Genkimaru waved his hand and said. âFollow me!â Â
As Genkimaru lend them out of danger, he bumped into a green gundam who is slightly taller than him. Â âOh sorry, didnât see you there.â
A green gundam replied. âItâs fine really. Â So, what your name kid? My name Ryukushimaru! Â Oh? I see you brought someone special. Â I never seen a creature before. Â Who are they?â Â Â
As Ryukushimaru bounced around everyone and to ask multiple questions. Â Genkimaru plugged his ears. Â âPlease be done.â
Kitaro clears his throat and says, âMy name is Gegege No Kitarou, youkai protector of the humans and peace maker between youkais and humans. Genkimaru brought us here despite of my fatherâs curiosity.â He gestures towards Neko Musume and introduces her. âThis here is my friend, Neko Musume.â
"Itâs nice to meet you," said Neko Musume, bowing."
Ryukushimaru smiled. âWell, itâs nice to meet you too!. Hey.. Â Do you want to check out the town? Â This place has plenty of gundams!â
Genkimaru relaxed under the tree and waved his hand. âGo ahead without me. Â Iâm just going to rest here and..â Â Before Genkimaru could said the last word, he fell asleep and snore like a old man.
"Jeez. Is he always THIS lazy?" huffed Neko Musume.
Kitaro sighs heavily and a drop of sweat falls. âWhat can you do about it?â He looks up to the green gundam and says, âIt looks like youâre our new tour guideâŚRyukushimaru, was it?â
"Well, I want you guys to see the citizens of Ark and the kabuki theater. Â Thrust me! Â Itâs great!" Â Â
Ryukushimaru guides Kitarou and his friend to the farmer market village.Â
"Lots of foods, drink, tea. .."
Kitarou glances at every direction of the market and he realizes that the arrangement is similar to the Youkai Yokochou. And coincidentally, there is a building in front of them that looks like Ohaguro-bettariâs luxury bath house.  âRyukushimaru, that building in front of us, is that a bath house?â
Ryukushimaru rubbed his head. Â âYes, itâs a bath house. Â Itâs pretty nice and perfectly warm water! Â Do you want to go there?â
Neko Musume and Kitarou nodded in agreement and the group sets off to the bath house.
Medama Oyaji, still hiding underneath Kitarouâs locks, sighs in disappointment. He whisperâs to Kitarou, soft enough so Ryukushimaru cannot hear, âthat Genkimaru lied to us. He said that there are humans in his world. But I donât see any of them here.â
Kitarou quietly responds, âdad, he said there are humans in his dimension. This is one world in within his dimension that he can travel through. We might find some other gundams with that power that can guide us to other worlds.âÂ
"I hope so."
"I hope so too."
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As the group arrives at the bath house, there is a striking resemblance and sense similar to Ohaguro-bettariâs bathhouse. This made Kitarou and Neko Musume wonder, could this world be an alternate version of the Yokochou? And in front of them is a woman, the back view of her, finely dressed in a maroon kimono and a light orange obi, with grayish brown hair. This surprised Kitarou and Neko Musume to see a human in front of them.
Neko Musume realizes that there are no humans in this world and says, âwait, I thought humans donât exist in this world.â
"Who says Iâm a human?" asked the mysterious woman. She turns around and reveals herself. That woman is Ohaguro-bettari.
Ryukushimaru tossed his towel away. âI think I smelled a threat around here.â
He quickly summoned his weapons and pointed at the Ohaguro-Bettari. Â
Before Ryukushimaru prepares an attack at Ohaguro-bettari, Kitarou and Neko Musume blocks his way, both spreading their arms and legs, defending the lady youkai.
"Ryukushimaru, you canât attack her! Sheâs our friend from the Youkai World!" exclaimed Kitarou.
"Oh, my apology." said Ryukushimaru as he sweatdropped.
He placed his weapon on his back, smiled, and offered a handshake. "It's nice to meet you lady."Â
