Half an hour later.
Guy arrived at a relatively quiet inn in the capital and settled Sha Wujing and Yota in.
He then used the Summoning Technique to summon Katsuyu, who split off two smaller bodies.
One hid in his sleeve, while the other stayed in the room.
"Katsuyu, keep an eye on these two little ones for me. If anything unusual happens, tell me immediately."
"Of course, Lord Guy," Katsuyu replied gently.
Guy rubbed Yota's little head.
"This is Katsuyu, and he's Sha Wujing."
"You two play here. I need to go take care of something."
He left them plenty of food and local treats.
The two little ones nodded.
With each other for company, they were quite happy.
After all, one had grown up starved of affection.
The other had hardly ever known genuine care.
Though one was two and a half and the other five, they soon began playing together.
Guy stood, and the muscles of his face shifted almost imperceptibly.
A fine layer of short hair slowly "grew" across his head.
He put on a conical hat and headed straight for the Daimyo's Palace.
When he reached the palace, a guard frowned at him.
"This is the Daimyo's Palace. Unauthorized visitors aren't allowed in!"
Guy stepped forward and took an envelope from his robe.
At the same time, he discreetly showed the guard a ten-thousand-ryō note tucked beneath it.
He lowered his voice.
"Sorry for the trouble, but please let him know someone wishes to see the daimyo."
"Tell him... I have information he'll definitely want to hear."
"Information? What do you do?"
The guard sounded wary, though his eyes strayed to the banknote.
"I'm an intelligence broker who travels the Shinobi World."
"I have something the daimyo may find interesting."
"For example... information that could