Just like that, a day later, Shizuku took Mayu Hinase and Pei on her private jet, leaving Japan for Hong Kong.
See, that was the power of money. As long as you had money, any paperwork could be completed in the shortest possible time, and coming and going was effortless.
An ordinary manga protagonist could never possibly have this kind of power, okay?
Now this was power!
"Young Lady."
When Shizuku arrived at Hong Kong Airport, members of the local company branch had already been waiting for her. The mobile phones produced by the electronics company in which Shizuku held shares had ridden the wave of the KOF tournament to sell all over the world, so naturally it had a branch in Hong Kong as well. As a major shareholder, Shizuku only needed one phone call to investigate this sort of thing.
"Mm, good work. Did you find the place called Monster Strike Society?"
"Yes, it's a magazine publisher..."
"A magazine publisher?"
Hearing the branch employee's reply, Shizuku froze for a moment.
"All right, take us there."
"Yes."
Upon receiving Shizuku's order, the man immediately drove the three of them toward the Monster Strike Society's location. Naturally, he did not forget to introduce the situation there along the way. According to him, it was a third-rate Hong Kong occult magazine that also took on exorcisms and ghost-catching jobs.
And Aguri, whom Fujii Yachiyo's father had told them to seek out, was the magazine's editor-in-chief.
"Is he there now?"
"Please rest assured, I've already sent people over..."
At that moment, the subordinate's phone rang, and he quickly answered it.
"Hello? It's me. Yes, over there... Huh? What? Why would this happen... What happened?! Hello! Hello!!!"
Hearing the man's furious shout from the front, Pei and Mayu Hinase exchanged uneasy looks, while