Before Bel could answer, Mammo, who was still angry beside him, spoke first.
Having gotten his answer, Ash shrugged timidly and said it was their business, and whatever they wanted to do had nothing to do with him.
"But you still need to give me what you promised."
Ash was naturally referring to the agreed-upon Evil Thought Energy.
"You'll keep your promise, right?"
He set down his cup and stared directly into Bel's eyes behind his sunglasses with a predatory gaze. In the end, Bel was the first to back down in their intense staring contest.
He called over the other two, and after a fierce argument broke out, they ultimately paid the Evil Thought Energy together.
"I hate him."
Watching Ash leave through the mirror, Mammo was the first to voice that thought. After all, he had stolen her beloved parfait, so there was no way she could have a good impression of him.
"Hey, someone that self-centered... won't he turn around and get in the way of unsealing King of Jikochu later for some reason?"
"That really is possible."
They called it cooperation, but he did not truly belong to their camp. Their relationship was merely an exchange of energy for services. Dangerous, powerful, self-centered—someone like that could never earn the Selfish Organization's trust. Though, to begin with, the members of the Selfish Organization were not exactly harmonious among themselves either.
"So we need to keep him out of it as much as possible, lest he interfere with us, or..."
A dangerous glint flashed beneath Bel's sunglasses.
Find a way to get rid of him!
Like certain people who passed on rings and kindled fires, Ash crushed the Evil Thought Energy born from the "negative emotions" in intelligent beings' hearts. The energy was automatically converted into the "Dark