Something was very wrong with these people. And not just the fact that they were Hollow. There was something else… something that almost made Sunny's hair stand on end.
A feeling of subtle, but profound wrongness.
He reached out with Shadow Sense, and flinched.
Master Jet did not miss that sudden reaction.
"What? Did you discover something?"
Sunny gritted his teeth, then nodded.
"Their shadows… they're dead."
She stared at him with a raised eyebrow:
"How does this work? I don't know much about shadow affinity, sorry… it's a very rare type of Aspect. Does damage to a shadow correlate to soul damage?"
Sunny thought for a bit, then shrugged.
"I am not so sure myself. There's no manual for it, after all. But… only two things ever managed to damage my shadow. One was another shadow, and the other was a soul attack."
Sunny wasn't sure that he was comfortable providing Master Jet — a person specializing in exactly such a type of attack — with this information, but decided to share it nevertheless.
He trusted her that much, at least.
"So… since shadows are susceptible to soul damage, it is not too much of a leap to assume that they share a deep connection to the soul, or are tied to it somehow, at least."
She nodded, and remained silent for a while, thinking. Then, Master Jet echoed his recent question:
"Can you do something like this?"
Sunny shook his head.
"No. My Aspect doesn't have means of dealing damage to someone's shadow. At least not yet."
His Shadow Sense, meanwhile, spread throughout the whole club, allowing him to perceive it as a whole.
And there, deeper underground, he noticed something strange.
Sunny lingered for a few moments, and then turned to the police officer.
"Gather your colleagues and leave. Don't come inside again until either Master Jet or I tell you to."
The policeman opened his mouth, wishing to say something, then simply nodded and hurriedly walked away.
Master Jet glanced at Sunny with a question in her eyes.
"...What was that all about?"
Sunny gave her a dark look.
"That's... how do I say this? I think the killer is still inside."