"Oh, it isn't really my priority to 'deal' with them right now. We started one of those links, so I might as well remain amicable, given that he clearly knows more than he lets on. Hell, he warned me multiple times before bestowing the power on me that it would not be simple, so at least he was more responsible than he was with Narukami..."

Heh. That brings a small smirk to his face. Favoritism with a supernatural being... Excellent.

"Right now, my priority is stopping the murders and uncovering the truth. Of course, that's obviously on hold here, and I have confidence that it'll work out eventually, given that my future self is here, having come out on the other side of it all a strangely well-adjusted person."