(Fourth update...)
(Dazedly awakened by the heat, then dazedly realized the power was out, dazedly crawled to an internet café to update... I'm out of strength. For Ru Qing's sake, since she has such integrity, friends, please be sure to support me... [Tears]...)
As Westcott read out name after name, Tobiichi Origami's heart gradually grew unsettled.
Now, Tobiichi Origami could be certain that Westcott knew the identities of the Spirits in her class!
But if that was the case, why had Westcott not launched an operation to kill them?...
Wasn't DEM also an organization that advocated killing Spirits?...
Although the handling of Spacequakes and responses to Spirits were the responsibility of specialized military units in every country, compared to DEM, those anti-Spirit forces only had an advantage in numbers. Some did not even have that advantage.
Furthermore, given DEM's special nature and status, there were many cases of a country's anti-Spirit forces asking DEM for assistance, or DEM involving itself in matters concerning Spirits.
Now that they had not only grasped the Spirits' identities but also learned their locations, why did they not send people to kill them?...
Moreover, among those Spirits was the one who had destroyed their branch office...
Tobiichi Origami could not make sense of it no matter how much she thought about it, nor could she determine what Westcott truly intended. In the end, she simply admitted it openly.
"Yes!" Tobiichi Origami nodded heavily.
"I know that Tohka Yatogami, Kurumi Tokisaki, Yekusaya Yamai, Yuzuru Yamai, and Itsuka Shido are all Spirits!"
"Oh?..." Westcott stared intently at the expressionless Tobiichi Origami, then suddenly smiled.
Just as Tobiichi Origami thought Westcott would ask why she had not reported this matter to the upper ranks of AST, he instead posed a question.
"If that is so, then why have