Yorii Tsugikuni Must Do Something Chapter 39

His books were either maps or travelogues detailing various geographies.

"I'm looking for the way back."

"I'm searching for my hometown, Tokyo, Asakusa."

Chelsea's suggestion stirred something within Yorii Tsugikuni.

If Night Raid helped him, the chances of finding his hometown would undoubtedly be much greater.

"That's a really strange place name, I've never heard of it before."

"But I've written it down. When I get back, I'll ask around for you."

Yorii Tsugikuni's words surprised Chelsea. She had originally wanted to ask him why he didn't just retrace his steps.

But it was clear that Yorii Tsugikuni wasn't foolish.

He obviously couldn't go back the way he came.

Taking out her personal notebook, Chelsea helped Yorii Tsugikuni record the place name.

"Thank you."

Seeing Chelsea's earnest actions, Yorii Tsugikuni's cold expression softened considerably.

No matter what had happened between him and Night Raid in the past, he believed in separating issues.

He wouldn't let everything blur together.

"It's just a small thing."

Yorii Tsugikuni's change in expression gave Chelsea, who had been struggling with how to interact with the seemingly cold Yorii Tsugikuni, a glimmer of hope.

She hadn't held out much hope when she first received the mission to recruit Yorii Tsugikuni.

She didn't stay long.

After chatting with Yorii Tsugikuni for a bit, Chelsea left quickly.

She didn't want the nascent good impression to be shattered by her eagerness.

Everything still needed time.

Moreover, even maintaining the current situation was a good outcome.

If there's no way back at all, where will I go?

He continued to ponder late into the night, closing the book in his hands.

Still having found no clues, Yorii Tsugikuni began to think.

This was a question he had considered before, but he had always subconsciously brushed it aside.

Because even someone as detached as him had things he looked forward to.

Especially when he thought that his family might still be young, just like him, that anticipation grew even stronger.

But anything was possible.

The worst-case scenario was also a possibility, and Yorii Tsugikuni knew he couldn't avoid it.

He had to think about this problem.

If I can't go back, I'll probably have to stay here for a long time.

As he thought, Yorii Tsugikuni's mind, uncharacteristically, became a bit chaotic.

However, before he reached a definitive answer, he still held onto some hope.

Chapter 58: Tracking the Revolutionary Army, Hidden Uses of Imperial Arms

The night passed quickly.

The weather in the Empire had been consistently clear, with very few cloudy days.

The Imperial Capital's downtown district.

This was one of the largest slums in the Imperial Capital.

Garbage littered the ground, and the stench of feces, mixed with sweat and rot, combined in the slowly rising temperature.

It was a nauseating experience.

Flies and mosquitoes buzzed noisily.

"It's getting more crowded here."

"When I came before, you could still walk around, but now it's completely blocked by refugees."

Ieyasu led the way, and seeing the pairs of green eyes looking at him, he couldn't help but shiver.

"This famine seems to be quite severe."

Yorii Tsugikuni's gaze swept across both sides of the street. As far as he could see, everyone was sitting on the ground, their eyes hollow, their clothes ragged – refugees fleeing disaster.

He hadn't seen such a sight in a long time.

He wasn't just thinking about the situation in the Imperial Capital, but about much more.

The Imperial Capital, being the wealthiest region in the empire, presented such scenes everywhere.

It was easy to imagine that the situation in other parts of the empire was undoubtedly much worse.

"The situation here has already been reported to the department responsible for disaster relief in the empire."

"I hope the approval from above can come faster."

Although Sayo had grown up in the Imperial Capital since she was little, this was the first time she had seen such a scene.

After discovering the severity of the situation here, she had reported it.

"Our targets are lurking within this crowd."

"The recent smashing, looting, and arson incidents are all related to them."

After taking a general look at the slum's situation, the group returned to the street and stopped in a deserted area.

Kurome, from the assassination unit, had already been waiting there for Yorii Tsugikuni and his group to arrive.

"Because there are simply too many refugees, our department's personnel are limited, and we can't possibly screen them all out."

"Moreover, those guys are too cunning. They haven't shown themselves since we started pursuing them."

