"Because of the leech industry, although Bloodsucker Town isn't part of the core circle, it has no fewer Instrument nobles than the core circle."
"The God-Worshipping Sect's base shouldn't be there, should it?"
In Kaia's mind, the base of such an evil, major villain ought to be in some remote, chaotic region no matter what.
Bloodsucker Town was neither remote nor sparsely populated. The God-Slaying Bureau and the Enforcement Corps both had stations there... Surely the God-Worshipping Sect wouldn't be so bold as to place its base right beneath the authorities' noses?
Wine Cup felt that Kaia's thinking was too stereotyped.
"Maybe the God-Worshipping Sect likes hiding in plain sight?"
Kaia said, "...That's not impossible. But the people from the God-Slaying Bureau and the Enforcement Corps aren't stupid either."
Na quietly added, "Maybe the God-Slaying Bureau and the Enforcement Corps cooperate with the God-Worshipping Sect."
Kaia said, "???"
Na said, "Didn't you just say that Bloodsucker Town has the largest company in the entire Instrument World that manufactures leech sacrificial offerings? Maybe that company was opened by the God-Worshipping Sect."
"If they opened it, then it would be perfectly normal for the God-Slaying Bureau and the Enforcement Corps to cooperate with them."
Kaia said, "...That's complete nonsense."
Na shrugged and continued leaning against Milk Dragon's shoulder. "No, it's not nonsense. I'm giving you a new perspective. After all, you've lived within the game for too long. You're already used to the rules here, so you'd never think in that direction."
"That's why you need outsiders like us to sound the alarm for you."
Na's words left Kaia stunned.
It seemed... it seemed to make some sense? Yet it also felt strange somehow, as though he had been forcibly shoved into her train of thought...
As Kaia was being talked into