The events leading up to this in the bubble were still unfolding.
In the blink of an eye, it was evening. No one had found the disk containing the Original Manuscript that the great writer had hidden away, but something else major had happened.
—The host of the banquet, the renowned nonfiction writer Tachibana Goryu, had been beaten up by one of his invited guests.
Perhaps because his riddle had stumped everyone, Tachibana Goryu was in exceptionally high spirits and drank a few too many glasses that night.
Then, unable to restrain his lecherous nature, he went to embrace "Vermouth." "Jiang Xia" stepped in to stop him and accidentally tore off Tachibana Goryu's wig.
In the Villa during the escape, Gin looked through the bubble at that conspicuously striking bald head under the moonlight and sneered. He had previously thought Anonymous's recreation of their group was too accurate, and the thought of how long they had been secretly observed had sent a chill down his spine.
But this development immediately made Gin realize that the three people in the memory were not the real versions, but fabrications by Anonymous.
—In truth, if a writer like Tachibana Goryu, arrogant and overbearing enough to offend countless people, had really fallen into Uzo's hands, he probably would not have survived until nightfall, let alone acted like a thug toward the people Uzo had brought.
Vermouth was also staring darkly at Tachibana Goryu in the scene. Though she had not yet seen what came next, she had a strong premonition—this time, the victim was definitely this "renowned great writer."
Inside the memory bubble.
Tachibana Goryu knew nothing of the deathly gazes coming from elsewhere.
Having suddenly been made a spectacle of because of his bald head, he flew into a rage and