At the sight of the girl, Feng Yu immediately grew alert. She grabbed Lu Ban's hand and prepared to make a run for it.
"Don't worry. She's an acquaintance."
Lu Ban tried to reassure her.
Feng Yu raised an eyebrow, glancing at the girl before looking back at Lu Ban.
"How do you always manage to meet girls I don't know?"
"Well, that's a long story."
Lu Ban looked at the girl sitting between them. She wore a down jacket, a cotton miniskirt, black stockings, and boots, looking just like a university student who had been walking around Miskatonic University moments ago.
"What brings you here?"
he asked the girl.
"Can't I come?"
Bao Bao, one of the incarnations of God of Gods—a beautiful, youthful girl—looked at Lu Ban with an amused glint in her eyes.
"Of course you can."
Lu Ban did not argue with her.
"I smelled something familiar here, so I followed the scent. But as soon as I entered the city, the smell disappeared, so I came over to take a look. I didn't expect to run into you, either."
Bao Bao smiled innocently, like a child who had lost her toy.
But Lu Ban knew very well that she had probably come looking for the Supreme Mother God's idol. Because the seal had loosened, that stretch of space would reappear in Miskatonic as the film festival approached. Bao Bao had likely picked up on a similar scent.
"We've already dealt with it."
Lu Ban replied.
"What a shame~"
Bao Bao sighed regretfully and took a sip of hot milk, leaving a little white liquid on her cherry-colored lips. When she noticed it, she licked her lips.
"Are you familiar with that god?"
Lu Ban asked again.
"Of course. They—uh, I don't know how much you've