"Cough, cough..." To keep her flustered reaction from being noticed, Mai Sakurajima coughed twice with a frosty expression. "Didn't you say we were changing locations for the second experiment? We can go now..."
As she spoke, Sogo Doma was observing her as well. The chill on her face deepened, and she looked somewhat impatient. Perfect. This former bunny girl was clearly sick of him. She was only suppressing her dissatisfaction because he could restore her to normal. That was exactly how it should be. A lab rat ought to behave like a lab rat—how could she possibly develop strange feelings for a researcher?
Wasn't this much better? His frantic trash-talking and every bit of self-deprecation just now had not been in vain!
"Urgh~!" Giving himself a thumbs-up inwardly, Sogo Doma continued to disparage himself. "This was probably a coincidence of fate. The location I prepared for the second experiment was on the train too. I didn't expect Mai to—"
"W-Who has a coincidence of fate with you?" Mai Sakurajima turned her face away. Though her expression radiated coldness, she also seemed a little flustered.
Sogo Doma found it even more perfect. With how blatantly he had acted, the lab rat's favorability toward him should be in the negatives by now, right? The proof was that she was starting to panic. That meant the lab rat was worried that he would reveal his ugly side, while also afraid that if she did not cooperate with him, he would not wholeheartedly help her.
Thinking of this, Sogo Doma sighed inwardly. He really was like some great villain who forced others into submission.
Mai Sakurajima's heart was beating rapidly. A coincidence... of fate? She and this guy in front of her really did seem as though fate had entangled them together. Her current