Although Minme Satori was a little eccentric, she was fairly coherent when she spoke, and Duanmu Huai soon learned the whole story from her.
It had all started when Inaba Tsukiyo came to see him that day. At the time, Inaba Tsukiyo hadn't been able to get anything out of Duanmu Huai, so she turned around and went to find Minme Satori, who naturally refused to say anything.
So Inaba Tsukiyo resorted to the Five Swords method of communication.
She and Minme Satori had a fight, and then she knocked Minme Satori down.
But knocking her down was one thing; Minme Satori was never going to open her mouth.
However, she had taken a different approach. She said that she couldn't tell her because she had promised Duanmu Huai not to tell anyone. But Duanmu Huai had never said she couldn't bring Inaba Tsukiyo along. If she really wanted to know, couldn't she just go with her?
So Inaba Tsukiyo agreed. Then, taking advantage of the holiday, the two of them left Qian Yuan Dormitory and came to find Duanmu Huai. By then, Duanmu Huai had already gone out to sea with Meijia and the others, so he naturally wasn't home.
But there was still someone at home—Shionji Yuko.
As a result, Shionji Yuko told them that Duanmu Huai had gone out to sea for work, so the two of them followed his trail all the way to the harbor.
With Duanmu Huai's distinctive appearance, finding out where he had gone was incredibly easy. Besides, Minme Satori and Inaba Tsukiyo were both wealthy young ladies with plenty of people at their beck and call, so they quickly investigated the whereabouts of Duanmu Huai and the others.
As luck would have it, the scheduled ferry hadn't departed yet. The two of