(Heartfelt thanks to 'Child of Light Shana' for the 1888 reward, and to 'Shao Feng Ye', 'Lei Xiang', 'Yume no Shouyou', and 'Yan Yu Jiangnan' for their rewards!)
Not long after, Wu Yan returned to the shrine once again, his face filled with displeasure.
Marisa and Shameimaru Aya, who were leisurely drinking tea in the shrine, both raised their hands in greeting when they saw him.
"Yo! You're back?!"
"How was it? Did you catch Reimu?..."
"I didn't!" Seeing Marisa and Shameimaru Aya sitting there drinking tea so casually, the anger in Wu Yan's heart surged upward.
"Since you two have so much free time, why didn't you come catch that annoying Red-White with me?..."
"If even you couldn't catch Reimu, then there's no way we could've caught her!" Shameimaru Aya held her teacup with an unsurprised expression.
"Rather than waste time trying to catch her, we might as well wait here. Maybe Reimu will come back on her own?..."
"Of course Reimu will come back!" Marisa curled her lip.
"This is the shrine. It's Reimu's territory. No matter how far she runs, she still has to come back!"
"Ugh..." Wu Yan could only sigh.
"I never thought that shameless Red-White would refuse my gold coins for an even more shameless reason. I'd already offered two million gold coins, yet not only did she not stop, she ran even faster!"
"Two million gold coins?..." Shameimaru Aya gave an awkward laugh.
"You really do have a lot of gold coins..."
"Where do you even keep that many gold coins?..." Marisa scooted closer curiously.
"Are they hidden in some secret base? Can you take me to see it?..."
"Take you to see it?..." Wu Yan immediately looked at Marisa with a half-smile.
"Don't tell me you're thinking of coming over to 'borrow'