As the elevator rose, Mouri Ran dialed Emergency Number 110.
When the elevator reached the top floor and the doors opened, she pressed the call button and reported the crime with practiced efficiency as she jogged toward Jiang Xia's table, telling him that a terrible Murder Case had occurred downstairs.
First Floor underground.
The Curtain Mouri Ran had been staring at moments ago stirred.
Vermouth stepped out from behind it.
She watched the elevator continue upward and silently shook her head.
Angel was far too naive. She was always unwilling to suspect the people around her, even those who were literally "close by."
Come to think of it, Vermouth thought with a hint of relief, it was a good thing she had not interfered when she heard the scream. Looking at it now, although Uzo's "script" had indeed drawn Angel in, he had merely cast her in an apparently dangerous but actually very safe opening role.
Though for an ordinary high school girl, it was still an unfortunate incident that would leave her badly frightened.
But in Uzo's eyes, a part like that was probably no different from an ordinary activity like "helping pull the Curtain." It carried no danger whatsoever and even offered a little fun through personal participation.
"..." When Uzo dealt with Angel, he had indeed not deliberately harbored any malice. His way of thinking was simply somewhat different from that of normal people. Looking at it this way, perhaps sending the Cool Guy away had merely been necessary for the case, rather than a test aimed at her.
That put Vermouth considerably more at ease.
But...
A new thought quickly occurred to her: then what was going on with Mouri Kogoro?
Had Uzo made him unveil another scene as well?
Before coming here, Vermouth