"I am sure!"
Kisara Tendo's voice was like ten thousand years of frozen ice, and her cold gaze even made Morin feel a chill. At the same time, everyone could hear the unwavering determination in the girl's words.
One must know that what Morin wanted was not something ordinary. It was the inheritance and teachings that Kisara Tendo had learned from the Tendou family in the "Black Bullet" world something that, in the "Black Bullet" anime plot, allowed Kisara Tendo to even fight against Type-III Gastrea with her own swordsmanship, and even Type-IV Gastrea were killed by her ultimate move. It could be said that she had surpassed the limits of ordinary people practicing swordsmanship!
Although Morin didn't know the specific situation of Kisara Tendo in the "Black Bullet" world, after the brief exchange of blows last night, Morin admitted that if he didn't have the [Repulsion Generator] and other equipment, and engaged in a life-and-death battle with Kisara Tendo with equal equipment, the one who would most likely die would be himself.
Based on this judgment, Morin became more interested in the Tendo-ryu style that Kisara Tendo had mastered, and also planned to verify his theory about the effect of learning knowledge in different dimensional worlds!
...
Inside the office, Kisara Tendo's decisive words plunged the surrounding atmosphere into absolute silence.
Hearing Kisara Tendo's reply, Enju Aihara didn't react much, only secretly glancing at Rentaro Satomi, whose expression was somewhat struggling and uncertain, knowing that her partner Rentaro's mood was very off.
Morin, however, looked at Kisara Tendo, at her cold and firm gaze, before nodding and slowly speaking, "Miss Kisara, you have also had some doubts, wondering why your parents, in the heavily guarded Tendou family, would suddenly encounter a Gastrea attack..."
"But wasn't that an accident?!"
Seeing Kisara Tendo's gaze become increasingly deep and cold, Rentaro Satomi couldn't help but interrupt Morin's words.
"Accident? Haha, Rentaro, are you underestimating our intelligence?"
Regarding Rentaro Satomi's interruption, Morin directly sneered a few times, looking slightly mockingly at Rentaro Satomi, who was trying to change the subject, and rudely tore apart the excuse Rentaro Satomi had just come up with, "In the Tokyo Area... more accurately, in Tokyo during the previous Gastrea War, wasn't the wife of the Tendou family head, Tendou Kikunojo, killed in the war against the Gastrea? With such a precedent, wouldn't the Tendou family take good care of their own security work?"
"But, that was during wartime..."
Rentaro Satomi, with a struggling expression, wanted to say something more, but was directly interrupted by Morin raising his hand.
"That's right! During wartime, accidents are indeed very normal!"
"But through some information I've looked up, and my own investigation into the Tendou family's situation, I've interestingly discovered that the so-called accident caused over three digits of casualties to the Tendou family. But, putting aside the strangely appearing and killed Gastrea, the fates of those who died and were injured are quite interesting!"
"At the time, a total of one direct member of the Tendou family and his wife, including their daughter and an adopted son of the Tendou family, clearly died. The remaining deaths included thirty-one servants, security guards, and bodyguards. As for the dozens of injured personnel, besides those who died on the spot, most of those infected with the Gastrea Virus chose to commit suicide on the spot, or were directly killed by the reinforcements who arrived later..."
Morin looked at Rentaro Satomi, whose face had become very ugly, ignoring the male protagonist's mood, and instead said to Kisara Tendo in a strange tone, "What's very interesting is that the remaining small number of injured who clearly weren't infected with the Gastrea Virus, and were at most injured due to the chaos and friendly fire, all died unexpectedly in a short period of time... It's said that the ordinary hospital they were sent to was attacked by several intruding Gastrea not two days later, and over five hundred patients, nurses, and doctors in the hospital also died in that hospital attack incident!"
At this point, not only did the coldness emanating from Kisara Tendo become even more intense, but even Rentaro Satomi and Enju Aihara understood that something was wrong with this matter.
Wasn't that too much of a coincidence?
