[ Two and two together, Aki nods. If Kyoto had been abandoned like they said - and that's if they believe LILITH - then it's likely not them that dared come back and pick through the palace. Would the treasures of Japan mean that much to them with the country being overtaken by kaiju? Aki's seen how the government reacts to a national or global crisis, and it's usually not in the way that the majority of people want them to react.

He thinks of the Gun Devil and scowls, flicking his cigarette out of his fingers and putting it out with his heel. Bakugo accidentally wins, at least for today. ]

I wasn't really trying to find anything when I walked through before. I was just curious about how much remained.

[ He's a Japanese boy at heart, and he's never been around the Imperial Palace much, so he was just... Curious. He likes the peace and quiet, too, so that had been a win for him. It's not as if Denji was going to come and bother him in some old, abandoned building.

He watches Bakugo, curious. ]

You just want swords?