Why did Arima only leave behind Inagawa and Ushiyama? Aoto could more or less guess the reason.
Most likely, it was to discuss how to help him get through the Tairō Assessment a month and a half later.
After Aoto's father, Tachibana Ryuzo, passed away, Arima, Inagawa, and Ushiyama treated Aoto as their own, offering him all kinds of care. Now that Aoto risked being dismissed, they couldn't just ignore it.
The friendship between these three and the Tachibana Family made Aoto reflect: "Original Tachibana Aoto" left him more than just a heap of trouble...
Following Arima's instructions, after leaving his office alone, Aoto held the sword at his waist and walked out of the Magistrate's Office, ready to start his work for the day.
When there were no cases to handle, the daily work of the Fixed Town Patrol Dōshin was to patrol their respective jurisdictions.
Currently, Aoto had no cases on hand, so his job was to go patrolling his area of responsibility.
