Chapter 8: Finding Danchou
We barely flew a couple of hours or so until Shizuku's stomach started growling.
"I'm hungry," she said.
Shalnark seemed annoyed. "I should've brought Machi, and not the bottomless pit."
"I'm not bottomless," Shizuku said. "Deme-chan is bottomless."
"That's what I meant..." Shalnark said. "But fine, we'll stop, I don't think I've fed Kurapika anything in a couple of days."
He pulled out his controller, pressed a few buttons and I was forced to descend into the nearest town.
We walked around town for a suitable dining area.
"How's this?" Shalnark asked. "All you can eat."
"I LIKE IT!" Shizuku said.
We walked inside and sat down at a table.
"For 5?" the waiter asked.
"No, 6," Shizuku interjected.
"Okay then, 6 adults..." the waiter said.
"Who's the sixth person?" Shalnark asked.
"Deme-chan wants to eat too," was her simple reply.
Shalnark groaned.
Anyways, we all ate our fill. Shizuku had like 6 times what I ate and when everyone was done with their meal. She summoned Deme-chan and sucked up the whole restaurant.
"Well, uh...that was a nice free meal," Shilar said.
"Shut up, old man," Shalnark said, slapping the man, who immediately got the message and remained silent.
"So where to now?" Shizuku asked. "We don't even know where Danchou is!"
"Paku's memories said that Danchou said something about the east before so I would assume he's somewhere in the east..." Shalnark said.
"That...really...narrows it down," Shizuku said.
We went from town to town asking if anyone had seen the man. Convieniently, Shalnark had a picture of Danchou on his cell phone.
After a whole afternoon of asking, it became apparent that Danchou wasn't anywhere close by, because not a single soul had even seen someone like him before.
It wasn't long before we flew past a mountain.
"Oh! Hm...I'm going to try the mountain," Shizuku said.
"What are you thinking? Danchou wouldn't be on a mountain?" Shalnark asked.
"Steer us that way!" Shizuku said, pointing at the mountain.
"Why should I?" Shalnark asked.
Shizuku held up a coin and flipped it.
"Heads we go, tails we don't," she said.
"No, tails we go, heads we don't," Shalnark said.
"Fine," Shizuku said.
She uncovered her hand, and...
"Tails. Let's go," she said.
"Darn it!" Shalnark cursed.
"Deme-chan! Suck up all the clouds here!" Shizuku said as she pulled out her beloved vacuum cleaner.
And after that, the clouds cleared away and we were able to get a clear view of the whole mountain. Shalnark landed us on one of the flat areas near the summit.
An old woman came rushing out of one of the caves.
"Oh! Excuse me! Ma'am!" Shizuku yelled.
The woman turned around, glaring at her. Shizuku flinched.
"Have you seen this man before?" Shalnark asked.
"Hm...? Of course I have, he lives here," the women said.
All 5 of us stood there, utterly shocked.