After a moment, Mukiwa, still waiting for Aoto's response, awkwardly laughed and quietly lowered her arms and right leg.
"Mr. Tachibana, your reaction is so calm... I thought I'd see some interesting response from you..."
"Ah, sorry... Actually, I'm very surprised inside, but I just don't know what to say at the moment..."
Mukiwa's recent actions had added many more question marks to Aoto's mind...
Aoto took several deep breaths to steady himself.
"Miss Kinoshita, doesn't it feel uncomfortable to speak with such a thick face mask on? Since it's just the two of us here, why not take it off?"
Saying that, Aoto reached out to remove Mukiwa's mask.
Seeing Aoto's approaching hand, the expression under Mukiwa's mask changed dramatically.
"Don't take off my mask!" Mukiwa hurriedly raised her hands to cover the mask on her face, then quickly stepped back two steps, "Without the mask, I wouldn't dare to speak loudly like just now."
