That Zuma Dude

Now that they have found each other, Momo demands the return of Okarun's kintama. Unji deduces she must share his kind of power since she recognizes the object, yet he refuses to hand it over before the game is beaten, admitting the golden ball is the sole source of his own abilities. Pressed on who first told him about it, Unji recalls a figure he met at a library whose face blurs and brings on dizziness whenever he tries to picture it. That person somehow knew his situation and powers, escorted him to retrieve the ball from a police box without raising suspicion, and could not enter the diorama personally, so Unji volunteered to take its place to protect his friends.

Momo is stunned that Unji single-handedly wrecked every monster inside, but corrects him by explaining the diorama is a board game built around clearing stages to reach an endpoint, beginning with the wall before them. She declines to share her name until the kintama is returned. Unji hauls her over the wall on his back, and the two spot an obstacle course ahead. He offers her his pants so her skirt will not be a hindrance, but the kintama spills from the pocket. As he tries to cross the course to recover it, frogs dressed as chefs appear, and Unji calls for Momo's help.

A nineteen-page entry from Volume 16, released January 16, 2024, within the Danmara Arc and Kintama Hunt Saga. The chapter ties the mysterious recruiter to Saint-Germain, listed among the cast as the unnamed man, and deepens the mystery of how Unji was drawn into the cursed object.