#290 - Chapter 287: Miss Takatsuki's interview

Upon hearing this, Tianyu Baiye's brow furrowed slightly.

Fangcun Aite is clearly here to make trouble, isn't she?

What a troublesome fellow...

Tianyu Baiye couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

"She's a very famous writer. I know her. I'll go see her now."

Tianyu Baiye responded to the investigator.

"Alright, we've already had her waiting in the lobby."

The investigator said.

"Superior Tianyu, I'd also like to see what a writer is here to interview at our CCG."

Just then, Mado Akira also spoke up.

"Hmm..."

Tianyu Baiye didn't refuse, but he already had a slight premonition.

He hoped that Aite wouldn't cause any trouble later, or Mado Akira's intuition might pick up on something...

Afterward, Mado Akira followed Tianyu Baiye to the lobby.

This was the lobby before the RC scan gate. Ordinary people could sit here, but they couldn't stay too long if they didn't have anything to do.

At this moment, Tianyu Baiye immediately saw Fangcun Aite sitting there, looking around. Today, Fangcun Aite was dressed casually, with her hair tied up and wearing a pair of very gentle glasses, giving her the air of a writer.

Takatsuki Sen.

"Oh! We finally meet again, Investigator Tianyu Baiye～"

At this time, Fangcun Aite had also seen Tianyu Baiye and waved to him.

She still knew some boundaries and didn't act like she was very familiar with Tianyu Baiye.

"Ms. Takatsuki, do you have any important business coming to the CCG?"

Tianyu Baiye also acted like he wasn't very familiar with her and asked Fangcun Aite.

"I said I came to interview Investigator Tianyu, but I also want to provide some information that might be useful to you."

Fangcun Aite said, "But the condition for me providing information is that Mr. Tianyu agrees to my interview."

"Interview? No problem, as long as the interview doesn't go too far."

Tianyu Baiye nodded and said, "Then, if there's anything specific, please come in and talk about it first. Please follow us to the reception room to talk."

He was immediately curious about what kind of information Fangcun Aite was planning to provide.

At this time, Mado Akira was just following beside Tianyu Baiye and didn't say anything for the time being.

Fangcun Aite had already noticed Mado Akira. This woman should be Baiye's partner, the Mado...

Afterward, Fangcun Aite followed Tianyu Baiye and Mado Akira into the RC scan gate.

At this time, Mado Akira replied.

"Oh ~ It looks so amazing, just like the metal detectors at the airport? If a Ghoul passes through, it will make a 'beep—' sound?"

Fangcun Aite curiously touched the RC scan gate.

In fact, she was just pretending. She was now the persona of the human writer "Takatsuki Sen."

"That's right, it will trigger an alarm in the bureau."

Mado Akira replied indifferently.

"Then there shouldn't be any malfunctions, right?"

Fangcun Aite asked this question as if on purpose.

"It has never malfunctioned. We regularly check the stability of the RC scan gate."

Mado Akira said.

"Is that so? I'm sorry, I underestimated the professionalism of the CCG."

Fangcun Aite said with a smile.

"It's okay."

Mado Akira always had a expressionless face, and her attitude towards everyone was like this.

............

At this time, Fangcun Aite accompanied Tianyu Baiye and Mado Akira to a reception room, which was generally a place to receive important guests.

After all, outsiders certainly couldn't walk around other places inside the CCG at will.

Fangcun Aite, Tianyu Baiye, and Mado Akira sat face to face. A cup of tea and some desserts had been placed on the table in front of Fangcun Aite.

Fangcun Aite took a few candies without any politeness and ate them. The notebook and pen she brought were also placed on the table.

These seemingly ordinary actions of hers were actually eliminating the possibility of her being a Ghoul.

This way, no matter how accurate Mado Akira's intuition was, there was no way to suspect Fangcun Aite of being a Ghoul.

After all, this had exceeded common sense. Normal people simply didn't know about the existence of a natural half-Ghoul, let alone that a natural half-Ghoul like Aite could usually be indistinguishable from a human.

"Then let's begin. You provide the information first, and then if it's for research, we can answer some unimportant little things."

At this time, Mado Akira spoke.

Originally, according to the regulations, Ghoul investigators couldn't casually accept interviews with outsiders.

But Mado Akira had never been such a rigid person. As long as the interview didn't involve matters that the CCG couldn't disclose to the outside world, it would be fine.

What she was more concerned about was what useful information such a well-known writer could provide to their CCG.

"Okay, I thank you two first."

Fangcun Aite said very politely.

Then she went straight to the point, "Do you know about [Sphinx Company]?"

"Sphinx Company..."

Mado Akira immediately became somewhat concerned.

Because this was related to Kano Akihiro before. The underground laboratory where Kano Akihiro secretly conducted the "Half-Ghoulification Surgery" before was the basement of the mansion of Anji Nanao, the president of [Sphinx Company].

Although the Kano Akihiro incident had ended, apart from not catching Kano Akihiro himself, there were still doubts in that incident, such as the unclear cause of Anji Nanao's death back then...

"That company specializes in purchasing foreign goods and selling them domestically. I know the president of another company. He once had exchanges with the president of Sphinx Company."

Fangcun Aite continued, "According to him, Sphinx Company also seems to import some 'very rare things', which are the Ghouls' ..."

Hearing the other party pause at a crucial moment, Mado Akira, who had already been piqued, couldn't help but ask, "The Ghouls' what?"

"Speaking of which, Miss Investigator, what did you eat today?"

Just then, Fangcun Aite suddenly changed the subject.

"...?"

Mado Akira's eyes flickered slightly. Was this woman doing it on purpose?

"Instead of that kind of thing, what were you just going to say about the Ghouls' what?"

Mado Akira asked.

"I hope you can answer my question first, otherwise, I won't say."

Fangcun Aite turned her face away, humming a little tune, obviously doing it on purpose just now.

"......"

Mado Akira's face became slightly gloomy.

On the other hand, Fangcun Aite had already prepared the notebook and pen in her hand, just waiting to record Mado Akira's reply in the notebook.