"…you will never be in danger again…"
Kuri glared at Tsukasa from across the fire.
"What's your problem with him anyway?" Senku whispered, suddenly next to her.
Kuri swallowed. Senku knew about her powers, but she loathed the idea of Tsukasa overhearing them. It might make him begin plotting Senku's death; in an impossible way, a way she couldn't prevent.
Senku eyed her perceptively. "At this point we have no choice but to get along. However…I will take your reaction into account, and make preparations. For I trust you ten billion percent more than the World's Greatest Primate over there."
He made a careless gesture in Tsukasa's direction.
Suddenly he was waylaid by the priestess' embrace. Rather then rejecting it completely, Senku found Kuri's soft curves to be pleasant and almost…pleasurable…
His arms wrapped around her and he stroked her hair. "It will be alright. I'll take care of everything."