"Hnn... uh... wh-where is this...?"

After suddenly being shocked with electricity, Shiori lost consciousness. When she woke up, she was in an unfamiliar room. She had been laid on the bed in that room.

"It looks like... I’m being held captive..."

She tried to get up, but whether from the electric shock or because some kind of drug had been administered while she was unconscious, her body felt unnaturally weak. Furthermore, she couldn’t even sit up in the first place—her hands and feet had been tied to the bedposts with rope, leaving her spread-eagled.

Just as she finished assessing the situation, the door opened and Kanrei appeared.

"Oh, you’re awake, Shiori."

"Hah...! You... what is the meaning of this...?"

Just like when they first met, Kanrei approached with a refreshing smile. But Shiori was in this state—or rather, he was the one who had put her in it. She responded to his smile with a voice blazing with hostility.

"Heh heh... Even that wary look on your face is beautiful. Of all the women I’ve slept with so far, you’re definitely the most beautiful, Shiori."

"You...! So it was you..."

Hearing those words, Shiori immediately understood. She cried out in shock, and Kanrei grinned back at her.

"Yes, that’s right. I—no, I am the serial rapist, Shiori."

"Ah...!"

Sitting on the edge of the bed, Kanrei looked down at Shiori’s face. Abruptly dropping his polite tone for a rougher one, he confessed his true identity.

"So that’s it... That’s why there was no information about the culprit..."

Hearing his confession, Shiori inwardly understood why no victim had been able to describe the attacker.

There are many possible reasons a victim might not give information about a culprit: fear of retaliation, the trauma being so overwhelming they suppressed the memory, or simply the immense courage it takes for a woman to admit she was raped. In fact, at least three women hadn’t even been able to take that first step of confessing they were attacked.

But could it really be that those who did take that step said nothing at all about the culprit? If all six confirmed female victims couldn’t speak, then there had to be a reason.

For example...

She had been about to say it aloud, but she realized: the person who came to question them was the culprit himself. One possible reason for silence is fear of confronting the perpetrator face to face.

"So that’s what it was..."

"Ugh... you..."

"Heh heh heh..."

Her prediction, made just before encountering the thugs, had come true. Shiori glared at Kanrei with a frustrated expression. In response, he returned a smug, unpleasant smile—full of confidence and ease.

"Well then... Shiori. I am the serial rapist. And you, the ’young woman’ who was my target, are now restrained, exposed, and defenseless. So... you know what’s going to happen to you now, right?"

"Don’t... don’t touch me... If you touch me, I’ll cut you down without mercy!"

With that lewd smile still on his face, Kanrei spoke to her in a confident, relaxed voice. In response, Shiori shook her bound body violently and raised her voice defiantly, but Kanrei just grinned, completely unbothered.

"Haha... Shiori, I know you’re a pretty strong woman. So we took away your weapons, tied you up tightly with sturdy ropes, and to finish you off, administered some drugs while you were unconscious. You probably won’t be able to move your body properly—at least not until tonight."

"Ah...! Ugh, ahhh..."

"So your body... will do as I please... ♡"

Hearing Kanrei’s explanation, Shiori was inwardly excited. Outwardly, she tried to put up some resistance, shaking her body as if to say otherwise—but she had no strength at all, and the rope didn’t budge.

"Stay still, or your beautiful body will get hurt. Heh heh."

"Ah... uh, stop... uh, uhh..."

Looking down at her futile resistance with a grin, Kanrei gently reached his hand down to Shiori’s thigh, visible beneath her skirt, and began to stroke it.

"Heh heh... It feels nice to stroke. Nice legs. And then... hehe, hehehe..."

"S-stop... ah, uh, uh... stop, please stop... uh, mmm..."

Kanrei nodded in satisfaction at the smooth yet soft feel of her thighs, gradually moving his touch upward. He stroked her belly, then upward to her breasts as if to confirm their fullness. He stroked her armpit, her arm, the nape of her neck, and finally her cheek.

"This is great... You have an amazing body. An absolutely stunning figure, and on top of that, you’re incredibly beautiful. Originally, the purpose of this patrol was to make everyone believe I was innocent, right? But then a stunningly beautiful woman like you showed up, so I changed my plans. You’re my target for today. It was really hard trying not to give you dirty looks while on patrol, you know?"

"Uh... mm, uh... n, uh... stop... stop it..."

He stroked Shiori’s cheek, gazing at her as if intoxicated by her beauty while speaking his selfish thoughts. At his words and actions, Shiori trembled in frustration and cried out, but Kanrei didn’t listen—since that was all she could do.

"Heh heh... I’m not stopping. First... these beautiful lips."

"Hmm, hmmm...!?"

Looking down at her frustrated face, Kanrei gently leaned in and kissed her.

"Mmm... haaa... mm, mmm..."

"Mmm...! Mmm, mmm... mmm, mmmmmm...!"

He cupped Shiori’s face in both hands to prevent her from escaping and pressed his lips against hers. Then he thrust his tongue into her mouth and licked everywhere inside. Shiori tried to use her own tongue to push him away, but she lacked the strength. Instead, her tongue only ended up getting entangled with his.

"Mmm, ahh... hehe, you have sweet, delicious lips. That’s good, that’s good... Mmm, ahh..."

"Mmm, haaa...! Ah, ah... uh, uh, uh..."

After thoroughly enjoying Shiori’s mouth, Kanrei pulled back from her lips and began licking her cheek. Shiori made a disgusted face at the crawling sensation and tried to turn her face away to escape, but with her hands and feet bound, there was a limit to how far she could move. She couldn’t get away.

"Ahhh... That’s good, that’s good... That’s good..."

"Uh, uhh... mm, uhh... stop it... stop, stop it..."

Kanrei licked her cheek, then trailed his tongue down to her neck. Sometimes his lips would meet her skin and suck, making Shiori tremble. All she could do was endure it.

"Mmm, ahh... hehe, delicious, delicious. This is the best, Shiori."

"Uh... uh, uhh..."

After thoroughly licking her, Kanrei released his tongue and, grinning, spoke to her. As Shiori trembled at his words, he continued with a smirk.

"Heh heh... the night is still long. I’m going to thoroughly and carefully enjoy this beautiful body to the fullest. Heh heh heh heh."

"Uh... uh, uuuh... ♡"

With that sly, unpleasant grin on his face, Kanrei said this to her. Bound and helpless, Shiori could only tremble—with humiliation and excitement alike.