"All right, you can move now."
Himeno smiled as she released Kana Ogura from her control.
By the time Kana turned around, the Cockroach Devil's and Bat Devil's bodies had disappeared.
Although she hadn't seen what had happened,
Kana Ogura was certain Meng Fan had some secret involving devil corpses.
"Why are you spacing out? What are you thinking about?" Himeno patted Kana Ogura.
"N-nothing, Himeno. Can we head back now?"
"Of course."
With the bodies taken care of, the four of them got into the car.
Just then, Himeno, sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly remembered something Makima had told her.
"Meng Fan, before you came back, Miss Makima said she was going to fire you. Looking back now, she must have been joking."
"Fire me?"
"Yeah, Miss Makima really did say that. She also said we couldn't keep relying on Master's power."
"No wonder Makima wouldn't enter the office today. So she was feeling guilty." Meng Fan sat in the driver's seat, thinking as the car switched to autopilot. Then he asked, "Himeno, do you know where Makima lives?"
"Of course, but Miss Makima probably isn't home right now."
"That's fine. Just tell me where it is. I'll have a proper talk with her later."
Following Himeno's directions, Meng Fan found Makima's home.
Then he said he had something to do and told Himeno and the others to head back first.
He went into Makima's home alone.
When the dogs inside saw a stranger enter,
they didn't bark at him aggressively.
Instead, they all gathered around and rubbed against Meng Fan's legs.
Meng Fan picked up a puppy and sat on the couch to watch TV.
He waited a while, but Makima still hadn't returned.
Meng Fan opened the refrigerator.
He took out some ingredients and made two