4-79: The Summit Meeting – The Pathetic Truth (1/5)

4-79: The Summit Meeting – The Pathetic Truth (1/5)

A shocking revelation for the spy, but only for the spy, who in the middle of her astonishment was suddenly grabbed by Mikotos shiki and was taken away.

It neednt be said what sort of fate awaited her, though if something had to be said, then it was treatment that made the punishment of the yakuzas look adorable.

The tools and the suicide equipment in her possession were taken custody of by the Mask, who promised to use them to conduct an investigation and share the information later.

Then Mikoto excused herself to deal with the people theyve arrested as well as to decide how to deal with the situation, while everyone else was escorted by the old man to an undamaged room of the main building.

Looking at you now at a place like this, you really are like a ghost, Ryou said.

Within a vast space so vast it was a hassle to bother counting the tatami mats were floor cushions upon which the gang knelt in seiza.

The Mask was seated in between Ryou and Tomoe as they idly chatted.

Though the room was illuminated with electric lights, it was still a Japanese-style tatami room.

So when a humanoid black mist sat there in the dead of the night, the eeriness engendered was so fitting it almost made Ryou laugh.

If you want, I can stand beside your bed.

As a result of those teasing words, however, came a horrifying proposal.

Ryou could easily imagine how many buckets of sweat hed be pouring if he were to wake up to that eerie thing looking down at him.

Nah, Im good. Do it for Tomoe instead.

Hey! Why me!?

Tomoe pleaded as though to say, dont drag me into this, but the Mask responded before Ryou could.

If you wish for it, I can stand for you.

Y-You dont have to!!

The Mask intentionally did not look at the three girls and just left the decision to Tomoe and Ryou.

The three girls turned to them with an apologetic look but didnt say anything.

It was curious how they took that.

Hmm, well its hard to complain when Ive already been done in Hey, what are we going to do?

Leave it for later. Theres a more important topic I want to talk about. Is it true that the entire family has been infiltrated by Garestonian spies?

Was it truly because there were more pressing things to talk about, or was putting off their punishment until later a punishment in and of itself?

Regardless, Tomoe made a difficult face as she steered the conversation into a difficult but inevitable direction.

It would be too optimistic to believe that theres only one spy and that only the Tsumori House has been infiltrated. Considering the level of equipment thats been confiscated, it is evident that theres an organization behind this. And since they dared to use a one-time ploy like that, they must have other spies, or at least, a successor.

One-time ploy? Thats only because you caught her.

Either way, even if she managed to run away, someone would have gone after her. What do you think would have happened if the person that stole the demon sword and handed it to Michizane got away?

Though the Mask ended his statement in a question, there was no one here who couldnt understand what he was getting at.

There was no way that they would have left such a suspicious person alone.

And though no one here knew what plans she had after that, since she was already wearing that face, there was no mistaking that she was trying to incite internal strife by placing the blame on the Ooharu family.

I see, thats why its a given that she would be caught. I doubt she would have underestimated the clans ability to find her even if she did manage to slip back into the clan. There arent a lot of people that can escape from Mikoto-sama too.

If she already knew that she was going to be caught, then a replacement for her must have already been prepared.

Ka ka ka, all the peeping toms must be panicking right about now, searching every corner thoroughly with their Spirit Sight. I dont know how many they can find with their level of skills, though. I wish I could be there to see their flustered faces, Old Man Kusakabe laughed.

The three girls behind him tilted their head and asked.

Kusakabe-sama, who are the peeping toms youre referring to?