According to Yuriko Takagi, there had to be plenty of Dead Bodies near Takagi's residence. It was also the closest gathering place for Dead Bodies.
Twenty-five left. Kurumi gritted her teeth, dodged Wisteria's attack, and ran into a nearby alley.
On the wide streets, Wisteria only needed to put in a little effort to catch up to Kurumi. But in the narrow alleys, not only was running speed reduced, the maze-like roads branching in every direction left him completely disoriented.
Watching Kurumi dart about as nimbly as a hamster nearly drove him mad! God knew why an ordinary human could still be bouncing around after suffering such severe injuries.
Although the route was more than twice as long, Wisteria would not be able to catch her so easily. At this rate, she might even have a chance to shake him off!
Hearing Wisteria's unwilling roar, Kurumi roughly judged her bearings and sprinted toward Takagi's residence.
The scent in the air was faint. Wisteria sniffed here and there but could not determine her general direction, because the wind kept blowing the opposite way. But if not for that wind, Kurumi and the others probably would not have been discovered by Wisteria in the first place.
Now the tables had turned, allowing Kurumi to widen the distance between them considerably.
Bang! Wisteria angrily smashed a hole through the nearby wall. He had not expected there to be so many alleys in the commercial district, but he was a teacher after all. Once he calmed down, he roughly determined Kurumi's location.
If she covered herself in dead body blood, maybe my nose would fail me. But that faint scent is still in the air, which means that bitch Kurumi Tokisaki must have run downwind!
His left eye, which had only regrown halfway, glared