Maruyama was a place far away from this city. The time difference between this region and Maruyama was nine hours. So that place was halfway across the world from the world where they live. It's only natural that the people here don't know the famous people in that place.
"Ah!"
Without realizing it, Mano's mouth came out a muffled scream. Now, she realized why yesterday Nakatsura had chosen her to accompany him on his investigation. That was the real reason Uda so readily agreed to Nakatsura's proposal.
Uda and Nakatsura looked at each other. Mano looked at them with an annoyed look. They should have told her this in the first place.
"So, as soon as she saw me, Tsukamoto should have made a facial expression that expressed surprise or something like that. The fact that she's cold towards me showed she didn't feel any emotional connection with someone whose face looks so much like mine," said Mano.
Tsukamoto's attitude was completely unnatural. When someone meets another person who has a similar face to someone close to him, that person will usually show curiosity. It's impossible to just be cold.
Uda and Nakatsura looked at each other. At this moment, Mano looked at them with an annoyed look. This kind of information, they should have told her first.
"Sorry! Yesterday we couldn't tell you about this," said Uda. "I'm afraid you'll act awkwardly in front of Tsukamoto if you find out beforehand."
Mano nodded. Uda's words made sense.
"How many hostages do you think are missing?" Nakatsura asked Mano.
Mano felt Nakastura's question sounded strange. He suddenly discussed something else. Maybe Mano should study more to understand Nakatsura's way of thinking.
"Eleven people. Including Tsukamoto and his two friends."
"Only those eleven people?"
Again, Nakatsura asked an unreasonable question. It was clear that yesterday they both saw that the gang members had taken the eleven people away. Without waiting for Mano's answer, Nakatsura then continued his words. Turned out the question was just a rhetorical question.
"All the hostages were taken to the same hospital. That is a police hospital located about six kilometers from the Shinkankyo restaurant."
"Then?" Mano asked.
"So it's not hard for us to check the whereabouts of all the hostages."
"Hm..." Uda mumbled. He probably already guessed where Nakatsura's words were going.
"To be honest, I don't know how many hostages were at the Shinkankyo restaurant yesterday. But I knew some people were supposed to be at the police hospital, but they weren't," said Nakatsura.
Mano was astonished. She didn't even think about the possibility of a missing hostage. What Nakatsura had just said made matters even more complicated. It turned out that what had happened was much bigger than they had initially thought.
Maruyama was a place far away from this city. The time difference between this region and Maruyama was nine hours. So that place was halfway across the world from the world where they live. It's only natural that the people here don't know the famous people in that place.
"Ah!"
Without realizing it, Mano's mouth came out a muffled scream. Now, she realized why yesterday Nakatsura had chosen her to accompany him on his investigation. That was the real reason Uda so readily agreed to Nakatsura's proposal.
Uda and Nakatsura looked at each other. Mano looked at them with an annoyed look. They should have told her this in the first place.
"So, as soon as she saw me, Tsukamoto should have made a facial expression that expressed surprise or something like that. The fact that she's cold towards me showed she didn't feel any emotional connection with someone whose face looks so much like mine," said Mano.
Tsukamoto's attitude was completely unnatural. When someone meets another person who has a similar face to someone close to him, that person will usually show curiosity. It's impossible to just be cold.
Uda and Nakatsura looked at each other. At this moment, Mano looked at them with an annoyed look. This kind of information, they should have told her first.
"Sorry! Yesterday we couldn't tell you about this," said Uda. "I'm afraid you'll act awkwardly in front of Tsukamoto if you find out beforehand."
Mano nodded. Uda's words made sense.
"How many hostages do you think are missing?" Nakatsura asked Mano.
Mano felt Nakastura's question sounded strange. He suddenly discussed something else. Maybe Mano should study more to understand Nakatsura's way of thinking.
"Eleven people. Including Tsukamoto and his two friends."
"Only those eleven people?"
Again, Nakatsura asked an unreasonable question. It was clear that yesterday they both saw that the gang members had taken the eleven people away. Without waiting for Mano's answer, Nakatsura then continued his words. Turned out the question was just a rhetorical question.
"All the hostages were taken to the same hospital. That is a police hospital located about six kilometers from the Shinkankyo restaurant."
"Then?" Mano asked.
"So it's not hard for us to check the whereabouts of all the hostages."
"Hm..." Uda mumbled. He probably already guessed where Nakatsura's words were going.
"To be honest, I don't know how many hostages were at the Shinkankyo restaurant yesterday. But I knew some people were supposed to be at the police hospital, but they weren't," said Nakatsura.
Mano was astonished. She didn't even think about the possibility of a missing hostage. What Nakatsura had just said made matters even more complicated. It turned out that what had happened was much bigger than they had initially thought.