The Tendou family had just encountered a Gastrea attack, and the remaining injured servants and others were transported to an ordinary hospital, which was immediately attacked by Gastrea for the second time? Then all the people who knew about the attack incident died, leaving only Kisara Tendo and Rentaro Satomi as survivors?
With this probability, it would be too much of a coincidence to call it a coincidence, not to mention that Kisara Tendo herself had long suspected the truth behind her parents' deaths!
"...These are not enough; this 'coincidence' excuse can fool others!"
Kisara Tendo closed her eyes and pondered for a few seconds before opening them to look at Morin, her words devoid of any emotion.
Evidence! At least crucial evidence! Kisara Tendo had long suspected that there was something wrong with the attack incident that killed her parents. Morin's words further made her realize that something was amiss, but Kisara Tendo didn't have any decisive evidence in hand otherwise, she wouldn't have left the Tendou family with Rentaro Satomi a year ago!
Kisara Tendo had also discovered that the things Morin said were full of doubts, but she knew that even if she presented this circumstantial evidence, someone would suppress it with excuses like "coincidence"!
"Of course!"
Regarding Kisara Tendo's doubts, Morin nodded without any hesitation, directly stating the explosive information he had obtained from knowing the plot and searching for information, "In fact, at that time, someone couldn't stand the Tendou family's acts of corruption and bribery and was preparing to report them. As a result, the Tendou family took the first step, using collected Gastrea flesh and blood to create a Gastrea, killing this person and his wife!"
"Those people..."
Kisara Tendo let out a seemingly morbid cold laugh, making Rentaro Satomi's skin crawl.
To call Kisara Tendo's current expression a smile would be an understatement. It was more like a smile after turning dark, the cold light in her eyes almost like a real blade!
"There's Tendou Hisata, Tendou Gentaku, Tendou Hiromi, Tendou Kazumitsu... and Tendou Kikunojo!"
Seeing Kisara Tendo's smile, Morin almost shivered. He looked somewhat horrified at the black-haired beauty who gave off a "terrifying" feeling before slowly uttering several names that were enough to shock the Tokyo Area.
These names were precisely those of the five people who currently held the highest positions in the Tendou family's hierarchy in the Tokyo Area!
Kisara Tendo's smile became even colder, the chill in her eyes seeming capable of freezing one's soul.
"Enough! Mr. Morin, please don't say such baseless things casually!!!"
Hearing Morin say those names of the Tendou family members, Rentaro Satomi finally couldn't help but stand up and interrupt Morin from continuing.
"Oh? Does Your Excellency have any questions?"
Regarding Rentaro Satomi's words, Morin narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the male protagonist, his tone appearing completely unconcerned.
"...Sorry, Mr. Morin, I was a little agitated just now!"
Morin's indifferent reaction made Rentaro Satomi's expression freeze for a moment. Then, he first apologized for his behavior before saying in a seemingly fair but noncommittal tone, "The Tendou family's affairs are very confidential. How did you know about them? Those people are all high-ranking officials in the entire Tokyo Area. Casually dragging them into a list of suspects is an irresponsible act towards both me and Kisara!"
Saying this, Rentaro Satomi's tone was somewhat guilty.
He knew that the suggestion he had made was indeed justifiable, but it vaguely leaned towards the Tendou family's position in his opinion, unless Morin produced conclusive evidence, the words he said couldn't be adopted, let alone treating the Tendou family as enemies just by hearing them!
After all, Rentaro Satomi knew that ever since Kisara Tendo left the Tendou family a year ago, she had always believed that her parents were killed by people from the Tendou family. But because she couldn't find any solid evidence to nail them, she had endured and hadn't taken any real action. The old incident and the few people Morin had pointed out were all within the scope of Kisara Tendo's previous suspicions, or people she hadn't considered but who indeed had the ability to carry out the attack incident back then. Upon careful consideration, they were indeed very likely suspects who could have caused the attack Kisara Tendo and her family suffered and erased all traces.
