Likewise, Cao Pi is going to hoard his own secrets until his hand is forced, though if this whole demon world is anything to go by, that will definitely happen. "I tend to believe that I should only send someone away from my service for one of two reasons," he says drolly. "Incompetence, or treason."

He picks through the discard pile to make sure he approves, leaving unsaid that Ishida fits neither criteria. That, and a traitor would only be dismissed briefly and then probably assassinated shortly after. He picks up one scrap of parchment with a sniff of a chuckle. "Ah. No, I suppose we don't need to keep this nagging note from my father." It isn't anything huge, just a request to provide maps before marching to battle Orochi again, but the underlying tone needling him (like he was somehow going to forget to brief the army on the terrain and location) is never appreciated.