In the midst of the chaos, falling debris, rising smoke, and blaring alarms, Yukihime pointed to something shiny on the muddy sewer floor.
"Look, Inspector! It shines!"
Kira looked too, her ears twitching. "There's something there..."
Haru walked to the spot without any disgust, bent down, and picked up a gold necklace with an emerald-green stone in the center, partially covered in mud but still gleaming.
"This is... valuable." Isabela recognized. "Very valuable."
Flavius noted: "They found treasure in the sewer. Luck or tracking skill?"
They climbed up from the sewer through the hole Haru had opened, easier than going back.
And they found city guards already waiting up there.
Five of them, in segmented black armor, with "extremely irritated" expressions, one holding a pre-filled fine scroll.
"WHO was responsible for this destruction of public property!?" the captain shouted.
Haru slowly raised his hand. "...Me."
"Registered adventurer?"
"Yes."
"Guild?"
"Null Horizon."
