[When Akira asks that question, for a second, Manaka only smiles. Then, behind her podium, her hands shift beneath her skirt, untying a knot that had been fastened there.
There was nothing to find in her pockets, because it had been wrapped around her hips this whole time.
She lifts it into plain view for everyone in the room to see. The same cloth that was cut from the sewing room. The same ribbon. It's been folded into neat little charms, shaped like omamori, each one tied with a cute bow at the end. There are exactly eleven, if anyone cares to count.]
Ahaha... You're so clever, Kurusu-san! But, everyone— Thank you for playing along this far, even if it's no longer necessary.
[She draws both ends of that braid of ribbon tight around her fingers, and smiles brightly.]
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There was nothing to find in her pockets, because it had been wrapped around her hips this whole time.
She lifts it into plain view for everyone in the room to see. The same cloth that was cut from the sewing room. The same ribbon. It's been folded into neat little charms, shaped like omamori, each one tied with a cute bow at the end. There are exactly eleven, if anyone cares to count.]
Ahaha... You're so clever, Kurusu-san! But, everyone— Thank you for playing along this far, even if it's no longer necessary.
[She draws both ends of that braid of ribbon tight around her fingers, and smiles brightly.]
I am the one who killed Max Olguin.
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