They both moved through the drainage system under Ward 9, and it was showing them full well that it was not designed to be navigated.
It was designed to move water from one place to another, and in sixty years it had been added to, repaired, partially collapsed, rerouted around new foundations, and then added to again without anyone producing a complete updated map.
What existed below the street surface was less a system than a record of every decision the Ward had ever made about water and then changed its mind about.
Ishiki moved through it with Ghost Blade active and Aether Blade in hand, and let the skill do the navigating.
Shiro moved behind him with the torch low and steady — not pointing ahead but angled down, lighting the walkway without blinding anything that might be looking toward them from the dark.
