Shinji released his ocular technique and lowered the company president's wife, who had already lost consciousness, but a hint of doubt rose in his eyes.
By extracting her soul, he had thoroughly browsed the company president's wife's memories. Just as he'd expected, she was indeed a pawn the mysterious man had planted in human society. Her role was to control the newspaper and conceal the existence of demons as much as possible.
And according to her memories, she wasn't the only demon lurking among the upper echelons of human society.
Whether the mysterious man was cautious by nature or wanted to prevent his subordinates from conspiring with one another, the company president's wife didn't know the identities of the other hidden demons.
Of course.
That wasn't what had puzzled Shinji. After looking through the company president's wife's memories, he'd been surprised to discover that she hadn't contacted the mysterious man for several months.
When he thought about it,
that seemed to have started right after the great battle in Grass Country, when the mysterious man had fled in defeat.
"Could it be that the mysterious man didn't make it back?"
Shinji's expression darkened.
The company president's wife, who controlled the newspaper, held a high position under the mysterious man. If he'd successfully escaped from the Shinobi World back to the Demon Slayer World, he shouldn't have gone this long without contacting her.
That left Shinji with an unsettling suspicion: perhaps something had happened to the mysterious man, and he hadn't managed to return to the Demon Slayer World during the battle in Grass Country.
"If that's true, we're in trouble!"
Shinji's expression grew even gloomier.
He was still counting on capturing the mysterious man and learning why he'd invaded the Shinobi World so he could find a way to save