Kutal first observed Mushra and Yakumo escaping from a horde of bugs that had intended to roast them on top of the Statue of Liberty in the first episode, remarking drily that "this recipe could use a touch of saffron". He later caught up to them after their escape and, realizing that Yakumo was human, offered to guide them on their trip to Shinzo (though it is strongly implied that he has never actually been there), saying that he often visited Shinzo and there were many humans there, even showing them a picture of him standing in front of a vague castle shape and claiming that it was Shinzo. Yakumo completely falls for this and Mushra reluctantly lets him join them in traveling through the ruins. He quickly gets them lost in an old subway while chasing a Hunter Being, thinking it was a H