She is alive and well after the Katana Man arch.And moreover, she feels even happier, and the reason for this delight is you.You became a recruit of Aki Hayakawa, a demon hunter from Public Security who took you under his mentoring wing, and you even noticed a couple of times that this feeling of mentoring towards you was new to him, no matter how cold and serious he might look.You thought that your partnership with Aki would continue as peacefully as it had from the very beginning, right up to the moment your mentor's mentor found out about your existence... So, your senior mentor? ... the grandmentor?

And now you are sitting in a small traditional restaurant right across from Himeno, you felt awkward because Aki left you two alone, Aki was forced to go to the nearest convenience store because he ran out of cigarettes and made it clear that he would not be with you soon.Great, your partner left you alone with a woman you've only heard about out of the corner of your ear.What the hell was he hoping for?

"Hey, don't be shy kid, I won't bite you, let's talk, what's your name little one? Are you old enough to drink alcohol, huh?"

Himeno took the initiative to talk to you, she propped her cheek with her hand and tilted her head and looked at you with a smirk and narrowed eyes, it seems you are lucky that she wasn't get tipsy.One of her hands confidently held a beer glass, the hot steam from the food on the table carried around the place while you looked down at the nearest snacks