(I caught a cold and slept for a while. Sorry.)
Chen Yu looked at Ryusui standing in front of him, and at Senku and the others behind him.
Just as he was about to speak, Ryusui interrupted him.
"You must be Master Yu, right?" Ryusui looked at Chen Yu with an eager, sincere gaze.
Just as his earlier investigation had suggested, he was about high-school age.
"Master Yu?" Chen Yu stared at Ryusui, speechless. What kind of nickname was that?
"What's going on?" Chen Yu asked Senku and the others behind him.
He knew Senku had gone to find Ryusui, but how had he ended up with the title of master?
Seeing this, Kohaku went over and dragged Ryusui away, while Senku approached Chen Yu to discuss things.
"The moment this guy was revived, he said he wanted to find Master Yu. According to North East West South, he'd been searching for a master woodcarver for ages without any luck. And you carve wood too, right? Plus, your name has Yu in it, so I brought him straight over," Senku whispered.
Chen Yu fell into thought after hearing that, considering the situation. Finally, he looked down at the work in his hands and the wood shavings he had trimmed off while sizing the boards.
Then he looked at Ryusui in the distance, who was trying to break free of Nikki, Magma, and Kohaku. After a moment's thought, he asked, "He agreed to help us, right?"
Senku hadn't expected Chen Yu to react like this. He seemed a little too calm.
"Yeah, but after hearing you were with us, he apparently wanted two ships in bottles every month as payment. As for what comes after that, I don't know."
Chen Yu looked at Senku. "So you sold me out?"
"Huh?" Sensing