After walking into the room, Arthas frowned slightly, because a noise like static suddenly rang out from the earpiece.
He wanted to ask Kotori, and then, click, click, he gently tapped the earpiece. And then, he heard Kotori's faint voice with static.
"Ugh, could it be... interference... Arthas... can't... communicate... find a way..."
After hearing this part, the sound cut off with a puff sound, and he couldn't hear anything.
It seemed that all communication with the outside world was being shielded by something.
Scratching his hair with some distress, Origami Tobiichi in front of him turned around.
"What's wrong?"
"No, it's nothing."
"Is that so?" Origami nodded, leading Arthas to the living room.
The living room didn't seem to have anything outstanding.
Because she had been living alone, he couldn't see any furniture or appliances.
"Please sit."
Neither enthusiastic nor cold, Origami Tobiichi said this lightly, and then Arthas sat down in front of the low table in the center of the living room.
Then, after seeing Arthas sit down, Origami also bent down.
She slowly sat down opposite Arthas.
"Then... can you tell me the reason why you came to find me?"
"Um... How should I say this..."
Scratching his head, Arthas said somewhat awkwardly.
Did he need to get straight to the point and ask Origami Tobiichi if she had seen the rabbit doll?
"Origami Tobiichi, do you live alone?"
In the end, he asked a question that wasn't very relevant, and Origami Tobiichi, hearing Arthas ask this, nodded lightly.
"Is that so..."
What a stupid question... Her parents had died five years ago, so it was normal for her to live alone.
"Um, how long have you been living alone?"
But since he had already asked this, Arthas had no choice but to continue asking, otherwise it would seem even more awkward.
And after Arthas asked, Origami Tobiichi also continued, as if she was supplementing.
"After my parents died five years ago, I lived with my aunt for a period of time, but after entering high school, I moved here alone."
"You've been living alone since high school... Isn't it very difficult?"
"It's not, because I'm used to it."
Origami Tobiichi lowered her head and said this lightly.
Seeming to have sensed that hatred in the girl's heart, Arthas couldn't help but sigh slightly.
"I can understand the hatred in your heart, the hatred for the Spirits."
Arthas said this, and Origami Tobiichi was slightly stunned.
Then, still maintaining her lowered head, she said this.
"Since you can understand, why are you stopping me, stopping me from hunting the Spirits?"
Origami Tobiichi asked this, and Arthas explained.
It's true that I can understand the pain in your heart, and I can also understand your desire for revenge, but is it really okay to do this?
Are Tohka and Yoshino the people who killed your parents?
"Spirits... are all the same. They're all calamities that kill the world, they should all be..."
"So you're just killing innocent people?"
Origami Tobiichi's words were interrupted again.
Arthas grabbed the girl's arm, forcing her to look at him.
"N-No... That's not it... It's just for..."
"Because they infringed on the interests of humans, right? So they have to be killed."
That's not it! Even if those two weren't the culprits who killed my parents, the destruction they caused, the people they killed, are definitely not few!
Spirits are calamities that kill the world, they should be eliminated! I didn't do anything wrong, and we in the AST didn't do anything wrong!
Origami Tobiichi, who had been suppressed by Arthas and couldn't say a word, suddenly resisted.
The girl said this while struggling, wanting to escape from Arthas's control.
Origami Tobiichi, without her Territory, was just an ordinary girl. Naturally, she couldn't be Arthas's opponent.
Of course, even if she was wearing combat armor, it would still be impossible for her to escape Arthas's control.
Is that so? If that's what you think, then the negotiations have broken down.
If you think that having power means you can do anything, I don't mind giving you a lesson, letting you know what true power is!
While saying this, Arthas used one hand to cross and hold down the girl's arm, and the other hand slowly moved along the girl's slender body.
"Too bad, I was originally planning to talk to you nicely, but it seems that you won't listen if I talk nicely. To deal with a willful child like you, I can only make you remember a little."
"Ugh..."
Origami Tobiichi couldn't help but let out a groan, but the girl's eyes still didn't show any emotional fluctuations, as if she didn't care about all of this.
The girl's stubborn eyes involuntarily stimulated the bottom of Arthas's heart, making his breathing become heavy.
"Buzz buzz... Hey, hey, is that Arthas? It's not easy, the communication is finally restored."
A burst of static rang out in his ear, and then Kotori's voice appeared.
The sudden sound made Arthas slightly stunned, and then it also made him recover.
What... had he done?
"S-Sorry... Origami Tobiichi."
Although the apology seemed somewhat pale and powerless, Arthas didn't know what else to say.
"It's nothing..."
But what Arthas found a little strange was that Origami Tobiichi, who he had originally thought would angrily scold him, still had a very calm reaction.
If anything, she was even a little disappointed?
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