Aikawa Kaze, who had been about to push the door open, froze on the spot, unsure whether he should turn around and leave.
Inside, Suguru Geto, now a fox, stared blankly ahead with hollow eyes, as though his soul had left his body.
-Maybe... if he'd known this would happen, he would have been better off actually coming here in a maid outfit!
Shoko Ieiri had only meant it as a joke. As a pet owner, wasn't petting cats and teasing dogs perfectly normal?
But after seeing the Black-Furred Fox's unusually distinctive reaction, along with Satoru Gojo's expression shattering for an instant, she suddenly felt awful.
Shoko Ieiri stiffened involuntarily as a horrifying possibility occurred to her.
This fox was far too humanlike. With an expression that human, it was hard to believe he was an ordinary wild animal!
And then there was Satoru Gojo, that thick-skinned bastard of a cat. Back when they used to hang out, they'd made countless jokes worse than this, yet she'd never seen him break character so badly. Could it be...
At the thought of one particular possibility, even Shoko Ieiri shuddered, suddenly feeling the urge to wash her hands.
Sure, as a doctor, she was used to seeing human bodies. You could even say she treated people like slabs of pork on the dissection table.
Shoko Ieiri could guarantee that even if Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto stripped naked and streaked in front of her, she wouldn't so much as blink. She would simply say, perfectly calmly, "Your brains finally broke, huh? Want me to open up your skulls and operate?"
But just now, she'd used her hand... to flick...
Which, more or less, meant she'd used her hand to...
*No, don't remember it! Don't imagine it! Absolutely do not put a face