Tsukikawa Isshiki's answer was unexpectedly earnest.
"I'm not putting you down for your own good!"
"And you still said I was your benefactor! That I did you a favor." Kitahara Kaede's voice was muffled.
Tsukikawa Isshiki gave a bitter smile. "Because that strange person you mentioned has already come looking for us."
Kitahara Kaede was startled and hurriedly looked around.
Yet he did not see anyone.
Then he rolled his eyes at Tsukikawa Isshiki.
"You're still using something like this to fool me? If you want to kill or torture me, hurry up!"
Kitahara Kaede felt like he was being toyed with.
For a moment, his blood rushed to his head.
"Hmm..." Tsukikawa Isshiki seemed somewhat bewildered as well.
Kitahara Kaede quickly came to his senses.
Because the situation was obvious now.
He was still in someone else's hands.
Still, Kitahara Kaede began expressing himself more tactfully.
"I really didn't see anyone."
"I'm not afraid to tell you. When I first arrived here, he happened to arrive as well."
Tsukikawa Isshiki spoke calmly.
Kitahara Kaede did not believe a word of it.
But he still had to humor him aloud.
"Then bring him out!"
"If he doesn't want to come out, how can I make him come out whenever I please?"
Tsukikawa Isshiki kept smiling.
Kitahara Kaede, meanwhile, was holding back a bellyful of anger.
He muttered, "Stop trying so hard to maintain that expert demeanor. It's tacky!"
Tsukikawa Isshiki's expression visibly stiffened.
Unfortunately, Kitahara Kaede was not in the mood to notice.
So the words kept pouring from his mouth.
"Cough, cough."
"What are you coughing for? Can an expert like you get sick?"
The moment Kitahara Kaede heard the coughing, he immediately began mocking him again.
Soon, though, he realized something.
That cough had not come from beside