>>281105987The contractor, Charlie, wishes to partner with them, but before that, Jin asks what happened to the part-timers he hired, and he replies: "They're obviously dead, otherwise we'd be wasting our money".
ENTER SHIRAHAMA
As it turns out, Yume thought the sky, or just above, stank a little, so she told her to run underground once the job was over.
Charlie, sweating, says it's good that they're safe, that they'll give the money... but Hama isn't satisfied. They're gonna have a little chat after.
Jin seems genuinely happy they're alive, which shocks Yin.
Anyway, the mission was a success, so now they're taking custody of the item considering "the owner's absence".
The two final pages are red, as the man explains he in particular was tricked by Q and made to see the image of the Black Sun.
Then he asks to be allowed to go back if only by himself. No reply. Sweating buckets, he says he heard the Black Sun gives "black markings" to the humans he takes an interest in, so he asks: "what will you do to me?"
Yume and Hama both had a ton of muscle pain the next day, but the contractor thankfully paid for their poultices.
Again, two week break before next chapter.
