Welcome, Grand Leader

Amamiya Haruki's expression stiffened. "No... I originally had something else to do, but that fell through halfway, so I came here to be a host... No, I ran out of money, so I..."

As he spoke, Amamiya Haruki nearly talked himself into a corner. He looked at Lin Qiye with a strange expression and asked:

"What about you? You're an intruder, so how did you end up here working as a host?"

"Same as you. Making some money." Lin Qiye paused. "And avoiding certain people tracking me."

"Who?"

"The Hankawa Family."

At those words, Amamiya Haruki frowned slightly. "The Hankawa Family is tracking you? You... Wait, Hansawa Shi cut apart Yamazaki Bridge yesterday because of you?"

More or less. That blade that fell from the sky was meant to kill me."

Amamiya Haruki stared at Lin Qiye, suddenly feeling as though none of this was real.

He had come here to work as a host because he wanted to use the intelligence network here to find out what had happened at Yamazaki Bridge yesterday. He never expected to run into the person responsible the moment he arrived.

"Why does Hansawa Shi want to kill you?"

"It's a rather complicated matter..."

Lin Qiye told Amamiya Haruki everything from beginning to end, including Yurina's situation. By the time he finished, the way Amamiya Haruki looked at him had completely changed.

"Yurina Kurotetsu's daughter has been with you this whole time?" Amamiya Haruki's eyes were filled with disbelief. "So she really was in Yokohama before?"

"Yeah. What's wrong?"

"...Nothing."

It seemed Hoshimi Shota's earlier prophecy had been correct... He simply hadn't found her. Amamiya Haruki sighed.

"You know Yurina Kurotetsu?" Lin Qiye noticed the clear change in Amamiya Haruki's expression when he learned of Yurina's existence.

"Of course I know him... And like