However, Morin bringing up these things and asking Kisara Tendo to confirm them made Rentaro Satomi very worried that she would do something rash, not to mention the involvement of this stranger, Morin!
"Of course, I have conclusive clues!"
Morin looked at Rentaro Satomi with slight interest, his words showing no hesitation or goodwill.
Regarding Rentaro Satomi, Morin hadn't paid too much attention to his protagonist status at all. Instead, looking at Rentaro Satomi's various performances in the "Black Bullet" anime, Morin found his character particularly speechless!
In the "Black Bullet" anime, Rentaro Satomi didn't support Kisara Tendo's revenge against the Tendou family in his heart, hoping she could forget her hatred. He didn't know that if Kisara Tendo could let go of her parents' hatred, why would she have left the Tendou family and used the kidney injury she suffered in that accident to remind herself not to forget her hatred.
If he only thought this way, it could still be explained by Rentaro Satomi's desire for Kisara Tendo not to be consumed by hatred. However, in the "Black Bullet" world, when Rentaro Satomi and Enju Aihara saw the Cursed Children being harmed, even those who had moved to the surface of the Thirty-ninth District after accepting help because of the extremists' attacks died, Rentaro Satomi himself, besides being sad, didn't pursue those extremists for the sake of the overall situation, as if the deaths of those lolis who trusted him, Kisara Tendo, and Enju Aihara were something that could be suppressed for the sake of the greater good.
Similarly, in the anime's plot, when Rentaro Satomi learned from Sumire Muroto, the daughter of the Sima Heavy Industries president, about the corruption of Tendou Kazumitsu, one of Kisara Tendo's enemies, and other political figures in the Tendou family, he also selectively ignored the Tendou family's ugliness and instead remained silent about their actions.
For example, most of Tendou Kazumitsu's embezzled money was used to curry favor with other high-ranking government officials, satisfying their various demands and desires (such as wanting to personally hunt humans with rifles, wanting to sleep with twin virgins, and wanting to film snuff films in which they participated). Faced with Tendou Kazumitsu even admitting these facts, Rentaro Satomi didn't say much.
Because Rentaro Satomi knew that knowing these things wouldn't help at all. Even if Kisara Tendo exposed these things, it would only cause dissatisfaction and conflict between the ordinary people and the government, which would be detrimental to the overall situation!
However, Rentaro Satomi, who prioritized the so-called overall situation, didn't stand by Kisara Tendo when she most needed help and even psychological support.
Instead, he decided that when Kisara Tendo fell into the darkness of revenge, he would personally kill Kisara Tendo, who had grown up with him since childhood!
Regarding Rentaro Satomi's viewpoint, Morin felt it was better not to have too close a relationship with him, because this kind of person was too insistent on what he considered the overall situation, and could even sacrifice himself and others for the sake of the so-called greater good!
...
"Kisara, we'd better be careful..."
Regarding Morin's evaluation, Rentaro Satomi, who was unaware of the details, only felt somewhat irritable. Seeing Morin's confident and eloquent appearance, he couldn't help but turn his head to persuade Kisara Tendo.
"Hehe... how surprising..."
Hearing Rentaro Satomi's words, Kisara Tendo slightly raised her head. Her sweetly smiling face made him suddenly shiver. Then, Kisara Tendo's words made Rentaro Satomi even more at a loss, "As expected, without the cooperation of these few people from the Tendou family, the circumstances of my parents' deaths wouldn't have been so suspicious. So, almost all the higher-ups in the Tendou family are my enemies~!"
"Um, Kisara, calm down!"
Looking at Kisara Tendo, who was smiling sweetly but inexplicably giving off a terrifying and dreadful feeling, Rentaro Satomi became increasingly anxious and tried to calm Kisara Tendo down.
Calm down?!
You're asking a vengeful person who is determined to get revenge to calm down in this situation where they know their enemies?
