You're G O L D|| Sugimoto Saichi x f!Reader x Ogata Hyakunosuke

Sea Eagle

Asirpa drew a map in the ash. The apekiray was just a simple drawing of where they were at.

"Asirpa, where did they find your father and the other murdered Ainu?" Sugimoto asked, suggesting she mark it on the map.

"...In Tomakomai." She made a dot of where it was in the ash, "Right here."

"Tanigaki, where did they finally catch Noppera-bou?" Sugimoto looked back at the hurt male.

"In Lake Shikotsu," Tanigaki answered, his speech was definitely getting better. It didn't seem like it pained him to speak, but he did hesitate. You watched in silence as Asirpa made a dot for Otaru, Lake Shikotsu, and Tomakomai, in that order.

"Trapped with nowhere else to go, he stole a dugout canoe from an Ainu fisherman and tried to paddle across. But he capsized and was caught. Noppera-bou might have been carrying some f the gold around that time, but Shikotsu is Japan's deepest lake so there's no way we can tell." Tanigaki finished.

Sugimoto held up and unfolded one of the skins, "So, is this a map?" He and Shiraishi studied it intently. "Maybe."

"Oh hey," Shiraishi looked at the kanji," I recognize those characters from an old guy named Gotou. He got into Abashiri after getting drunk and stabbing his wife and kid to death. Pathetic really." Shiraishi looked at the other skin, "I don't recognize the other one, he must've been a nobody." Shiraishi looked at Sugimoto and Tanigaki, "Ya know the guy who got violent at a "soba shop"? That was probably Ushiyama the Undefeated."

You perked up hearing the large man who looked like he had a fish cake on his forehead's name.

"Nihei might've been one dangerous son of a bitch, but Ushiyama is something else. He practiced Judo for 10 years and went undefeated. One day, he started lusting for his master's ugly ass wife."

"Man was she ugly." You whispered to yourself, even though pretty much everyone heard you.

"ANYWAY,  he ended up sleeping with her. Insane with an intense rage, his master sent 10 students after Ushiyama to teach him a lesson. They were all no match for him though. All of the students ended up with various broken limbs. One of them even had his skull caved in and is still bedridden."  Shiraishi continued. You raised your hand innocently, "Shiraishi, can I tell them about the other crazy man in Abashiri?" Shiraishi nodded and sat back a bit.

"There was this other crazy bastard who killed about 33 people-" You little story was cut short by Tanigaki.

"We already took care of him."

You blinked multiple times and Shiraishi tilted his head to the side, "Wat"

"It took a sacrifice of three men, but we got killed Tsuyama and got his skin. First Lieutenant Tsurumi was the one who finished him off."

"I've always wanted to meet this First Lieutenant Tsurumi guy." You crossed your arms and rocked back and forth, "but then I decided I didn't want a man with missing brains chasing after me."

Sugimoto chopped your head, "You don't wanna meet him."

"What do you mean, 'always wanted to meet'? You've heard of him before?" Tanigaki asked you. You nodded excitedly, "Koito always told me about him, but then he left to avoid getting scolded." Tanigaki's eye's widened a bit.

"Wasn't that the weird man wearing Tsuyama's skin?" Shiraishi asked," What does he plan to do with the gold anyway? March and stage a coup? He could split the gold and the whole 7th division could live the rest of their lives in luxury. What led him to think like that anyway?"

Tanigaki stayed silent with a frown and looked at the ceiling.

"It was the siege of Port Arthur, wasn't it?" Sugimoto asked, looking dead at Tanigaki. Tanigaki shifted his eyes to meet Sugimoto's seemingly bored gaze and a solemn look on his face.