Part 2 The 'Divine Sword' had entered a magic battle on the street. After receiving the emergency report, the Mystical Investigators instantly moved out in full force, with all their members rushing to the scene. The Exorcist Bureau also sent out an urgent communication telling exorcists to move out. But in that hubbub, Yamashiro and Miyoshi stayed on standby at the Mystical Investigator's Bureau. In particular, Yamashiro sat in his chair flipping the pages of the small paperback book in his hand like nothing was going on. Using a tone like someone asking if he was going to answer that ringing phone, he asked Yamashiro, "......Is it alright to not go?" But Yamashiro, who was just the opposite of Miyoshi and restless in his seat, angrily said, "Didn't I say? Chief Kurahashi gave the order that we were to standby at the Mystical Investigator's Bureau!" "A standby order...... Did he give any reasons?" "None." "Why?" "No, even if you ask me......"
Not expecting to have this asked back of him, Yamashiro was silent for a while. Miyoshi looked down, too lazy to even raise his head as he said: "It was an order, right? If you normally don't ask for the rationale behind an order...... If you just blindly obey without understanding why the order was given, you'll never in a hundred years climb up to a position where you give orders, you know? Also, as a Mystical Investigator, you can't just give up thinking because they don't tell you." He turned another page. "......The opponent fighting with Kogure-shi...... He appeared in Ogikubo before. Could he be Tsuchimikado Harutora!?" "No, it's not him. It's someone else who fought against him at the time." Miyoshi smiled wryly, but that wry smile was mocking. "In other words, Kogure-shi's currently fighting against an enemy of Tsuchimikado Harutora." Yamashiro was momentarily speechless. He looked blankly at Miyoshi and only uttered words after a long while. "......Are you saying Kogure's betrayed the Onmyou Agency......?" "Even so, I'm less interested in that fact and more in his 'reason'. After all, it's that Kogure...... But......" Miyoshi avoided Yamashiro's gaze and his words became vague. "......What is that 'reason'?" Miyoshi didn't respond. He asked again, "You reported to Chief Kurahashi that we weren't able to contact Kogure after getting his message, right? Kogure only ordered us to standby after learning that Kogure was acting independently. Right?" "............" The conversation of questions responding to questions continued. But it wasn't like they couldn't communicate. In contrast, the two of them both obtained answers from the other's silence.
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