Kirie notices that Koyomi seems unhappy. She fears Fukuyama will be back, but Kirie vows to protect her. Back at the Wavewind Inn that night, somehow the partition between the men's and women's areas of the hotspring bath has been removed. Fukuyama turns up, and explains that he and Risa have purchased all the inns in the valley, "because you were having fun while leaving us out in the cold". Kirie challenges him to a Ping-Pong match--if he loses, the barrier will be restored and he won't come within 1 km of Koyomi or Miharu for a week. But he wins easily, since Risa was magically guiding the ball. Having lost, Kirie must perform a humiliating massage for Fukuyama, unless he agrees to a rematch. He does, and will even take on two opponents--but Kirie is not one of them... |