"I'm home..."
After pushing open the front door, Sato Hayato called into the house in a weak voice.
Although Fang Cheng had helped him tonight, his younger sister was still missing, and he had no idea whether she was alive or dead.
Sato Hayato felt as though he had poured all his strength into the effort, only for it to come to nothing. On top of that, worry for his sister was tormenting him, both emotions weighing heavily on his mind and body.
His parents' shoes were in the entryway. They must have returned from the police station already.
Sato Hayato silently changed into his slippers and walked into the living room.
He had prepared himself for his mother to lecture him, or to find his parents sitting there sighing.
But the moment he stepped into the living room, what he saw sent a chill through his entire body. His mind went utterly blank.
A beautiful, seductive woman of about thirty sat on the living room sofa, legs crossed, watching Sato Hayato with an easy, relaxed air.
On the floor in front of the coffee table, Sato Hayato's parents lay in a pool of blood, utterly still. Their spilled blood had already congealed into a thick, sticky mess.
"Little boy, you're finally home. Big Sister was starting to get impatient waiting for you."
Edo Reina spoke in a mildly reproachful tone, as if she were a neighborly big sister complaining about her younger brother coming home late.
Sato Hayato's mind had nearly shut down, but at last he came back to himself.
"Ah!!"
His eyes bulged with rage as he let out a scream of anguish and lunged at the person who had killed his parents.
Edo Reina quickly flicked out her raised foot, the tip of her shoe striking