The intense atmosphere was instantly broken.
"Yes please grandma." Tsukasa said politely, "And one for my friend here."
"Excellent. We never have guests around so I'll bring out the special tea set." She said, oblivious to the seriousness of the issues being discussed.
After settling his nerves, Manabu finally managed to grab the envelope. He pulled out the photos first, but he kept his eyes closed for a moment, as if to mentally prepare.
The moment he opened his eyes, his body flooded with shame. The photos were distressing, showing a supposed intimate moment between two teens. Yet with all of his experience in post production for photographers, he could easily see the shoddy job that had been done.
He could see that whoever doctored these photos was inexperienced. They literally just cropped the head of the two victims onto another photo, making heavy use of the blending and blur tool in order to disguise it.
