When asked her name, Xiao Hei's version of Miyuki Nanase casually answered.
But then she thought about how she was supposed to be a kidnapped civilian girl and felt that she seemed a little too calm.
So she put on a frightened expression and asked shakily, "Why did these people kidnap us?"
"Maybe because we were looking for evidence of his murder..."
Toyama Kazuha hesitated when she heard that. "I'm really sorry for getting you involved too, Miss Nanase."
"By the way!"
At that moment, Momiji seemed to remember something and suddenly asked, "Did any of you feel like one of those people's voices sounded familiar?"
Sonoko and Kazuha were taken aback. "Did it?"
"That Mr. Nishikawa."
Momiji pondered for a moment. "I keep feeling like I've heard it somewhere before. Thinking about it carefully, it was definitely him."
"Nishikawa Taiga?"
Kazuha frowned, sounding doubtful. "Could you have heard wrong?"
"No."
Momiji's tone was certain as she confirmed it again. "Even though he was wearing a motorcycle helmet, so his voice was muffled, and he deliberately lowered it, I wouldn't mistake a voice I've heard before."
Sonoko asked suspiciously, "You could tell even that?"
Momiji answered flatly, "My hearing has always been very good."
"This isn't just a matter of good hearing anymore, is it?"
Sonoko fell silent for a moment before she couldn't help complaining, "Isn't this basically a superpower?"
"Mm-hmm."
Xiao Hei's version of Miyuki Nanase nodded in agreement, gaining a new understanding of her hearing.
After all, she was a woman hailed as a candidate for the next Karuta Queen.
Fujino knew that Ooka Momiji's hearing was unusual.
But being able to identify someone through a helmet, even when that person had deliberately lowered his voice, and even determine his identity while she was at it...
That