Chapter 27As soon as Hiroshi got into the car, Ueno took off. Hiroshi rubbed his hands in front of the car’s heating vent.
“Jamie must be back by now. Did you—”
“We’re going to Kanda,” Ueno said, making a U-turn in the late night street.
“What? Wait.”
“Sakaguchi and everyone else are there.”
Hiroshi looked over, but Ueno said nothing more. Hiroshi could tell he wasn’t going to, either, so he left another message for Jamie and turned up the heat in the car.
Ueno parked on a wide street of drab buildings near Kanda Station. Along the first floor, a gyudon beef-rice shop, manga kissaten, and two convenience stores spilled dingy yellow light onto the empty sidewalk. From the surrounding buildings, office lights shone through window blinds and fell onto the street in mute stripes.
Ueno a
