Back at the keel headquarters, Sojuro couldn't wait to find the map of Kyoto City, and on the other side, Yaoto had also found last night's footage and locked on the direction of the obsidian-class escape, which was a barren mountain in the north of Kyoto.

"Even at obsidian speeds, it is impossible to return to a residence that is too far away in one night with a human body, so we have to target such an area. Sojuro took out a marker pen from the desk next to him and extended a fan-shaped area about forty-five degrees along the Yasaka Shrine on the map.

"Hey, that's not a small range. Roger gestured to this barren mountain, although it is a barren mountain, but there are still a few small villages and towns in the middle, but if the obsidian level does not want to be discovered, it is impossible to go to the city where humans exist.

"In another world, obsidian-class habitats are in sparsely populated mountains, and although they are attracted by the smell of humans, obsidian-class people with human intelligence like that will definitely not be influenced by instinct anymore. Sojuro looked at Nikaido and nodded, "He has quite a lot of money in his hands, and this is also a clue for us to find him." ”

"Seems pretty sure. "Yaotome didn't interfere in this matter, but she had been following Nikaido's instructions to gather what they needed, and listening to Sojuro's tone, it seemed like she would be able to find the obsidian-level location tonight.

No one paid attention to Yaotome, and instead of feeling embarrassed, she walked to the window with the flask in her arms, not knowing what she was looking at.

"To search such a large area, we need more men, and we must be accompanied by more than three black riders, that obsidian class is extraordinary, and ordinary obsidian users are no match for him. ”

"May is almost awake, Aichi will be back in the evening, plus me and Rogette, it should be about the same. ”

"Hey, hey, why did you take me?" Rogette looked surprised, he didn't want to be involved in this kind of thing.

"After drinking that wine, if it was an experienced old wine jar, he would have cured the hangover by now, but looking at his appearance, it seems that he has never touched a drop. Yaotome suddenly turned around and smiled.

"Then why do you still want him to drink?" Nikaido's eyes were full of anger, this woman obviously let them hunt obsidian-level monsters, but she still set them up at such a time, that pot of wine must be strange, fortunately I didn't believe her nonsense in the morning and drank it.

"Of course, precious things have to be taken out and shared, and not everyone can drink them. Yaoto said as she picked up the flask, poured a glass into the bowl on the windowsill, and drank, "Yaki spirits, this method of sake has been used since the Warring States period, and although the color and taste are similar to sake, even the gods will become drunk if you drink a glass." As a result, Yaki Spirits went into decay from the beginning of its origins, and after a few years, no one remembers how this sake was made, but the creator himself took it to heart and passed it on to future generations. The Yatome family is the only family in the world that has mastered this technique, but no one can taste the sake they brew except for the people within the family. ”

"Onijima was the first person outside of the family to have tasted Yaki spirits, and the feeling of sharing was wonderful. ”

"Why are you okay?" Nikaido observed Yaotome's expression, she had said a lot of words since she drank the pot of wine, but her face still didn't change, and the wine seemed to her like a glass of water.

"I grew up in a vat, and although I said I couldn't drink until I was twenty, I had to do it if my family agreed. Now, it is said that if you drink too much of this wine, you will lose your memory, and until now, I only remember what happened after I was ten years old. Yaoto put down the flask, looking at the fact that it was getting late, and Aichi and Rei Yagi, who had gone out, should almost come back, "Bring this to him, and it will be regarded as reparation." ”

Nikaido accepted a black ring, this is Yaotome's obsidian, but why would she rest assured of herself?

"Hold the ring close to him, and the wine will wake up, but you can't lift the wine except for the Yaki spirits. Yaotome walked into the room, taking off her clothes, until there was a shirt left, she suddenly turned her head, smiled and said, "If you're done, just put it on the table over there." ”

"That's why I hate women!" Sojuro angrily hammered the table and walked out.

"I got in touch with Aichi and she'll be there right away. Rogette put away his phone and picked up the map on the table, "Don't forget that." ”

At about eight o'clock in the evening, each of the three black riders led a team into the barren mountains according to the route planned by Sojuro.

The view from the deep mountains was not very good, and it didn't take long for Sojuro to stop the team.

