Koon has just finished talking with someone on his Pocket about the new Slayer candidate, and meets with Edin Dan, a fast Scout. Dan names his price for catching a silver carp, but Koon actually wants to recruit him onto his team. He makes a deal: if Dan can get out of the café and evade all the Regulars in the café, he will get a chunk of pure suspendium. If he can’t, he will have to join Koon’s team. Koon also mentions that every Regular in the café was hired by him. At first Dan is unconfident, but notices an escape exit and runs for it. But this actually led to a dead end which Koon lured him to with the lie that every Regular in the café was hired. Dan is surprised, but is still able to dash past Koon and head towards the exit. However, it turns out that Koon had planned for this and