Immediately, Aoto saw the hurriedly moving Fujimura at the top of the stairs.
"Mr. Tachibana, we've spotted the man with the bushy beard, just as the informant reported!"
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As soon as Aoto and Fujimura quickly returned to the study one after the other, Saito and the others who were gathered by the window immediately approached Aoto.
"Has the man with the bushy beard already entered that pastry shop?" Aoto wasted no time and directly addressed the matter with a serious face.
Nagakura nodded: "We saw it very clearly! Just now, a samurai wearing a red kimono and black hakama, with a very thick bushy beard, entered that pastry shop!"
Aoto strode to the window, gazed deeply at that pastry shop in the distance through the transparent glass, and reached into his chest, pulling out a sleeve band.
Seeing the sleeve band in Aoto's hand... Saito and the others understood what Aoto intended to do, and silently reached into their pockets, each pulling out their own sleeve band.
