The kid who opens the door couldn't be more than sixteen. There sure are a lot of young gods and shinki around, Gojyo can't help thinking. He can't have seen more than a handful of folks he'd place over thirty -- most everyone seems to be between just past puberty and about twenty or so. Wonder why that is?

But then the kid says his name, with clear recognition. How...?

"Yeah?" How could this kid know his name? "I'm Sha Gojyo. Did somebody tell you I was heading this way?" He has been making a pest of himself at all the nearby temples, poking in and asking the residents questions about being shinki and who might want Amaterasu dead. It's not that big a stretch to think that somebody might be warning the other temples in the area about the nosy redhead!