Chapter 72

Ilulu and Investigation (イルルと偵察) is the seventy-second chapter of Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon.

Summary
Ilulu conducts an investigation on Azad.

Plot
Over the next few days, Kobayashi and Kanna write to Kimun regularly, but only receive short replies back from him. Azad notes the large number of letters that Kimun has been receiving. Kimun tells Azad that he would hope to understand his contacts better. Azad, however, knows deep down that Kimun wouldn't, and leaves Kimun's palace. Ilulu notices Azad teleport somewhere, and decides to follow.

Back at the apartment, Kobayashi tells Tohru that her written communication with Kimun was for the sake of not just Kanna, but Tohru as well. She wanted to release her feelings so that it would not seem as though Kimun had "won". At that moment, Ilulu returns home with bruises all over her body. Tohru quickly takes Ilulu to the bathroom to heal up. While being healed in the bath, Ilulu reveals what she had observed. She had followed Azad to a Harmony base, where Azad was liaising with Lumineis. Azad revealed all he knew about Kimun Kamui, including his intent to attack the base with the dragon ball's power.

Ilulu then spies on Kimun's palace again, hearing Azad tell Kimun about Lumineis' intent to attack. Kimun responds with an intent to defend, even without the dragon ball. Ilulu quickly leaves the area, having found out that Azad was a double agent orchestrating the conflict. Before she can return to Kobayashi's world with her own power, Azad blocks the portal. Admitting his role in the conflict, he prepares to silence Ilulu. Even though Ilulu tries to attack with her reformed dragon limbs, Azad uses his holy sword to slice off Ilulu's limbs, while remaining unfazed by Ilulu's counterattack due to his holy cloak. Ilulu fires a beam to distract Azad for long enough to escape. Upon hearing Ilulu's eyewitness, Tohru now knows who the real enemy is, and is determined to end things.

Characters

 * Tohru
 * Kobayashi
 * Ilulu
 * Azad
 * Kanna Kamui
 * Kimun Kamui