Kurome frowned as she explained the current situation to Yorii Tsugikuni and the others.

A while ago, the Imperial Guard had cooperated with them to lower their patrol intensity in the area, in order to lure out the Revolutionary Army.

However, after the assassination unit captured a member who was inciting refugees to rob the city's grain stores, the other Revolutionary Army members had not appeared again.

Now, with the number of refugees increasing, this place had become increasingly complicated.

Since the Revolutionary Army here was not a major player, the assassination unit had naturally handed this task over to the Imperial Guard.

They didn't want to waste too much time on such matters; they had more important targets to deal with. Kurome's visit this time was to hand over the task of apprehending the Revolutionary Army member sent to incite the refugees to the Imperial Guard led by Yorii Tsugikuni.

The Imperial Guard, being a rather low-ranking department within the empire's organizations.

Such dirty and tiring work was usually thrown into their hands.

"This matter here is entrusted to you, Captain Yorii."

"I'll have someone give you the clues we've uncovered shortly."

Kurome twisted her neck. To be honest, compared to meticulous work like investigating people, she preferred direct combat.

Facing the desperate faces in the slums every day.

She often felt annoyed.

Because it would stir up some memories from her past.

"Mhm."

Yorii Tsugikuni nodded. In fact, compared to finding the Revolutionary Army member who was inciting the refugees to cause trouble, he was more concerned about when the refugees here would receive aid.

Several days had passed since these refugees had gathered in the slums.

Yet, the empire had not launched any proper disaster relief activities.

As for the Revolutionary Army, apart from inciting refugees to rob the city's grain stores, They had not taken any substantive actions.

There were simply too many refugees, numbering over a hundred thousand, and this number was still increasing.

All Yorii Tsugikuni could do was to have the Imperial Guard members quickly transport away the deceased.

Another thing was to provide them with clean drinking water.

And together with Sayo and Tatsumi, they had jointly reported the situation to higher levels of the empire.

Beyond that, he had also helped some people to the best of his ability.

In short, within his capabilities, he had held nothing back.

However, he did not criticize or question the people in the city for not extending a helping hand to the refugees here.

Yorii Tsugikuni was not the type of person to judge others from a moral high ground.

He always adhered to doing his best and not interfering in others' worlds.

"So many people."

"We'll probably have to spend a lot of effort to weed out those guys."

Ieyasu looked at the dense crowd of refugees. He could foresee that in the coming days, he would likely have to lead his men to be stationed in the slums.

"Perhaps Adai can help."

There were many troops stationed in the Imperial Capital, so Yorii Tsugikuni knew that.

If these refugees were to storm the normal commercial areas of the empire, it would be a dead end.

Therefore, no matter what, he needed to find the Revolutionary Army member who was inciting these refugees to rob the city's residents, the Revolutionary Army that was causing chaos in the Imperial Capital.

Hearing Ieyasu's words, Yorii Tsugikuni remembered the rabbit charm on Adai.

During Yorii Tsugikuni's research over this period, he discovered a function of that fluffy little rabbit.

That is, the fur on the rabbit could also be used as a tracking sensor.

Therefore, as long as one strand of its fur was placed on a Revolutionary Army member among the refugees, it would undoubtedly be possible to find more hidden Revolutionary Army members.

"Could Captain Yorii's Imperial Arms also have tracking abilities?"

Kurome, who was about to leave, stopped when she heard Yorii Tsugikuni's words.

In fact, before entrusting this task to the Guard led by Captain Yorii, she had discussed with Dr. Fashion about creating something similar to a detector.

Moreover, Fashion had already begun research and decided to try it on Sayo's Imperial Arms.

After all, Sayo's Imperial Arms, Kobi, could sense the aura of crime.

However, she didn't know when Fashion would be able to research and develop that thing.

"Yes, Adai, he..."

Yorii Tsugikuni informed Kurome about some of the things he had discovered from the Imperial Arms he had acquired.

He also proposed some of his own ideas.

However, despite these discoveries, he had never actually tried them out.

"That's a good idea, but I think if Dr. Fashion knew about this ability of your Imperial Arms, he might be interested too."

After hearing Yorii Tsugikuni's explanation, Kurome nodded.