Yorii Tsugikuni Must Do Something Chapter 16

Realizing that something might have happened, the group began to run towards the manor.

"Seal off the exits, don't let anyone leave."

"Hurry and get the guards."

From a distance, Yorii Tsugikuni could hear the panicked voice of the servant who had guided them earlier, coming from the manor's entrance.

Unlike the quiet and peaceful atmosphere inside the manor before, they could now see many servants holding weapons, running around nervously.

They could also faintly hear the sound of crying coming from within the manor.

"What happened?"

Sayo was the first to rush to the manor, looking questioningly at the servant who had just received them.

From the servant's pale and panicked face, she could vaguely guess that something bad had happened.

"Our master has been killed."

"And all the valuables from the treasury are also gone."

Seeing Sayo and the others return, the servant acted as if they had found a lifeline. Flustered, they calmed down considerably.

Soon, they told Sayo everything that had happened.

"Let's go take a look."

"Ieyasu, you organize the guards and have them secure the entire manor."

After listening to the servant, Sayo quickly got a general understanding of the situation and began assigning tasks to everyone: "Sayo, you go gather more team members to seal off the exits."

"Yorii, you come with me."

Inside the manor.

In a luxurious room with carpets, a portly man lay dead on the bed.

His head was split open, and he was almost cut in half.

On the walls of the room, blood could be seen splattered, clearly starting to dry.

"The wounds are very smooth; the assailant is a highly skilled swordsman."

"And the time of death was last night."

Yorii Tsugikuni briefly examined the scene and then the murdered master of the house.

He quickly reached a conclusion.

Although he had rarely taken action in his life, he possessed a keen ability to perceive details that others often missed.

"Killed last night?"

"According to those two servants, the gates here are always guarded at night."

Sayo surveyed the room's layout, her brow furrowing.

The room had no windows, only a very small ventilation shaft, too small for anyone to enter.

The only exit was the heavily guarded main door.

Therefore, the key to this murder case lay with the guards responsible for watching the door.

Following her deductions, Sayo quickly summoned the two guards on duty.

After listening to their accounts, she quickly overturned her initial conclusion.

The two guards had been stationed at the manor's main gate outside the castle during the night.

Furthermore, the door to this room was very secure, and only the master possessed the key.

They had no way of opening the door.

Another very important point was that everything had been normal last night; they hadn't heard any sounds of fighting.

"He must have lost consciousness before he died."

"You can tell from his peaceful expression."

Yorii Tsugikuni's gaze fell upon the ventilation shaft, a feeling nagging at him.

The killer had entered through that ventilation shaft.

And from some footprints on the ground, he could tell there were two killers.

'Could there be strange creatures like demons in this world?'

Having fought demons for decades, Yorii Tsugikuni had encountered all sorts of them.

Therefore, it wasn't entirely unbelievable that something could squeeze through such a narrow ventilation shaft.

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Speculation, The Suspicious Kitten

"It seems things have become complicated."

"Let's interrogate everyone first."

Sayo nodded in agreement with Yorii Tsugikuni's deduction.

Although it seemed unlikely that someone from within the manor killed its owner, Sayo decided to investigate these people as a precaution.

"It was you, wasn't it?"

"Besides the power of your Imperial Arms, how could ordinary people possess such means?"

Emerging from the room, Sayo began to ponder. In fact, as soon as she learned that the manor owner's treasury had also been emptied, her first suspect was Night Raid.

However, as a member of the guard, she wanted to find sufficient evidence.

Therefore, Sayo began to investigate the matter according to normal procedures.

After reviewing everything from the beginning, Sayo became even more certain of her initial guess.

However, she was not completely sure that Night Raid was responsible for this incident.

The interrogation process was very long.

It continued from noon until evening, when all the interrogations were finally concluded.

"Finally done with the questioning."

"What a busy day."

After questioning the last person in the manor, Sayo yawned.

In order to find the culprit as soon as possible, she hadn't stopped since the questioning began.

"Yorii, you seem to have something on your mind."

"You look a bit down."

Sayo quickly noticed something unusual about Yorii Tsugikuni and asked with concern, "Feel free to tell me, perhaps I can help you."

"I just feel that life is too fragile."

"It's been a long time since I've seen such a brutal death scene."

Yorii Tsugikuni waved his hand. He sat beside Sayo and began organizing the information from the day's interrogations.

In his time in this world, it was the first time he had witnessed death.

Although he was no stranger to death, he still felt a pang of sadness every time he encountered it.

"You'll see much more in the guard in the future."

"People die every day in the Imperial Capital, but most deaths are silent."

Sayo was somewhat surprised. She hadn't expected Yorii Tsugikuni to have such a side to him.

She wanted to say something to comfort Yorii Tsugikuni, but after thinking for a while, she suddenly realized that she didn't seem to know how to comfort people.

In the end, she could only emulate her late father and tell Yorii Tsugikuni about the more brutal side of this world.

It seemed that in comparison to those more cruel realities, the discomfort caused by the current situation would be somewhat reduced.

"Mm."

Yorii Tsugikuni didn't say much, he just nodded.

He and Sayo had different views on life, but Yorii Tsugikuni did not stubbornly insist that everyone be like him.

He just wanted to stick to his own way of dealing with things, that was all.

"It seems that everyone within the manor can be cleared of suspicion."

"Then the person we need to track is most likely from the outside."

After carefully reviewing all the interrogation data, Sayo made her judgment.

She focused her attention on her initial suspicions.

"It really doesn't have much to do with the people inside the manor."

"But if it was someone from outside the manor, who could it be?"

Yorii Tsugikuni had reviewed the entire investigation with Sayo, so he completely agreed with her deduction.

Moreover, by now, he had a general idea of the entire incident.

It was likely that one killer entered through the ventilation shaft, opened the door, and another accomplice followed.

After that, they killed the manor owner who was lying in bed.

"The culprit might be someone with an Imperial Arm."

"Night Raid is the most likely, but their style is a bit different this time."

Sayo offered her deduction, but she had some doubts.

She had encountered Night Raid quite a few times. Based on past experience, when Night Raid wanted to kill someone, they would always do it directly and rarely acted so stealthily like today.

Those people had never feared them, the guard.

But the killer today seemed not very strong, which was why they needed to act so sneakily.

'Imperial Arms?'

'Just what kind of people are Night Raid?'

Yorii Tsugikuni sat silently in his chair. He had only learned about Imperial Arms after joining the Guard.

Compared to the Nichirin Blade, Imperial Arms were clearly much more powerful.

Furthermore, many people in this world derived their strength from Imperial Arms, which didn't sit well with Yorii Tsugikuni.

In his opinion, only one's own strength was truly reliable, so he had no interest in so-called Imperial Arms.

Besides, after joining the Guard, he had heard the name Night Raid more than once.

Initially, Yorii Tsugikuni hadn't been interested in Night Raid, but now he was slowly becoming curious about them.

"Master, Sayo-neechan."

"We've questioned everyone around here, but we haven't gotten any useful information."

Sayo and Ieyasu entered through the manor's gate, their somewhat tired appearances evident.

The area they had covered that afternoon wasn't small.

Sayo walked forward first, reporting their day's work progress to Yorii Tsugikuni and Sayo.

"You've worked hard."

"It's getting late, let's go eat something together."

Sayo poured some water for Sayo. Although this matter wasn't completely resolved yet, it could be considered concluded for now. After a busy day, she finally realized that no one had eaten anything yet.

"Hooray!"