Why, yes, that is X with baking soda in the first panel.  Why, no, X's mother did not manage to hide the vinegar.  Meanwhile, X's father has had ample reason to get extremely suspicious about X's particular avoidance of him lately, and has done a little digging the past few days while she was snoozing.  And seeing as X used her family's home address for her new bank account (you know, the one with money from selling worthless platinum), it wasn't that difficult digging.



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