Ichinose-san is quiet, in the aftermath of the minor outburst that he 'd just had when Shiki killed the puppet wearing his classmate 's skin.

The boy is visibly unsettled. Which is ' not altogether unsurprising. The perceived death of a close classmate would definitely be quite the shocking experience.

' Even despite the fact that it 's only a cursed corpse puppet, apparently.

A

puppet.

One that was evidently an extremely convincing simulacrum in terms of both its appearance and behavior, if Ichinose-san was unable to immediately identify any telling differences. Shiki does not know what the

purpose

behind such a puppet would be. Intimidation, perhaps? Or to create an emotional weakness? In that case, was Ichinose-san the intended target?

Regardless '

There are two matters at the moment which are most pressing.