How did he know whether she could see monsters?
And...
The boy in the baseball cap tilted his head.
Monsters...
So they could get this close to people?
He'd thought...
Monsters ate people...
A monster that didn't eat people...
A monster that got so close to people...
He wanted one too.
Other people kept cats and dogs as pets.
Some kept more unusual pets, like reptiles.
Snakes, lizards, things like that.
He'd keep a monster.
Hmm.
Though nobody else could see it...
He wouldn't be able to show it off.
If he told anyone, they'd think he was crazy.
Looking at it that way...
Keeping a monster...
Didn't seem quite so great after all...
No...
It didn't matter if other people couldn't see it.
As long as he knew about it.
Having a monster by his side...
That would be so cool.
He'd be the most special—
Uh, one of the most special people.
Thinking it over, the boy in the baseball cap leaned toward wanting a monster for a pet again.
Wait...
The boy in the baseball cap came to his senses.
Could he just meet a monster whenever he wanted?
In all these years...
He'd only met one monster.
And it already had an owner.
Hmm...
Was he just unlucky?
The boy in the baseball cap frowned and pondered.
Where was he more likely to encounter monsters?
After a while...
The boy in the baseball cap's shoulders slumped.
He didn't know where the odds of meeting a monster were higher.
But he did know where they were very low.
Places like temples and Taoist monasteries.
Ah—
Speaking of temples and Taoist monasteries...
Could the eminent monks and Celestial Masters in those places see monsters?
Would they... subdue demons and exorcise evil...