Chapter 74 74 – Information Exchange

'What the heck did he say?'

Kai was confused.

It happened a few minutes ago. When he finished his talk with Amber and Ibaraki, he told the two of them to shower first as he wanted to have time alone to settle his thoughts.

But at that time, he received a message from Robert. He pushed his thoughts deep inside his mind as he read the message first.

Unfortunately, the message was just about his report of the investigation of the Boogeymen's location. The man had found a rumor about it, but he wasn't sure yet. Below that was a file about the details of his investigation.

Robert also told him that he managed to save his family thanks to the money Kai lent him. He was grateful and said thank you a few times in the message.

Kai smiled after he finished reading the report. He was also happy that Robert managed to save his family. He then sent a picture of the paper and asked Robert to investigate it too.

The reply came quickly, saying that he would do that.

Nodding his head, he put his phone on the table. At that time, his restaurant door was slammed open, and a tired-looking Griffin stormed in, slamming his hand on the table in front of him.

"We need to talk."

***

And that was how they arrived at this situation.

"As I said, we are friends from now on, got it? So tell me what happened inside the barrier that suddenly appeared this afternoon. You got caught inside the barrier, right?" Griffin repeated with a rather funny look on his face.

Kai was somehow irritated when he looked at that smile. The smile of a man with status was blinding.

"I did get caught inside, but why should I tell you?"

​ "Because I have secret information from the Slayer Organization. As your friend, I will tell you about it if you tell me what happened inside the barrier. Just the summary is enough." Griffin spoke smugly as he raised his shoulders.

The Slayer then looked at Kai seriously and continued, "Also, I want to end this quickly and go on my date. Please cooperate with me. Anything is fine! Just tell me about what you saw!"

'Secret information?'

That managed to catch Kai's attention. The thing he needed the most was information from a trustable source.

The Slayer Organization was one of the trustable sources of information he could count on. But because he had just registered a few days ago, he wasn't confident he would get an answer from them.

Kai grinned under his shadow.

'This is something unexpected. What a pleasant welcome.'

He didn't have anything to hide. What happened inside the barrier was something he planned to investigate using the Slayer Organization's power in the first place. So he welcomed this.

"Alright." He replied to the smug Griffin with a soft smile. "Let's talk about this."

***

After talking and exchanging some information with each other, Griffin ran off the restaurant with a satisfied face and a happy smile.

Kai was also happy as he got some important information from the Slayer. It made him understand the situation better. Thanks to that, he could plan his next move a bit carefully.

After Griffin was gone, Kai's lips curled into a small smile as he muttered, "A friend, huh… How long has it been since someone called me that?"

Once he took over the restaurant, he essentially cut off all his ties with his friends. He did that to concentrate on the restaurant and help his grandfather. But now he was already experienced enough in managing the restaurant and even had time to explore the Supernatural World.

"Well, it's not bad having one, I guess."

***

The shower room in the restaurant was big; it was located at the end of the hallway on the first floor, connected to the laundry room. It even had an inside bathtub that could hold two or more adults at once.

There was a reason why the shower room was created that big. It was due to Marcus and Kai's mother, who came from Japan. They really love taking a bath and cleansing themselves.

Kai also inherited that trait, so he kept the bath clean every time and prepared all amenities needed, such as soap, shampoo, conditioners, and even salt baths.

Two women entered inside. Both of them only used towels to hide their bodies. One of them had a tattoo on her upper left arm, while the other one had a tattoo above her right thigh.

They were Ibaraki and Amber, and Kai asked them to clean themselves first. Amber looked around with a smile as she took her towel off and turned the shower on.

Hot water, not too hot to the boiling point, came out from the shower head and fell onto Amber's face and body. As she did that, he looked over at Ibaraki, who slowly took her towel off with a flushed face and washed her body using cold water from the faucet using a bucket.

The Oni preferred cold water over hot one as she always took a bath in the river back on Oeyama Mountain.

As they both cleaned their bodies using the body soap, Amber began a conversation with the unexpectedly shy Oni.

"It's been a few times since I lived in this place, but I am still surprised that Ka'si restaurant has a place like this. What do you think, Ibaraki?"

"I-I also thought it was amazing. This place has a complete water system and bath to fulfill our needs."

"Right?" Amber smiled happily. She was glad that Ibaraki also thought so.

As a partner and friend who served under the same Master, she preferred to have a good relationship with the Oni so they could work together in the future.

After cleansing their bodies, both of them entered the bath together. Ibaraki didn't think much of taking a bath with another girl, as she always took a bath with Shuten Douji to help her brush her back.

They put their backs together, looking the other way as their bodies sank into the hot water.

"This is really good," Amber exclaimed. If there was one thing she liked, then it would be heat and fire. "Say, Ibaraki. What do you think of Kai's strength right now? Did he use your power correctly?"

"T-That's…" Ibaraki stuttered at the sudden question. She just enjoyed the bath when she was faced with such a sudden question from Amber. "I don't think Master used my power correctly yet. He only used my power correctly once when we fought the Boogeyman's branch body back in Oni Village."

"Right? I thought so too! Unlike my fire which can be controlled at will, your power needed some techniques to be used correctly. He would need your power soon, so it would be good if he mastered it."

Ibaraki nodded at her words, "I agree."

Enhancing Physical Abilities was indeed one of her powers, but her specialty lies in the destruction properties of her Spirit Power.

Controlling that destruction properties was way more complicated than controlling an innate ability such as Phoenix Power. Even she needed time to master it under Shuten Douji's guidance.

Seeing Ibaraki's willingness to help, Amber grinned and looked over her shoulder. "So, I have a suggestion. This will allow Kai to master his power in just one night. Do you want to hear it?"

Ibaraki also turned around, looking at Amber straight in her eyes. Curiosity flashed in the Oni girl's golden eyes as she nodded slowly.

"What is it?"

A bait had been thrown, and the fish bit it. Or, in this case, an Oni bit the bait. Amber could see the future already.

Because both of them were a bit awkward, she planned today's date so they could get closer to each other. Who knew there would be a madman who attacked them in the middle of their date?

Thanks to that, their date was ruined, and Kai failed to advance his relationship and bond with Ibaraki.

However, Amber was also glad that Ibaraki was willing to do anything for Kai. That made this easier.

"Come closer." She leaned closer to Ibaraki's ear and whispered her plan.

***

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