The Witch Trial Begins with the OO Buckethead Zombie

However, for some reason, just as he was about to go down the stairs, he felt a slight tugging behind him.

Someone tugged at his clothes.

"...?"

Turning around, Hoshino Utsunomiya saw...

Zedu Coco.

Oh, right, there was such a person this time.

A cat that breathes its breath on many people, yet keeps to itself...?

Hmm... her hair accessory is cat ears, and she's wearing headphones, so she should be considered a cat.

Why did you contact me?

"Why didn't you watch it?"

After letting go of her hand, Sawatari Coco looked at Utsunomiya Hoshino and asked him this question for no apparent reason.

Utsunomiya Hoshino: "...?"

"Didn't you see anything?"

"..." Ze Du Ke Ke's expression seemed to relax slightly, and she turned her head away: "My live stream."

"I went live today, this afternoon."

She added her explanation, seemingly questioning him, yet turning away as if she didn't need an answer.

With her back to Hoshino Utsunomiya, she said, "I will be broadcasting again tomorrow morning."

"Show me."

She simply said that, and then left.

It's not that Coco didn't need an answer, but rather that she already knew the answer from Hoshino Utsunomiya's reaction.

Someone didn't intentionally ignore or not see it.

Instead, they had no idea that she was live-streaming.

That's fine.

I'll come back tomorrow.

I notified you in advance this time.

A one-sided notification does not require a response. Whether Hoshino Utsunomiya chooses to watch it or not tomorrow will not have any impact on Coco Sawatari.

She simply opens a fixed live stream at a fixed time and does the same things.

with no exceptions.

Utsunomiya Hoshino: "..."

There was not a trace of hesitation in Ze Du Ke Ke's departing figure; it was as if she had simply come to inform him of this matter.

The little devil wings hanging from her lower back swayed back and forth as her petite body disappeared around the corner.

Is it a live stream...?

It's unbelievable that someone could broadcast live from such a prison.

That's a real surprise.

Throughout all those attempts to trace back, he never discovered such a function.

That makes sense.

He didn't have much time to pay attention to other content on his phone, and he wasn't very interested in anything other than the information explicitly written in the Witch's Compendium.

After all, without the ability to communicate with the outside world or connect to the internet, the fun of a mobile phone is greatly reduced.

Moreover, he finds it difficult to easily become interested in most forms of entertainment.

But since Zedu Koko specifically came to him to bring this up.

......Um.

He will remember.

Tomorrow morning.

Hoshino Utsunomiya took out her phone and tried to find out where the live stream that Coco Sawatari mentioned was.

...Not found.

On a mobile phone, in addition to some basic functions such as clock, settings, camera, recording, music, and chat, there are also other functions.

There is only one 'Witch Compendium' app.

The contents of the encyclopedia remain the same.

Some basic information about everyone, the rules in the prison, the timetable, and the witch trial process.

That's all.

I didn't see any live streaming options.

But there's no need for Zedu Koko to go through all this just to see herself searching for the live stream on her phone for ages without finding it.

Although she has a sharp tongue, she doesn't seem as bad as I imagined.

So, after thinking about it, Hoshino Utsunomiya opened the chat.

The portraits of the other girls in the prison were displayed in the image.

I haven't added any friends.

It allows you to view activity and notifications.

...Got it.

In Zedu Coco's recent posts, there is one such post.

(Ze Du Ke Ke recently did a live stream)

It seems you can also view the recordings of the live stream replay.

However, if you haven't watched the live stream and saved it, you can't view it.

Therefore, he is probably destined not to see the premiere of Ze Du Ke Ke's prison episode.

...Anyway, we agreed that I would watch her broadcast tomorrow.

Let's wait until tomorrow.

Thinking this, Hoshino Utsunomiya was about to put away her phone and turn around to leave.

But then he suddenly caught a glimpse of the current time.

9:54

Isn't it almost time for the lockdown to end?

There's only one way back to the cell: unless you jump down the garbage chute, you basically have to go down this staircase.

It was because it was almost time for his confinement, and Leia and the others had mostly left. He was the last one to wash up, and that's when he decided to go back to his cell.

Then she met Sawatari Coco.

She seemed to turn around and leave quite decisively.

But the direction she left... wasn't the prison.

If she were wandering around outside at this time, she would be too late to do anything. At this point, Utsunomiya Hoshino could only think of one other reason for turning around instead of going back to the cell.

To show off.

Well, she is a girl of this age after all.

She should turn around and come back soon.

Hoshino Utsunomiya walked down a few steps of the stairs, then turned around and waited.

Waiting, gazing.

Less than two minutes later, Ze Du Ke Ke, who seemed to have just casually taken a stroll, returned.

The tiptoeing slightly, the quiet footsteps, and...

He met Utsunomiya Hoshino's gaze.

The girl wanted to turn around, but reason forced her to keep her raised foot down.

"...Haven't you gone back yet?" With an awkward expression, Ze Du Ke Ke finally revealed the same look of disgust she had when facing others: "Ugh, you're not planning to wait here on purpose to peek under girls' skirts, are you?"

"This is disgusting, can't I just die?"

she says.

The look of disgust was covered by Ze Du Ke Ke's small hand.

It's unclear what the girl's lips are in at that moment.

Hoshino Utsunomiya simply shook his head.

"You should say those things to me after you become a witch; I might be happier then."

As he spoke, he turned around.

Without making any sarcastic remarks, if someone had deliberately asked, "Where did you go just now?" or something like that, Ze Du Ke Ke would probably have felt very awkward.

But there's no need for that.

Even though her words seemed harsh at that moment, his purpose in stopping was never to mock anyone.

It's good to know you're coming back.

If he is allowed to return to his cell before the confinement ends.

There's no need to wait for anything.

With a twist of the footsteps, I descended the stairs one step at a time.

Sawatari Coco, standing at the top of the stairs, bit her lower lip.