"Indeed, bringing a 'signboard' like you can reduce many problems, and this is far better than I expected before."
Sitting in the back row of Anteiku Cafe, Yomi saw Hayato 'fleeing' and curled a sly smile.
"Yomi-senpai, how can you be so sure that the one coming is that arrogant man?"
Kagura was full of doubt. If someone else from the Onmyō Agency came, Hikaru might not be able to hold back.
"You little girl, are you doubting the intelligence capabilities of the Super Disaster Countermeasure Room!?"
Yomi pretended to put on a straight face, spread both hands, and roughly rubbed Kagura's cheeks, changing them into various shapes, until Kagura repeatedly begged for mercy, then she stopped.
"What did you do to that person just now?"
Utaha asked with curiosity.
Meanwhile, Yomi and Kagura, who had just stopped joking, also perked up their ears. They were also very curious about this.
Although they were the involved parties, they didn't know exactly what happened. They only knew that Hikaru disappeared with Hayato for half an hour. When Hayato reappeared before them, he truly looked half-dead with fear, as if he had just experienced an unimaginable nightmare.
"I just took him to experience the scenery in the depths of the world."
Hikaru sipped the freshly served black coffee and said.
"Hmph, pretending to be mysterious again!"
Yomi was dissatisfied.
However, she also understood Hikaru's character very well. If he didn't want to talk, no one could force him. Besides, she also understood that at Hikaru's level, there were certain things she couldn't touch.
At that moment, Kaya and Enji from Anteiku Cafe approached the customers in the shop with apologies.
"Sir, our shop must close early today. We apologize."
"Forgive us, Sir!"
"For today's consumption, our shop will make everything free!"
"..."
With sincere apologies and waiving the fees, no customers made a fuss. They all left with a bit of regret.
When all customers left, and only Hikaru and the four of them remained, Kaya walked closer and invited, "You four, our shop manager invites you upstairs to talk."
"Conveniently, we also have business to discuss."
Yomi smiled faintly, then stood up.
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Under Kaya's guidance, the four of them arrived at a room on the second floor that resembled an office.
Inside the room, an office desk was placed in the center, beside it a rectangular brown leather sofa for receiving guests. All the staff of Anteiku Cafe were there, including manager Yoshimura, as well as Touka and Hinami. However, their gazes towards Hikaru and the others were slightly wary and cautious.
"Please sit, honored guests!"
Yoshimura greeted warmly.
"Thank you!"
Yomi nodded first. As soon as she sat down, she got straight to the point, saying, "Allow me to introduce myself first. I am Isayama Yomi from the Super Disaster Countermeasure Room!"
"Tsuchimiya Kagura from the Super Disaster Countermeasure Room!"
"New member of the Super Disaster Countermeasure Room, Kasumigaoka Utaha!"
Kagura and Utaha also introduced themselves politely.
"Super Disaster Countermeasure Room!?"
Yoshimura and the others exchanged glances. This was a name they had heard for the first time.
"The Super Disaster Countermeasure Room is a supernatural organization mainly responsible for eliminating evil spirits. You can also think of it as an exorcist organization. The two have the same meaning." Yomi said concisely.
"Evil spirits!" Touka murmured to herself.
Although she had never seen what were called 'evil spirits,' but up to now, even the Dimensional List, Archangel Gabriel, Yōkai and Hagoromo Gitsune... had appeared. Evil spirits were also completely predictable, or at the moment she awakened the Ghost-Seeing Ability, she had already fully understood that evil spirits truly existed in this world.
"Our main purpose in coming here is to invite these two Ghoul ladies to join our Super Disaster Countermeasure Room!"
Yomi invited Touka and Hinami.
Although when she mentioned the Super Disaster Countermeasure Room earlier, Kaya and the others already had a premonition in their hearts that their ghoul identities must have been known by the girl in front of them, but when she said it, their hearts panicked, and they secretly prepared to fight.
"Don't be tense, Ghoul gentlemen. If I wanted to attack you, there wouldn't just be these few people. Clearly, the power of some of you is not weak..." Yomi paused for a moment, and looked towards Yoshimura with a serious face, saying, "Especially this old gentleman, who could be a not-small threat to me."
The room fell silent. Yoshimura and the others seemed to be thinking about something. And, Yomi also did not press, instead waiting patiently for them.
Several minutes later, Touka spoke first, "If Hinami and I don't want to join, is what awaits us a ghoul detention center?"
"Overthinking. The Super Disaster Countermeasure Room wouldn't stoop that low. Of course, if you were evil ghouls hunting humans, that would be another story."
Clearly, the Super Disaster Countermeasure Room had clearly investigated the information of all Anteiku Cafe members. More precisely, when Touka and Hinami appeared on the Eternal Beauty List, their information and interpersonal relationships had already been fully exposed to the eyes of several factions.
As soon as these words came out, Touka and the others naturally felt relieved. They were truly afraid that this supernatural power entity, without discrimination and like the CCG, would massacre them.
"The Super Disaster Countermeasure Room can not only guide and help these two Ghoul ladies step onto the true path of training, but the people beside you will no longer be disturbed by anyone, including the CCG."
"What you say is true!"
The promise given by Yomi made Touka's and Hinami's eyes shine with joy.
"True!"
If that were the case, their companions at Anteiku Cafe could live honestly under the sunlight, and no longer need to live days full of worry.
This temptation was too great.
As Touka was about to agree, Yoshimura interrupted her, and he said, "Yomi-san, can you give us a few days to consider before giving an answer?"
"No problem."
Yomi agreed happily. Before leaving, she mentioned an address, telling them that they could come find her anytime after they decided.
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"Manager, why didn't you agree to them earlier?"
Touka looked at Hikaru and his group who had already walked away through the second-floor window, and asked in confusion.
"Touka, Hinami. We cannot be so selfish, letting you two enter a completely unknown world because of us."
Yoshimura didn't speak, Kaya beside him said.
"No one knows if the world they are in is more cruel than the ghoul world."
The others also nodded, agreeing with Kaya's statement.
"We cannot decide this matter for you, but, I hope you two will choose carefully."
Yoshimura said earnestly.
Touka and Hinami exchanged glances, and saw a certain determination in each other's eyes.
A moment later.
"Manager, I don't want to only be able to cry uselessly in the end. Power and protection are what we need now. Didn't you once say that with the appearance of the Dimensional List, we will have no place to hide anymore." Touka said very seriously.
"At that time, the Super Disaster Countermeasure Room will be a true shelter for us."
"My thoughts are the same as Touka-nee." Hinami continued.
"Haaah!"
Yoshimura couldn't help but sigh.
"Since you have decided, children, go."
At this moment, he remembered his daughter, Takatsuki Sen. She was also an entrant on the Eternal Beauty List. Hopefully, there would be no problems.
After all, this world was not friendly to the ghoul race.
Especially his daughter's nature...