Rather than face real consequences, he tried to buy his way out by offering to arrange a trip to the Dragon Palace for the Yorozuya. It turned out his actual reason for needing their help was way more dramatic—he claimed Otohime was plotting to transform everyone on Earth into old, ugly versions of themselves. The whole beach visit thing had just been a cover to get the Yorozuya on his side.
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