Unlike others who would basically fall silent and think after hearing the news, Yukinori Shinohara almost immediately chose to state his position after hearing it, but then he seemed hesitant to speak.
"Shinohara, is something the matter?"
"Special Class Marude, what do you think of 'Lancer'?"
"I have no comment on the matter of him possessing 'magic', but I originally didn't believe he would betray the CCG, and now that I know about the Washuu family's matter, I believe it even less."
Iwao Kuroiwa had been serving as a commander ever since he retired from the front line. During battles, he not only needed to understand the strength of every Investigator under him but also needed to know how to utilize them. Naturally, he also had his own way of distinguishing people, and in his eyes, Lancer was an 'idiot'.
That's right, an idiot.
He clearly had sufficient strength, and clearly had no need to return, yet he still returned. Not for fame, not for profit, everything he did seemed to be for others. What else could he be but an idiot?
However, he was quite happy for his friend, so he naturally wouldn't believe that such an 'idiot' would be 'seduced by a Ghoul and betray the CCG' as Nimura Furuta claimed.
And hearing Iwao Kuroiwa's answer, Yukinori Shinohara simply brought up the matter of meeting Lancer before, and explicitly mentioned Lancer intention to go and find Nimura Furuta.
"We must discuss this matter further, but the task of finding Lancer should be handed over to your subordinate. With his identity, even if he goes to find Lancer, it won't cause trouble, and others won't know that Lancer came to find you, but as soon as Lancer hears that Juuzou Suzuya is looking for him, he should be able to realize that you are looking for him. What do you think?"
"No problem."
After tentatively finalizing the plan, the two separated directly.
However, when Iwao Kuroiwa walked to his car, his expression suddenly changed, because he saw Juuzou Suzuya standing by his car.
At the same time, Juuzou Suzuya, who was standing in front of Iwao Kuroiwa's motorcycle, looking around, also seemed to notice someone coming from behind, and turned around with a big smile.
"Special Class Marude~ Long time no see~ Your new car is so cool~ Can I borrow…"
"No."
'Tch~ He won't even let me play with it. I'll borrow Lancer to play with next time.'
Iwao Kuroiwa directly refused the opponent before he could finish his sentence, and even pretended not to hear the opponent's muttering. After all, he had not forgotten that when the 11th Ward battle broke out, it was this guy with an innocent smile on his face who turned his beloved car into scrap metal.
"You go up. Special Class Shinohara is looking for you."
"Eh?! Uncle Shinohara is looking for me? I'll go now!"
Iwao Kuroiwa finally breathed a sigh of relief as he watched the skipping Juuzou Suzuya leave.
— — — — — —
Lancer was looking for Nimura Furuta, Renji Yomo was looking for Nimura Furuta, and even Iwao Kuroiwa and the others were looking for Nimura Furuta, but in reality, no one knew where Nimura Furuta actually was.
Did he disappear into thin air? Naturally not. The location he was currently in was the extremely special '24th Ward'.
In reality, the entire Tokyo theoretically only had 23 Wards, and the 23rd Ward was the location of the Ghoul prison. As for the so-called '24th Ward', it referred to the area where Ghouls lived.
It was not a simple gathering place, but a non-fixed and extremely special existence, and theoretically, there was more than one '24th Ward'.
In reality, the so-called '24th Ward' referred to the special underground area of Tokyo. No one knew when it was created by Ghouls, but the only thing that was known was that the periphery of the 24th Ward was covered with a large amount of 'Kagune'. However, according to the CCG's investigation, these 'Kagune' were not made from one specific Kakuhou, otherwise, it would be too terrifying. After all, even 'The Owl' could not cover such a large area with her Kagune.
And Nimura Furuta in the '24th Ward' at this time was looking at the writhing 'Kagune' in front of him with a smile on his face.
An ordinary person would only feel disgusted and scared when seeing this scene, but Nimura Furuta only felt an intrinsic excitement, because he knew that the middle of these 'Kagune' was the 'goddess' he was willing to devote his life to!
Three years ago, Nimura Furuta originally planned to make Rize Kamishiro 'fake her death', but he didn't expect to involve Ken Kaneki in it, and what was even more coincidental was that the person performing the surgery was Akihiro Kanou, who was secretly conducting the 'Half-Ghoul Experiment'.
The result of this series of coincidences was that Rize Kamishiro was actually secretly detained by Akihiro Kanou. Of course, Nimura Furuta was more willing to believe that there was someone supporting this behind the scenes, but unfortunately, the person he suspected could no longer speak, and he couldn't verify it one by one.
But these things no longer mattered to him, because all of this was over!
Akihiro Kanou was kidnapped by Aogiri Tree, and Nimura Furuta collaborated with 'The Clowns' to attack the CCG headquarters and kill the General Chairman and Director when the CCG was fully dispatched. At the same time, he took the opportunity to destroy the laboratory Aogiri Tree had hidden there and captured Akihiro Kanou.
Akihiro Kanou's fate was self-evident. After all, Nimura Furuta would not go easy on this guy who caused him to be separated from his 'goddess'. Perhaps for him at this time, death was also a form of mercy?
The 'corpse' in the eyes of others was not completely unsalvageable in Nimura Furuta's eyes. As for the reason for his confidence, it entirely came from an event recorded in the family.
How did Ghouls appear?
This was a question that plagued almost everyone in this world, but the 'Washuu family' knew, because the so-called 'Ghouls' were brought into this world by the Washuu family!
The ancestor of the Washuu family accidentally discovered a certain underground area, and in that area, the ancestor contracted a certain disease. But just when the opponent was prepared to die, he found that he had regained his mobility, and his body became stronger than before, but the only drawback was that ordinary human food no longer held any appeal for them. The only thing that could arouse their appetite was one thing — their former kind.
The Washuu family ancestor used his powerful physical capabilities to build a massive foundation, but the problem arose again. He found that he seemed unable to reproduce with ordinary women. Those women all died during pregnancy due to various reasons.
How could there be no successor after building a foundation? The ancestor decided to go to the place that changed his fate again. He wanted to make a woman possess a physique similar to his own.
Pandora's Box was opened as a result…