The True Mastermind

"Who is Kengso?"

Riezel had asked that question once before, prior to fighting Uro Sakurako.

At the time, Uro Sakurako had not answered him.

Yet Riezel could not help but care about it.

For no other reason than what Uro Sakurako had said.

"I intend to do as I please in this era. To that end, I need to accumulate as many points as possible and survive in 'Kengso's game.'"

What was "Kengso's game"?

Riezel did not know.

But from Uro Sakurako's words, he could tell that the game she referred to had to be the survival competition currently underway—the Culling Game.

The problem was... wasn't the Culling Game organized by Geto Suguru?

Riezel felt as though he had brushed against an exceedingly important secret.

Thus, after defeating Uro Sakurako and Ishiryuu, Riezel directly asked Uro Sakurako that question.

"Oh?"

Ishiryuu, lying nearby, spoke in surprise.

"So you didn't know Kengso existed?"

Clearly, Ishiryuu also knew of Kengso.

"...Tell me."

Seeing this, Riezel turned his gaze toward Ishiryuu. Looking at the man and woman lying before him, he asked, "Is the Kengso you speak of Geto Suguru, the one organizing this Culling Game?"

Riezel's question did not receive an immediate response.

Both Ishiryuu and Uro Sakurako fell silent, seemingly considering something.

Riezel was in no hurry and simply waited for them to answer.

In the end, Ishiryuu spoke first.

"I don't know who this Geto Suguru you mentioned is." Ishiryuu laboriously drew on his cigarette as he slowly said, "As far as I know, the one organizing this Culling Game should be Kengso."

Then Ishiryuu abruptly changed tack.

"But I can probably guess what happened." Ishiryuu grinned. "That guy Kengso must have changed bodies again, right?"

Riezel reacted to those words.

"Changed bodies..."

It was such a simple phrase, yet