Gojou Satoru sat in the corner, looking like an uneasy monkey. Every so often, he stuck his head out from behind his knees to peek around.
The setting sun slanted westward, dyeing the sky in a gorgeous evening glow.
Gojou Satoru gazed at the burning colors, his heart swelling with a rare sense of melancholy.
As fewer and fewer people walked ahead of them, while the crowd behind them grew like the tide, the worry in his heart gradually eased.
The long afternoon had felt like a slow, simmering torture. At last, the calculations were over.
"Hey, Boss Xia, it wasn't easy to get you alone for a chat."
Gojou Satoru smiled and greeted him, but the smile on his face couldn't hide his anxious urgency.
"Wu! You've been acting strangely. What's going on?"
Xia Bu looked at him with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
"You finally noticed me! I'm just a little monkey who's been suffering through all that hard work in line."
Gojou Satoru rolled his eyes and pursed his lips.
"So what are you trying to do?"
Xia Bu raised the things in his hands and asked as he walked.
"Nothing much. I'm just going to pull the strings a little."
Gojou Satoru rested his hands on his chest and waited expectantly for Xia Bu's reaction.
"You already know, don't you?"
Xia Bu lifted his head, looking at Gojou Satoru with suspicion. He wondered whether the other man had some ulterior motive.
So Xia Bu decided to play along, and told Gojou Satoru, "You've seen it too. I'm not going to hide it from you."
"First, help me remove the Soul Force from these letters. Then I'll think of a way to help you pull some strings. Fair enough?"
Gojou Satoru looked at the long