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VIDEO: Watanagashi-hen | TIP 20: The Old Leader of the Sonozaki Family?
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"Na-ha-ha, that's rather careless of them. ...So when was she last seen?"
"She was last seen at the Watanagashi opening ceremony greetings. She apparently returned home right after that."
"Well, she is pretty old. ...From what I've heard, she goes out a few times a week to take lessons, right? Have you found anything out about that?"
"Every Monday she goes to the assembly hall to practice the taishougoto, but she didn't go this week."
"Any calls to say she wasn't going to be there? Has anyone confirmed it?"
"No, nobody. She apparently takes days off once in a while, though, so no one thought it was strange."
"Tomorrow, why don't we pretend we're the town hall and call around ten o'clock? Please figure out whether she's at home."
"Ten o'clock? Got it!"
At this point, the leader of the Kimiyoshi family and the leader of the Furude family had disappeared.
There was only one leader left.
Oryou Sonozaki, the leader of the Sonozaki family.
She was apparently a pretty old woman.
Her dignity hasn't waned, but she still only appeared before people rarely, so it was difficult to confirm where she was at any given time.
...She, the last leader, hadn't been seen since the day of Watanagashi.
Was she still alive and well within the Sonozaki main house? ...Or had she...?
"I wonder if she's really sleeping. I'd like to take a look at her face—and her pulse..."
"............You can say that again."
The two of them breathed out a big puff of cigarette smoke...
Ooishi didn't respond, exhaled another cloud of tobacco smoke, his surroundings now as foggy as his mind...