Morin couldn't help but curl his lip at Rentaro Satomi's decision, knowing that Kisara Tendo couldn't possibly listen to him that much, at least not agree with Rentaro Satomi's words before she got her revenge.
As Morin thought, when Kisara Tendo heard Rentaro Satomi's words, she also noticed that Rentaro Satomi's own expression wasn't that agitated, and he hadn't even said anything in agreement. She looked at Rentaro Satomi with slight surprise, "Rentaro, aren't you happy? We've already identified the enemies who caused me to lose my parents, injured my kidney, and caused you to lose your left eye, right hand, and right foot!"
"But... this is just his side of the story..."
Seeing Kisara Tendo's eyes that seemed to be burning, Rentaro Satomi stammered slightly.
"Rentaro, both you and I can judge the truthfulness of what Morin said..."
Finding that Rentaro Satomi's emotions didn't seem quite right, Kisara Tendo's beautiful eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she reminded Rentaro Satomi with some dissatisfaction, "What's more, Mr. Morin will provide other clues and evidence!"
"But..."
Rentaro Satomi tried to make an effort, but was directly interrupted by Kisara Tendo waving her hand.
"There's no 'but'! Rentaro, I will never forget the scene of my parents being eaten by Gastrea!"
Kisara Tendo stood up directly and looked at Rentaro Satomi, saying word by word.
Speaking of that cruel scene that she would never forget for the rest of her life, Kisara Tendo's delicate face turned as cold as ice, and in her eyes, besides a trace of pain, was the flame of hatred that seemed to have materialized.
Including Rentaro Satomi, no one would understand that for a little girl who was originally treated like a princess by her parents, when her closest parents died at the hands of Gastrea to save her, the shock and questions she felt when she was thrown aside by her parents and saw the rescuers were silently buried in the little girl's heart. Even though her kidney was injured because of this, the little girl had always used the injury as a reminder to remember that incident, enduring the severe pain and injured body to obtain the title of "Menkyo Kaiden" of the Tendo-ryu style.
Now, how could Kisara Tendo give up her obsession because of Rentaro Satomi's words?
Even knowing Rentaro Satomi's good-natured personality and his good intentions in trying to persuade her to forget her hatred and start a so-called new life, Kisara Tendo didn't have the slightest intention of giving up her hatred!
"..."
Seeing Kisara Tendo's firm gaze, Rentaro Satomi remained silent.
As someone who had grown up with Kisara Tendo since childhood, Rentaro Satomi knew that with this attitude she was showing, no one could dissuade her!
"Very good!"
Kisara Tendo looked at Rentaro Satomi, who didn't speak again, nodded in satisfaction, then turned to look at Morin, who was leisurely sipping tea, and said very directly, "Mr. Morin, tell us the corroborating evidence and clues you found!"
"Well, Miss Kisara, I've already said part of it. What about your conditions for exchange?"
Morin shrugged, looking at Kisara Tendo unhurriedly, reminding her of the conditions he had proposed earlier.
"Conditions? Teach you the Tendo-ryu martial arts and swordsmanship? No problem!"
At this time, Kisara Tendo finally thought of the conditions Morin had mentioned last night and agreed very readily.
As for the so-called rules of the Tendou family regarding the inheritance of their school, Kisara Tendo, who had long since chosen to ignore the fact that she was no longer considered a valuable member of the current Tendou family, simply disregarded them!
"OK! Agreement reached. When you start teaching me, I'll tell you the clues I found!"
Hearing Kisara Tendo's reply, Morin nodded in satisfaction, his eyes glancing at Rentaro Satomi, whose expression was very silent. He also reminded Kisara Tendo, who was immersed in the desire for revenge, "As for the clues I mentioned, you can directly investigate them at that time, or even find an opportunity to personally ask those five people for verification, and you'll know if I've lied to you!
However, I need to remind you, you know the strength and influence of the five people in the Tendou family. Be careful not to act rashly!"
"Don't worry! Before I avenge my parents, I will definitely not die!"
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