Sanzang's Big Hand

Beyondumb!

Oh, Fujimaru! Perfect timing! You'll never believe this!

This amusement center is the absolute worst! First place was all mine going into fourth south hanchan...

...but at the very end the other three players all hit me with the last discard of the game! Triple rooon! Game over.

You're supposed to abort the round on a sanchahou, right? Not here, apparently! Dumb house rules...

And don't even get me started on that monkey mask guy trying to confuse me with all his chatter!

I'm sorry, Sanzang, but could you please try to calm down?

I can tell you're talking about some sort of game, but I'm afraid I can't tell what game it is...

Ah! You've never tried mahjong before, Mash? Why don't you, me, and Fujimaru all play together then!

Ms. Monk, gambling is strictly prohibited here. Playing for fun is perfectly fine, so try to keep it that way, okay?

Unless you've come to enjoy losing, somehow? Or maybe for you monks, being taken for all you're worth makes you more worthy or something of the sort?

I-I have to admit, that was pretty good. It's true, I don't have a single yuan to my name anymore, but...

...Hm? Hmmm...?

Is it just me, fox lady, or do you have some beyond crazy karma? I don't think you could atone for it all in two lifetimes, let alone one.

Oh, it's just you. I'm sure I simply happen to resemble whoever you may be thinking of. Mere coincidence, nothing more.

But never mind that. This may sound rather sudden, Ms. Monk, but we were wondering something...

I do, actually. Why, did you want to see it?

Do I!? Oh my Buddha, you're a lifesaver! Here, take a look! I was just polishing it!

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That's it! The Buddha's stone begging bowl!

This is perfect! You don't know how much we were hoping you might have this, Sanzang!

Wow, this is going better than I thought. You were all looking for this bowl?

Well, I sure don't need it anymore, so if you want to take it off my hands, that's more than fine with me!

Oh, then again, maybe it's not the best idea to sell this... It did originally belong to the Buddha...

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I can understand why you'd be reluctant to sell something so valuable, but we have very strong reasons for needing it.

Come on, what do you say? I'm willing to accept any divine punishment that might come our way as a result.

That isn't really what I'm concerned about, but... All right, I've got it! Fight me for it!

Huh? You mean in mahjong!?

No, no, nothing like that! There are conditions that have to be met to hand something like this over!

Okay, Fujimaru, here I come!

I hope for your sake you have a Servant that can handle my Buddha Palm!

Good job! If you can put up that much fight, I doubt you'll be crushed by taking the bowl!

Okay then, here you go. One stone begging bowl used by the Buddha himself.

Don't worry about the money. You obviously need it for a reason, so I'm happy to let you have it.

Th-thank you, Sanzang. But...are you sure it's okay to just give it to us like this?

Oh yeah, it's no problem! I'm sure the Buddha would be happy that it's being put to good use. Besides, you'd literally be taking a huge weight off my shoulders!

In fact, that's exactly why I was hesitant to give it to you.

That's the Buddha's bowl, so it's a lot heavier than it looks, and it was originally a lot bigger, too.

So big that the entire Enma-tei could fit inside it with room to spare.

So I was afraid that it might end up squishing you if I gave it to you, Fujimaru.

But you all handled my Buddha Palm without a problem, right? So I'm sure you'll be fine!

It's all yours! Oh, but make sure you only use it outside, in case it expands to its original size!

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Yes! The Buddha knows and sees all!