stage. Something about it felt off.
Once she noticed that doubt, she thought back further.
Earlier, when Watanabe Yukiko had been singing, Uzo had also looked toward the stage several times.
At the time, Vermouth had thought Uzo's gaze had landed somewhere strange. It seemed as though he had not been looking at the lead singer, who should have been the most conspicuous person onstage, but slightly to one side.
She had assumed it was an illusion caused by the dim lighting and the fact that she was sitting beside Jiang Xia.
But now, looking in the direction Uzo's gaze had shifted just now—
—The person Uzo had looked at several times back then was this drummer currently singing.
After realizing that, Vermouth could not