This was Ganesha's habit whenever he entered or left the [Ganesha Familia]'s headquarters-[I Am Ganesha].
Immediately afterward.
Sure enough, the door beneath the elephant-headed god statue's crotch was pushed open.
A burly figure wearing an elephant mask, his body packed with bulging muscles, strode inside.
-Ganesha.
The patron god of one of Orario's largest Familias.
"Those guys are such a pain to deal with!"
Ganesha sounded deeply exhausted.
"Lord Ganesha."
Shakti immediately stepped forward and bowed slightly.
"Thank you for your hard work."
"What was the outcome?"
"Regarding the compensation plan for Lord Haimo..."
At that question.
Ganesha paused.
"Don't even mention it."
Ganesha waved a hand and plopped down in his oversized chair in the very center of the hall.
"Those guys all turn slippery the moment anything involving Haimo comes up."
"Especially the question of where Haimo's spear came from. Hephaestus has shut herself away and won't see anyone, and her captain has been staying with Haimo, so we still couldn't get an answer."
"As for everything else."
"I spent the whole night arguing with the gods."
"Their conclusion was to let us handle it as we see fit."
"..."
Shakti fell silent.
Although she had expected this, hearing the result still gave her a headache.
Handle it as they saw fit.
Those words were naturally the most troublesome of all.
"Then you mean..."
Shakti asked tentatively.
"What else can we do?"
Ganesha sighed.
Even with his mask on.
The helplessness emanating from the god at that moment was palpable.
"Since those guys intend to keep playing dead."
"So..."
"Tomorrow."
"Shakti."
"I'll have to trouble you to make another trip."
"Go to that fellow Haimo's new home."
"After all."
"You handled things yesterday, so you're more familiar with him."
"..."
She had to go again?
Shakti felt her