Suikoden VI

Chapter Nine: Part Four

Part Four

"Oh?" Oboro asked. "You would like more Investigations done, Lord Daunte?"

"Yes, please," Daunte said, counting out the money. "I know you did five recently, but I would like you to also look into Yuber, Pesmerga, and Viki."

"Are you serious?" Shou asked, standing up. "Those three are some of our most mysterious recruits!"

"What about that La'Ahad guy?" Umeko asked. "He's so mysterious that I don't know what his face looks like!"

"I-I don't know how far we can go with investigating him when he has complete amnesia," Daunte said. "And I don't like digging into his background when he himself doesn't know anything about himself."

"We will try our best with your request," Oboro said with a smile as he collected the money.

"My intelligence gathering is superb," Masaru assured Daunte. "I will not let you down." Umeko snorted loudly and Masaru glared at her.

"Is there a specific reason you want us to look into these three?" Shou asked. "I mean in addition to these Investigations, we're also working 'round the clock gathering intel on the Holy Army's next movement."

"I understand and I apologize for increasing your workload," Daunte said. "But I would greatly appreciate anything you can find out about them."

"We won't disappoint you," Oboro promised him. But when Daunte left the office he clearly heard Shou say, "I'm not following Yuber" before he closed the door.

Daunte headed down the stairs, but halfway down he took a seat on the step. He raised his right hand up, his hand curled into a soft fist. "Pesmerga." He held up his index finger. "Viki." He held up his middle finger. "And me." He held up his ringer finger. He stared at the three digits for a long time as he remembered his conversation with Leknaat the night before.

"You three are who I saw from the vision," Leknaat had confirmed for him. "Piccolo can see how I can see, but our interpretations of the visions may vary."

"Yes," Daunte had replied. "He gave me answers in riddles, when you actually gave me names."

"Well, it also sounded like he gives fortunes for monetary gain. I do not."

"Eresh." Daunte turned to her next. "You called me "Red" when we spoke in the Red Tundra. You knew then didn't you?"

"Eresh is not as strong as Leknaat," Eresh had replied. "But Eresh knows many things. Eresh knows that bringing humanity to the bearer of the Eightfold Rune is not an impossibility. But Eresh also knows that it will not be simple for the Red, White, and Black to do so."

"No kidding," Daunte had sighed heavily.

The three of us are key to humanizing Yuber, Daunte reflected in the present. I don't doubt Lady Leknaat's interpretation of Piccolo's vision. As if I didn't already have enough responsibilities! Now I must personally share responsibility with two other people in teaching someone who thrives on chaos humanity! And the other two people who must help me are his arch nemesis, and a bubbly girl he can't stand! Eresh said that it wasn't impossible, but it's not going to be easy either! Yuber might try to kill all of us!

Daunte rubbed his hands together slowly. And what happens then after we humanize Yuber? When we win my contract with him will end and he will return to the World of Emptiness until another person summons him. And the next person who summons him may end up undoing all of our hard work anyway if they have ills intentions! Pesmerga may follow Yuber to where they came from or battle him to the death! And Viki...with her Blinking Rune I don't know how long she'll stay around. I don't know where I'M going to be after this war!