Oh no Asirpa. I thought you alone has no death flag in this story. But now that you too wants the gold to protect your homeland...
I wonder if Tsukishima is having Igogusa drowning flashbacks now. Finally managed to make a real friend after all these career soldier years, and now this.
Boutaro and Kiroranke are both projecting themselves onto Asirpa. One wants to live a carefree life with a family, the other wants indigenous independence from Russia and Japan. So naturally that's what they use to try convince Asirpa with.
Now the biggest suspense left really is not where is...