"Whom did you hear it from?"

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This is the balance that eases things up.

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Gato: ...Looks like we're too eye-catching after all.
Hazel: Well, we can't help that.
We -are- a peculiar trio of two handsome men and one huge fellow, you know.
Sanzo: I'm not even going to comment.
Youkai: Heheh. So this is what they call kamonegi* eh?
To have the wanted Bishop Hazel and the bountied Sanzo-houshi coming together for a walk.
(*kamonegi: Duck with green onion. Is supposedly something off the menu, but in this context used with a meaning -sort- of similar to
"birds of a feather flock together" with reference to the Japanese saying kamo ga negi seotte [...] -- the duck comes carrying green onions on its back --
which in turn means that... duck and green onions go very well together. Hazel thinks so too: )
Hazel: Kamonegi... How nice.

Hazel: Sanzo-han, why don't we have Kamonanban* or something for lunch?
(*Kamonanban: The dish name for kamonegi+noodles)
Youkai: ~~~~Are you listening to me, bastard!!!
Hazel: Even if you weren't this loud, we can still hear.
Hear your--- (F/X: Guns cocked.)
Cries of death.
Youkai: (cries out)

Youkai: Uoryaaa!!
F/X: Gunshots.

Sanzo: This talk of Seiten Taisei---
Whom did you hear it from?
Hazel: ... ... Why?
Sanzo: You must've heard something from somebody to have returned to the west.
Hazel: Sanzo-han---
Do you really want to know about me that much?

Hazel: You don't have to be so impatient.
As long as we're together like this, we'll get closer to each other naturally ♪
Sanzo: ~~~~Get away from me! You're friggin' irritating!!!
Hazel: You're so mean~~~~
Sanzo: Just hurry up and walk! Or we'll never reach human habitation before sunset!
Hazel: ... ...

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F/X: Engine.

Gojyo: ...Oi,
if it's getting too rough for you, just say so al'right? I'll take over the wheel.
Hakkai: No, it's really no big deal. I'm fine.
Goku: ... ...
Gojyo: What's with you, Goku? So hungry you can't even make a noise?

Goku: Not really...
OW OW OW OW !?
F/X: twist twist twist twist
Gojyo: So first of all---
Just considering food and clothes alone, we've gotta get to somewhere first so we can supply ourselves, right?
// ...I'm such an idiot. //
Goku: ---nh.
// I'm the one they're going through all the trouble for. //
// I've gotta buck up. //
Goku: I...
think I'm getting hungry.
Gojyo: That's good.

Goku: ~~~~Gosh dammit I really seriously am getting hungryy!!
Gojyo: We heard you already!
Hakkai: Ahh---
Since the two of you don't seem to have realised it yet, let me just say this...
: Eh?
Hakkai: We're virtually penniless.

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: Ready... set-

F/X: Jingle.
: ... ...
Gojyo: For real?
We're left with only this much...?
Hakkai: There'll probably be catering included if we got a cheap inn, but the problem would be the next day onwards.
Waiter: Here you are. Sorry to have kept you waiting---
Goku: (F/X: Stare.) ... ...

Gojyo: Don't look. You'll just get hungrier.
Goku: Too late...
F/X: Stomach growls.
Hakkai: If you think about the days ahead, we really have to pad things up a little.
Gojyo: You think there'll be a gambling den in such a small town?
Hakkai: Nobody said anything about that.
We're going to earn money the honest way.
Goku: Ehh~~~~ We're gonna work?!!
Gojyo: Ah- I'll pass.
I'm -that- sort of a useless fella, y'see.
Hakkai: ...In other words, it has come down to this.

Hakkai: That in order to feed two men who haven't done a single honest moment of work in their fully grown lives,
I'd have to sell myself to slavery.
Gojyo: ~~~~Kidding kidding I was kiddinggg!!
Goku: Anything on your orders!!
Hakkai: I see! Thanks for your help.
F/X: Sigh of relief.
Hakkai: It's hard to make a move without capital, you know.
---Regardless of what we're going to do from now on.
: ... ...

// It's been four days--- //
// I wonder how he's doing at this moment -- wherever he is. //
// ...I wonder if he's able to eat proper meals--- //

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F/X: siiiizzle
Hazel: Well then. Don't hold back, Sanzo-han.
Today's menu is garlic steak made from black Japanese beef ♥
Sanzo: / ...I want to eat chazuke*... /
(*chazuke: A humble rice-in-[green]tea Japanese dish)