He is going to be so pleased that Izō made close friends lmaooo. I also know that Izō said plenty of not nice things about him that he'll be fully prepared to come up once he knows Izō's friends are a thing... just opens this large can of angst all over this hell situation it's FINE.

Getting to talk to her tengu would be helpful! He's working all on guesstimations (as usual) about how it all works and is in a position where Karasu can screw with him easily because Ryouma's not sure how much he can hurt Izō other than assuming that killing Izō would be bad because they're sharing a body.

Hopefully he won't end up having to roll by wherever she sets up work too much but he's going to attempt the diplomacy option with oni so less an if than a when lmao