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"Aren't you here to pick me up?" Kiyomi Liuli was taken aback and became puzzled, "Then what are you doing here?"
Nanahara Takeshi walked past her into the small villa, "Of course, I'm here to see Sugita Mai."
Kiyomi Liuli followed him, puzzled, "Isn't the method of the crime already solved, what else do you want with her?"
"Can't I hang out with friends just because you can?"
Kiyomi Liuli was startled, "You're here to hang out with her? Not because of the case?"
It was normal to hang out with friends. Sugita Mai was fourteen, so she was roughly their peer, and becoming friends wasn't strange. But Nanahara Takeshi wasn't sociable. Even when facing classmates, he was distant, having only superficial relationships with everyone. So his sudden start of friendship, even making a special visit...
Unable to resist, Kiyomi Liuli asked again, "Is it really not because of the case?"
