After paying, he received his ticket and was gone seconds later. * Funny guy ... but somehow he looked very nice. * She turned to the next customer and soon forgot about the strange man.

Ono Tofu, a doctor by profession, was on the way to his plane that would take him to his master. He had learned from his current student that he was out in the mountains, but he was confident that he would find him. Ono had actually wanted to wait until he examined Akane. But in view of the fact that it might take some time before the material was there, he had decided to visit his master immediately.The giant plane landed at the airport in China three hours later

Three days later, Dr. Tofu found its master. The journey had been arduous, but he needed to talk to him as soon as possible.

"I greet you, Ono Tofu. She looks more grown up and more experienced." Tofu bowed to his master. This eyed him briefly. "You have wrinkles on your face. Worry lines. Tell me, my friend, what brings you to me?"

"Sensei. After I had learned from you, I returned to Japan. There I studied medicine in order to be able to heal. I realized my dream in Tokyo and opened a practice. Patients like to come to me, they know the art of healing the chiropractor will appreciate it.

The reason I went to see you is because of a family that lives a few streets away. A father and his three daughters, the mother died a long time ago.

About three years ago an old friend of Soun Tendo's father came by.He calls himself Genma and his boy Ranma Saotome. They engaged Genma's boy to Tendo's youngest daughter, Akane.

This girl is a little ... extraordinary. She does martial arts and does so quite skillfully, even if she cannot seriously compete with Ranma.

Ranma's father had met many people in the course of her 10-year training trip and Ranma has 3 other fiancés besides Akane. An amazon and an okonomiyaki cook.

They both want Ranma as a husband. However, since he is already engaged to Akane, Akane occasionally gets into trouble. There is also a girl from another school who fell in love with Ranma, Kodachi Kuno. She is a little weird and decided to get engaged to Ranma without his consent.

The reason I'm here is because someone gave Akane the ... the owl extract. "So far the master had only listened in silence, but when he heard the word 'owl extract', his face darkened and he just stared at his student in disbelief."The owl extract?" "Yes, unfortunately. Ranma heard her screams during the night and hurried over to her. He thought that someone had attacked his fiancée, but when he entered the room he only found her asleep. When she was woke up, the effects unfolded and she nearly died, luckily they called me for help.

Forgive me for not examining them before coming here, but I didn't mean to wait unnecessarily. It won't be long before his other fiancés take advantage of Akane's condition. I am particularly concerned about Kodachi. Before the extract started to work, Akane said something about "... Kodachi was here ...". I know it's asking a lot, but I don't understand half as much of it as you do. Could you ... "" I will accompany you. "Ono nodded to his master, relieved, and so they set off.

~ ~ ~ ~

The eager salesman from the slum meanwhile took Genma to a shabby-looking eatery, the "corner".There was a waiter at the bar who obviously didn't care that guests had just come. However, Genma was secretly glad that he didn't have to drink anything from the dirty glasses.

When they sat down, the shop door opened again and a woman came in. She wore rags like everyone else and yet she was something special.

"Well, you called for me, Sadamu-san? I hope you had a good reason, I was just busy ..."

She looked so average that Genma had seldom seen anyone: medium height and figure, with brown, slightly dirty hair, the face rather pale with inconspicuous features that one would hardly recognize. While Genma was still trying to assess it, this face seemed to change before his eyes. Under this stressed normalcy there seemed to be something special, something cunning, something sophisticated that evaporated when you tried to determine what it was.She gave him an unfathomable look.

"Well, Iida, I had you called because I want to introduce you to an extremely interesting customer. He assured me that the price does not matter." With that, he pointed to Genma, who still showed no emotion, and the woman with him eyed the man's name coolly. Without a visible movement on his face, he said: "I hope you have a right to your name. It stands for unscrupulousness and I am looking for something that you cannot get in the normal way."

Even Iida wasn't outwardly noticeable of her thoughts, but secretly she didn't find this strange person everyday ...

* Oh, this man is interesting. But also a little strange, he looks like an officer is disguising himself as a martial artist ... but he gives himself away by the cold way he talks. This could indeed be interesting ... *

Her face didn't change enough to be called a smile, but you could tell that she was interested.“I hope I can get it if I don't have it.” The Material Artist examined her carefully, then nodded. "I'm sure you could get it, but I don't want any blood stains, visible or invisible. If I hear about it, you can watch them get rid of the substance. I don't want any dead people."

