Aria’s words made perfect sense for him. Even if the SSS-Class Youkai didn’t have an answer to Rui-Ling’s form of immortality, it’d probably be a bad thing if the entirety of the Red Woods disappeared off the face of the planet. No doubt, Reiko probably wouldn’t want her reclusive little mansion to stick out like a sore thumb after all the trees were gone. And think about the environmental impact! If there was one thing that frightened the relatively immortal Rui-Ling, it was the impact that global warming and pollution was going to have on the world. God knows how terrible it’d be if the air turned black and he was condemned to a world in which he died a horrible, breathing-related death every few seconds.

With that in mind, the young immortal nodded. [b]“Yeah, sounds about right. Here’s to hoping that those disappearances aren’t actually related to the SSS-class, eh? Would think that youkai that powerful have better things to do than make randoms disappear.”[/b]

As he turned for the exit of the Pawn Shop, it looked like more Chasers were finally filing into the room. Kazuki brought in a new girl (oho, a girlfriend? Must be nice being young), and his senior, Sheridan, showed up as well. He waved at her, before saying, [b]“Sup Sheri, haven’t seen you in some time. Starting off with a cleaning job to get warmed up again?”[/b]

The immortal leaned against a stool, grinning, one ear on another conversation that was going on as well. After all, as a nosy, undying Chaser, he obviously should listen to whatever Kazuki’s girlfriend had to say to Aria, right?

Anyways, with the bumblebee Hayabusa, he’d be able to get to the outskirts of Sonomachi pretty quickly regardless.
[@TheFake]