Okiya Subaru was full of questions, but he did not dare make a sound.
To him, from the moment he had finally confirmed Uzo's existence, things had already developed into the worst possible situation.
Standing across from Uzo now, Okiya Subaru felt as though he were already lying in a coffin, merely waiting for dirt to be piled over him. So he was not as panicked—perhaps because he had spent the entire journey hovering on the brink of death, forcibly toughening his nerves.
In any case, compared with correcting his superior's misunderstandings about him, Okiya Subaru felt there was one thing he had to clarify, or he would Die With Grievance—just how had Uzo learned that he was going to flee, and precisely scattered Murder Cases everywhere he was about to go?
"...How exactly did you do it?"
The question was rather abrupt, but Jiang Xia understood it.
Jiang Xia: "..." For that, you would have to ask the miraculous Student Kudo, and the strange bond between the two of you...
But with Uzo's Persona on, saying something like that somehow felt rather undignified.
So in the end, he merely let out a low laugh. "If you couldn't even see through my methods, how did you dare run away?"
"..."
Answering a question with another question was indeed the most effective method.
Okiya Subaru looked as though he had been struck right in the weak spot. His expression shifted slightly, and all his previous questions were thrown to the back of his mind as he could not help but think: ...That's right. What had I been thinking back then?
"I can guess why you wanted to leave." Like a leader chatting with a trusted subordinate, Uzo patiently talked him through it.
"Were you afraid that one day you would make