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Inspector Yamazaki and his female colleague exchanged puzzled looks.

Komori Ai might not look like a child anymore, but her behavior was even more bizarre than a child's.

She must really have mental health issues.

It made sense, after all, wasn't it strange to not have psychological problems when one grew up trapped in a cult, never allowed out, and not having received a proper education?

But the strangeness didn't stop at her behavior, as her following testimony was extremely eerie.

Inspector Yamazaki, "I ask you, Serizawa..."

Komori Ai, "Komori Ai!"

Inspector Yamazaki, "Alright, alright, Komori Ai, I ask you, do you know that the Happiness Cult is a cult?"

Komori Ai, "Is it? Aren't all religions like that?"

Inspector Yamazaki, "Oh, umm..."

This young girl suddenly uttered a phrase that seemed quite philosophical, which caught people off guard.

Inspector Yamazaki composed himself and continued the interrogation, "What was your main responsibility in the Happiness Cult?"

Komori Ai, "Promotion! And drawing blood!"

Inspector Yamazaki, "Drawing blood?"

Kagura Hikaru interjected, "Inspector Yamazaki, didn't you test a bottle of honey from the Happiness Cult before? The human blood in it should be hers."

Inspector Yamazaki, "?!... I see, I understand now."

He cursed silently, "Damn cult," and looked at Komori Ai with sympathy, "Komori Ai, were you imprisoned?"

Komori Ai, "Yes! I wanted to go out and play, but they wouldn't let me, hmph!"

Inspector Yamazaki, "Has it been like this since your father founded the Happiness Cult?"

Komori Ai, "Gah!"

The record continued.

Inspector Yamazaki started with some minor questions, delving deeper towards the core step by step.

Finally, he got to the matter of the bodies.

Inspector Yamazaki asked, "According to the testimonies of Kagura Hikaru and Classmate Ayakoji Chiyoko as well as photographic evidence, you discovered at least four bodies on the private land of the Happiness Cult. Do you think these people were killed by the Happiness Cult?"

Komori Ai, "My dad killed them all, he liked killing too much, he even made me do dissections when I was young, said it was some kind of ritual, I got all dirty! So annoying!"

Inspector Yamazaki and the policewoman exchanged serious glances and asked, "Those people were killed by your father? Are you sure?"

Komori Ai, "Sometimes he even let me watch."

Inspector Yamazaki, "Who were the victims? Were they related to the Happiness Cult?"

Komori Ai, "Um... Some were believers who volunteered to be killed by my dad, others were captured from outside, I don't really know."

Kagura Hikaru and Ayakoji Chiyoko, listening to her describe these dark matters with an innocent tone, couldn't help but murmur to themselves.

Inspector Yamazaki's expression turned odd as he continued his questioning, "After your father's death, did anyone in the Happiness Cult continue doing such things?"

Komori Ai, "I don't know."

Inspector Yamazaki, "Alright, I understand."

He closed his notebook, stood up, and looked at Kagura and others, "Mr. Kagura, and Classmate Ayakoji, please stay at the police station for now, it's best not to go out. We can ensure your safety here. The situation is urgent, I have to report this to the criminal division."

He instructed his female colleague to take care of Kagura and the others, emphasizing the need to watch Komori Ai closely, then hurried off with the record book.

Clearly, there were no bedrooms in the police station, but the policewoman arranged an empty large meeting room for Kagura Hikaru and the other two to rest.

Although there were no beds or sofas, resting one's head on the table was sufficient.

However, unlike Komori Ai, who started sleeping soundly again after the recording was finished, Kagura Hikaru and Ayakoji Chiyoko couldn't fall asleep.

In the deep of night, long past midnight, they remained awake in a pitch-dark meeting room, standing by the window, gazing out at the Tokyo nightscape.

The police precinct in Tokyo is quite large, towering over the average office building, allowing a perfect view of the bustling, dazzling human world from the meeting room.

"This incident... should be over now, right?" Chiyoko Ayakoji said, her fingers brushing the glass uncertainly.

The memory of being chased like prey with a gun at her back, along with the skeletons discovered on the mountain, was all still fresh in her mind, vivid and clear.

The brutality of the Happiness Cult had been seared into her heart, leaving behind fear.

Not only the fear for her own safety but also the fear of losing Hikaru Kagura.

If they had made one wrong move, they would have been captured by now.

"Don't worry, even if the people from the Happiness Cult wanted revenge, their first target would not be you, but me," Kagura Hikaru said calmly.

"How could I not worry!" Chiyoko Ayakoji blurted out excitedly, "Those guys will definitely come after you!"

"That's when the police will protect me."

"But they can't be vigilant all the time!"

"I've thought about that from the beginning," Kagura Hikaru glanced at her, "which is why I said you shouldn't have gotten involved."

"...Are you saying I'm immature?"

"Maybe not that, but you're definitely too impulsive, unlike how you were before."

"..."

Chiyoko Ayakoji fell silent, glanced over at Ai Komori, who was fast asleep on the conference table, and started to feel indignant, "To cause so much trouble just to save one person...!"

"Are you really going to complain about the victim?"

"...Just tell me the truth, what's really going on between you two," Chiyoko Ayakoji took a deep breath, turned to face him, "Is she your lover? Another ex-girlfriend? Or some cliché childhood sweetheart?"

"..."

"None of the above? Are you about to say that she is your curr—"

"Right, I am his mother!"

Ai Komori, who had, without them noticing, suddenly emerged from behind, leaped onto Kagura Hikaru's back, and peeked out from behind him with a mischievous grin.

"Ai Komori!" Kagura Hikaru scolded.

"Hehe," Ai Komori cheekily stuck out her tongue.

Seeing them being physically close again, Chiyoko Ayakoji's expression grew even darker, "I was speaking with Mr. Kagura, can you not interrupt?"
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"Eh? Me?" Ai Komori pointed at herself in surprise, then looked puzzled at her hand, and even sniffed it, "Did I interrupt just now? No, there's no saliva on it."

"...?"

Now Chiyoko Ayakoji was certain that the girl before her was not of sound mind.

She sighed.

Here she was, getting worked up over someone with a disability, seeming more immature by the minute.

Kagura Hikaru, on the other hand, seemed concerned, grabbed Ai Komori, and asked, "What's all this about being a mother? Is it because I've drunk your blood?"

"Good son, you've finally seen the light!" Ai Komori said, affectionately rubbing his head with a motherly look.

But since she couldn't reach the top, she ended up touching the lower head instead.

Slap!

As expected, Kagura Hikaru smacked her on the head once more.

Seeing her like this, Chiyoko Ayakoji sighed again.

She shouldn't have been treating her as a member of the opposite sex to be wary of.

This person was no different from a bratty child; what on earth was the Happiness Cult thinking in choosing her as a shrine maiden?