#(not that he needs to. boy's a hazard no matter the vocab)

[boinin]

Official translation of chp 248 is out, and with it better quality panels.

Nomura-san (the mangaka) tweeted about being happy to draw Chigiri's sister again, as well as the Kunigami sisters. Going off another tweet about the LNs from one of the BL promo accounts, the cat is likely intended to be the one from Chigiri's LN 🐈‍⬛

now, sign my petition for Chigiri-nee-san and the Kunigami girls to meet at the U20 World cup

The official translation for Kunigami's panel is pretty close to what PO2 scans went with. He's described as a catalyst though, versus PO2's someone "designed to raise the level of the other unpolished gems". While the wording is more vague, we can still interpret this to mean Kunigami's acting on Ego's orders rather than participating willingly in the NEL. His purpose isn't to secure a high bid for his own sake—it's to have an effect on others. 🥲

Lastly, there's something inherently funny (and ironic) about Kaiser's insult. Pot, meet kettle.