Seeing that Mirai had not moved, the man secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid Mirai would leave.
"Hey? Dumpling? Why are you here?"
From afar, Naraku had actually been keeping an eye on Mirai for quite some time. At first, the sun had made it difficult for him to see clearly. But as he drew closer, Naraku could clearly make out the newcomer. It was a waiter standing beneath the seat of the friend he had come to find.
Upon hearing this, a man named Dumpling watched Naraku approach with the three women beside him and immediately grew excited. He stretched out his arms in greeting.
"Mr. Naraku, it's a pleasure to meet you!"
After saying that, Dumpling glanced at Mirai, who was not far from him. He proudly said to Mirai, "See? I told you I meant no harm. I know Mr. Naraku!"
That was nothing to be proud of!
Mirai coldly wiped away his sweat, then looked at the hulking, muscle-bound man and quietly muttered, "Dumpling..."
"Why?"
Just as Dumpling was about to go greet Naraku, he heard Mirai call his name. He could not help turning back to look at Mirai in confusion.
"Nothing... no... I was just calling out."
Mirai knew it was immoral to make fun of someone else's name, but he still wanted to say Dumpling's name alongside such a hulking, muscular man... The image was simply too beautiful!
"Oh!"
Dumpling replied, then happily walked up to Naraku and said, "The day before yesterday, my master told me to wait for you, but it was too hot, so I hid in the water. Luckily, I didn't fall asleep, or I would've missed you. Then I'd have been in real trouble."
"Haha, he really does know me. He even guessed which direction