She had arrived suddenly, and left just as fleetingly, like a gust of wind.
Ch'en gradually came back to her senses and rubbed her forehead. Durandal had already gone far away. She turned to look at Hoshiguma. In diplomatic matters, Hoshiguma was always extremely quiet, leaving all speaking rights to Ch'en and ensuring that a team always spoke with one voice to outsiders.
"She seems like a very straightforward person."
Hoshiguma lowered her head in thought.
"Her hair was so glossy and smooth. It probably takes a lot of time and money to maintain. She must be rich."
Swire offered her opinion.
It could only be called a very Swire-like answer. Ch'en scratched her head, feeling that the answer was not entirely useless, and committed it firmly to memory.
"Immortal Blades?"
It was a name she had never heard before, yet they possessed immense power. She had also mentioned the shrine and Yae Sakura. Ch'en felt she could not deduce anything by standing here and guessing, so she planned to send someone to the shrine to ask for information.
"Who wants to go to the shrine?"
"..."
No one answered.
Swire thoughtfully reminded her, "Inspector Ch'en, aren't you the one who goes to the shrine most often?"
"Ah, well..."
Only in this matter was Ch'en so utterly unable to retort. Swire pressed her advantage. "Then why not trouble you to make the trip yourself? You've already sold your charms so many times anyway. What's one more time?"
"Shut your stinking mouth."
Ch'en's rebuttal had no force at all.
By both reason and sentiment, she really should make a trip to the shrine. There was no one in the entire Lungmen Guard Department more suitable than Ch'en.
Then she would go.
Hoshino returned to the shrine with lightning speed, settled calmly