Besides battling wits with the strange Jellyfish Skin, Jiang Xia thought, he also had to handle matters outside.
—Though Gin had indeed withdrawn the henchmen he had sent into the banquet hall, just as he said he would.
But Gin was not the only one nearby today. Vermouth was here too.
Jiang Xia recalled all the reasons he had given for "asking the henchmen to withdraw," then realized that none of them seemed capable of stopping the Thousand-Faced Witch from sneaking into the banquet venue.
—She was experienced at tailing people; as a celebrity who had attended countless banquets, she would not behave unnaturally in such a setting; and as for unfamiliar faces that "appeared repeatedly," that was even less of a problem for someone so skilled at disguise...
In short, in the henchmen's eyes, Vermouth would neither alert Schindler nor cause trouble for Uzo.
If Vermouth followed the arrangements and stayed quietly on standby outside, she would be easy enough to deal with.
But Jiang Xia thought, if he was busy searching for ghosts later and temporarily lost contact with the Black Organization Henchmen, then Vermouth disguised herself to come looking for him. And instead of finding him, she happened to run into Haibara Ai...
If he remembered correctly, Vermouth had wanted to kill Sherry for a long time.
Jiang Xia: "..." He could not let the older sister he had just found be followed by the younger sister disappearing too.
He did not want to carry around a wilted ghost who cried herself dehydrated.
Inside the banquet hall.
Haibara Ai was also somewhat curious about that "Holographic Game that lets you experience history." But it was nothing more than curiosity.
Once she learned that she could not try it without a Badge, she stopped dwelling on it