Shade thought for a moment:
"Actually, I'd really like to know the outcome of this afternoon's operation right now, but you also said that some things shouldn't be observed directly. Let's keep one coin in reserve. Use another Thunder God's Wrath. I want to know what accident will occur this afternoon."
"So you're certain something will happen this afternoon."
As Luvia spoke, she tossed another coin. Cracks appeared in the spinning coin once more at its highest point, and before it could fall back onto the table, it dispersed into smoke and dust and vanished.
Little Mia lay sprawled across the table, secretly stretching a paw toward the last coin. Shade caught that paw.
When Luvia opened her eyes, she happened to see Shade holding the cat in his arms. She sighed:
"All right, I admit your idea was right. Something really will happen this afternoon. Besides us, someone else wants to kill Thomas Bennett at that funeral.
"Those people became enemies with Bennett because of the 'Time Transfer Station.' It involves a great many complicated Time Travel relationships. All I can see is that there has always been an organization in this area that knows of the 'Time Transfer Station' and is dedicated to destroying it."
In other words, even if Shade had not accidentally learned of "Myriad Aspects of Impermanence: Time" from the memory of the Demon Doctor Schneider had devoured, and then obtained an Invitation Letter from the owner of the Old Bookstore, he would still have had a chance to come into contact with the Transfer Station if he continued investigating locally.
Luvia tried to make herself clearer:
"You can understand it this way: those who sign contracts at the Time Transfer Station often end up missing or dying in accidents. After years of investigation, their