[ Trust, but verify. He understood what Matoba was saying - Daitengu might want the answers as much of the rest of them, but that might mean they keep the conclusions they draw on a need-to-know basis. And if he brought back information that might figure out what happened that night the Daitengu was (supposedly) assassinated. Well. That was a matter that could concern the whole city if handled the wrong way. ]

And better we have the unvarnished truth than a second story spun for someone else's benefit.

[ Cloud understands what Matoba's after - Jigoku-cho might have a different coat of paint, and different people calling the shots, but there was a familiar cadence to what he was being asked - there are secrets at the center of all this, and Matoba wanted Sutoku's personal mercenary to do what he was good at - dirty work. ]

I'll be back. And with any luck, we'll know more about what's going on than we did going in. [ He straps the sword to his back as he looks at Matoba. ] Count on it.