"Wait, Miss Kinoshita. Don't go this way, I know a shortcut that can take us to the front of Kamino Tatsugorou!"
At this moment, Aoto suddenly realized—this district is one of the areas he is responsible for in his daily patrols as a Fixed Town Patrol Dōshin.
The various memories of the buildings' layout and road conditions in this district quickly surfaced in Aoto's mind.
After stopping Mukiwa, he called for her to quickly follow and led her by turning left into a small path covered with fallen leaves.
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With those three subordinates voluntarily staying behind... Shinno was now completely alone.
With no subordinates left around, Shinno moved alone as inconspicuously as possible within a small alley.
Clatter, clatter, clatter.....
Suddenly, the sound of flowing water reached his ears.
The surrounding light began to gradually brighten... a pale blue light shone from the alley's exit ahead.
