Hearing Ryuji's two-word answer, Shinobu felt brushed off.
"Who are you looking for?" Shinobu mimicked his tone.
"You wouldn't know him," Ryuji replied indifferently.
Shinobu clenched her fists, suppressing the urge to punch him. He was right; she wouldn't know him.
"Is this person male or female? What are their distinguishing features? I'll have people help you search," Shinobu changed her approach.
Seeing Shinobu's naturally helpful nature, Ryuji decided to be less cold. He thought about Zenitsu's easily recognizable features.
"I'm looking for a blond male member named Zenitsu Agatsuma. He has a tendency to cling to beautiful women. Keep an eye out for him," Ryuji said.
Shinobu chuckled. Ryuji had such a friend?! She recalled a blond male member she'd encountered on the west side of Spider Mountain.
He'd been poisoned, so she hadn't noticed his tendency to cling to women.
He'd been unable to speak, so she hadn't asked his name.
However, she suspected it was him.
"I did encounter a blond male member, but he didn't cling to me," Shinobu said to Ryuji.
She intended to tease him, but Ryuji wasn't falling for it. He turned to leave.
He left because of Shinobu's last sentence. Knowing Zenitsu's personality, he would have clung to Shinobu—a beautiful woman. Ryuji didn't think it was Zenitsu.
However, it was indeed Zenitsu, but the poison had incapacitated him.
"Hey, where are you going?!" Shinobu was confused. Was he so sure it wasn't Zenitsu?
"That person isn't him. With his personality, if he saw you, he'd be clinging to you, begging you to marry him. It's not him," Ryuji said without turning back.
Shinobu found Ryuji's friend amusing. "You might be wrong! He was poisoned when I met him. In that state, do you think he could cling to me?"
Ryuji stopped. Shinobu's smile grew triumphant; she'd finally gained the upper hand.
Ryuji stopped because Shinobu mentioned the blond member was poisoned.
While he wasn't sure it was Zenitsu, his concern and worry about Zenitsu's whereabouts prompted him to investigate further.
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