Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 64

**An Impressive Sculpture** (感動の彫刻 , *Kandō no Chōkoku*) is the 64th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 7 on October 18, 2002.

## Plot

During breakfast, Kiyomaro reads in a newspaper that the Shemira Statue, a famous and valuable work of art, will be arriving in Japan for public viewing. Gash asks Kiyomaro about the statue and Kiyomaro explains that it’s a masterpiece that was created in the 18th century that's worth more than 10 billion yen. Kiyomaro mentions to Gash the idea that a real work of art is able to move him deep in his soul and uses yellowtail as an example to help Gash understand this better. At the same time, a new demon and bookkeeper team, Danny and Goldo, discuss matters with each other while on their way to the Mochinoki Art Gallery. Danny expresses his annoyance with traveling as long as they have and tells Goldo to start referring to him as Danny rather than “Danny boy”. Danny continues to argue with Goldo until Goldo holds out Danny’s spell book out of the car window to drop it if Danny doesn’t behave. Goldo then goes on to remind Danny of his duty to guard the Shemira Statue that they are in charge of transporting. Danny comments saying he doesn’t understand the value of the statue and Goldo responds by telling him that while one of the faults of humans is their ability to put a value on things, he shouldn’t be saying degrading things about artwork and to show some pride for his job. Danny answers saying that he can’t see why he would feel this way about this job and the conversation ends with Goldo telling him that this is why Danny is still just a kid.

Some time later, Danny and Goldo arrive just outside of the art gallery. Goldo tells Danny he’ll be busy talking with the art director for a while then asks him to run an errand for him. Danny gets annoyed with this until he hears that Goldo wants him to buy some taiyaki to enjoy. Danny then leaves to go buy taiyaki from a nearby stand. Just as he’s about to eat a handful of them, he notices Gash right by him staring at the fish shaped snacks. Gash asks if he can have some but Danny instead eats it all in front of him. After eating, Danny suddenly asks if Gash is a demon then quickly grabs him from behind. It is then that Gash then learns from Danny that demons are usually able to tell apart demons from humans. Danny asks Gash where his bookkeeper was but Gash tells him that he’s there on his own. Danny doesn’t believe this and goes on to throw Gash and accuses him of scheming to attack him with his partner. Danny throws a punch at Gash but Gash stops him with just his hand. Gash once again tries to tell Danny that he’s all alone before exclaiming that all he had wanted was some of his taiyaki.

While Danny gets in a fight with Gash, Goldo is seen sitting in a room with the Shemira Statue surrounded by “employees” who encourage him to leave the statue with them and that they had already called a taxi to come pick him up. Goldo however comes up with an excuse to stay by the statue a little longer. After doing this, Goldo thinks to himself that he’s already aware that the men he’s surrounded by are all thieves who were acting as employees. Goldo then begins to worry about how much longer he can stall for time for Danny to come back and wonders what’s taking him so long. Focusing back on Danny’s perspective, he is shown to still be fighting with Gash. While Danny restrains Gash, Gash loudly exclaims that he wants to see the Shemira Statue. Danny is taken back by this and let's Gash go to ask him about this. Gash is surprised to find out that Danny knows about the statue and Danny tells him that he’s the one who had transported it there. Gash asks him about the statue but Danny informs him that it won’t be viewable to the public until that weekend. Gash wasn’t aware of this and Danny began to laugh at him.

After laughing for a while, Danny decides to finally give Gash a piece of his taiyaki to make up for it. The two then finally introduce themselves to each other. After this, Danny offers to bring Gash with him to show him the Shemira Statue. Gash becomes excited at the idea and tells Danny that he thinks he’s really great for having the ability to show him that. By the time the two arrive at the art gallery, they find the room that Goldo was staying in in complete disarray with Goldo himself tied up. After freeing Goldo, he tells Danny that the statue had been stolen and that they must retrieve it right away.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine
* Hana Takamine
* Danny
* Goldo

### Locations

* Mochinoki City
	+ Takamine Residence