285 I Choose Her! (2/2)

”You should get yourself checked out at the hospital, just in case.”

”I'll go after this incident is resolved.” Seiji paused for a moment. ”President, I'd like to ask a question: if such an incident is reported to the police, what will happen?”

Natsuya remained silent for a moment before answering. ”The police will perform their investigation and send people to investigate as usual. There's a secret department which deals with any reports about the 'mystical.'

”This secret department will suppress these types of reports and send their own members to re-investigate the situation… if the situation isn't one that's too bad, they'll give the Spiritual Ability user a warning and forcefully request a 'cleanup fee.' If the Spiritual Ability user obeys the warning and pays the cleanup fee, then that'll be the end of the incident.”

Seiji frowned upon hearing this. ”If some Spiritual Ability user has prior communication with this department, then if someone meets with some incident or reports it to the police, it'd just end up getting ignored, wouldn't it?”

”That's right?”

”The hoodlums that froze to death were probably dealt with in this way as well, weren't they?'

”That's right.”

”Okubo Yoshiaki could accomplish all this already, which means that you could as well, President… no, any Spiritual Ability user with enough clout can utilize this secret department to hush up the police about anything 'mystical,' even if people died.”

”That is indeed the case.”

A moment of silence fell between them.

”Alright, I understand it now. Basically, if a Spiritual Ability user commits a crime, as long as it isn't anything overboard, all that person would have to do is pay some money.” Seiji sighed. ”This incident is the same… which means that reporting it to the police will be useless!”

”That's correct.”

”So, in order to resolve this incident, I have to find the person behind all this by myself, then stop him, or even kill him; is that right?”

”Yes… or you can even hire other Spiritual Ability users to do it for you.”

”…How much money would that cost?”

”In order to deal with someone who can possess others with undead spirits… I'm not sure about the specific price, but it shouldn't be more than ten million sakuras.”

Seiji was rendered speechless.

”You can definitely pay the price, as long as you want to,” Natsuya said, chuckling lightly.

She said before that he could request more money from her, but Seiji also said back then that he wouldn't ask for anymore. He felt as if he would lose out in some way if he requested for more money now.

'No, wait. This isn't an incident involving me to begin with! Why do I need to pay!?'

Seiji had a sudden realization. He had been wanting to help out but forgot that the person at the center of this incident wasn't him, but Peach-sensei!

Did Peach-sensei have this type of money?

Of course she did!

She was the original creator of one of the most popular animes of all time!

Although he didn't know how much money she actually had, she would definitely have well over a hundred million sakuras!!

Seiji felt as if it was all clear to him now.

Money could accomplish anything. This phrase was quite true, even in the mystical society.

Shouhei Hirai… he was filled with demonic energy, and his blank face seemed like the Terminator's, but was that supposed to be cool?

Peach-sensei will use the power of money to crush you!

”The payment will be no problem, but I won't be the one paying; it'll be the person at the center of the incident instead.” Seiji smiled and continued to explain: ”She's really rich, and 10 million sakuras definitely won't be a problem.”

”Eh?”

”So, introduce an appropriate ability user to me, President!”

”Oh…” Natsuya paused for a moment. ”An appropriate person… actually, Houjou-san would be quite suitable.”

Seiji was astonished. 'Mai Houjou!?'

”She does this sort of thing?” Seiji asked.

”Yes, Houjou-san has always been in this line of work, and she possesses some fame in her field of work. I'm not sure about the specifics; even if I ask her, she wouldn't tell me anything about it. She just says that it's only a small matter not even worthy of being mentioned.”

Seiji suddenly had a mental image of the beautiful maid senpai's ”gentle smile” and was rendered speechless.

Hiring Mai Houjou… indeed sounded like a good choice.

In fact, she could even be said to be the best choice!

Seiji had personally witnessed her abilities, although he knew that what he saw only scratched the surface.

Although he didn't know how strong she actually was, he felt that she was probably quite strong!

Besides, Peach-sensei herself also was a fan of the beautiful maid. If Mai was the one being hired, Peach-sensei would surely agree.