Surrounded by no fewer than ten Leech People, Kanoya noticed an enemy's silhouette among them.
That shape was not the deformed form of the Leech People, but a human figure.
A little girl with spiral braids.
It was Haruna.
With Haruna's arrival, the Leech People encircling Kanoya ceased their attack, only crowding closer and surrounding her so tightly that not a drop could escape.
There was no longer any possibility of fighting.
But that Haruna seemed so special; she appeared to be the core of the Leech People...
"Haruna, what exactly are you? Sugiura Kumiko's daughter, or something else?"
In her urgency, Kanoya chose to shout out to the seemingly harmless little girl.
"Me?"
Haruna, holding the hand of a female Leech Person, begins to speak with a smile that is warm and healing, as if imbued with a compassion capable of moving anyone's heart.
The Leech Person beside her, judging from the clothes, should be Sugiura Kumiko.
