Takamori Masumi heard Torimaru Naoko's words and recalled why Superintendent Fuwa had been brought down. It all felt absurd, yet faintly funny and terrifying: "You're not saying that person used those 'twins' as a metaphor for the two of us, are you? And that he killed four people and brought down a superintendent just to remind us that, as 'twins,' we have to keep our voices consistent at all times, play our roles properly, and never expose ourselves?"
Torimaru Naoko nodded, then shook her head. "His primary targets may have been those drug dealers or Superintendent Fuwa, but that didn't stop him from taking the opportunity to warn us."
She looked Takamori Masumi over. "The two of us bear a grudge against each other, yet after plastic surgery, we became twins. Fuwa Narumi and Fumizuki Karen, meanwhile, were sisters who drifted apart and altered their faces into different people. In the end, one died and the other went to Prison—and the younger sister was personally killed by her elder sister..."
Torimaru Naoko took a deep breath. "Those two pitiful women are practically a mirror of us—the man must be using them to warn us not to turn against each other. Even if we have to endure it, we must meet his demands and play a pair of loving, exemplary twin sisters."
Takamori Masumi had not considered things that deeply at all, but after Torimaru Naoko's analysis, the more she thought about it, the more it seemed that this was exactly what had happened.
Takamori Masumi suddenly thought of the unfortunate younger sister who had been killed by her own sister and asked, struck by the thought, "If I make a mistake, will you kill me?"
Torimaru Naoko said, "Yes."
Takamori Masumi: "?" *I already knew you weren't a good person,