[Ignorance is bliss! As it is, Hijikata can only marvel at Ayato's nonchalance. But needless to say the teleport transfer is quick, smooth, and without incident, and after a little more walking they arrive at the government building housing Ayato's office. Once properly situated Hijikata finally divulges the reason he sidetracked the other man here instead of letting him bring his shopping bags home.]

I hope this isn't all totally old news to you, but I've been trying to look into the repeated portal incidents we experienced here. Of course the locals have been investigating those for a while already, but the part that was news to me is that some suspect an anti-power-holder group might be behind it.

[He somehow always ends up fighting anti-(quasi-)government terrorists, no matter which world he ends up on... but granted, so far it is little more than a rumour.]