You're looking chipper as always, Flynn.

I've got a lot on my mind, Yuri.
Not that you'd know what that's like.

Hmph...

Manage to go out and
get your bounty raised
even higher?

I thought you went to
the magistrate's place.

I went. Along with a search warrant
from the blastia research lab.

Ah, so you were able to go
inside and look around.

Nope... The magistrate
refused us entry.

Why?!

He even tried to provoke us.
“If you really think I have blastia,
try to bust your way in”, he said.

He knows we don't have the jurisdiction to
do that -- he's just making a mockery of us!

Well, isn't he right?

What did you say?!

Yuri, whose side are you on?

It's not a matter of whose side I'm on. If you think
you're right, you should force your way inside.

No, it's a trap.

Ragou wants the Imperial Guard to make
a mistake so he can use it as an excuse
to increase the authority of the Council.

If we go in now, he'll hide the
evidence and feign innocence.

Is Magistrate Ragou on
the Council as well?

Yes.

The Imperial Knights and the Council are both
essential organizations that support the empire.

But Ragou seems to have
forgotten this fact.

So in short, we're not dealing with your
everyday magistrate here. Well, have you
got a plan for what you're doing next?

...

What, you're out of ideas?

...If there were some sort of disturbance inside the
palace, the Imperial Knights would be able to move
in under the pretense of emergency prerogative.

Ah yes... “The Imperial Knights may employ emergency
prerogative to intervene in emergency situations,
regardless of jurisdiction.”

Of course! So if a thief snuck in and
caused a ruckus that'd be enough?

Yuri, I know you want
to help, but...

...But I shouldn't do anything reckless, right?

I'm going to go patrol the town. I've just received
a tip that a fugitive with a warrant out for his
arrest is trying to get into the magistrate's palace.