"What's wrong?" Nikaido watched as Sojuro took out the map, as if he had thought of something he hadn't paid attention to during the day.

"Let Yatome send additional men in Kyoto, and if you see an obsidian class, you don't have to fight, just record the location he passes. Sojuro looked at the map repeatedly, and finally narrowed the target point even further, "Let's go here now." ”

"Rogette, how's the situation on your side?" Nikaido connected to Rogette's obsidian after contacting Yaotome.

"Nothing, not even a cave, it's close to the road, and it seems hopeless. "Rogette is with Onijima, and if what he says is true, then the obsidian class is most likely on his own side or Aichi's.

"I see, let's send a third of the people to Aichi in May, and the rest of the people will move on. ”

“OK。 ”

Half an hour later, the red target point drawn by Sojuro was getting closer and closer, and the march of the team became much slower.

"Why did you choose this target?" asked Nikaido.

"Quite simply, it's surrounded by three cities, with a big city like Kyoto on the front and villages on both sides, and it's an ideal location for an obsidian class, as it's easy to do whatever you do, and it's a great location to quickly retreat into the mountains and forests with the help of the terrain. ”

"No one will come to this barren mountain, will we? In this case, how do we know if the obsidian class lives here or not? The man in the back stepped forward and asked, he was one of the subordinates of the Nikaido, and his strength was middle to high.

"Because no one has ever visited, there is no waste or smell in the city. ”

"I see. ”

After a few minutes, someone in the scattered group suddenly launched a signal, and the obsidian began to flash the assembly mark.

The crowd quickly gathered, and the signal was given by a young girl, who found a row of horizontal bars sunk into the dirt on a low-lying section of the road, which looked like clogs.

"You can't be wrong, it's around here, everyone look carefully. Sojuro compared the width of the clogs, which was about the size of the boy's feet, which matched the description of the clerk, and the obsidian-class hideout must be somewhere nearby!

The team scattered to search, while Nikaido and Sojuro followed the footprints of one of the clogs towards the mountain.

After walking about a few dozen meters away, I found a black rumbling cave halfway up the mountain!

"Little Kulo, the mission is complete, I will leave tomorrow, and if you miss me, you can come to Vancouver at any time. Sojuro hugged Nikaido's arm and smiled, but he shook it off, and he had to follow him into the cave in frustration.

Turn on the flashlight, and the cave seems to be some way to the deepest.

"Click-"

"Uhh......h

"Hey, it's a bag. Nikaido shone a flashlight on the plastic bag on the ground and pushed Sojuro away, "It's a packaging bag of some kind of clothing, it should have been left recently, there was no movement inside when you shouted so loudly just now, it looks like the obsidian class is not here." ”

"It smelled of paraffin. Sojuro ran into the cave and found that in addition to a pool of burned candles, there was also a dead bear corpse, and next to the corpse were some shabby kimonos and a pair of clogs, which were more or less covered with the packaging bags of the newly purchased clothes. ”

"Huh?" Nikaido saw that there seemed to be a crack in the wall behind the stacked clothes, so he crouched down and inspected the wall, and found that the crack had been filled in later, "There's something in there, help me shine it here with a flashlight." ”

Sojuro took the flashlight and lit it up beneath the wall.

Nikaido smashed open the gap, and the stones inside had indeed been hollowed out, and the space was not very spacious, but there was a brown briefcase inside!

"That's it. Nikaido took out his briefcase and asked, "That man with glasses should have been holding it before he died, right?"

Sojuro opened the briefcase, which was full of money, and at the bottom was a nondescript document bag.

"Nikaido Kuro...... Little Kulo, it's your file!And the dragon bones of the others, why are they here?" Sojuro handed the file bag to Nikaido, and the expression on his face immediately became serious.

"These are all highly confidential information of the keel, and even the state can't find it, but someone can get their hands on it...... "Nikaido paused and asked, "You said in the morning that the people who assisted the obsidian level would offer a large amount of employment money in order to stabilize the transaction, and these should be those money, and this information is probably brought by him." ”

"Little Kulo, I know that I shouldn't say these words in front of the Black Rider, but ......" Sojuro took a deep breath and finally said it.

"I'm afraid there's something wrong with the keel high-level. ”