Sabaody Archipelago, Island 50.
In the underground laboratory of an ordinary residential building.
Sephiroth, dressed in a blue kimono, stepped out of a Spatial Gate and stopped before a room whose interior was lined with thick steel plates.
When his gaze passed through the iron bars on the door and saw Kozuki Sukiyaki's corpse sprawled on the floor with bulging eyes, a look of astonishment appeared on his face.
This old man had actually... died!?
Sephiroth quickly opened the metal door forged from steel and strode inside.
He crouched down, reached out to touch Kozuki Sukiyaki's corpse, and performed a rough examination.
The cause of death was an apple lodged in his throat...
Livor mortis had appeared on the skin, the body had stiffened, and the corpse's temperature was close to room temperature...
He had probably died around eight or nine hours ago!
In other words, Kozuki Sukiyaki had killed himself while I was still in Wano Country after leaving the laboratory!
Damn it! This guy actually chose to take his own life...!?
I was careless! If I had prepared liquid food for him...
No, that wouldn't have mattered! If he wanted to kill himself, he could have used the chains attached to his handcuffs!
If he wanted to die... he would have died last night anyway!
Then the reason for his suicide was obvious!
Kozuki Sukiyaki had decided to kill himself after realizing I could read memories... Was it to protect certain secrets?
Sephiroth shifted his gaze to Kozuki Sukiyaki's body, already marked by livor mortis...
After considering it, he ultimately gave up on the idea of drinking his blood to read his memories.
No other reason!... It was too disgusting! He couldn't bring himself to bite down!
Once blood lost its vitality, it became difficult to extract memory