Once Reika disappears from view, Ryoma turns around and finds Hayakawa standing near the gym entrance, watching him with an unreadable expression.
Ryoma can't tell whether Hayakawa has overheard Reika's words from where he's standing, but he no longer worries much about it.
"Hayakawa-san," he says calmly as he walks toward the entrance. "Could you prepare my car? I want to see Detective Tachibana."
Without waiting for a response, Ryoma walks straight into the gym.
Hayakawa watches him for another moment, his expression thoughtful, before turning and heading down the corridor toward the mansion's rear entrance.
After briefly excusing himself to Nakahara and the others, Ryoma leaves the training building, heads back to the mansion and goes straight to his room on the second floor.
He opens the old wardrobe he brought with him from his former apartment and takes out a box. From inside, he retrieves a ring binder and immediately heads out again.
