He went into the elevator. So Hakuba was also able to act? That would have to go in his mental notes… KID had to stop himself for a moment. Great, he was so used to calculating weaknesses and strengths of detectives that he was trying to do so when he and they were actually at some level of truce.
KID shrugged. “I understand you need a place to meet clients, but I find it a bit strange to use a hotel instead of a small office space of some sort or your living quarters. Just curious, is all…”
Hakuba stepped into the elevator after KID and proceeded to hit the button for the seventeenth floor. Once the doors closed, he chuckled.
“Not all of my clients are comfortable meeting at the Superintendent General’s home, you understand. The drawing room is adequate for general meetings, but most of my clients are private citizens who don’t want anyone to know that they need a detective.”
The detective folded his hands behind his back, standing straight and tall, eyes on the numbers as they flicked from floor to floor going upward.
“I don’t have quite enough work to warrant the upkeep of a private office of my own. In general, I meet my clients in their homes or their place of business. But occasionally, additional privacy is required… Technically speaking, I’m not permitted to rent hotel rooms on my own, given my age. My father has made arrangements to ensure that I would have access as I need it… for business, of course.”
He cleared his throat with a small cough.