aerith is going to suggest a wild and probably radical idea: they try to entangle shuten long enough for sutoku to get back together, and potentially reclaim the area. she believes that no one in sutoku is completely capable of answering for what's actually going on and submits the possibility that a completely unseen party is banking on them starting a turf war to weaken the as of yet unaffected factions. it's possible that tenkohime, toraguma and potentially enma are having their eyes led away while someone else moves pieces, she would insist. in other words: there's another enemy, they just don't know who yet.

in addition to this, she would state that she got past the kappa and saw the machine underground in the sewers, and thus already knows routes within it for future infiltration. she has pictures she is willing to share if people ask her to prove this. after investigating the crime scene with someone else, she believes that organized crime is likely being conducted under the nose of officials, and would suggest that they carefully consider their options beyond just aiding themselves.

(vote her off the faction btw...)