Wuhuru

[Suspicious man]

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Um... Excuse me.

I'm looking for someone.

Hello?

Can you hear me?

EXCUSE ME!

Who is this guy?

Excuse me. You can hear me, right?

I'm not a bad person. I'm just looking for someone in this prison.

Ahhh! How irritating!!!

- The suspicious man doesn't seem to want to talk at all -

Hey, if you are asked something, would you at least respond?!

All I am trying to do is just deliver this to him!

This right here! This thing!

Right? Can you see this? This thing!!!

What did you say you have?

- The letter was nowhere to be found -

A... letter...?

Yes! A letter! I'm trying to deliver this to him!

Would you know who Wuhuru is?

Wu...huru...? That's...

It looks like you are Wuhuru. Your little brother wanted me to deliver this letter to you.

Although I didn't expect the delivery to be this way.

[Wuhuru]

Thank...you.

- You leave Wuhuru alone to read through the letter -

I, I can't believe I did this to my little bro... Is Wuhari alright?

Ah.. What have I done...?

If you have met Wuhari, as you can see, I didn't look like this originally. My brother and I had particular small physiques. even among the lower-level Laphines.

So among Laphines, who value aesthetics so much, we couldn't help but always feel inferior.

Being physically disadvantaged relative to others, we always studied at home. Thanks to that, we were able to become much smarter than others.

One day, a high-level Laphine named Mwaridica came to visit me.

He said that he is a member of a research facility, and that he wanted my help in a secret research project they were working on.

And that's when he gave me a research report that had some instructions and necessary ingredients.

It was a research project to strengthen one's physique to make the Laphines stronger and more beautiful.

I immediately said yes. For me, it was clearly a way of being recognized. There was no reason for hesitation.

And also, if I were to find the means to make myself bigger...

He requested that I wouldn't share any of this information. So I complied with all of his requests.

I didn't even share it with my brother who I trust so much.

I don't know if that was good or bad...

In any case, through much research, I finally had the results right before me.

But we had no experimental subjects at hand.

So I let myself become one.

And as you can see, the consequence was...

As soon as the experiment failed, that Laphine just withdrew himself right away.

I tried to take care of things on my own, but I ultimately ended up here.

After obtaining this body, I realize that I'd rather have my small body back.

As it is now, I am a monster.

I didn't want this for myself... My greed was excessive.

Only if I had known earlier...

I'm sorry, I talked too much.

Regardless, I think it's over for me to get out of here.

If you can make it out of here, could you please let my brother know to figure out a way for me to return to my original self.

My brother, he is smaller than I, but has always been the smarter one.

Please, I ask you.

Have you met Wuhari? What a relief.

I can finally relax a little bit even in this prison.

This jail cell feels particularly warm today.

Any good news?

...A dead Laphine corpse?

It was a dead corpse of a high-level Laphine. The way he seemed was suggestive of the Laphine who requested the research from you.

And I also met someone who witnessed another bigger Laphine chasing after that Laphine before you were imprisoned here.

And then he was murdered.

What are you trying to say?

Are you telling me that I am a murderer?

What does it matter even if I were to... Reveal that I am a murderer...?

I am trapped in this body no matter what...

He tricked me, you see!

He convinced me that the goal of the research was to beautify and strengthen the Laphines and even set me up as the experimental subject!

And as soon as the experiment failed, he ran away!

He told me the truth only right before his death.

His true goal was to prove to his authorities that his skills as a researcher was for real.

He said that he didn't even examine the content of the experment or the ingredients themselves.

And he also used dirty means to obtain the hair of a Sapha!

The palace then discovered the means of this research, chased us down, and captured me for participating in the project.

What exactly did I do wrong?

I was only a pawn in his ambitious schemes.

It looks like his goals to engage in the study were similar to your own goals to participate.

While you are a victim of his schemes, it is hard to justify what you have done... But

the way you are imprisoned here seems like you are paying for your actions.

Please... don't share this story with Wuhari.

I implore you.

Alright, I will act as though I have never made it here.

Thank you... I am indebted to you...