She was tormented by these unsettling thoughts.
She feared the unknown future.
Yet, despite her fear... what she dreaded even more was simply giving up and waiting for death!
Even if she must die, she should fight with all her might for survival before succumbing... thinking this, a fierce light flashed in Miss Sazanoko's beautiful eyes.
With the thumb and middle finger of her right hand, she gripped the iron nail and rubbed its sharp tip against the ropes binding her hands.
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The words of Nakamura Chouhachirou... no matter how she thought about them, seemed strange.
How the hell could there be so many coincidences!
Today, Miss Sazanoko happened to go out with Nakamura Tsuki.
Just today, Miss Sazanoko happened to disappear.
Nakamura Tsuki's grandmother's letter about her illness happened to arrive in Edo today.
Nakamura Tsuki happened to set off for Osaka to visit her grandmother this afternoon.
