At that thought, Vermouth silently cast Mouri Kogoro a sympathetic glance.
Besides, even setting aside that scalp-crawling speculation and looking on the bright side...
The situation still was not optimistic.
For example, perhaps Uzo subconsciously felt that parents were important, but did not consciously give it much thought. That was why, when Jiang Xia's parents were murdered, he had instinctively wanted to chase after them, yet his concept of parents had still remained at the level of "people who lived together."
If the same thing happened to someone else, that "instinct" would not take effect. And once Uzo reasoned it out "rationally"... he would probably only see Mouri Kogoro and Mouri Ran as "people who lived together" too.
In that case, although Mouri Kogoro would not need to be deliberately eliminated in Uzo's eyes, he would be nothing more than "Ran's roommate." Under those circumstances, whenever the mood struck him, Uzo naturally would not go easy on Mouri Kogoro out of consideration for Angel. He would only treat him like any other unlucky passerby—killing however many he could, and making sure they died spectacularly.
Vermouth: "..." She could not tell whether Uzo was testing her, nor did she have time to analyze what exactly he thought or how he defined "parents."
But in any case, she had to do everything she could to prevent such a tragedy.
—For Angel, something like "Mouri Kogoro was killed by Jiang Xia" would undoubtedly be terrifying.
Besides, other situations could still be explained away somehow. But if there was suddenly a "murdered father"... that would mean Angel and Cool Guy could never continue treating Uzo with their former friendliness after learning the truth.
When that time came...
Images of Angel and Cool Guy dying in all sorts of ways flickered through Vermouth's mind, alternating