Sumire Tohsaka

"What are you talking about, Tohsaka-san?"

Appropriate surprise appeared on Tang Zexue's face, as if she really thought it was ridiculous, she covered her lips with one hand and smiled softly.

"This joke is not funny at all. If it wasn't a joke, I don't understand why Tohsaka-san would misunderstand me so much."

Tohsaka Sumire just watched her quietly, and after a while, she nodded slightly.

"So that's how it is." Sumire Tosaka said softly, "When being accused, those who have been wronged will get angry, while those with a guilty conscience will pretend to laugh... I thought that theory didn't have much empirical support."

"..."

The smile on Tang Zexuesui's face had disappeared at some point.

Tohsaka Sumire just looked back at her with empty eyes.

"Student Tang Ze, do you know that cheating is a two-way behavior."

Sumire Tohsaka spoke softly.

"Only the liar can't complete the deception. The deceived person wants to believe the lie himself, and the deception can be established. Those who believe in you want to believe in you, believe that you like them, believe and listen. You can be happy with your words, and believe in the 'self' you say. It's not that they can't perceive the irrationality, it's just that they want to believe that the lie is true, so they deceive themselves."

"The total amount of happiness is constant", "If happiness is owned by others, you can't get it", "If you destroy other people's happiness, you can get happiness yourself"... These words are actually not convincing at all.

Tohsaka Sumire stretched out her hand and lightly touched Karasawa Yukiho's hair. The girl's long hair was like black satin, so beautifully reminiscent of the fur of some kind of black beast.

"Student Tang Ze is a beauty." Tohsaka Sumire just touched her lightly, then withdrew her hand, "Actually, it's not that your lies are so clever, it's just that you are so beautiful, and everyone thinks that you are so beautiful. A beautiful woman must have the same character as her beauty, so she will believe your words. In psychology, this kind of statement is called the halo effect."

"Please don't say such inexplicable words anymore, Tohsaka-san." The mask-like smile returned to Tang Zeyusui's face again, "The person who hates me must be you."

"I don't hate classmate Tang Ze."

The girl's face was as delicate as a French doll, and even when she said such words, her expression didn't change much. Those jewel-like green eyes stared at Tang Zexueho, and there was no emotion in those clear eyes.

"I just don't understand why Tang Ze hates me so much?"

The girl asked frankly and sincerely the confusion in her heart.

"I hate it so much that I want to get rid of me even if I use the 'Happiness Club', and even instruct those people to attack me and make myself like this...Do you hate me like this?"

Tang Ze Xuesui stopped turning around.

"Student Tang Ze doesn't believe in the 'Happiness Club' theory."

Tohsaka Sumire stared at the slender figure, recalled the rumors about Karasawa Yukiho's life that she had heard, and expressed her own judgment.

"You are that kind of woman—you only believe in your own efforts, the happiness you have won with your own hands, even if that effort is to trample on others, it doesn't matter. But, you won't believe that kind of lie—no matter how hard you work, you will be defeated It is also right to be happy, because the share of happiness is occupied by others——you are not such a weak woman."

Yes, Karazawa Yusui will not be weak enough to throw himself into madness, and put the reason for his misfortune on childish fantasies.

So, she just...

"You just want to use that happy club to defeat me."

Sumire Tohsaka calmly stated that conclusion.

Tang Ze Xuesui finally moved.She turned around, still maintaining that perfect and elegant smile.

"You can't talk nonsense about things without evidence, Tohsaka-san."

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Go back to half an hour ago.

Maki Mengren was walking leisurely in the alley, and the wooden crutches struck the ground, making a deep sound.

When he walked, he always dragged his right foot a little.Although the curse that had been wrapped around his right foot has now been removed, long-term muscle atrophy has permanently damaged the function of his right leg, preventing him from walking like a normal person.The sound of light and heavy footsteps combined with the knocking of the crutches echoed in the alley, reminiscent of the beginning of some kind of horror novel.

"How should I put it, it's really surprising."

He was holding the phone, not knowing who he was talking to.On that delicate face, there was a dark smile as always.

"This day's investigation was not in vain, it was better to say it was a bumper harvest—that girl named Tang Ze Xuesui is really interesting."

Yumeto Sanaki recalled his trip back and forth from Kyoto to Osaka that day, and the smile in his eyes deepened.

"Let's start with a simple one. I went to question that guy named Sekura, and his accomplices-what a bunch of idiots, those guys. They didn't even join the happiness club, but Sekura I hated Ms. Haruka unilaterally, so I started posting those posts in the school forum. Then, I was completely taken advantage of."

The young supernatural writer sneered unabashedly.

