There was one question that Tachibana Kohei asked me during my time in the Ideal Human Project. At that time, I simply interpreted it as a meaningless piece of small talk. However, now, almost eight years later, I realise that it had an ulterior meaning, just like everything else that he said to me.
—Mizuhara, why do you think I started the Ideal Human Project.
My initial answer at that time was that it was so he could prove that nurture would always beat nature. I said that it was his justification to demonstrate that he could create the perfect human.
Now, I know the real answer.
—It was because he loved Tachibana Emi very much.
He would do anything to protect her, even if it meant ruining the lives of hundreds of other children.
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"Mizuhara, what have you gotten from your spins?"
I looked back at Hamasaki. She seemed weirdly talkative with me.
"I've got three attack tokens."
I didn't have any reason to hide my items.
