The tour bus arrived at the training camp location: a mountain inn named Hyakumeizan. Everyone got off the bus one after another and gathered in the open space in front of the inn. Seeing that most of the girls were eager to start exploring, Kanae Maekawa hurriedly spoke up: "Everyone, the official outing has to wait until the day after tomorrow. Today and tomorrow are for safety knowledge education."
"Captain Toudou, who is in charge of the assessment, and Ms. Ozawa, who handles safety education, haven't arrived yet. Everyone, go put your luggage in the inn first."
The group responded in unison and walked into the inn in groups of two or three. Jhin still had matters to discuss with Kanae Maekawa, so he let Hitori Gotoh go with Nijika and the others.
"Ms. Maekawa, are Captain Toudou and Ms. Ozawa out purchasing items related to the excursion?"
"Yes. Um... Mr. Jhin, just call me Maekawa. I'm still a little unaccustomed to speaking with you in this appearance."
"Then I'll call you Maekawa-san. It's not impossible to call you Maekawa-nee directly, though."
"No, no, no," Kanae Maekawa waved her hands in refusal, flustered. "If the sponsor Boss calls me that, Gin will scold me later."
"Alright." Jhin couldn't help but chuckle at her reaction. This indirectly showed that Gin Toudou was the type of serious person whose personality perfectly matched her appearance. "Regarding this training camp..."
Tamaki Mari and her three friends walked to the inn's entrance hall together after dropping off their luggage. They peeked through the glass, quietly observing Jhin, who was chatting with Kanae Maekawa.
"Why are we peeking at Jhin from here?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, Yuzuki. Don't alert him." Miyake Hinata hurriedly covered Shiraishi Yuzuki's mouth and explained to her, "Think about it. Isn't Shirase's dream to go to Antarctica?"
"As the biggest sponsor of this Antarctic scientific expedition and the person in charge who allowed us to join, shouldn't we thank Jhin face-to-face no matter how you look at it?"
"Mmph mmph mmm mmph."
"Hmm? Why are you saying things I can't understand?"
Shiraishi Yuzuki patted the hand covering her mouth with a little force. Only then did Miyake Hinata release her hands with an embarrassed laugh.
I forgot I was covering her mouth.
"What you said makes sense, but why didn't you look for Jhin to thank him at the station?"
"I'm saying... if you were Shirase, would you have the courage to go up and thank Jhin when seeing so many girls around him?"
Shiraishi Yuzuki looked surprised. "Is there anything difficult about that?"
Having debuted as a child star, she was already handy with handling various spotlights and occasions with large numbers of people. It was just facing more than ten girls to go thank Jhin; what was the difficulty in that?
"Ah, I almost forgot you were an idol..."
"You aren't making fun of me on purpose again, are you?"
"In short, not everyone can maintain a calm mind like you. Look at Shirase; she hasn't even officially gone to thank him yet, and she's already this nervous."
Miyake Hinata pointed wearily at Shirase Kobuchizawa, who was squatting in the corner.
She was holding a cheat sheet in her hand, which was filled with words she had thought of during this period to thank Jhin. At this moment, Shirase Kobuchizawa was muttering incessantly like she was chanting a curse: "Thank you very much for giving me this opportunity. I will definitely complete this Antarctic scientific expedition smoothly without leaving any regrets. I will actively participate in work in Antarctica, and at the same time..."
"Hinata, isn't Shirase's thank-you speech a bit off? Why does it sound like a serious work manifesto?"
"Rather than the content, I think Shirase's mental state is more worthy of concern."
"So," Shiraishi Yuzuki brought the topic back to the original question, "why do we have to peek at Jhin here?"
Miyake Hinata covered her forehead, having a headache. "Do you still not understand? Of course, it's to find a moment when Jhin is alone so Shirase can go over and thank him!"
"Ahhh! Jhin finished talking to Ms. Maekawa and is coming inside. Run!"
After Tamaki Mari finished speaking, she was the first to slip away in a panic. She didn't forget to drag along Shirase Kobuchizawa, who was squatting in the corner. Miyake Hinata and Shiraishi Yuzuki also hurriedly followed behind them to leave.
Their actions were noticed by a few girls.
Gabriel had been very interested in Jhin's photo while on the bus, but she couldn't swallow her pride to admit she wanted to see it, so she was too embarrassed to find the girls who had the photo and ask them to send her a copy.
When Satania passed in front of her with a goofy smile that looked easy to fool, Gabriel immediately thought of a good method. It would allow her to get Jhin's photo without admitting she wanted to see it, leaving absolutely no leverage for Jhin to grab onto.
"Satania!" Gabriel called out to her, asking mysteriously, "Do you know about the matter of Jhin's photo?"
"Photo? What photo?"
She actually doesn't know?
Gabriel recalled for a moment. Satania seemed to have played for a while after getting on the bus and then fell asleep leaning on the chair.
She doesn't know. Doesn't that make it even more convenient for me to execute my plan? It seems God is on my side!
"What, so you didn't know. Then never mind."
Satania reached out and held down Gabriel, who looked uninterested and was preparing to leave. "Hey, Gabriel, don't leave your sentence halfway. What about Jhin's photo?"
"For the sake of you being a friend (idiot), I'll tell you. That photo of Jhin is said to show what he looks like in his twenties."
"What? Have humans already invented a camera that can take pictures of the future?"
Satania instantly felt that the prank items in the [Demon Realm Mail Order] were no longer appealing. If she could get her hands on this kind of camera that captures the future, wouldn't the position of Great Archdemon be within easy reach?
"It hasn't developed to that stage yet. It's just makeup."
"Makeup? Is it that behavior of holding brushes and sponges and painting all over the face? I really don't get what use that has."
Angels and demons were all born with handsome and beautiful appearances, having absolutely no need for things like cosmetics. It wasn't strange at all for Satania's impression of makeup to be like this.
"Don't say that to human women; you'll get beaten up." Gabriel reminded Satania to be careful about speaking such hate-attracting words carelessly.
"I know, seriously."
"Do you want to see what Jhin looks like as an adult?"
At this moment, what Satania said was unexpectedly insightful: "I don't want to. That's just an appearance created by makeup, right? It's meaningless."
Seeing her plan on the verge of failure before it even started, Gabriel hurriedly persuaded her: "Even if you don't want to see it, maybe Vignette wants to see it? You can't let others lose the right to view it just because you aren't willing, right?"
"What you say makes sense. I'll go get the photo for Vignette right now."
"Hey, hey, hey, don't be in such a hurry." Gabriel grabbed Satania. "Do you know who to ask? Walking away so fast."
"Then you lead the way."
Just as planned!
Gabriel chuckled secretly in her heart and led Satania to find Irisu Makina.
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