Leaving the reunited young couple to catch up on their own, Aikawa Kaze and the other two got back to work.
At Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto's request, they each offered their blood for a summoning attempt. Naturally, neither summoned anything.
Unwilling to give up, the two kept pestering Aikawa Kaze, meowing at him until the noise got on his nerves.
In the end, worn down by their pestering, Aikawa Kaze agreed to let each of them offer half their blood for one final attempt.
Sigh. Ever since I lost that AI pretending to be a system and giving me special treatment, I haven't been able to get all those useful items when a summoning fails.
Looking at the empty Summoning Circle, Aikawa Kaze actually felt a little regretful. If he had known this would happen, he would have raided the other party's stockpile even more ruthlessly back then.
"I hereby declare..."
Aikawa Kaze began another tedious recitation of the summoning chant. All he could do now was pray that these two would settle down after this failure.
Or... even another plate of Mapo Tofu to shut them up would do!
Anything at all would be fine.
The circle flashed with light, then quickly went dark again.
After a flash of white light, there was still nothing.
Aikawa Kaze wasn't surprised by the result, but Suguru Geto and Satoru Gojo fell uncharacteristically silent. They seemed genuinely disappointed.
It seemed Riko Amanai really was a very important friend to both of them!
Aikawa Kaze sighed and offered a little consolation.
"I told you the feng shui felt a little off today. If we keep trying, maybe there'll still be hope?"
In fact, after taking over some of the dog world consciousness's authority, he had already begun figuring out how to contact