[ ugh. the thought makes xie lian's stomach churn too. "taking losses in the kidnapping business"... how completely un-xian-le-like. ] I'll distribute a description of the person who escaped to my bodyguards. With our forces combined, hopefully we can find them before something worse happens. [ and to a few other select parties, but only the kind of people xie lian really, truly trusts. ]

[ he doesn't seem to have much to say about the mayor, though. there's so much inconclusive evidence: the papers found on the east side about the death of the mayor were inconclusive, even if they involved his mother, too. which... ] I'm sure whatever coup is being planned has been around for a while. I found evidence of accusations even to my mother about 'hush money', from someone calling themselves "big brother" and "little brother". You wouldn't have heard anything about that, have you?

[ it's not accusatory--he's pretty sure the mori aren't actually involved, at least to chuuya's knowledge? who knows. ]