[X] “...What if we’re both right?”

[X] “...What if we’re both right?”

“What do you mean by that?” Aunn cautiously asks.

You put your newest idea out: “I mean, what if that weirdo fairy was the Ghost Thief and was working for the gangs at the same time? Right?”

“I guess that is a possibility…” Aunn ponders for a quiet second. “No, you’re definitely not wrong. I only thought about the motives and behaviors without thinking about who exactly might be carrying out the gangs’ plans. There’s no reason we can’t both look at patterns and also track suspicious individuals to fix this situation.”

“Yeah! So the best way now is for us to find the Ghost Thief and have her confess the goods!”

“Not so fast,” Aunn blocks you again, but her tone is friendly. “We don’t even know where that fairy is. If they are hiding somewhere after last night, then it’ll be impossible to find them.”

She waves towards the hazy window and the maze of brownish mountains in the distance. There’s really no way around that, is there? Only Larva and the others would know, but you were hoping for an opportunity to catch up with them later today anyways.

She pushes forward, “Instead, if they really were fairies working for the gangs, I believe evidence might be found closer in the town.”

“There’s so many people affected, though,” you complain, looking at the spread of dots on the map. “It’ll take so many forevers to get through all of these!”

“That’s true, but we can split up the work to focus on specific patterns,” Aunn proposes. “Say we put the business hit the hardest in one group, which would be Mountwoods and the saloons. Then we can say the stores that only lost a few things can be in a second group, and so on. This way we can focus on seeing if any details match up between the different victims.”

“Ah, I see it now!” By combining the related items together, instead of visiting a dozen locations, you only need to go to a group or two. It really does feel like there’s less work! You eagerly jump into sorting out the jumble of names and numbers into something manageable. It takes quite a bit more discussion, b

[X] Group 4, the stones left unturned
What secrets lay with the whispering winds and rumbling rocks?
More seriously, it might give our duo some insights due to those folks' sheer workforce. Having feathers in every pie. Though I could be swayed to the 1st group.

[X] Market town, try our luck with the locals

[x] Market town, try our luck with the locals

>try our luck with the Ministry of Right and Wrong
They aren't called "Reapers" for nothing.

[X] Fishing grounds, try our luck with giant sea creatures.

Just remembered that I hadn't used my vote for some reason. At least this'll bounce this story to the front page again.

Can we get Urumi next update

Thanks for the early Christmas present. Glad to see an update.

Didn't register my joy at another update at the time because reasons. Sorry for my lateness.

...I just wish I could remember everything that happened just prior to all of this, because damn it's been a while.

It's happening. We get an update and a Reddit thread.

Maybe by 2028, we can get the satisfying ending to this story.