Watching Maki start talking to herself again, Higuruma couldn't help backing off, feeling rather fortunate by comparison.
He instinctively took a step back, reluctant to get too close to her.
Seeing that Maki wasn't about to attack, Higuruma tentatively raised a finger and tapped his head.
His eyes seemed to ask whether something was wrong with her up there.
Maki fell silent at his gesture.
Ever since Jie Jian appeared, this hadn't been the first time someone thought she had a screw loose. It had caused her no shortage of distress.
Jie Jian's departure a little while ago had finally let Maki breathe a small sigh of relief.
But who could have imagined he'd return after just a few days?!
What happened to never seeing each other again?!
Maki took a deep breath and suppressed her frustration.
Ignoring Higuruma's frightened gaze, she held her hand out to him.
"Just assume I'm mentally ill. Give me your points."
Despite having worked as a lawyer for years, this was Higuruma's first encounter with a "lunatic" demanding something from him.
You know what? A "lunatic" really did have a different way of asking for things.
Not a trace of the locals' usual reserve. How rude!
You could at least bow!
Don't you understand the art of bowing?
Faced with this unfamiliar situation, Higuruma took another fearful step back, but still shook his head firmly.
"But I refuse."
The moment Hiromi Higuruma finished speaking, the air in the theater seemed to freeze.
Maki didn't move or say another word.
She stood in the aisle between the seats, her hand still outstretched, calmly watching Higuruma on the stage.
Uncomfortable under her stare, Higuruma reached up and adjusted his mist-covered glasses.
He was about to say something else when Maki slowly moved her hand to the