Milluki had gotten heatstroke and was close to dehydration.
To make his claim more convincing, he lifted his shirt, revealing pale, flabby flesh covered in visible sweat.
Kalluto remained expressionless.
Members of the Zoldyck Family underwent "scorching heat" training from a very young age, and this was merely an insignificant part of their hellish regimen.
So no matter how ridiculous Milluki looked, Kalluto did not believe his heatstroke excuse.
"What did you see?"
Kalluto shifted his gaze toward the remote control in Milluki's hand.
He had not paid attention to the screen earlier. Now, all he could see was a black display.
Milluki sighed and struggled to suppress the fear in his heart.
"Kalluto, I should have realized it sooner..."
"What?"
Kalluto frowned. He could not tell whether Milluki had suddenly lost his mind or something, but his words and behavior were extremely strange.
More importantly, Kalluto could sense that Milluki was afraid of something.
Whatever was going on, just tell me what you saw already!
Milluki's sweaty, fleshy face was filled with wariness and gravity as he said in a low voice, "Big Brother concealed part of the truth. I should have realized it sooner..."
"Hm?"
The fingers gripping Kalluto's paper fan tightened instinctively, faint veins rising on the back of his pale hand as he resisted the urge to smack Milluki with it.
As if unaware of Kalluto's thoughts, Milluki lowered his head and bit his thumb, his voice trembling slightly. "No wonder Big Brother ended up so miserable this time. I should have realized it sooner..."
"..."
Kalluto took a deep breath.
Noticing Kalluto's deep breath, Milluki took one as well.
Then—
He looked at Kalluto and made an extremely solemn suggestion. "How about we retreat?"
"..."
Kalluto fell silent for a second or two, clenched his