[That even gets a laugh out of her, small and dignified. Next to her, the bat's ears prick up with surprise.] But as they say, two heads are better than one. I think that much is clear by now.

[She looks up at him again.]

You've been conducting your own investigation, then, Kanji-kun? [That's not how he put it, but it's how she decided to interpret it.] If not the others, what have you found so far?