Yorii Tsugikuni Must Do Something Chapter 24

"Let me take you somewhere."

Sayo agreed. Seeing the group of children running in front of her, she had a thought and pulled Yorii Tsugikuni's hand as she ran.

An empty lot overgrown with weeds.

Two dilapidated ball nets faced each other, set up on opposite sides.

"Stop him, don't let him score."

"If you're not confident, remember to kick the ball to me."

Standing on a court he had never seen before, Yorii Tsugikuni watched the ball being kicked back and forth.

He showed a rare hint of confusion.

Sayo, with a somewhat tattered ball at her feet, was surrounded by a group of children chasing her.

From the expressions on the children's faces, it was clear they were familiar with Sayo.

"Okay."

Despite still feeling a bit unfamiliar, Yorii Tsugikuni nodded earnestly.

He also started running with the others.

Looking at the pure smiles of the children around him, he recalled some childhood memories.

At that time, he too had longed for playmates.

However, because of the markings on his face and his status as a twin, he had been considered unlucky since childhood and was even called a monster.

"Catch!"

Seeing Yorii Tsugikuni running towards the makeshift goal, Sayo broke free from a few children's pursuits and kicked the ball at her feet towards him.

"Thump!"

Although it was his first time playing this kicking game, relying on his control over strength.

Yorii Tsugikuni easily intercepted Sayo's kicked ball in mid-air, and before it could even land, he kicked it back into the net.

"Well done."

"Even though you kicked it into our own goal."

Seeing the ball fall into the net, Sayo jumped up excitedly.

Although she often came to this place, she usually just watched the children play.

She hadn't played that many times.

"Shouldn't I be kicking it into our own goal?"

Yorii Tsugikuni initially thought the children on the opposing team, who were jumping happily, were celebrating him.

It wasn't until he saw Sayo's suppressed smile that he realized things were different from what he thought.

"We're the attacking team, we should be kicking it into their goal."

Sayo walked towards Yorii Tsugikuni's location and explained the rules to him.

After Sayo's explanation, Yorii Tsugikuni quickly understood the game.

Soon, the game started again.

This time, Yorii Tsugikuni quickly scored a goal in cooperation with Sayo.

However, in the subsequent matches, Yorii Tsugikuni would occasionally make a mistake.

In the end, he and Sayo won by a narrow margin of one goal.

"Goodbye, Sayo."

"Goodbye, Yorii."

As it was getting late, the children on the court bid farewell to Yorii Tsugikuni and Sayo.

From their happy yet slightly unconvinced expressions, it was clear they had enjoyed the game today.

Before long, only Sayo and Yorii Tsugikuni remained on the court.

"You were deliberately going easy on them, weren't you?"

"Weren't you too?"

Sitting with Yorii Tsugikuni on a dead log by the side of the court, they exchanged smiles.

In reality, with their skills, either one of them could have made it impossible for over a dozen children to win.

However, both of them made continuous mistakes during the game, making a match that should have been a complete rout difficult, yet interesting.

Yorii Tsugikuni had no obsession with winning; in his opinion, the most important thing in a game was to have fun.

And how could he forcibly deprive these children of their joy with his own strength?

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Right and Wrong, Chelsea's Late-Night Visit

As for Sayo, she simply wanted to relive some beautiful memories.

The slower she kicked, the more anxious she became, allowing her to spend more time with these children.

It was already late.

The two parted ways at the street corner and headed home in different directions.

As soon as Yorii Tsugikuni returned to his residence, he smelled a rich aroma.

The few people who had returned before him had already prepared a sumptuous meal.

"Master, hurry inside, we've been waiting for you for a long time."

"If you didn't come back soon, we would have thought you went on a date with Sayo."

Seeing Yorii Tsugikuni return, Ieyasu brought him a chair. He winked at Yorii Tsugikuni with a smile, as if to say, "You don't need to say anything, we understand."

"I was delayed on the way, how was your day?"

Yorii Tsugikuni sat down, ignoring Ieyasu's winking.

