A well-hidden room, an even better-hidden underground space, an evil laboratory, drugs scattered everywhere, and experiments she had never even heard of...
Mai Sakurajima suddenly felt she really did know far too much! But wasn't this guy right in front of her showing her all of it without the slightest restraint? It wasn't as if she'd wanted to see any of it!
Wait. If this guy's plan all along had been that she was going to disappear soon anyway—and even if she didn't, he'd make her disappear—then it completely explained why he'd dared to show her all those things so openly.
Thinking of that, Mai fell silent for a few stiff seconds. "..."
"Heh, hehe..."
"Of course, I was only joking..." Seeing that the bunny girl had been frightened again, Sogo Doma's wicked grin vanished, replaced by his usual radiant smile.
Mai: "..."
Was he sure that was just a joke? If she told anyone about everything she'd seen today, who knew how many people would go crazy?
Take the underground construction technology, for instance. If that technology were made public, housing prices in this country would plummet. If people couldn't afford to live aboveground, surely they could afford to live underground?
"Without clear evidence, even if you're a public figure, Mai, and you told everyone about everything you saw today, the most you'd do is make the public think you were imagining things—in other words, that something was wrong with your head..." Sogo explained as he tapped away at the computer.
"Hey, Sougo, aren't you underestimating my influence a little?" Mai felt he had a point, but she still wasn't satisfied.
"I never underestimate anyone. I simply have a clear understanding of the power at my disposal..." Sogo replied calmly. "In this country, the people on capital's side are