Chat Group: Anime Girls are Moist-Chapter 392: The Truth about Gai

"Finally... it's over."

With the first ray of morning sunlight shining down, Saikyo Nene stiffly raised her head.

Ah.

It felt like relief.

Do you have any idea what kind of night I've just endured?!

She hadn't been able to do anything except stand there.

But she had to admit—Rei Ao's strength was terrifying.

Even she could see it.

No wonder that old woman Kurono was completely under his control—he really was incredible.

Look at Edelweiss, supposedly the most wanted criminal in that other world, normally so cold and distant... yet completely different when she was around Rei Ao.

...

"You have such a strange look on your face."

Rei Ao came up to her.

"..."

Saikyo Nene tugged at the corner of her mouth.

"Could you at least put some clothes on when you stand in front of me?"

"Ah, but you looked like you were enjoying the view."

"Which eye of yours saw me enjoying it?!"

Well, she had been watching intently, that was true.

After all, she wasn't the one suffering.

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Plus, it's not like she'd ever experienced anything like that herself.

But she didn't recall showing any particular expression.

Turning slightly, she glanced at the scene behind him.

She smirked a little and said, "Now that your trade with Edelweiss is finished, could you send me back?"

"Of course—no problem. But first, let me make sure everything's settled here."

Rei Ao saw no need to keep her around any longer.

He returned Esdeath and the others to the palace, then chose to go back to his own world.

For Saikyo Nene, crossing between worlds was definitely a strange experience.

In the blink of an eye, she was back in Stella's dorm.

But...

She looked at Edelweiss, who was leaning on her for support, and for a moment she had no idea what to say.

Rei Ao didn't come back with them.

He merely left a single message in the chat group:

Rei Ao: "@Saikyo Nene, I've returned to my world. Could you do me a favor and help 'clean up' Edelweiss?"

"???"

Saikyo Nene's eye twitched.

Clean up?

How exactly was she supposed to do that?!

...

"Isn't this... the Kuhouin Group's territory?"

Indeed, Tsugumi and Shinomiya Ayase had left the Funeral Parlor under some excuse and arrived at the location specified in Inori's encrypted message.

To their surprise, it turned out to be property of the Kuhouin Group!

"How in the world did Yuzuriha Inori get involved with the Kuhouin Group?"

Sitting in a wheelchair, Shinomiya Ayase looked genuinely puzzled.

Just then, the doors opened.

Arisa, dressed in formal attire, walked toward them with measured grace.

After a subtle once-over, she said bluntly, "You two must be Inori's friends from the Funeral Parlor, correct?"

"..."

Their eyes narrowed.

Fingers tensed on the wheelchair's armrests.

Shinomiya Ayase hadn't expected that Inori would reveal the Funeral Parlor's affairs to outsiders.

Her gaze sharpened as she asked gravely, "May I ask your name, miss... and how exactly are you connected to Inori?"

Tsugumi remained silent the entire time—she wasn't good at conversation.

"I am Kuhouin Arisa. You may address me as such."

"So it really is... the Kuhouin Group..."

Now Shinomiya Ayase could confirm that Inori was currently involved with the Kuhouin Financial Group.

"As for my relationship with Inori..."

She trailed off.

Arisa paused, as though reflecting on her words, then gave a faint smile. "We could be friends, or we could be sisters. We could also share the bond of going through hardships together."

Being painted and "tended to" by a certain person could indeed be called sharing hardships.

"But if you want to know more, come with me. Inori will explain it to you herself."

With that, she turned and walked away, leaving the choice to the two at the gate.

"Sis..."

Tsugumi had no idea what to do and deferred to Shinomiya Ayase.

Arisa showed no concern for what they might decide.

In fact, from the start, their decision hadn't mattered to her.

She had only come personally to see if these two were truly fit to serve their beloved master alongside her.

From the standpoint of looks, Arisa was satisfied.

Moreover, they were sisters, which might fulfill some "certain preferences" of her master.

That said...

She was slightly displeased that Shinomiya Ayase's legs were paralyzed, forcing her to remain in a wheelchair.

It might require her master's time and energy to heal her.

Then again, Arisa had seen Rei Ao revive people from a near-death state—literally pierced through the heart—so she didn't doubt his ability.

"Hopefully, once she's healed, she'll be able to perform up to standard for Master's... passions," she thought.

As expected, Shinomiya Ayase stared at Arisa's receding figure without blinking for a while, then made up her mind.

"Tsugumi, let's go inside. We have to see Inori."

"Alright!"

Tsugumi immediately began pushing her sister's wheelchair into the estate.

Shortly thereafter—

Following Arisa without obstruction, they arrived at a magnificent, spotless, tidy villa.

There, they finally saw Inori.

"..."

But right now, Inori seemed very different from the one they knew.

That innocent, naïve Inori was presently sipping red wine elegantly from a glass.

Alluring, mature, graceful, and seductive—all these qualities were fused into one person.

They could hardly believe this was the Inori they knew.

"Well now—your friends are here."

Sensing their arrival, "Inori" set down the glass with a faint smile.

It was Mana.

The next moment, she closed her eyes.

When she reopened them, Tsugumi and Shinomiya Ayase felt a wave of inexplicable dissonance.

Inori's bearing had reverted to the version of her they recognized.

"Tsugumi, Ayase—you're here."

"..."

"Inori... just what on earth happened to you?"

Shinomiya Ayase skipped over any greeting, urgently wanting to get to the root of the dissonance emanating from Inori.

Inori's gaze stayed calm from beginning to end.

In the same collected tone, she spoke words that mystified the two even further.

"Tsutsugami Gai—he's the very first betrayer of the Funeral Parlor."

"???"

That made no sense.

All of the Funeral Parlor had been founded by Tsutsugami Gai.

What reason would he have to betray it?

Before they could voice their questions, Inori continued, "From the very beginning, the Funeral Parlor existed only as a tool for him to accomplish another goal."

"..."

Tsugumi and Shinomiya Ayase looked at each other.

If that was true... it wasn't entirely impossible.

This time, they planned to hear out everything Inori had to say, and only after that would they judge its truth for themselves.

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