What to Do on a Dark and Windy Night

That night, perhaps because the exhausting life he had been living had suddenly shown a glimmer of an end, Amuro Tooru actually slept less soundly than he had the previous two times.

On top of that, the "mysterious person" occupied much of his attention—those Peripheral Members who had passed out on the mountain had gradually regained consciousness not long ago, and Amuro contacted them at once.

However, because it had been too dark, and because the attacker had approached without warning, none of the Peripheral Members had gotten a clear look at who the attacker was. But Amuro had at least obtained one crucial piece of information from them—all of them said they had never installed any recording equipment.

In other words, there was indeed a strong possibility that the recording equipment had been planted by the mysterious person who had taken down both groups. His purpose was unknown.

Amuro pondered for a long time but still could not figure out the exact connection between Matsuda and this mission.

So that night, he paid special attention to the activity outside, occasionally going to the window to take a look—if Matsuda had not left after beating people up, but had instead remained nearby to observe the situation like he had in the previous case... perhaps Amuro could find an opportunity to catch him, or at least meet him face-to-face?

Asking about the situation would certainly be more useful than any amount of speculation. Even if he got no answer, he could at least fish for some information. Unlike now—now, even the assumption that "Kurosawa Sa was the one who beat them up" was merely his own guess.

Yet after keeping watch for quite a while, Amuro failed to catch sight of Matsuda... Kurosawa Sa lurking nearby.

Instead, he noticed something