"Mmm, this roast squab tastes pretty good. That braised beef is nicely seasoned too, about as good as what I had in the Hunter Association cafeteria."
Dio buried himself in the pile of food on the table, wolfing it down while still finding time to comment on each dish.
Bokushin sat opposite him with vacant eyes, looking utterly defeated, just as despairing as she had been when Dio had toyed with her using a double for an entire night.
She truly hadn't expected her identity to be exposed so quickly.
Unlucky as ever, huh.
A few minutes earlier.
Dio had pointed at that white cloud with a faint, ambiguous smile and asked the question that made her want to slap herself several times.
Bokushin could only stand there, stammering without managing to string together two sentences.
There was nothing she could do.
She really couldn't find an excuse to brush it off.
In fact, she had a vague feeling that Dio had suspected her for a long time and simply hadn't exposed her because he was enjoying himself-
With a certain self-abandoning resignation, she decisively gave up trying.
After all, from what little she knew of the fellow before her, surely he wouldn't actually kill her on the spot.
"Mist~"
The very next instant, as Bokushin withdrew into herself.
That white creature suddenly let out a strange cry, then pounced on her face without any warning!
What's going on!?
The sudden attack instantly put Bokushin on edge.
As the suffocating sensation gradually set in, she faintly sensed the approach of death.
Without hesitation, she reached for the pistol at the small of her back!
Her gun certainly wouldn't frighten that man.
But anyone would instinctively dodge a large-caliber bullet. As long as she could make him back off-
"!?"
Her