Hiratsuka was completely confused when she heard that and didn't react at all for a while.
When she finally came back to her senses, her eyes were full of questions.
Yukino voiced her speculation, because the entire situation was far too suspicious. It was obvious that someone had tried to take a life.
And after all that, the other party had ended up with only a leg injury, which was absolutely not normal.
Now that she had seen this guy here, many things started to connect.
Although she still didn't understand all the details, one thing was completely clear to her.
"This doesn't look like an accident at all. Even if it was an accident, it was an accident for the other side."
"After all, there is a culprit, and this person is now going to settle accounts with him."
"As for the actual situation, we'll talk about it when he comes back."
Yukino had no intention of questioning the people inside. If she had questions, it was better to ask Shiro.
Of course, the most important thing was that her guesses were useless. Although she felt she was very close to the answer and that this had not been a real accident, she simply had no proof.
After that, Hiratsuka understood. Someone had done this on purpose.
"Who did Kotegawa offend to be treated like this?"
Hiratsuka ran a hand through her hair, a pained expression on her face. His leg had been broken for no obvious reason.
After hearing that, Yukino fell into thought and recalled the situation at the time.
A sudden idea flashed through her mind.
Could it be that he had simply been dragged into all of this for no reason at all?
After all, that naive princess had been right beside him.
For some reason, the more she thought about it, the more likely it seemed.
"I don't know, but I don't think he offended anyone."
"After all, Kotegawa-kun seems like a completely ordinary person. It's impossible that he would offend someone who would specifically come to kill him."
"Hiratsuka-sensei, I think it's best if you ask Shiro about this."
Yukino felt there was no point in asking meaningless questions and that it was better to ask Shiro directly, since he wasn't going anywhere anyway.
Hiratsuka nodded after hearing that.
That really made sense.
It was better to ask Shiro than anyone else.
After all, that guy obviously knew something.
But a new concern soon appeared in her mind.
"Do you think that guy can find the person behind all this?"
Although Hiratsuka knew that his spatial abilities were unbelievably abnormal and almost allowed him to go wherever he wanted, this time it was about finding a killer.
Yukino paused when she heard that, then answered in a confident tone.
"Yes. He won't fail to find that person."
Her voice was full of confidence.
Of course, Hiratsuka didn't know where such confidence came from, but that didn't stop her from arriving at a certain assumption.
"Are you two dating?"
Hiratsuka's words left the other party completely stunned.
She didn't understand how the conversation had suddenly ended up on that topic.
Strictly speaking, the two of them really had been in a relationship for two years.
However, that relationship was somewhat unusual.
"Hiratsuka-sensei, that has nothing to do with what we're discussing right now."
"Also, why would you even come to such a conclusion?"
Yukino was also somewhat confused and didn't immediately understand how such an assumption had been made.
"Well, since it's an assumption, it has to be guessed."
"After all, that guy isn't a good person, and you don't look bad."
"And most importantly, your understanding of that guy is so deep that you can infer almost anything, which proves that you know him very well."
"When you add all of that together, if you aren't together, then may lightning strike me."
"If it were anyone else, I might believe it was friendship or closeness."
"But when it comes to that guy? Forget it."
Hiratsuka was completely convinced of it.
After all, that guy was a real scoundrel.
What friendship between a man and a woman?
When she heard that, even Yukino had to admit that the description fit Shiro perfectly.
For that guy, there was no such thing as a purely platonic friendship between a man and a woman, nor anything similar.
And what about her own situation?
Pure friendship?
Honestly, even the thought of it seemed ridiculous to her.
There was nothing like that between her and that guy.
"Hiratsuka-sensei, don't you know Shiro very well?"
The person who had just been satisfied with her successful deduction immediately fell silent.
Then her lips twitched as she tried to change the subject.
"Ahem... Let's go inside and see what's happening."
Yukino had seen her original story and knew the situation of the older unmarried teacher standing before her.
Inwardly, she secretly cursed.
Just as expected, that Shiro was a complete beast.
If there hadn't been some special story between them, the other party would never have shown such an expression or behaved that way.
At that moment, after two years of conversations and arguments, Shiro, in his current state, had already found the person he was looking for.
"Damn it, did the two of us come all the way here for nothing?"
At that moment, the man with red skin spoke in dissatisfaction.
He hadn't expected that they would fail to find the assassination target.
Originally, he had wanted to kill that princess to earn some extra money, but he had failed and only ended up warning the other side.
"Isn't the real problem that you even managed to mess that up and warn the princess?"
This was said by the other man with slightly green skin.
His tone was calm, but his voice was full of reproach.
He hadn't expected that the two of them, who had originally planned to claim the bounty, would fail to find the target, then change their objective, and still fail in the end because of this idiot.
"Hmph! I wanted to kill her immediately, but you dragged me away from there."
"Aren't you being a little too cowardly?"
"Sting Snake!"
Sting Snake didn't care when he heard that.
A trace of disdain appeared in his eyes.
A man like that would have been dead long ago if he weren't strong enough.
"You should know that she's a princess of Deviluke."
"Once she becomes cautious, are you sure you can break through her defenses, which certainly won't be weak? Not to mention that there's also the other target."
"They say the other party isn't weak either."
"Choosing to directly confront people like that is not something an assassin should do."
At that moment, he made it clear that he was a professional assassin and would certainly not do pointless work.
The other person merely snorted coldly when he heard that.
"Sting Snake, you're still as cowardly as ever."
"I don't know how you even managed to reach such a high rank."
"As an assassin, aren't you willing to take even the slightest risk?"