Kagari no Kiri-e could do whatever she wanted; Shizuku could not be bothered to interfere. No matter what the other woman planned, the Monkey King in the Tathagata Buddha's palm could never escape her Five-Finger Mountain.
And so, she went back to living her formerly decadent, lazy life... or at least, that had been the plan.
Unfortunately, slacking off was never destined to last, especially when you wanted to slack off.
"So, what is it?"
Looking at the client seated before her, Shizuku was rather speechless. The other party was a cute girl with light blue hair tied into a single ponytail, dressed very ordinarily. If she walked down the street, anyone would simply take her for a cute, ordinary girl next door.
"I would like you to help me rescue someone."
"Rescue someone?"
"Yes."
As she spoke, the girl took out two photographs and placed them on the table. One was of a beautiful, cute girl, while the other showed a bald, big-eared man whose sagging cheek fat made him look like some kind of monster.
"Is that a monster?"
Mayu Hinase, having finished making tea, curiously looked at the photograph and could not help crying out. The girl gave a bitter smile.
"Well... he is human."
"...Humans can look like that too..."
Hearing the girl's answer, Mayu Hinase could not help sighing. Frankly speaking, the bald, big-eared Fat Man in the photo looked more terrifying than any Vengeful Spirit she had ever seen. Mayu Hinase felt that if she encountered that man on the street late at night, she would immediately seal him with her camera.
"So this man kidnapped this girl?"
Shizuku picked up the photo of the other beautiful girl and examined it carefully.
"But shouldn't you go to the police for something like this? It