ヽ(〃〃)~
A terrified scream brought this hopeful rescue mission to an end.
"Senior Toyono just died like that?"
Suzuki Sonoko found it hard to believe for a moment. Although she had already seen plenty of corpses, the person who had died this time was someone she knew, after all. It felt completely different from seeing a total stranger by the roadside.
However soon, she tasted a faint sense of familiarity in that "disbelief."
Suzuki Sonoko: "..." Wait. Think carefully, this did not seem to be the first time she had seen someone she knew die—never mind distant examples; her older sister's future father-in-law had only just passed away a while ago, and the culprit had been her brother-in-law's own brother.
Compared to that, Senior Toyono, whom she had only met a few times at banquets, seemed more like a stranger instead.
That eased Suzuki Sonoko's fear a little.
Still, the state of death was just too gruesome. There was still plenty of fright to suffer. Suzuki Sonoko sighed and muttered softly, "He died way too suddenly..."
Hattori Heiji carried the body ashore, his expression somewhat grim. "I didn't expect something to happen even when we only sent one person."
Back then, he had spent so long working through the river-crossing puzzle, thinking the worst outcome would be Senior Toyono getting lost in the woods. Who could have known things would turn out like this?
Hattori Heiji: "..." If he had known this would happen, back then he should have sent Vodka over. That way, the two evil forces could have collided, both sides could have suffered, and then this group of upstanding citizens could have swooped in to pick up the pieces... although Vodka would not have listened to him anyway.
Vodka, who suddenly felt a chill crawl over him: