Yasutaka Tsutsui

Now she worked as a club hostess. Setsuko was her name. She had quite a figure

If she did exactly as Sakiko wished, her uncanny intuition might arouse suspicion. In such instances

blown it, thought Nanase

Nanase knew all about it beforehand, but was helpless to do anything. If she had launched a counterattack, there was the danger that her power would be revealed to Junichi

What if she were hiding her true feelings

order to do this, wasn’t she deliberately strewing these ordinary matters over the surface of her consciousness? The same way countless fragments of aluminium scattered throughout the sky would block a radar screen and confuse the enemy

Nanase’s theft. This might have been because Sakiko knew that Junichi was the real thief

she noticed a strange smell emanating from the whole house

It’s not going to be a piece of cake here. Prepare yourself for the worst,” Kaneko said, laughing