Mist Tengu was sorting through the ordinary Killing Intent when Paji suddenly smacked it on the head. It rubbed the back of its head in confusion, picked up the wisp of smoke and sniffed it. Apparently disliking the smell as well, it stuffed it back into the clump of smoke in front of Matsuda Jinpei.
Watching this, Matsuda Jinpei felt reassured and turned to Jiang Xia. Looks like nobody likes this smell. From now on, I'll have to reluctantly take in that big guy's Killing Intent myself.
Jiang Xia patted the ball beside him and comforted him. "No need to force yourself. Noah can eat any flavor."
Noah snapped back to his senses and nodded solemnly.
Matsuda Jinpei: "..."
While Jiang Xia and the Ghosts celebrated their haul,
elsewhere, someone else was in an equally excellent mood.
Gin brought Vodka to the meeting place mentioned in the previous email and successfully met the psychiatrist.
He was a very laid-back-looking young man with medium-length hair and heavy dark circles beneath his eyes, giving off a somewhat delinquent air. But the moment he saw Gin, he immediately sat up straight, his entire bearing changing as he became a proper, respectable doctor.
Gin's first impression of him was not very favorable. But after one glance, he did not care about such details. No matter what, at least he was alive.
Vodka also looked the doctor up and down in surprise. Uzo had not simply killed him on sight. That was not very Uzo-like.
But on second thought, that seemed perfectly normal—Uzo had still been at the base with them that night, and after leaving, he had happily dealt with the case that had nearly sent Irish to his grave. He presumably had not yet found time to harm the doctor.
That Lord