“Did Lady Ubuyashiki tire of me already?”
Dōma sighs despondently, glancing up at her right-hand man, regal and imposing as ever.
Surprisingly, he is frowning. Not a common sight from Michikatsu-san, as he always wore the most neutral impassive facial expression, no matter the situation.
The only solace Dōma can count on right now is that he is so very talented at getting under his skin, enough for him to break his calmness.
“Seems unlikely, not with that fire she had the last time she was here. She seemed like she was going to skin me alive! The rage in her eyes was incredible. And the loathing as she spoke to me! It almost hurt as much as when she pulled off these.”
He waved his fingers around; the blood crusted around his raw nailbeds oxidizing to a dark brown color.
“But I haven’t seen her in so long."
Dōma’s iridescent eyes turn downward, body deflating as he places his injured hands over his face.
“I wonder why she wanted the identification of my working girls. You wouldn’t be willing to share, hmm Michi-san?”
All he received was a blank stare in response.
“I’m afraid for what will happen to my girls.” Dōma continues, dialing up the saddened and weepy tone.
“They won’t get disappeared, will they?”
A slight twitch of Michikatsu’s upper lip.
“That would be heartbreaking. I pride myself on taking care of them, but I suppose if they were misbehaving enough to capture Lady Ubuyashiki’s wrath, then my hands are tied. Literally.”
He pulls at the zip-tie around his wrist, demonstrating the chafed reddened skin around the tie to the tall, darkened man is if he wasn’t the one to place it in the first place. Tightly.
“I’m still trying to piece together what merited such a harsh reaction from the Lady.”
Dōma is fairly confident about his suppositions on the mess he is currently involved in.
Kibutsuji Karaku means something to Lady Ubuyashiki.
More than a random boy toy she is currently attached to.
It goes deeper than that, it has to.