>>5560538You decide there isn’t anything for it. Clearly, sensing alone wasn’t enough to figure out what it was you were surely missing, so there was no other choice but to ask the locals. You fear that that will just complicate things or waste time, but you didn’t have much choice. “Alright, then… you.” You point out an older looking man from the gathering crowd, who looks around before pointing back at himself in confusion. “Yeah, I’m talkin’ ta ya.” You confirm, before he steps forward.
You look up at the man, he being a couple of heads taller than you. “We’re here on behalf of the 5th Division of the Gotei 13, performin’ a routine patrol. Was wonderin’ if ya’d or anyone’d seen anythin’ out of the ordinary recently that ya’d want us ta take a look at.”
The man seems confused, shaking his head after a moment. “No… Nothing really. ‘S far as I know, everything here’s been pretty normal. Nothing weird.”
“Hm.” You murmur again, before turning to address the rest of the Rukongai residents around. “What about the rest of ya? Anyone seen anythin’?” All you received was a collective shake of their heads, causing you to scowl a little, before behind you, Toyohisa cleared his throat.
“Hokkyo-”
“Yeah, yeah, I know, routine and all that.” You interrupted him, waving your hand to get his attention. “I know there’s probably nothin’. There’s just… a feelin’ that I have, that somethin’s off. That we’re missin’ somethin’.”
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>Go along with your hunch (how?)>Decide to move on for now 