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At that moment, Number Ten came over and poked Kanzaki Teru's cheek, with a mischievous expression.
However, Kanzaki Teru's attention was not on her; he was staring at the view outside the window.
There are nine monsters called "Permanent" standing outside, just like little dogs waiting for their owner at the door.
However, this dog was significantly larger than usual, even exceeding the normal range.
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"Eh!? It's Kanzaki-kun!?"
"Is it really me!?"
"How did you come!?"
When Kanzaki Teru arrived, everyone seemed to recognize him, rushing up to greet him without any hesitation.
"Um... excuse me, are you sure you haven't mistaken me for someone else? Do I know you?"
Just that one sentence brought silence to the group of 897 people.
However, in Kanzaki Teru's memory, they had never appeared, which puzzled Kanzaki Teru greatly.
After all, if he had met them, it was impossible for him to have no memory of them at all.
"Ah! Could it be—!"
As if suddenly remembering something, one of the girls covered her mouth and looked at Number Ten in shock.
"Hehe, that's right, it's that 'could it be'?"
"Oh, as expected of Number Ten, she managed to do something we couldn't do so easily."
"Hehe, it's okay if you praise me a lot more."
Seeing everyone looking at Number Ten with admiration, she couldn't help but feel proud.
"Speaking of which... could it be that you are all...?"
Although Kanzaki Teru already knew the answer in his heart, (cdfb) still couldn't help but ask the question.
"Ah, that's certainly true for you. Well then, we'll need to introduce ourselves again."
Although her wording struck Kanzaki Teru as very strange, he did not dwell on it.
"I'm Permanent Number Six, you can just call me Number Six. Nice to meet you."
Listening to the girl's energetic self-introduction, Kanzaki Teru already understood the identities of the others without them needing to be told.
"So why did you bring me here? Was it to gang up on me alone?"
Kanzaki Teru knew, of course, that Number Ten wouldn't actually do that; he was just making a little joke.
"How could that be! Today happens to be the tenth [Joyful and Exciting Forever Class Reunion], so I brought you along."
Although Kanzaki Teru really wanted to complain about the name of the class reunion, he held back for the time being.
"Wouldn't it be inappropriate for your classmates to invite me?"
"It's okay, everyone will definitely welcome you. After all... never mind, you'll know that later."
Turning to look at the people already in the room, he saw that they did not actually show any hostility; on the contrary, they were looking at Kanzaki Teru with an expression of great interest.
They even whispered about these things from time to time, but none of these things mattered to Kanzaki Teru.
After all, he wasn't here to have a so-called class reunion with them. However, compared to that, Kanzaki Teru had more important things to deal with.
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"Um... are you Number One?"
He walked up to a girl who looked somewhat gentle. Although that was how she appeared on the surface, Kanzaki Teru knew very well that he couldn't treat them like ordinary people.
"Huh!? Yes! That's right!"
When Number One saw Kanzaki Teru suddenly talking to him, he was clearly flustered.
"Most of them were drunk, so I wanted to find someone to talk to."
Instead of revealing his purpose immediately, Kanzaki Teru first engaged in conversation in a way that aimed to build rapport with the other party.
"Hmm... if you don't mind..."
The girl appeared unusually shy and timid, and even showed an inexplicable sense of familiarity towards Kanzaki Teru.
"Didn't you drink?"
Kanzaki Teru took a quick sniff of Number One's body and didn't smell any alcohol.
"Ah! Um... I'm not very good at drinking... I'm sorry..."
"It doesn't matter, there's no need to apologize. Everyone has things they're good at and things they're not good at."
To outsiders, this girl, apart from being a little too shy, seemed no different from any other ordinary girl.
For a moment, Kanzaki Teru even doubted whether she had made a mistake in her judgment, but since she had come here, she certainly couldn't be an ordinary person.
Kanzaki Teru had learned from Hinako what had happened during that great disaster, and how countless people had been massacred.
The girl in front of him must have done something similar, but for Kanzaki Teru, such things were completely irrelevant.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. Actually, I have some questions I'd like to ask you, and I wonder if you could answer them for me?"
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"Um... if you really want to ask, you'd better ask Number Ten or Number Three; they definitely know more than I do..."
Even in something like this, the girl had absolutely no confidence.
However, compared to those two, it was clearly much easier to pry open Number One's mouth.
"It's okay. You probably know how sexy they are, so they won't answer my questions easily. That's why I wanted to ask you."
"Okay, I'll definitely tell you if I find out."
Although they had only spent a short time together, for some reason they did not feel distant from Kanzaki Teru.
Instead, it was like we were old friends who had known each other for a long time, with no sense of distance between us.
However, Kanzaki Teru could clearly sense that they seemed to be hiding something from him.
"I actually wanted to ask, did you know me before?"
After all, Kanzaki Teru hadn't forgotten their initial conversation; that awkwardness was still bothering him.
"But... if it's that kind of thing—..."
Although he said he would answer any questions he knew, Number One hesitated now.
It's clear that this is indeed a rather sensitive issue.
However, Kanzaki Teru was not prepared to give up so easily, after all, based on Kanzaki Teru's observations, among these people...
Number One is the least likely to refuse others. Numbers Three and Ten, whom Number One just mentioned, are people who seem very casual on the surface, but are actually very shrewd.
It's obviously unlikely that you can get any useful information out of these two people, and the others are no pushovers either.
So after much thought, only number one remained as a breakthrough point.
"Sigh—it's okay. I know I'm just an outsider, so it's normal that I can't tell you."
By deliberately putting on a disappointed expression, Kanzaki Teru wanted to use this method to push Number One forward.
After all, if she were to think things through calmly, she would only likely receive a rejection.
Only by taking advantage of a moment when the other party is wavering can you make them lose their temper.
"No, that's not it. I really like Kanzaki-kun... No! That's not what I meant!"
As if embarrassed by what he had said, Number One hurriedly covered his face with his hands.
"I'm touched by your kind intentions, but is it enough to just say it..."
"Um...it's not that I don't want to say..."
Seeing her like this, it's likely that someone has put a gag order on her, though the reason is unknown.
However, Kanzaki Teru was able to roughly guess the reason.
"It's okay, they can't hear you now. You can just whisper it to me."
Like the whispers of a demon, a few words are all it takes to disturb the mind of someone whose will is not strong enough.
"Okay, actually..."
However, just as Number One was about to speak, someone walked over.
"Hey! Kanzaki-kun, what are you whispering to Number One? Let me hear too!"
Approaching them was the person Kanzaki Teru least wanted to encounter right now—Eternal Number Three.
"It's nothing, we were just chatting."
"Is that really the case? Is it really necessary to deliberately go to such a small corner and lower your voice just to have a casual chat?"
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Number Three's observational skills were indeed the most exceptional here; she noticed anything unusual.
"Alright, alright, since that's the case, I won't waste any more words with you. Quickly tell me everything you know, or don't blame me for taking action."
Kanzaki Teru deliberately raised his voice, and the previously noisy atmosphere fell silent. However...
"Hahaha! This is so unlike you!"
"His acting is terrible!"
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Almost no one present took Kanzaki Teru's words seriously, but this was not due to their confidence in their own abilities.
Rather, it stemmed from trust in Kanzaki Hiroshi, a trust whose origin even Kanzaki Hiroshi himself did not know.
Although he genuinely had no intention of taking action, he at least needed to convince the other party that it was true.