Thinking of this, as Akai Shuichi passed a turn in the stairs, he could not help glancing downward again.
Behind him, Jiang Xia was still looking up at him, wearing an utterly baffled expression.
Akai Shuichi recalled Jiang Xia's earlier question about his hair, then considered the High School Detective's intense curiosity. He vaguely understood what Jiang Xia was thinking and gave a brief answer. "I cut it."
Although his cover had already been blown, Akai Shuichi still used Okiya Subaru's voice. At the moment, not only was he disguised as Okiya Subaru, but he also wore the Voice-Changing Necklace the Disguise Artist had kindly provided around his neck. It had already been adjusted and locked onto "Okiya Subaru's" voice channel.
Jiang Xia froze for a moment before realizing which topic Akai Shuichi meant. "...I see."
"..."
Silence.
As Jiang Xia remained silent, his confusion deepened. It was one thing for Akai Shuichi and Gin to overlap in Persona, but why could even their Killing Intent overlap? In theory, even Killing Intent with the same sake flavor should have subtle differences. But...
Jiang Xia looked at the few Ghosts politely harvesting Killing Intent from Akai Shuichi and found that his sense of smell clearly was not the problem—the Ghosts also thought the two men's Killing Intent was completely identical.
"..." Having confirmed that, Jiang Xia stared at Akai Shuichi's back, disappointment flickering in his eyes.
He did like Alcohol-flavored Killing Intent, but he could get plenty of it just by provoking Gin from time to time. Compared to other hidden flavors of High-Grade Killing Intent, it did not seem all that precious.
After reluctantly accepting this reality for the time being.
Jiang Xia withdrew his attention from Akai Shuichi and recalled what he had seen at the entrance to the