Madam Ryoko froze on the spot, her eyes vacant, thinking she had been discovered.
Hinami, also aware that the man before them was from the CCG, instinctively squeezed tighter into her mother's embrace.
"Excuse me, madam, have you seen this person?"
However, the reality was different from what Madam Ryoko imagined. The CCG investigators were not yet certain that Madam Ryoko was a {Ghoul}. It was just that Madam Ryoko and Hinami's features bore some resemblance to the intelligence they had, which had drawn the investigators' attention and suspicion.
Although the CCG investigators were not yet certain, Madam Ryoko had already come under suspicion, or rather, had been noticed.
This was precisely why the CCG investigators had approached Madam Ryoko.
Due to her daze, Madam Ryoko hadn't heard the CCG investigator's question at all.
"Madam! Madam!" The investigator waved his hand in front of Madam Ryoko's eyes, and she finally snapped out of her daze.
"I'm sorry, I almost bumped into you!" Madam Ryoko immediately bowed to the investigator.
"It's alright! I wanted to ask if you've seen the man in this photo?" The investigator held up a photograph.
Seeing that the person didn't seem to be there to arrest her, Madam Ryoko felt a lot more at ease. She glanced at the photo in the investigator's hand and shook her head, saying, "No, I haven't."
"Then I apologize for the disturbance! You're free to go!" The investigator had no intention of detaining Madam Ryoko and quickly gestured for her to leave.
"It's nothing!" Madam Ryoko replied with a smile, then grabbed Hinami's hand and quickly walked away.
After Madam Ryoko left, the investigator spoke into his wireless earpiece, communicating with others: "Street 28, suspicious individuals sighted: a mother and daughter wearing old-fashioned retro dresses."
The reason the investigator didn't alarm Madam Ryoko was to lower her guard, then secretly follow her, locate her whereabouts, and apprehend them all at once.
Soon, before Madam Ryoko had even returned to the bookstore, she noticed CCG tails following her. She immediately knew something was wrong.
So, Madam Ryoko stopped walking and said to Hinami, "Hinami, Mom needs you to run quickly to the bookstore and find Brother Kaneki. Have Kaneki Ken take you back to Anteiku. Mom needs to lead the CCG investigators away."
"No, Mom! Let's go back together!" Hinami strongly disagreed with her mother's decision and immediately hugged her tightly.
"My dear child, this is the only way for both of us to be saved. As long as you can get back to Anteiku, you can tell Sister Touka and Manager Yoshimura. They will definitely come to save Mom, and Mom will definitely wait for you to come back." Madam Ryoko continued to counsel Hinami.
Hearing this, the intelligent Hinami also realized this was a way to prevent Kaneki Ken from being exposed. If she went to meet Kaneki Ken at the bookstore now, Kaneki Ken would also be targeted by the CCG. Then, if the CCG cornered them at the bookstore, the situation would be dire.
"Then Mom, you must wait for me to bring people back!" After making this promise to her mother, Hinami suddenly turned and ran quickly. Hinami's small figure weaved through the dense crowd, making it difficult for the tracking CCG investigators to follow. Especially when Madam Ryoko suddenly threw down her umbrella and ran into an alley.
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