Kapitel 107: Crime

They pushed the horses to their limits and rode quickly. By the time they had neared Toyokawa, the beasts were covered in sweat, and were salivating heavily at the mouth.

"Where to now, boss?"

Rokkaku asked, betraying his eagerness.

Here was where Gengyo's decision lay. The town – though it was late into the night – was brightly lit, and guards patrolled regularly. They, dressed as they were, would not be a welcome sight.

But remembering the map, he judged that they might be able to skip out on going down the main road, and go diagonally, heading straight to where the road on the right started to grow thin.

This way they could skip out on the majority of the housing. But it relied heavily on the map being drawn to some sort of scale, as he would use her proportions to judge how far he needed to go.

"Come on."