He secretly decided in his heart to increase Ieyasu's morning sword-swinging count from the current five hundred to one thousand five hundred.

Let him feel the deep love from his master.

"We recorded everyone who was a possibility today."

"But overall, the harvest was not significant."

Sayo shot Ieyasu a glare, then poured Yorii Tsugikuni a cup of hot tea.

They had visited many places throughout the day.

"Take your time, you shouldn't go out tonight."

"Stay at home until that guy is caught."

Yorii Tsugikuni was not surprised by this situation.

The Imperial Capital was too vast, and the beheading demon appeared in random places.

This greatly increased the difficulty of narrowing down their search area.

"Master, don't worry, we won't run around if it's not necessary."

After witnessing the power of Night Raid, Ieyasu had made a decision.

That was to absolutely not go out at night.

It wasn't that he was particularly afraid of death, but in Ieyasu's opinion, he could only receive his salary if he stayed alive.

Only then could the village's situation change. If he died, he would be worthless.

Due to hunger and exhaustion.

After dinner, the few people returned to their respective rooms to rest.

Yorii Tsugikuni, however, sat cross-legged in his room, waiting for the night to arrive.

It wasn't until deep into the night that he opened his eyes.

'Perhaps I should go out and see if there are any demons in this world.'

Gently pushing open his room door, Yorii Tsugikuni quickly went downstairs.

His goal was simple: to search the streets for any sign of demons.

Having been in this world for so long, he had never heard anyone he knew mention the existence of demons.

Since he couldn't get any information from the crowd, he had no choice but to investigate himself.

"Awooooo!"

Based on his decades of understanding of demons, Yorii Tsugikuni began to walk towards places where demons might appear.

The Imperial Capital at midnight was already deserted, with only the occasional howling of stray dogs from the deep, dark alleys.

'There seems to be no trace of any demons.'

Walking through one street after another, Yorii Tsugikuni couldn't sense even the slightest trace of a demon.

This made him doubt whether the world he was in was the original world.

However, Yorii Tsugikuni did not give up. He decided to come out again whenever he had time, as encountering a demon was not an easy task.

Perhaps if he walked the night roads often enough, he might encounter one.

Returning the way he came, Yorii Tsugikuni was back at his residence not long after.

He didn't think much of it, pulling the covers over himself and starting to sleep.

After an unknown amount of time, a small cat poked its head through the gap in Yorii Tsugikuni's window.

On the edge of the window, it looked at Yorii Tsugikuni lying on the bed, seeming hesitant.

"Meow?"

The cat meowed, its voice neither loud nor soft, but clearly audible in the silent night.

Seeing that Yorii Tsugikuni in the room didn't move, the cat slowly squeezed through the window gap. It seemed to slip accidentally, losing its footing on the edge of the window and falling onto the floor inside.

It then leaped up, very alertly, and jumped back to the edge of the window.

"Is something wrong?"

Inside, Yorii Tsugikuni was still lying quietly on the bed.

His calm voice echoed in the silent night, startling the small cat on the windowsill, almost causing it to fall off again.

It tilted its head, looking curiously in Yorii Tsugikuni's direction.

"The last time you turned into a cat, you unfortunately forgot some details."

Yorii Tsugikuni didn't get up. He lay there quietly; he had already sensed the cat's unusual nature when it appeared.

From this cat, he saw many similar details as the last black and white cat.

In reality, no matter what form a person takes, their habits, their instincts, are extremely difficult to change.

"You found me out."

"I want to know, what details did I forget?"

Chelsea had resumed her original form. She had interacted with Yorii Tsugikuni once before.

After returning that time, she had thought for a very long time but still couldn't find where her mistake was.

Furthermore, she didn't sense any malice from Yorii Tsugikuni, and her partner was not far away. This was why she dared to appear before him.

"You had an extra strand of fur."

"That cat's whiskers weren't complete."

Yorii Tsugikuni slightly opened his eyes, looking at Chelsea standing right beside the window. His tone was calm.

There were no drastic movements.

After thinking for a moment, he then asked, "Why did you want to kill that wealthy man?"