Aikawa Kaze had considered every angle.
He worried that some monsters simply might not enjoy games. Remembering the stone monster Natsume had mentioned who wanted to look at an iPad, Aikawa Kaze added a backup plan.
What about those who disliked games but enjoyed music, movies, gossip, shopping, or audiobooks?
"Natsume, sorry for the trouble, but could you ask everyone if they're interested in any of those things when you get back? Oh, before you leave, I'll buy you a small Mobile Wi-Fi device and a few smartphones and tablets. Take them back for everyone to try!"
Of course, he would only activate one month of unlimited data at first, just to give the monsters a taste.
Hopefully, Hara had a decent signal, so the Mobile Wi-Fi wouldn't be unusable.
After explaining a few things to Natsume, Aikawa Kaze happily finished his shopping and returned to the inn in the snowy mountains with several game consoles and large snack bundles.
"Kaze, what's gotten into you? You're grinning like you just found a few million!"
"Panda, you really don't know me at all. Why would a few million make me grin like this?"
"So you found a few hundred million?"
"Heh. In a sense, pretty much."
How could monsters so bored that they could only entertain themselves by scaring people possibly resist feature-packed phones and all kinds of modern entertainment?
Buying phones, mobile data, identity verification-Aikawa Kaze controlled every part of the process.
Even if those monsters had originally intended to slack off or help purely as a favor to Natsume, they would eventually volunteer to become his adorable little cash cows.
Their group was just the right size to split into two teams for some entertaining party games. As they played together, everyone gradually grew closer, and even the two