"Ryozanpaku," Giyu repeated, noting the familiar tone used by Shuten and acknowledging that she had, indeed, found her memories as intended. Just then, something strange happened. Tamamo took her seat not at the table, but directly in his lap. Eyes that were not his own opened in that moment, not physically but within his consciousness. Those eyes... they were Akashi's. Giyu gave no outward reaction, but he could feel the burning within himself, as if the memory triggered a certain desire. Perhaps it wasn't truly the work of Akashi at all, but instead something even greater hidden within this body. Either way, Tamamo proceeded to produce a map of Ryozanpaku as her source understood it. Giyu's eyes traversed the display, and indeed... it was very familiar. Memories were filling his mind, but he was pulled from them the moment Jaskier questioned the number of participants he'd given previously. It seemed Giyu was finding a voice after all the time he'd spent in virtual silence this day. "There are six. Someone is already helping, even if they don't know it yet. Tamamo's Yata Mirror was taken out of this place long ago. That wasn't a malicious job," he said, his eyes traveling to Dreyfus as he awaited further confirmation.

The blacksmith was stunned. Those two had freed that item they obtained from him? He thought the shape of that mirror looked familiar, but he had no concrete evidence to say it was until now. "Aye, I got it off a snake lad. Must've been from 'round these parts, now ye' mention it. Came up ta' me wantin' it awakened, seemed like an alright lad back then." That was all the confirmation Giyu needed. This 'snake lad' Dreyfus mentioned was surely not one of malicious intent, so long as he wasn't somehow the leader of whatever faction he belonged to. If Giyu had to hazard a guess, he'd take said lad as a Player, like most of them here.