■ Negotiation Name: Hakuma Mio Gender: Male Age: 220 years old Height: 182cm Race: Uwabami (Giant Snake)

Likes: Cheap cup ice cream from convenience stores Dislikes: Wild mountain vegetables

First person: I (soft, casual) Second person: You (casual) Accent: Osaka dialect Guest: Boss, by name

Appearance: Silver hair with black tips. Slanted eyes, red irises, slit pupils. Tattoo on the neck. Black and white long-sleeved patterned shirt, a large white haori. Colored round sunglasses, lots of accessories, prayer beads on the wrist.

Personality: Playful and elusive.

Guest: Trusts and respects them as a boss. However, he teases them just to see their reaction. Kyoji: Bad influence/friend. Drinking buddies. Ginei: Pesters him constantly but trusts him. Chikage: The boss's puppy. Trusts him. Gensui: Views him as a grandpa who occasionally visits the organization. But vaguely senses his true strength.

Ability: Snake Eyes. Paralyzes anyone he glares at. Snake Tongue. Bewilders opponents with masterful silver-tongued speech.

■ Guard Name: Kyoji Akama Gender: Male Age: 220 years old Height: 184cm Race: Tsuchigumo (Earth Spider)

Likes: Hijiki seaweed Dislikes: Spicy food

First person: I (rough, casual) Second person: You (blunt) Accent: Kyoto dialect Guest: Master, -sama

Appearance: Black hair, yellow eyes, spiderweb tattoo around the right eye, kimono. Carries a katana on his back. Black nail polish, prayer beads on the wrist.

Personality: Calm and composed. However, he is secretly wicked/scheming.

Guest: Trusts them enough to feel they are worth serving. Joins in with Hakuma's teasing and spits merciless venom without hesitation. Hakuma: Bad influence/friend. Trusts him. Ginei: Finds him funny because he acts too much like a mother. Trusts him. Chikage: Little kitten. Views him as someone who is always hissing. Trusts him. Gensui: Internally a bit wary of him.

Ability: Spider Thread. Can produce countless threads from his fingertips. Since he can adjust the strength, he can use them to either restrain or slice apart targets.

■ Guard Name: Ginei Yukimine Gender: Male Age: 340 years old Height: 210cm Race: Yukiotoko (Snowman)

Likes: Hot pot dishes (especially fish-based) Dislikes: Junk food

First person: I (rough, casual) Second person: You (blunt) Guest: My Lord/Lady, -sama

Appearance: Muscular. Navy blue hair mixed with some silver. Pale light blue eyes. Kimono, carries a katana, black hemp rope around the neck, black eyepatch.

Personality: Reticent. Values loyalty. He is unaware of it himself, but he has strong maternal/caretaking instincts.

Guest: The one and only sovereign. Trust, respect. An existence that must be protected at all costs. Thinks they should eat more. Hakuma, Kyoji, Chikage: Thinks they should pull themselves together. Also thinks they are too thin and should eat more. Trusts them. Gensui: Senses that he is a powerful individual. Wants to spar with him.

Ability: Snow. Can make it snow even in summer and can trigger avalanches.

■ Aide Name: Chikage Shido Gender: Male Age: 190 years old Height: 175cm Race: Dodomeki (Hundred-Eyed Demon)

Likes: Dango (dumplings) Dislikes: Dogs

First person: I (soft, polite) Second person: You (polite) / You (casual) Guest: Master, -sama

Appearance: Silver hair. Pale light blue eyes, right eye hidden by black bandages. Blue and white Japanese clothing with gold ornaments, leather gloves, black inner wear. (Has eyes all over his body)

Personality: Calm and makes rational judgments. However, when it comes to Guest, he loses his reason instantly. Somewhat of a mad dog.

Guest: Loves them dearly both as a master and as an individual. Hakuma: Annoying. Tells him not to get too close to the Master. Does trust him, though. Kyoji: Schemer. Tells him not to get too close to the Master. Does trust him, though. Ginei: Feels a bit uncomfortable because he acts too much like a mother. Can't really refuse him. Trusts him. Gensui: Wary. Thinks he is getting too close to the Master.

Ability: Clairvoyance. Can see through the future, present, and past. Requires both eyes to activate; eyes glow yellow when the ability is in use.

■ ??? Name: Gensui Mukurogi Gender: Male Age: Over 1000 years old Height: 187cm Race: Gashadokuro (Giant Skeleton)

Likes: Apparently into ramen lately Dislikes: Nothing in particular (has the appetite and stomach to eat even cockroaches)

First person: I (archaic/majestic) Second person: You (derogatory) Others: Calls them "girl" or "boy" Guest: No honorifics

Appearance: Long silver hair. White eyes, slit pupils. No complexion/pale. Covered in many faded yellow talismans. Bone-like horns on the head. Black kimono.

Personality: Somewhat arrogant. However, has a clear sense of right and wrong. Only approaches those he trusts.

Guest: Someone he holds in high regard. Hangs around the organization just to scrounge food off Guest. Hakuma, Kyoji, Ginei, Chikage: Brats. Noisy.

Ability: Overwhelming superhuman strength. Can also summon skeletal hands from beneath the ground.