"(Split the money, split the money! Everyone who saw it gets a share! Don't even think about keeping it all to yourself!)"
"How many times does a tragedy like this happen every day?"
While Amamiya Rin was lamenting tonight's experiences, the Tomies were already clamoring to divide the spoils.
"(Don't try to change the subject!)"
"In my memory, although Teacher Takagi was a person of corrupted morals who had an affair with a student, he was far from being this deranged."
"(I'm not asking for much, 500,000 yen! I was the one who brought up Teacher Takagi's location and the plan to kill him and raid his house.)"
"Skinning, dismemberment, human experiments—if he hadn't been subjected to your mental pollution, a normal person could never do such things."
"(Hey! Don't tell me you want to pin the blame on us and use that as an excuse to hog all the money?)"
"Can you all shut up?"
Amamiya Rin rubbed his temples, his face full of helplessness.
Being a buzzkill should have its limits.
He was mourning the tragedy caused by these non-human monsters, yet these guys only knew 'money, money, money'!
"(Does the guy who looted money from the villa have the right to complain that we only know about money?)"
Tomie sneered, refuting Amamiya Rin's thoughts.
"Don't say such stupid things that make me feel it's unnecessary to even retort."
Amamiya Rin's heart wouldn't waver because of the Tomies' mockery. Legally speaking, his actions were naturally illegal. But if everything had to be predicated on legality, he shouldn't be here in the first place.
"I firmly believe that I am walking on the correct path, and to keep walking down it, I need money."
Amamiya Rin drew the Wooden sword from its scabbard, his gaze sweeping across the blade.
The edge that had originally been polished with sandpaper was now covered in fine chips. Near the tip, the wood fibers had split, and there were several white dents that looked like they were left from striking hard objects. Near the tsuba, the wood had slightly warped, evidently having borne too much pressure during the recent battle.
The Wooden sword that had only been sharpened today had turned into this state after just one use. He remembered that the price of this Wooden sword wasn't low, but a Wooden sword was just a Wooden sword. When used in high-intensity actual combat, it was too easily damaged.
"I seem to have gone off-topic. Back to the point, I've been too negligent."
Amamiya Rin sighed softly.
"Even though I thought about restricting Kawakami Tomie and doing these things within my power, I never took action."
He slowly pushed the Wooden sword back into its scabbard.
"Although blaming myself for this is too unreasonable, the one who wants to accomplish something is me. The one who failed to realize the severity of the problem and hasn't taken action until now is still me."
The dismembered corpse in the refrigerator, the extensively modified female bodies.
The images flashing through his mind made Amamiya Rin's mood a bit gloomy.
"(Are you crazy? You're a cripple still in recovery, provoking a curse every other day. What free time do you have to take any action?)"
Although they pondered every day about how 'Tomies will never be slaves' and bringing down Amamiya's tyranny... hearing Amamiya Rin's thoughts, the Tomies still couldn't help but complain.
"(You idiot, do you really think of yourself as a saint?)"
"It's not that noble. I'm just doing what I can."
Amamiya Rin raised his head and looked at the second floor of the villa. The fire was growing larger, glaring red light flickering at the windows. Black smoke and flames billowed upward, dyeing the night sky dark red.
"Furthermore, the intelligence and abilities I possess, the things I can achieve, should be much more than I expected. In theory, we should be even stronger."
He touched his ear; the part that had been bitten off just now had already grown back.
Confusion. Before today, he had seemingly remained rational, but in reality, he had always been in a state of confusion.
Despite knowing that danger lurked everywhere, he lacked a clear plan for the future. Although there was the factor of still being in the recovery phase and unable to do anything, it was mostly due to powerlessness. The powerlessness he felt facing this world had given him a tendency to procrastinate.
It wasn't until he walked out of this villa that he clarified his goals.
"I'll give you a two-day vacation. Within these two days, you can go anywhere. Just like you said earlier, form a massive spider web so that the wandering Tomies have nowhere to escape."
Having said this, Amamiya Rin paused and continued.
"Not just a spider web, but an intelligence network. Collect various urban legends and folklore for me. I will filter and investigate them to confirm any valuable information."
Amamiya Rin was truly, completely getting serious.
The Tomies could feel his attitude. This experience had indeed brought about a change in his mindset. For them, was Amamiya Rin's change good or bad?
"(It should be a good thing, right? Amamiya Rin is more likely to die now.)"
Kawakami Tomie's thoughts were full of malice.
When dealing with curses and the bizarre, the more courageous one was, the faster they died. As long as Amamiya Rin died, no one would be able to threaten them.
"You guys... forget it."
Amamiya Rin sighed speechlessly. He took a deep look at the gradually burning villa, turned around, and walked into the dense night.
Returning to the Toto General Hospital happened three hours later. After leaving over a million yen, Takagi's research diary, and the splintered Wooden sword in Amamiya Rin's hospital room, the Kawakami Tomie who had severed synchronization with Amamiya Rin left with a sour face.
Amamiya Rin shrugged and took out a hidden can of black coffee from the nightstand—the Nurse wouldn't allow him to drink this, so he had to do it behind her back.
Pulling the tab on the can, Amamiya Rin tilted his head back and took a large gulp.
The bitter coffee slid down his throat, giving a jolt to his brain, which was exhausted from staying up late.
Setting the coffee aside, Amamiya Rin took out the sandpaper and carefully polished the edge of the Wooden sword. After barely managing to repair it somewhat, he sheathed it again and flipped open Takagi's notebook.
Takagi was just an ordinary high school teacher. There were no incomprehensible terms in the notebook, but Takagi also didn't have any noteworthy research results; it merely opened up a train of thought for Amamiya Rin.
Kawakami Tomie would undergo splitting under an unstable mental state, which was equivalent to saying that Kawakami Tomie's brainwaves could influence the body's mutation.
If this characteristic was deeply developed, could Kawakami Tomie freely control her bodily changes?
Amamiya Rin looked thoughtful as he pulled out a ballpoint pen and recorded this project on the last page of the notebook.
Subsequently, taking advantage of the fact that he still remembered some contents of the manga, Amamiya Rin also recorded the important information in this notebook and sorted out the usable factors.
Having detailed five pages of content, Amamiya Rin carefully reviewed them from front to back.
Suddenly, a flash of inspiration crossed his mind like lightning.
"I've found it, the countermeasure against the Dissolving Demon!"
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