By then, Akiyoshi Mibuko had long noticed the micro-control master sneaking up behind her. She merely pretended not to notice.
She had long known that this guy intended to assassinate Yashiro Kie, and had planned her own Murder Plan around it.
Everything was proceeding according to her plan.
The knife thrust toward her lower back. Just as it struck, the quick-reacting Akiyoshi Mibuko spun around, using the towel to disarm Kusaka Hironari.
However, instead of moving the blade away, she drove it straight into the spot where she wore a stab-proof vest wrapped around a blood pack.
"Squelch!"
The knife pierced the blood pack, and blood rapidly flowed out from beneath her bathrobe, staining it crimson.
Akiyoshi Mibuko looked at her abdomen in "disbelief," swayed twice, then fell stiffly to the floor without moving.
Kusaka Hironari panted heavily.
This was his first time killing someone.
Even though he had rehearsed it countless times, his heart still pounded uncontrollably, and the excitement and tension left his nerves taut.
"Calm down... Calm down..."
After taking two deep breaths, Kusaka Hironari forcibly suppressed the thrill of killing for the first time, turned around, and fled through the door.
Once Kusaka had left, Akiyoshi Mibuko climbed to her feet and could not help sighing. "What a useless piece of trash... He couldn't even stab someone in the right place. I had to help him."
After muttering a few curses, she turned around, cleaned up the blood on the floor, then dragged Yashiro Kie out of the bathroom and slapped her hard across the face twice.
"Who are you?"
Yashiro Kie was still dazed when she heard Akiyoshi's calm voice. "I am the daughter of Captain Okita, the man you killed fifteen years ago!"
"What?!"
"Surprised, aren't you?!"
Akiyoshi Mibuko's voice carried a trace of