"Wait a minute..." Sogo Doma felt thoroughly baffled. "Who told you I was going to make this public?"
"But didn't you say there'd be experiments and examinations?" Honoka Kosaka asked in confusion as soon as he finished speaking.
"Experiments and examinations are one thing; making it public is another. Don't lump the two together, okay..." Sogo Doma was beginning to understand how that ghost-catching master had felt. Bleeding from all seven orifices was bleeding from all seven orifices; dying was dying. Bleeding from all seven orifices didn't mean you were dead!
"Huh?"
"Then again..." Looking at the dumbfounded crowd, Sogo Doma wore an odd expression. "TV always says to call the police when you're in trouble, yet your first reaction when something happens is to keep it secret. No wonder horror stories and urban legends are so popular."
"What do you mean?"
"Isn't it obvious? If the protagonists in those stories just called the police, most horror stories would probably turn into cop dramas..."
"Onii-chan..." At a time like this, only that little dumpling would speak up. "What you're saying isn't romantic at all. Besides, the police aren't omnipotent..."
"They may not be omnipotent, but they can at least solve most problems. Besides, I'm teaching them not to try keeping everything secret. Even if you do want to keep something secret, look at how many people are here. When so many people already know..." Mai Sakurajima: "..." Fine, that was her fault. But when this happened, she just happened to be in a crowd.
Meanwhile.
"We'd never tell anyone about something like this!" Honoka Kosaka declared with a serious expression. To prove it, she looked toward the others in Muse. "Everyone, I'm right, aren't I?"
"Of course!" Muse answered earnestly.
"Whether you keep it secret or not doesn't matter at