Hearing the yelling, Taira Sakurako could sense the murderous aura through the room door.
She poked her head out from the box and saw Minamoto Tamako push open the door, her face showing an ironic smile borne from anger. Clenching her fists, she asked, "Why is the ice cream in the fridge missing?"
In an instant, Taira Sakurako's brain went into overdrive.
Her first thought was to lie, to cover up the matter first and think of a plan to make up for it later; but she immediately realized it was a defensive behavior triggered by fear, a worst-case option among worst-case options—Minamoto Tamako clearly already knew she ate the ice cream, and was just asking with the answer in hand, so trying to wriggle out now was a dead end!
