"She was rescued by Najenda near the Dark Faction's lair," Takumi explained briefly.
"I see."
Finn understood it as soon as he heard it. He also knew about the hatred between Ryuu and the Evilus clan, so he was not surprised by this.
However...
"You took action to save her. Is there no problem with the Dark Faction? Did you alert the enemy?"
What Finn was most worried about now was whether this matter had alerted the secret faction, whether it had tipped off the enemy, and thus affected tomorrow's cleanup plan.
"The member of the Dark Faction who was chasing Miss Ryuu was eliminated by us at that time, and all traces were cleaned up to ensure that our existence would not be discovered."
"The only problem is that even if our traces are hidden, Miss Ryuu may have already touched the vicinity of the Dark Faction's lair and may have alerted the enemy," Najenda said frankly, feeling a little helpless in her heart.
After investigating for so long, she finally found the Dark Faction's lair and informed Takumi.
The net was about to be closed, and she only needed to continue monitoring with Akame and Kurome to make sure there were no accidents.
But then something like this happened. (Law of the Hamster Universe: No accidents? That's impossible!)
Now, regarding the Dark Faction, she was afraid that they had been alerted, and she didn't know if it would have any impact on the subsequent closing of the net.
It was precisely because of this concern that after rescuing Ryuu, Najenda hurriedly came over to report the latest situation to Takumi.
"This is a bit difficult to handle." Finn rubbed his brow helplessly.
Before the plan even started, bad news came first, which was a bit messed up.
"Sorry, I didn't know you had any action..."
After hearing Najenda's words, Ryuu understood that she had messed up other people's plans and apologized quickly in shame.
"No need to apologize, it's not your fault." Takumi waved his hand.
Although Ryuu's intrusion would indeed have a certain impact on the Dark Faction annihilation plan, it was not so serious that it was irreversible. In addition, Ryuu did not do it on purpose, so Takumi did not blame her.
Seeing that Takumi, the initiator of the operation, said so, Finn naturally had no intention of holding Ryuu accountable.
"If you feel sorry, please share the information you have. This will be of great help to our actions tomorrow."
"Okay."
In this regard, the guilt-ridden Ryuu naturally would not refuse and quickly told the information she knew.
It was also at this time that Takumi and the others knew why Ryuu appeared near the Dark Faction clan's lair.
To put it simply, it was Ryuu who recovered from her injuries, came back, and started to cause trouble for the Evilus clan again.
Through investigation and some interrogation methods to extract confessions, she successfully uncovered several members of the Evilus clan.
And just a few days ago, she was very lucky. She captured a small leader of the Dark Faction and pried out a lot of useful information from the other party's mouth, including several suspected locations of the Dark Faction's lair.
After receiving the information, Ryuu excitedly investigated these few places. She investigated a suspicious place but unexpectedly encountered an ambush today.
"I was careless. Those guys may have noticed my comeback a long time ago, so they deliberately released the information and set up a trap for me."
Having said this, Ryuu also came to her senses and guessed that she had been deceived by the Dark Faction, and she couldn't help but feel even more ashamed.
"It is indeed possible." Finn nodded, also feeling that this matter was a bit strange.
"But if this is the case, it will be beneficial to us."
If what happened to Ryuu was really a trap set by the Dark Faction, it meant that the Dark Faction might not have realized that their lair had really been exposed.
For the allied forces (Takumi, Finn, and other Familias united) who were ready to take action, this was undoubtedly good news.
As long as the Dark Faction was not aware of the danger, they could still be caught off guard.
"But then again, these membership lists could be wrong."
Takumi held up a list of names that he had recorded from Ryuu's mouth, and then threw them on the tea table.
Originally, he wrote these down to prepare them for use by the joint force of the dependent clans after the suppression operation began, so that they could directly transfer these names. People suspected of having an affair with the Dark Faction were to be arrested.
But now, with Ryuu possibly being deceived, the authenticity of this list was in doubt.
"Sorry, I've caused trouble for you again."
When Ryuu heard this, she immediately lowered her head even further. Her stern expression could no longer be maintained, and the true nature of the clumsy Elf was completely exposed.
"..." x3
Takumi and the others looked at Ryuu and couldn't help but feel speechless for a moment.
Although I know you have a lot of blame, no one has ever blamed you, right? Can you stop adding drama to yourself?
"Ahem~!"
Finn coughed twice to break the awkwardness. He ignored the depressed Ryuu and picked up the list on the tea table to get the conversation back on track.
"Although this list may not be accurate, it is at least a reference. When the time comes, it is better to arrest the wrong ones than to let them go. We will take everyone into custody first, and then slowly verify them."
"This operation is aimed at completely wiping out the Dark Faction. It is completely acceptable to use extraordinary means in extraordinary times, and even a little accidental damage."
"Really." Takumi also nodded.
"I also have lie detection magic here. If you make it into a magic tool and distribute it, it will be easy to review afterwards."
"Therefore, when you take action, you can arrest them with confidence and boldness. Arrest all the suspicious people first. Even if you make the wrong arrest, you can just release them after interrogation."
When Finn heard this, he immediately smiled: "With your words, I feel relieved."
Originally, he was planning to ask the Gods of the Alliance camp to help investigate these suspects.
Now that he heard that Takumi had even prepared for this, he felt even more relieved.
Afterwards, Takumi and Finn chatted about some details of the operation.
Najenda also wrote down a list of the members of the Dark Faction she had investigated, as well as the list of suspects.
After getting these done, she took the depressed Ryuu with her. They left the office and returned to the banquet hall outside.
"You're back. Thank you for your hard work. Come sit down and have something to eat."
Seeing that Takumi had come back from finishing his work, Riveria took Takumi to sit down and thoughtfully served him food and drinks.
"Thank you, I just made my mouth dry."
Takumi picked up the juice and drank a few sips. Then he turned back to Najenda and Ryuu and said, "Don't just stand around. Sit down and eat."
Najenda nodded and was not polite immediately. She found a seat and sat down casually. She got some food and drinks for herself and started eating and drinking.
As for Ryuu, she also sat down obediently, but she was still depressed, not interested in the feast in front of her.
"What's wrong with her?"
Seeing that the other party was also an Elf, Riveria couldn't help but become curious about Ryuu, so she asked Takumi.
Takumi waved his hand and said casually: "It's nothing, she's just a little doubtful about life."
"I didn't!"