After taking a few sips of black tea, Rita set her cup on the small table beside her and pulled out her phone to check the news. Several days had already passed, yet there was still no news whatsoever of Enma Ai.
Rita had thought that if they did not plan to come after her, they might very well storm Shogakukan directly. That was why she had kept Hiyamaru and Firefly Grass stationed near Shogakukan these past few days, ready to act at once if anything happened. After all, if they really came knocking and something went wrong, she would be the one who had harmed them. Naturally, Rita could not simply ignore it.
Though... judging by how she was portrayed in the Jigoku Shoujo anime, Enma Ai was not allowed to act against anyone other than the client's target. But this was not an anime. Who knew what they would actually do?
Still... so much time had passed, yet Enma Ai and the Three-Eyed Spider had not made the slightest move. Rita found herself somewhat puzzled.
Had they given up? Were they really going to let her serialize everything about them?
"Rita, I finished drawing it..."
Just as Rita was lost in thought, Shiina Mashiro suddenly walked up to her barefoot, her pale, delicate feet exposed.
"Finished drawing what?"
Rita came back to herself and looked up at Shiina Mashiro, her expression immediately changing slightly.
"My dear Shiro! You ran outside without getting dressed again!!"
Rita glanced outside the courtyard and found no one passing by. No one should have seen her. Only then did she quickly turn around, shove Shiina Mashiro back into the room, and close the door.
Rita felt that she already understood Shiina Mashiro quite well, but... she had never expected her to run