I, Yorii Tsugikuni, Must Do Something Chapter 26

However, Yorii Tsugikuni's gaze only lingered for a moment before moving on; he wasn't interested in Night Raid.

In the crowd.

Leone, Akame, and Chelsea were hidden in an extremely concealed location.

They could evacuate at any moment from here.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Leone stop, Chelsea looked at her curiously.

Now that Aria was dead, there was no longer any need for them to stay.

"That guy just now seemed to have noticed us."

Leone scratched her head, not entirely sure.

She had just seen the eyes of Yorii Tsugikuni looking towards them through a gap in the crowd.

Although Yorii Tsugikuni had only glanced at them, she felt that their location had been discovered.

"At this distance, it should be impossible."

"But just to be safe, let's withdraw first."

Chelsea stood on her tiptoes and looked at Yorii Tsugikuni's receding back, which had already become a small dot. She shook her head.

At such a distance, the chance of being discovered was very small.

The three of them quickly disappeared from the vicinity of the execution ground.

At noon.

On a street.

"Finally, we've finished investigating all the places."

"Being a police officer is really tiring."

Ieyasu sat down on the grass, sticking out his tongue like Kobi.

In the beginning, he thought that joining the Guard would allow him to live a life of luxury.

But he never expected the Guard to be so tiring.

Of course, he didn't regret anything. Compared to other outsiders who did manual labor, their jobs in the Guard were already extremely respectable.

At least when he returned to his hometown in the future, he could show off to the people there.

"Of course it's tiring."

"Otherwise, who would catch the bad guys."

Sayo flipped through the information they had collected.

After several days of hard work, they were not only screening people who might commit crimes, but also determining the general area of activity of that perverted serial killer.

Looking at Ieyasu sitting on the ground, Sayo just shook her head.

Although Ieyasu usually complained a lot, he never faltered at critical moments.

When going on missions, he was always the first to charge forward.

He spoke the most disheartening words and did the most reckless things, which was enough to describe his style of doing things.

"How is it? Do you have any leads now?"

Yorii Tsugikuni took a sip of water. He stood at a high vantage point, and the operational range of the "Decapitation Demon" they had determined over the past few days formed a map in his mind.

"There are many suspects."

"Further screening will take time, but to reduce the number of victims, we may need to patrol every day from now on."

Sayo looked at the thick stack of screened individuals in her hand.

She couldn't help but feel a headache.

But no matter what, they had to catch that Decapitation Demon.

Therefore, no matter how hard it was, she would continue to track him down.

"Oh right, we have one more place to go today."

"This is a personal favor I'm asking of you. After we're done, I'll treat everyone to a big meal."

After organizing all the information, Sayo looked at the people resting on the side.

"No problem."

"I feel full of energy again."

Hearing Sayo's words, Ieyasu, who had been lying listlessly on the grass, sprang up from the ground like a spring.

He patted his chest, his entire being full of vigor, his eyes shining.

"Ieyasu, you really are a glutton."

"As soon as I heard 'feast,' my mouth started watering so much I thought I'd drool onto the ground."

Watching her companions, Sayo covered her mouth and giggled.

"Then let's go."

Yorii Tsugikuni didn't ask any further questions.

Since joining the Guard, Sayo had helped them a great deal.

Now that Sayo needed help, he naturally had no problem with it.

Evening.

The outskirts of the Imperial Capital.

On the roof of a house.

"Master, give me some more tiles."

Tatsumi stood on the roof, rolled up his sleeves, and looked down at Yorii Tsugikuni, who was responsible for loading the tiles onto the ground.

After a busy afternoon, they were finally close to finishing the repairs on the leaky parts of the orphanage's roof.

"Mhm."

For the first time in a long time, Yorii Tsugikuni's face was smudged with a bit of dust.

He quickly loaded the tiles Tatsumi needed into the frame.

"Master, don't move."

"I'll wipe it for you."

Sayo found a towel, wrung it out, and proceeded to wipe the dust from Yorii Tsugikuni's face.

In all the time Sayo had known Yorii Tsugikuni, this was the first time she had ever seen him looking so disheveled.

"Hahaha... Yorii, your face was really black just now."

Sayo and Kobi came over from a distance. From far away, Sayo had already seen the black soot smudged on Yorii Tsugikuni's face.

Unlike Yorii Tsugikuni, who was usually spotless, this version of him felt even more familiar to her.

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Sayo burst into laughter.

The laughter was so loud that even Kobi probably felt its master was being a bit embarrassing.

"Thank you all for your hard work."

"I've bought a lot of food. Please enjoy yourselves."

After repairing the roof tiles and other parts, all the renovation work for the orphanage had finally come to an end.

Sayo was uncharacteristically not dressed in her usual combat attire. She wore casual clothes for once, and the woman who always gave off the vibe of a female warrior now seemed a little gentler in a different outfit.

Standing before a large pile of food, Sayo beckoned Yorii Tsugikuni and the others to come and eat.

As a main member of the Guard, Sayo's salary was quite substantial, but she didn't have many places to spend money.

Therefore, she often liked to bring food to visit the children at the orphanage.

"Then we won't stand on ceremony."

"When it comes to food, I feel like I have absolutely no resistance."

Ieyasu was quick. Affected by the famine, he had very few opportunities to eat his fill back in the village.

As a result, his childhood habits made him naturally wolf down his food.

Yorii Tsugikuni, as usual, took a rice ball and stood to the side, chewing slowly. He ate very deliberately, giving off a very elegant impression.

This formed a stark contrast with Ieyasu beside him.

"Master, even the way you eat is so good-looking."

Sayo watched quietly from the side, looking like a devoted fan.

Sayo, on the other hand, was quickly stuffing food into her mouth. Because she often carried out missions, eating was often just a matter of force-feeding for her.

The hint of gentleness she had projected earlier completely disappeared when she started eating.

As for Tatsumi, he was playing with a group of orphanage children.

Judging by his somewhat forced smile, he was working overtime.

After eating their fill, the Sayo squad sat on the grass outside the orphanage to rest.

"It's finally a day off."

"Does everyone have their own plans?"

Sayo leaned against Kobi, who had grown a size larger and now served as a perfect cushion.

"A day off? Of course, it's for sleeping."

"After working so hard for so long, I've decided to sleep for a full day and night."

Ieyasu's eyes lit up. Leaning back-to-back with Tatsumi, he didn't want to go anywhere else right now.

"I might go to the bookstore."

Yorii Tsugikuni pondered for a moment. He wanted to continue searching for news about his hometown.

"What about you, Sayo?"

Sayo didn't know where to go. Back in the countryside, they never had days off.

Therefore, for her, a day off was something new.

She looked at Sayo, who was leaning against Kobi.

"I might just wander around."

"I'm going to keep tracking that guy."

Sayo was always a workaholic.

Bad guys were like stimulants to her, making her incredibly passionate.

So, after she joined the guard, her days off were spent chasing criminals.

"Then I'll go with you, Sayo."

"Do you want to come along, Tatsumi?"

Although Sayo really wanted to go to the bookstore with Yorii Tsugikuni, she thought about it and suppressed her desire to prioritize romance over friendship.

She and Sayo were good friends now.

"Sure, I don't have anything specific I want to do anyway."

Tatsumi nodded. His goal in coming to the Imperial Capital was to make a name for himself.

Therefore, rather than sleeping, Tatsumi wanted to follow Sayo in catching bad guys.