As Paimon spoke, she started looking around, wanting to find Kuki Shinobu and the others. Generally speaking, wherever Arataki Itto showed up, Kuki Shinobu was bound to be there too, especially outside Inazuma. Unfortunately, after Paimon looked all around, she found nothing.
"Well, about that... the gang's funds were only enough for one person to travel for now. But don't worry. Once I win the championship, I'll use the prize money to bring A-Shin and the others over to have some fun."
Arataki Itto looked a little embarrassed at first, but in the next moment, he recovered.
"You didn't sneak over here by yourself to play without telling A-Shin and the others, did you?" Paimon immediately noticed that Arataki Itto's expression was off.
"Of course not. I left a note."
"That's so you."
Paimon could not help letting out a deep sigh. Based on what she knew about Arataki Itto, she had already more or less guessed what had happened. Arataki Itto must have seen that the prize money for the competition here was generous, then had a sudden flash of inspiration. Arataki Itto's greatest strength was that he often had sudden flashes of inspiration. As for the results of those flashes, well, best not to ask.
"A-Shin, the Arataki Gang... You don't mean Kuki Shinobu, do you?" Marani seemed to have remembered something and looked at Arataki Itto in surprise.
"Marani, you actually know A-Shin?" Paimon looked at Marani in shock.
"Oh? You actually know my subordinate?" Arataki Itto grew curious as well.
"She came to the Feathered Flower Society not long ago to take a flight test. Chaska praised her as a very talented girl." Marani then told them about how she had met Kuki Shinobu at the Feathered Flower Society.
"As expected of A-Shin." Hearing that Kuki