The scene shifts to a dimly lit space.

Apart from a few boxes, there is nothing else in this place. Besides, it was never meant to be a warehouse.

"Hoo..."

Suddenly, someone sits up from the ground, breathing heavily as if waking up from a nightmare. However, instead of looking panicked, they appear infuriated.

"Damn it, I've been tricked."

Just as the figure struggles to stand up, the surroundings suddenly light up.

At the same time, three people enter through the door.

"Oh, I didn't expect there would be lights here, and I certainly didn't expect someone to be in a place with no lights."

Ryuto looks around with curiosity.

In response, ArashikazeManami straightens her hair and calmly says,

"Well, it's better to sleep without lights."

"Indeed, then darling and I can do all sorts of things."

"..."

Ryuto can only remain silent, pressing his head.

While the three chat amongst themselves, the figure speaks up.

Their voice reveals a hint of surprise that they fail to conceal.

"…How did you all come here?"

"Of course, we came to find the mastermind, or else, why would anyone come here?"

Ryuto answers, sounding a bit annoyed.

"Mastermind?"

"Oh, are you going to continue acting dumb at this point? I'm referring to the pregnant lady who was brought to the infirmary in the beginning."

"..."

As Ryuto says, the figure is indeed the pregnant lady who appeared earlier, but...

"But now, she doesn't seem to be pregnant at all. What's going on?"

Miyuki looks puzzled as she observes the young woman. After all, there's clearly no bulge in her stomach like before, not even a little bit. She doesn't look pregnant at all, not even a month's worth. Actually, speaking of which, being a month pregnant doesn't differ much from an ordinary person.

"From the beginning, this person must have faked the pregnancy, right, Amagi?" ArashikazeManami looks at Ryuto.

"That's right, she faked the pregnancy."

Confident in his answer, Ryuto receives only a wry smile from the young woman.

"Oh my, you're so blunt about it. Big sis would be troubled if you exposed it so directly, so how did you see through it, boy?"

"Well... I guess it's a kind of intuition."

"Intuition?"

"Yes, because your discomfort seemed fake."

"..."

"Since that was faked, I wondered if the pregnancy was also fake."

"I see..."

The young woman sighs helplessly with closed eyes and then brings up another topic.

"How did you find your way here, boy?"

"Ah, I just needed to search for a place where no one would go on the plane, and I could eliminate the infirmary directly. That narrowed down the possibilities significantly since you wouldn't want to be disturbed during this time."

..."

The young woman, whose secret was exposed by a single remark, fell silent but quickly regained a composed demeanor.

"I never expected to be seen through so easily. Reality truly is heartless. Perhaps you don't know, boy, but I put in a lot of effort to play this role that I had never experienced before."

"Is that so? It must have been hard work."

Unfortunately, I don't have a lunchbox to offer you. No matter how well you act, it's useless.

Ryuto understood this and the young woman responded straightforwardly.

"Yes, there are many hardships in this world that ordinary people can't imagine."

"So, you did all this to control that flight attendant."

Upon hearing this, the young woman remained composed and replied,

"Oh dear, so you even know about that? Controlling the flight attendant is what I did."