The incident at Nameless Shrine, where the Divine Child was, was resolved far faster than Bai Zhi had imagined.
By the morning of the third day, Dead Zero had already returned.
Aside from a certain Orange Cat, three more people had come back with her.
Chenguang Moxian, the trainee shrine maiden from Tenshokaku; Zou Mingxue, the Guild Master of Senki Zessho; and a certain Red and White Witch who was acting sneakily, as if she were up to no good.
Bai Zhi had been getting ready in the hotel that morning when four people and an Orange Cat suddenly swarmed in through the door, startling him badly.
"What, do you need something?"
Wiping his face with a towel, Bai Zhi walked out of the bathroom and looked at the others, who had already seated themselves on the sofa.
Like the room next door occupied by several little girls, his room was also a luxurious presidential suite. Sofas, tables, and chairs were all provided; let alone four people, it could easily fit more than a dozen.
Dead Zero was one thing, but why had the other three come in as well?
Oh, right—and there was also that Orange Cat standing on the balcony with a gloomy expression, drinking Sprite in the morning sun... Bai Zhi felt that thing would probably have plenty in common with Xiao Hua.
"Yin Emperor, this is a gift that the Divine Child asked me to deliver to you."
Rising from the sofa, Chenguang Moxian solemnly handed him something she was holding.
Just as before, Chenguang Moxian was dressed as a shrine maiden in a red-and-white feather-patterned kimono. Its deep-blue hem reached her knees, and she wore white socks and Wooden Clogs. A red Fox mask hung beside her head, making her exceptionally recognizable.
Of everyone present,