After the Kirikiri Ritual ended, Oboro Moon Island returned to its former state. But Shizuku did not leave immediately. Instead, she led the girls around the island, wandering here and there...
"Big Sister Shizuku, what exactly are you doing?"
Mayu Hinase looked at Shizuku in confusion and asked. Shizuku merely shrugged.
"Oh, I'm checking out the island."
"Checking it out?"
"Yeah. Oboro Moon Island is empty now, and after something like that happened, I doubt anyone will want to move back here. So I'm planning to get this island into my hands and develop it... maybe turn it into a tourist resort or something."
"Whaaaaaat?!"
The girls were immediately shocked and stared at Shizuku in disbelief.
"Miss Kasugano, aren't you an exorcist?"
Asou Misaki asked, utterly baffled. Shizuku waved her hand.
"Oh, that's just a hobby. Hobbies don't put food on the table. You don't think I paid for my yachts and villas by exorcising spirits, do you? How many lifetimes would that take?"
"Uh..."
Perhaps Shizuku's response was simply too forthright and matter-of-fact. The others were left completely dumbfounded, with no idea what to say.
In fact, this was not the first time Shizuku had done business like this. In Conan World, Fang Zheng often stepped in to acquire companies ruined by Conan. No matter how large or profitable a company was, once Conan showed up, either the president died violently, the heir suddenly dropped dead, or scandals erupted one after another and sent the stock price plummeting. Acquiring and consolidating them at that point was practically a guaranteed profit.
And with so many Demons and Monsters in this world, that naturally made things even better for Shizuku. Especially haunted places. Even after the spirits were exorcised, ordinary people rarely dared to move back in. That was when Shizuku