Asō Yoshino shook her head in disbelief, her smile tinged with misery.
"How could Oda Sawa be Hirano Sanki?"
Although it was only Miwa Chisei's guess, the possibility was very real.
"You won't believe anything I say now, will you? After all, you think he's the man you can depend on for the rest of your life."
Miwa Chisei thought back over the changes in Asō Yoshino's attitude these past few days. She was actually trying to blind herself to the truth and shield a murderer.
"What exactly did Hirano Sanki do...?"
"You don't know, do you? Almost everyone involved in that incident is dead."
Asō Yoshino's eyes filled with terror. After that incident, they had deliberately stopped contacting or mentioning one another, vanishing completely from each other's lives.
"Only three are left now: you, Murata Xu, and the Hirano Sanki in the care facility."
"You know what my ability is, right? I went to check. The person in the care facility isn't Hirano Sanki. We also found the killer responsible for all seven deaths, and now we suspect that person is your fiancé."
Miwa Chisei calmly studied Asō Yoshino's terrified expression, drawing out her words.
"So, tell me-who exactly is your fiancé?"
Asō Yoshino covered her face with both hands in disbelief.
"Why would he do this? He... he was involved too."
"He was a coward just like me, someone who helped me push Sakurami into hell. What right does he have to kill us?"
Miwa Chisei lacked the life experience to answer that question for Asō Yoshino. All she could conclude was that he was sick in the head.
"I need a sample of that man's handwriting."
She frowned, keeping things strictly professional, but the enormous shock had already left Asō Yoshino dazed.
"Zawa looks completely different from