The General had told them all they were at war over energy, and thus far that's what they had been going on. Taking over a city to that end seemed odd, but maybe there was something in there that they needed. Regardless of the reasoning behind it that certainly painted the ones above ground in a lousier light, but it still didn't point them in the right direction. "A corrupt one, huh...?" Takeshi mused, still with absolutely no clue himself as to who that may be. Whoever it was obviously was causing all of this, that was the only certainty. Sighing to himself the elder prince stuffed his hands in his pockets, looking to the twins. "Okay, we'll split up here. If anyone stops you tell them you're with me, helping in the efforts to put down the enemy. I called you in for help, that's what we're sticking to. When you're done we've got a home on the western side of the city, a wooden house tucked in between the edge of the forest and a storage building. We'll see you then." Gesturing for Shu to follow along with a nod of his head, padding off into the thicket.

"This is ridiculous... I can't believe we're working with them," Yumi spat, tossing a glare over her shoulder in the twins direction. She and Viral were already out of sight by now, but that didn't stop her from loathing that trio. The fact they'd served with Takeshi was hardly a reassurance, if anything that made it worse. Even if it had been on someone else's orders too they had carried it out, that they were unquestionably guilty of. She wasn't going to beat them to a pulp now, but she sure as hell was going to hate them for it. Sighing bitterly the Beastman looked at Viral, frowning slightly seeing how dirty he was from laying on the ground. "When is the last time your clothes were cleaned...?" She couldn't think of the last time really, it had been ages. "When we get back how about we find you a change and I clean them for you? I don't want to have to think about those imbeciles any more than I need to."

"One city, that we know of, and hundreds if not thousands of people to check up on... Damn it all..." Takeshi mumbled, exhaling and lifting a hand to rub his forehead. They got into some odd situations, but this was going to be the most tedious and infuriating by far. They were fighters, not dang detectives. It might be nicer if a proper fight was waiting for them at the end of this all, but if it was a Kaesstrian then they were far too weak to raise a hand against. Jailing someone just seemed anti-climatic to a struggle, but if that's how it had to end then so be it. "Hey Shu, I've been meaning to ask you..." he started, droning off briefly. Looking at his brother he gave him an uncertain glance for a second, biting his lip and itching at his nose idly. "I know you don't like to talk about it, but I've been concerned, with Viral being down and all... Is there anything that you want to talk about that's been bothering you at all? About your time with father, anything?"