How could he test whether some kind of will was manipulating everything? That was the question.
All Toshiro Hijikata could rely on was his advantage of knowing certain plotlines. If that will wanted to set the stories he'd seen back on track, it would inevitably come into conflict with him...
Of course, maybe he was just overthinking it. Perhaps Nanami Aoyama had come here purely by chance—or maybe it was fate.
As Toshiro Hijikata pondered this, Nanami Aoyama said, sounding a little envious:
"Um, if I remember right, you're Mr. Hijikata... aren't you? Could you tell me if there's a Ms. Doma here?" When it came to romance—especially romance between people already living together—that was exactly what high school girls dreamed of.
Toshiro Doma: -_-!
He'd forgotten—he had to drop the disguise, and fast. If rumors spread that Hijikata was living with Umaru, even a hundred deaths wouldn't be enough to atone for his crime!
"Actually, my surname is Doma..."
Nanami Aoyama: "..."
Huh? His surname was Doma? But she was sure his name was Toshiro Hijikata. Had that been a lie? Whatever happened to trust between people?
Wait.
Something was off! Ordinarily, if he didn't want to talk to a stranger, he could simply ignore her. So why make up a fake name? Judging by how smoothly he'd done it, this definitely wasn't the first time. Which made the reason he was hiding his real name very suspicious!
Who would deliberately conceal their identity? Most likely a public figure, a police officer working a case, or a criminal wanted by the police...
Wait! A cr-criminal? Nanami Aoyama's expression darkened. Being a public figure or a police officer didn't really explain things, but if he was a wanted criminal, then some things made sense—like why he'd disguised his voice as