"Feeling...?"
Danzō could not understand.
"That's exactly the kind of vague feeling I mean."
Musashi smiled.
"Could it be that the others as well...?"
Somewhat shocked and somewhat afraid, she looked toward the others.
"Yes."
Kotarou nodded.
"As a ninja, one must maintain a suspicious attitude toward others at all times. But—if you mean when I formally confirmed your identity, it was probably after your duel with Mochizuki Chiyome."
"From that point onward, I could sense that you were deliberately concealing something. Given the current situation, there was only one thing left that you needed to hide."
"That you were a ninja from the opposing side."
"This old man only had some suspicions at first. Letting you into the hermitage was merely to see what you intended to do. I had already begun to let my guard down, yet you truly were one after all."
Senji Muramasa raised an eyebrow.
"Then, could it be that Lord Fujimaru Ritsuka also...?"
Katō Danzō finally looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka.
"As for me, I probably confirmed that suspicion when that Shuten Douji tried to abduct O-Nui. In a place like this, I need to assume guilt in order to stay vigilant."
Fujimaru Ritsuka scratched his head and smiled.
"Danzō was a little too unsettled back then. She seemed to be hesitating over something the entire time, so I made my judgment."
Katō Danzō was a little despairing.
"Lord Sakumura and Lady Musashi discovered my identity from the very beginning..."
"Then Lord Kotarou."
"Lord Muramasa and Lord Fujimaru Ritsuka also grew suspicious."
"Then—if that was the case, why...?"
Katō Danzō could not understand.
It was not merely something she could not understand as a mechanical puppet. Even if Katō Danzō had been human, she still would not have been able to understand.
They had seen