She quietly ate the dinner Jiu Ming had bought. Even after she finished, Mai Kashiwagi said nothing superfluous. Only after setting down her chopsticks did she speak. "You're not going to keep me here forever, are you?"
"Not for the time being. After a while, you'll be able to go wherever you want."
Jiu Ming shook his head. The search for her had not slackened these past days. Letting her show herself would inevitably bring extra trouble, unless she underwent a complete change of face.
"Understood," Mai Kashiwagi said calmly.
"Mm. Then I'll head back first."
Mm? Had he fallen asleep?
The cat groggily opened his eyes and looked toward the room where Jiu Ming was. The lights were still on, but the person inside was gone... Wait! He was gone!
"Hei! Something's happened!"
Li Shunsheng, who had been asleep a moment ago, sprang up the next, carefully pressing himself against the nearby wall to listen. "Water? Where's Yin?"
"He's bathing."
"Ah..." Squatting outside the wall, the black cat's expression immediately fell. He had only just notified Hei when Yin discovered the target. So he was taking a bath. In that case, "Yin, since he hasn't slipped our control, stop monitoring him for now."
Though she was a doll, using an observation spirit to watch someone bathe was a little... improper.
"There is something strange about his body," Yin said evenly.
"What's strange?"
"Many marks resembling cracks." Her words gave the cat a slight start.
"Is that so? Record it first. We'll talk about it tomorrow." The cat shook his head. They could hardly just storm into the man's room to inspect him now. "Leave the rest to me. Hei, Yin, you two get some rest first."
Though the cat sounded somewhat frustrated, he had perked up as well. After