Chatting Is an "Excellent" Tradition You Simply Can't Skip in Anime / The Eye That Records All Things

However, his detective's intuition told him... this wasn't over yet.

Author's Note:

Keep going, keep going~

Something was wrong.

Did the Counter Force really exist?

If this was all there was to it, then it seemed a little too easy for Irena.

Lord El-Melloi II was concerned.

Their side had sufficient fighting power, and the enemy's scheme had already been completely exposed. Under these circumstances, what could possibly turn things around?

"...Why are you still so composed?"

Hishiri Adashino voiced Lord El-Melloi II's question.

"You should know about what happened a month ago," Dr. Heartless said.

"The Twin Towers... Wait, don't tell me that incident had something to do with you too?!"

When Lord El-Melloi II had been at the Twin Towers, he had always felt that something was off, as though a piece of the puzzle were missing.

At the Twin Towers, there had seemingly been something wrong with Lord Balor's every move.

He had felt the same way about what had happened at Separation Castle before Irena arrived.

"I originally had plans of my own. But that young Witch truly threw everything into disarray. She even sealed off that sliver of a possibility of reaching the Root." Dr. Heartless sighed. "But precisely because of that, you know what happened afterward too, don't you?"

"The Aurora Incident..."

Hishiri Adashino naturally knew what he meant.

That time, the sky had practically split open in the literal sense.

"That was not an 'aurora.' It was a false impression created by the Clock Tower to mislead people and stop magi from investigating further." Dr. Heartless exposed the truth behind the incident. "You all understand what really happened at that time."

As Dr. Heartless spoke, more and more cold sweat formed on Lord El-Melloi II's forehead.

"...Could it be? You saw something