Iida took note of this with a nod but mute. This man played it safe: what hadn't happened couldn't be proven. But what the heck did he want now? She was getting impatient.

"I'm looking for something from Egypt. But before I go into more detail about it, I would like to ask you to send your eavesdroppers away. I don't like it when people try to outsmart me, especially not in such a flashy and lousy way . "

Iida's thoughts were racing. * How did this guy find my eavesdroppers !? They were also some of my best!Phew, Sadamu was right: the guy is dangerous, I have to take care of him ... *

Her face derailed for a moment, but she quickly regained control. A nod towards the door and four people left the room, coming from all possible hiding places.

"Well, as I said, I am looking for a fabric from Egypt. It is made of linen or silk with papyrus strips, crocodile teeth and heron feathers woven into it. Then the fabric is boiled in the intestines of a highland cattle and one with the ink Colored squid.

What I need it for is uninteresting. The question is whether they can get it. "

Iida had listened to his description in silence. The often strange wishes of their customers were no longer too shocking for them.

"Well, I think I can get it ..."

Sadamu was also in thought. All the time since this stranger had spoken to him about it, he had imagined that he had heard of this material somewhere.Suddenly it fell from his eyes like the well-known scales, or rather thoughts:

A supplier of his had had a few yards of this stuff and was very desperate because he hadn't gotten rid of it. About a week ago he had moaned his ears, but who the hell was that ...?

Another flash of thought that made the scales rattle: "Hisoka ..." He mumbled the name quietly to himself, but the other two had noticed.

Now Iida spoke up again: "You mean our Hisoka, this useless who buys every junk? I should have known that he messes up, but now it could benefit him."

She turned back to Genma. "How much would you pay for the material? As I know Hisoka, he's had enough of it."

G: "How much would you ask?"

I: "20,000 yen per meter"

G: "That's too much, after all you wouldn't get rid of the material at all, make me a better offer!"

I: "19,000"

G: "18,000"

I: "18,500"

"Good.", Genma finally spoke up after some thought. He'd expected to pay around 30,000 yen, but they didn't need to know that he was worth that much in the first place.

"But first I want to test whether it is real. I'll be back in 2 hours, then you will probably have the material. I will come back to this ... café."

With these words he got up and made his way back to the Tendo Dojo.

~ ~ ~ ~

"Yes, well done, Kasumi. Now you have been able to keep your concentration for almost 1 minute! If you continue like this, you will soon be able to hide your aura. Nabiki is ready." * Even if only for about 30 seconds, and that without any particular distractions ... *

The two Tendo daughters had shown themselves to be extremely docile. They had managed to concentrate properly within a few hours.Nabiki was almost ready to sit across from her sister for a moment. If only very briefly ...

The front door opened and Genma entered. He was immediately questioned by those who stayed behind and asked how it had gone.

He told what had happened and then went to meditate.

~ ~ ~ ~

Well, of course Ranma had to fight Kuno on the way to Cologne - "Ranma Saotome, I know that you are holding the girl with the pigtail, release her, villain!" - but she finally got there safely .. .

"Howdy, son-in-law, what can I do for you? If you want some shampoo, she's just delivered." Ranma just shook her head slightly. "Cologne, I take it you know what the owl extract is?"

The Amazon stared at him in horror, then motioned for him to follow her.She gave Mousse a few more instructions before she left the restaurant with Ranma in the direction of the park. There they sat down on a bench. Ranma enjoyed the quiet briefly before Cologne began to speak.

"Ranma, tell me immediately what happened. Why do you know about the owl extract? Who told you about it?"

So, after a moment's hesitation, Ranma began to talk. He knew that he could rely on Cologne in an emergency.

She, in turn, was amazed that this young doctor knew so much about it.

"... so Dr. Tofu went to China to look for his master. If all goes well, he will be back in 3 days. He didn't want to close the practice, so he asks you to take it over. He didn't have time to ask you personally to apologize for him. "

The old Amazon nodded slowly.