Neon signs stretched across the line of sight.
Kabukicho, which should have been filled with desire and chaos,
seemed somewhat deserted during the day.
Bang!
A glossy black bank card was slammed hard onto the counter of Otose's bar.
The force made the glasses on the counter clink and rattle.
"Old hag!"
"Take a good look at this, Gin-san!"
Sakata Gintoki had one foot planted on a barstool.
The smug look on his face was practically spilling off the screen.
Even his nose hairs seemed to be trembling arrogantly.
"There's a full fifty million yen in here!"
"Did you hear that?"
"Fifty million yen!"
Gintoki shouted excitedly, sending spit flying everywhere.
"This is the hard-earned money I got from selling my bo—pfft!"
"No, from saving the world!"
"Shige Shige—no, Tokugawa Shige Shige—that guy finally learned a little about common decency!"
Catherine, who was polishing glasses behind the counter, and Otama, who was holding a broom in the front room, looked over curiously.
Meanwhile, Shinpachi and Kagura, who had followed him over, wore looks of utter disgust.
Otose, standing beside Catherine, did not even raise an eyelid.
Slowly exhaling a ring of smoke, she spoke coldly through the haze. "Oh? So what?"
"Are you finally planning to pay back all the rent you owe, principal and interest included?"
"Or are you planning to buy yourself a nicer graveyard plot?"
"Shallow!"
"Too shallow!"
"You wrinkled old hag have no vision beyond that!"
Gintoki raised his index finger and wagged it from side to side, mocking her with a contemptuous expression.
"Pay rent?"
"Who cares about such small-minded nonsense!"
"Gin-san is buying this whole building!"
"Starting today, it belongs to Sakata!"
"You, Catherine, and Otama will all work for this landlord from now on!"
"And I'm turning this dump of a bar into