"What?!!!"
Kane's eyes flew wide as he stared at the girl beside him in disbelief.
Wait, did that mean...? No way!
Ignoring Kane's shock, Sengoku looked at Ain. "Ain, how old are you this year?"
"Um... eight!"
The girl pursed her lips and thought hard before answering him excitedly.
"This is just a coincidence, right?"
Kane could barely believe his own suspicion. But he had forgotten one of the Golden Fox Family's rules: no matter how absurd something seemed, once they established a connection, what looked like coincidence was actually inevitable.
Because in this world...
There was only one truth!
Turtle Island, Mechanical Castle.
"A nun... a young man... Gashara... blond hair... possibly controlling a stone Homie..."
Simon spread his hands over the heap of documents and maps on the desk. "Hey, what kind of intelligence is this? Do you think I'm a god?"
You give me a few physical descriptions and expect me to find Gashara on these vast sea charts? You'd have better luck with a fortune-teller or a charlatan! That one on Fish-Man Island might do!
Simon said none of that aloud. He merely condemned his unreliable boss with a silent look.
"Tch. So it's no good?"
"Isn't that obvious?! If you already knew the answer, why waste my time?!!!"
Simon nearly lost it. He wanted to hit someone, but he couldn't beat him...
"Calm down, calm down." With a deadpan stare, Loa shamelessly mocked him. "If someone else can rattle you this easily, what kind of strategist are you?"
"Huh?!!!"
"Ahem." Seeing Simon on the verge of exploding, Loa hurriedly changed the subject and pointed at the map. "This is where she was last seen. Can you work out where she'll go next?"
Simon: "..."
It took Simon a long moment to force a few words