"You actually possess this kind of ability?"
Hearing Kaito's explanation, Miko was genuinely shocked.
After all, such an ability was truly terrifying.
Wait a minute!
Could I have already fallen into a hallucination at some point?
Suddenly struck by this thought, Miko began to recall if she had experienced any abnormal states.
However, she also knew that if she really were under a hallucination, it would be very difficult for her to realize it herself. This kind of ability was simply too hard to guard against.
But one thing was obvious: Kaito didn't have much of a reaction to her.
So, unless Kaito had some weird quirk where he liked people treating him well but wouldn't give any reaction in return, the kind of things she was worrying about wouldn't have happened.
"You wouldn't happen to be thinking that I've trapped you in a hallucination, would you?"
Seeing Miko once again looking deep in thought, Kaito felt a bit speechless as he surmised this.
If Miko really thought that way, he couldn't be bothered to explain.
"I did indeed think that, but I don't feel you are the type of person who would do such a thing."
Faced with Kaito's inquiry, Miko was quite honest and didn't deny that she had just been thinking exactly that.
Regardless of everything else, the two of them were friends now, so there was no need to lie.
"That's good."
Nodding, Kaito didn't continue with that topic. He picked up a Vision and spoke again, "However, we don't know who the owners of these Visions are. Do you have a way to verify them?"
"There is no rush for that. We can't just return the Visions like this yet. The people whose Visions were confiscated don't have your level of strength. Returning them now would only harm them."
Knowing what Kaito wanted to do, Miko slowly shook her head.
The Vision Hunt Decree was still being enforced. They couldn't just send the recovered Visions back to people now. Otherwise, when the soldiers discovered the Visions were missing, those who had regained their Visions would be in trouble.
"Hmm, that's true. Then I'll just retrieve all the Visions first. A few trips should be enough."
After thinking for a moment, Kaito felt Miko was right.
However, no matter what, he had to take all the Visions down from the statue first.
Since he had already taken some, the rest naturally had to be taken as well.
"Are you setting off now?"
"Yeah, why?"
Looking at Miko, Kaito felt as if she wanted to say something or do something to him, so he asked.
"Then I'm coming along this time too. I want to see how you do it."
Meeting Kaito's gaze, Miko voiced her thoughts.
Originally, if Kaito could solve it by himself, she hadn't planned on tagging along; she just needed to wait here. But after learning about Kaito's ability, she wanted to see how that power affected other people.
"Sure, let's go. But are you going out wearing that?"
Because the clothes Miko was wearing right now were really quite different from what everyone else wore, Kaito asked this question.
But in reality, it didn't matter. After all, most people would be in a hallucination, so they wouldn't remember anything about clothes anyway.
"What else? Do you want me to go out naked? I don't have any other clothes right now."
Hearing Kaito's words, Miko felt a burst of anger.
It was one thing to be naked in the room, but she certainly wouldn't do that outside.
"True enough. Let's go then."
Thinking about it, he realized she was right. Kaito didn't continue the topic of clothes and walked straight towards the door.
This guy...
Can't he say something nice?
Watching Kaito walk out while she remained in place, Miko thought this with great dissatisfaction.
Originally, she had thought Kaito might apologize or something, but he just said 'True enough' and walked out. It was really infuriating.
Forget it...
This guy has always been like this...
Sighing silently, Miko also began to walk out.
Outside.
"Even at this hour, there are still some people outside."
On the way to the statue, Kaito looked at the people coming and going around them and made a remark.
Of course, he had already been outside once just now, but since Miko was by his side this time, he made the comment.
"So..."
Pausing for a moment and looking around, Miko leaned in close to Kaito and continued in a very low voice, "How exactly do you do it? Aren't you afraid of being seen? Do you make someone fall into a hallucination the moment you see them?"
"Yeah, that's exactly it."
Turning his head to look at Miko, Kaito nodded. That was indeed how he did it.
After all, no matter what, there would always be people outside; this couldn't be avoided.
"Then how do you do it? Do you run right up to them and make them look into your eyes, or touch them with your hand or something?"
Seeing that Kaito hadn't answered her other question, Miko asked again.
Because she read light novels frequently, she was guessing based on some methods for inducing hallucinations found in those books.
"It doesn't need to be that troublesome. Let me demonstrate for you."
Seeing that Miko's guess was really a bit strange, Kaito decided to give her a demonstration.
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