Fukigen na Mononokean Tsuzuki

Mystery 1 "The Limb Screen"

Fuzzy, go around the other side!

Utakuni-dono, I understand your attachment to the mundane world.

However, you can't remain here any longer.

You must prepare to leave.

Please let me exorcise you.

In the Underworld, you won't be alone anymore.

Are you ready?

Master of the Mononokean, Abeno Haruitsuki,

requesting a portal to the Underworld.

Take care!

Ashiya.

Yes.

Here's today's pay.

Is this all?

What?

But Abeno-san...

I know I failed to catch him in the end, but I worked really hard today!

You should be paying me in bills!

What? You just didn't make any dumb screw-ups, that's all.

And stop looking so smug.

At this rate, I'll never be able to pay off the debt I owe you!

Shut up!

We exorcised the yokai. The job is done.

Let's go.

By the way, didn't you tell that yokai he wouldn't be alone anymore?

He's like the hairball.

He was a pet that became a yokai after dying.

I see.

He missed people, so he haunted them.

And each time, his body grew larger.

If we'd waited any longer to exorcise him,

he would've been too big to fit through an Underworld portal.

Hey, Abeno-san... I have a request.

Lose One Turn

Fuzzy, why don't we call it here?

We've played a lot of ball games already.

Let's do something different next.

Give me a minute.

I'm going to tidy up the room.

He's so happy.

Fuzzy was originally like that yokai we exorcised today.

Even after becoming a yokai, he remained in the mundane world.

He wanted someone's attention.

He happened to meet me and Abeno-san, two people who can see yokai,

but most yokai are alone as long as they remain in the mundane world.

Because I met Fuzzy,

I owe Abeno-san a debt I don't know when I'll be able to repay,

and I have frightening and dangerous experiences.

But because I understand how the yokai feel,

I want to keep doing this job forever.

Hanae! Hanae, are you planning to sleep all day?

F-Fuzzy?!

Oh, right.

I asked Abeno-san to let you stay over last night.

Come on, Fuzzy. Time to get up.

See you later.

You were making a lot of noise in your room last night.

H-Huh?! I-I was just exercising, since I've gained a little weight...

Have you?

Oh, your shoulder...

There was some lint on it.

R-Really? Thanks.

Are you sick again or something?

The kids aren't calling you "Hanae-chan of the Nurse's Office," do they?

How do you know about that nickname, Mom?

Don't worry about me.

I'm great. I feel really great now.

Wh-What's that?

Sorbus commixta.

In the language of flowers, it means "I'm watching over you."

Please stop using flowers to express yourself!

I'll see you later.

See you later.

It's finally summer.

So, summer vacation is approaching.

This is your first summer vacation as high school students.

Summer Vacation

You might want to start planning now so you can enjoy

a fulfilling high school summer vacation.

I've already started planning my family vacation.

Sir, you're rambling.

I wanted to go to the mountains,

but my daughter insisted on going to the beach.

My adorable daughter...

I wonder where Abeno-san is.

He didn't say we had work today.

In any case, I need to return Fuzzy to...

Ashiyan!

Oh, hey, Fusshi and Saga.

What's wrong? You were staring at your shoulder.

I-It's just a little stiff!

Our teacher rambles way too much.

Y-Yeah.

Wanna stop by the convenience store?

Let's get ice cream.

Uh, sorry. I've got somewhere to go today.

What was that?

What's wrong, Ashiyan?

Huh?! Oh, um...

Hey, what's that?!

Huh?

Well, I've gotta hurry!

Please don't suddenly connect the classroom door to the Mononokean!

What did you skip school fo—

SOS?!

What is this? Is there trouble? Was there an accident?

It's booze, isn't it?

Someone's sick?!

Is it acute alcohol-whatever-poisoning?

There's no "whatever."

Also, shut up.

No, wait!

The Mononokean has been drinking? How?!

Look closely under the SOS.

Isn't this room itself the Mononokean?!

SOS...

Partly cloudy?

Mononokean, what does that mark actually mean?

It's the crest of Newt Lake's Legislator.

Thanks for spelling it out.

Isn't the Legislator

one of the Underworld's top three that we met before?

So something happened to the Legislator?

He's hungover, isn't he?

He wants you two to come.

Me, too?

Does he want us to take care of him?

Well, he didn't say it's a "rule"...

We're not going to help him?

There are plenty of other people he can ask to take care of him.

It could be a serious hangover.

Apparently he's seriously injured.

What?

My, my.

Please, right this way.

I'll take you to him.

So this is what it's like on the inside.

When I came here before, I only got to look from the outside.

Don't look around so much.

Legislator.

The master of the Mononokean and his employee are here.

Come in.

If you'll excuse me.

Mr. Legislator? Aren't you... injured?

Hey.

You arrived at just the right time, Itsuki.

Could you pack this pipe with tobacco?

It's a bit tough with one hand.

He broke a bone?

Is it broken?

It's probably broken.

He's squeezing a broken arm as hard as he can!

Itsuki, the tobacco.

I refuse.

Mr. Legislator, what happened to your arm?

You shouldn't smoke when you're injured.

At least, humans shouldn't...

Look, Itsuki. Ashiya-kun is worried about me.

You may be the master,

but perhaps there are things you could learn from your employee.

That's such a good lesson, I can hardly believe it's coming

from my superior, who cares so little about being a nuisance

that every time he has a hangover, he summons me with an SOS

and puts my own work behind schedule.

How verbose. Are you mad?

You lied about being seriously injured to get me to come here!

This is plenty serious.

Besides, I'm lucky I wasn't more seriously injured.

I wasn't expecting to be attacked out of the blue.

You were attacked?

Was someone trying to kill you?

It was absolutely terrifying...

Liquor and women, right?

I didn't know she was a violent drunk.

But she was really apologetic about it later.

Cute, right?

Anyway, as you can see, my dominant hand is useless.

I haven't been able to get much work done.