As Vermouth headed toward a secluded spot.
Elsewhere.
After using the restroom, Suzuki Sonoko contentedly washed her hands.
"Good thing this restroom wasn't closed." She chuckled in relief. "I thought my bad luck would keep going and I'd run into something like the restroom losing water or power... Luckily, that didn't happen."
Turning off the faucet, she took out a handkerchief and dried the water from her hands. Humming a tune, Suzuki Sonoko walked out of the restroom.
She was about to return to the underground parking lot when, suddenly, with a thunk, the Electric Lights on the entire floor went out.
"Huh?" Suzuki Sonoko jumped in fright, then immediately shouted, "Don't turn off the lights! There are still people in the store! Wait until I'm gone before you close up! Hey? Is anyone there? Turn on the lights!"
Her voice echoed through the pitch-black exhibition hall, but nobody answered.
Behind her, Sada-kane Yoshio, who had been waiting for a long time, quietly revealed a cruel smile. He lowered his arm, letting the metal rod in his hand strike the floor with a loud clang.
Hearing that eerie metallic sound, the young woman in front of him should have turned around in confusion, screamed in terror when she saw him, and then been beaten bloody, her face twisted in agony...
That was how it should have gone.
But in reality, Sada-kane Yoshio had struck an imposing pose for his grand entrance and waited two seconds, yet Suzuki Sonoko in front of him was still shouting herself hoarse in every direction, with no intention of turning around at all.
"..."
...What was this woman yelling about?
Didn't that completely cover up the sound of the metal rod hitting the ground? Could she be a little more alert??
Speechless for a moment,