'Sendai, is it? '

Mei-san 's voice has a smooth, rich note to it, in a way that sounds far clearer in person than it had been over the phone. The woman and her brother had both arrived shortly after the phone conversation. Quite prompt, but unsurprisingly so, since Shiki had agreed to add a bonus to her fee for a swift response.

If you ever need Mei Mei to do something for you, then money is the way to go. It 's the most effective and efficient way of working with her.

Truly, Satoru-niichan had not been lying.

'Yes, to Sendai. ' Shiki does not know what has befallen her classmates, exactly, but one thing is certain: Something has most certainly gone

amiss

in what should 've been a routine mission. That much had been clear from what little she 'd heard from Kirara 's call.