"The 'new girlfriend' he made was actually a member of the Happiness Club. She kept provoking Sekura's emotions and assigned the tasks of the Happiness Club to him. That stupid guy was completely played around by her. In the end, only They were punished and the girl had a clean hand. Nothing."

Not knowing what the person on the other end of the phone said, Maki Yumeto paused for a while before continuing.

"As I expected, the people who reorganized the 'Happiness Club' have been hiding behind the scenes. Even the members of the club only know her pseudonym 'R&Y' and don't know her real identity. Their tasks are all It was posted in a chat room, and unlike the original happiness club, they didn't know each other's identities. Probably learned the lesson of the first generation of 'happiness club' shattered. They chose the target to destroy happiness, and then repeated the same This guy's mischievous behavior as a way to earn 'points' is like some sort of team building activity."

Both ends of the long alley are lined with high-rise buildings, and when the sun sets, it looks even darker and abnormal.Sanmu Mengren squinted his eyes, avoiding the pitifully rare sunlight that fell from the tall buildings, and walked slowly in the alley.The phone was still held up to his ear, emitting a green light during a call.

"Well, it's almost certain, that 'R&Y' is Karasawa Yusho. His old name was Nishimoto Yusho, and he used to live in Osaka. His biological mother died when she was in the sixth grade of elementary school. She committed suicide by turning on gas and was accused of murdering a pawnbroker before she died. It is said that that guy is her lover."

Maki Yumeto paused meaningfully.

"However, according to the testimony I searched today, the fact may be just the opposite." He squinted his eyes, looking at the sunset between the buildings, "That pawnshop owner seems to like little girls. In other words, he doesn't It's not that Tang Ze Xuesui's mother is his lover, but..."

He paused again, hiding the too cruel answer between his lips and teeth, before continuing.

"Thinking about it this way, who killed the pawnshop owner and whether her biological mother committed suicide is really a matter worthy of deliberation. Especially, since she has found a distant relative who is now her adoptive mother before her biological mother died, And she became the adoptive daughter of the other party immediately after the death of the biological mother... If the coincidence reaches this point, it can't be a coincidence, don't you think so?"

Once past a certain point, the setting sun's west slant became extremely fast, and the shadows of the alley were stretched out unknowingly.The footsteps of Sanmu Mengren's light and heavy footsteps echoed in the alley, accompanied by the low sound of the crutches hitting the ground, colliding with empty echoes between the walls.

"However, there are still some things that don't make sense. There is a very interesting person in the accounts that attack Asahi Yao's works on the Internet... I asked a friend I know to check his IP. He is a very skilled hacker. According to the personal information he sent back to me, that boy is not a member of the Happiness Club. Also, I don’t see any reason for him to help Tang Zexue..."

Maki Yumeto's voice suddenly stopped.

Because, the face he had seen on the materials before was smiling at him at the end of the alley.

"Mr. Maki Yumeto?"

The boy confirmed something and pronounced his name.

The boy was wearing a black sweater, the hood of the sweater was pulled down very low, blocking most of his face.But Yumeto Shinaki recognized him at a glance. He was the person on the information—the person who led public opinion to attack Asahi Haruka on the Internet, and made him unable to figure out why he helped Karasawa Yusui.

"... Kirihara Ryoji."

Maki Yumeto also slowly read out the name.

The next second, the boy suddenly pulled out his dagger and rushed towards him!

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The sudden ringtone of the mobile phone interrupted the long silence between Sumire Tohsaka and Yukiho Karasawa.

Sumire Tohsaka lowered her eyes, and when she saw the words "Yumeto Maki" on the call prompt, she was slightly taken aback, and then answered the phone.

Tang Ze Xuesui's eyes paused on her face for a while, and then slid to her mobile phone.After hearing the voice from the phone, the smile on her face disappeared completely.

"……I understand."

Sumire Tohsaka listened in silence for a while, then hung up the phone.

Those cold green pupils turned to Tang Ze Xuesui, and after a few seconds, she spoke slowly.

"Mr. Maki was attacked while helping me investigate this matter. A teenager stabbed him with a knife. Fortunately, Mr. Maki resisted with a cane, and then knocked out the opponent in the struggle. Now they are in the police car .”

She paused and read the attacker's name.

"The person who attacked Mr. Maki is named Ryoji Kirihara, Mr. Tang Ze, do you know him?"

Tang Ze Xuesui stared at her expressionlessly.

After a while, she said, "I don't know him."

Then, she turned and left here.Although he staggered slightly at first because of the injury to his right leg, he soon walked steadily.

For some reason, Tohsaka Sumire saw her back as a white ghost.