If possible, perhaps he could just lay everything out with her and form a partnership...
"Miss Yukinoshita, is there something on my face?"
Having already made up his mind, Yin Kong suddenly looked at Yukino Yukinoshita.
Although this long-haired young lady had been quite discreet, with his current senses, how could he fail to notice her probing gaze?
Caught off guard by Yin Kong's gaze, Yukino Yukinoshita was inevitably startled as well.
However, she quickly regained her composure and said calmly, "No. I was merely considering something. At this point, do you still believe that Souta was right?"
That Miss Kagome had actually been taken away by a monster?
Before Yin Kong could answer, Higurashi Souta hurriedly shook his little head like a rattle and explained, "No, no, I lied. I deceived all of you..."
Kid, wasn't that attempt to cover things up a little too obvious?
He had clearly felt terribly wronged earlier because no one believed him, yet now he was desperately claiming that he had lied. Anyone could tell something was definitely off, right?
Sure enough, seeing the suspicion in Miss Yukinoshita's eyes grow even stronger, Yin Kong patted the child's head and explained, "Actually, I don't think Souta was necessarily lying. That dry well was so dark that, in his panic, it would be perfectly normal for him to see something and mistake it for a monster from legend."
"Yeah, Yin Kong is right!" Higurashi Souta's eyes lit up at once, and he nodded repeatedly. "I must have seen it wrong and thought a monster had appeared."
The strange look in Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes lessened somewhat, but it remained strong.
Could such a realistic illusion truly exist in this world?
Yin Kong chuckled and asked in return, "Then what else could it have been? Surely Miss