Having confirmed the most basic of his guesses, Fujimaru Ritsuka wandered around the village under Kanna's guidance.
"Petrifying Izakaya. There's no doubt about it—this has to be a shop run by Medusa, right?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka looked at the utterly obvious name and smiled.
But an izakaya...
"Senpai, I know what you're thinking."
Mash's faint voice rang out.
"But according to the laws of Senpai's country, Senpai still isn't allowed to drink alcohol."
"I-I know, okay? Mash, could you not use that tone?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka twitched at the corner of his mouth and hurriedly put some distance between himself and the izakaya.
As he backed away, Nagao Kagetora and Takeda Shingen emerged one after the other.
"The Dragon of Echigo and the Tiger of Kai drinking together at an izakaya... Singularities really are such strange things," Oda Nobunaga remarked for some reason.
Perhaps one day, Wukong would be summoned too and come chat with her.
And there was Ranmaru X's general store. Come to think of it, why was there even a general store in this place?!
After making a round of the village, Fujimaru Ritsuka gained nothing besides seeing a group of familiar Chaldeans who were now all "ordinary villagers."
So, he should probably wait at the plaza on the west side of the village after all.
Just like last time, Ryoma had arrived early and was already waiting there.
Standing beside him were Sakumura Anno and Takasugi Shinsaku.
Fujimaru Ritsuka nearly lost it.
"I wonder what Kido Takayoshi would think if he saw this."
The famous Bakumatsu-era [Four-Person Alliance] consisted of Sakumura Anno, Sakamoto Ryoma, Takasugi Shinsaku, and Katsura Kogoro, who later changed his name to Kido Takayoshi.
Yet Sakumura Anno, Sakamoto Ryoma, and Takasugi Shinsaku had all been summoned by Chaldea and appeared in this Singularity, so Kido