#291 - Chapter 288 Are you two dating?
“I'm sorry, my next work requires information on this topic as reference material, because I want to create something about ghouls,” Eto Yoshimura explained apologetically.
Her attitude was also quite good, so Akira Mado's expression softened somewhat.
In order to smoothly obtain information, Akira Mado opened her mouth and replied, “I ate curry today...”
“Curry, what kind of curry? Sweet? Spicy?”
Akira Mado said flatly, “Can we return to the main topic from before?”
“Yes, yes, but for me, gathering material is the main topic, you know.”
Eto Yoshimura said with a smile, “Okay, no more joking around. What I wanted to say just now was about the ghoul's RC fluid. After dissolving ghouls into liquid, it's put into bottles. I'm not sure what the detailed purpose of this stuff is, but it sounds a bit scary...”
“……”
Akira Mado immediately realized that the other party was probably talking about [RC-containing fluid].
That was an important material needed to make RC suppressants and Quinque.
“The price of that product seems to be ve~ry~ expensive, and the buyer is... the Ghoul Countermeasures Bureau [CCG].”
Eto Yoshimura frequently used emphasis, “The president of that Sphinx Company probably has some kind of relationship with the CCG in secret, right? By、the、way! The underground facilities of that president's mansion don't seem to belong to him, but are owned by the CCG, and that president's name is Anku Nanaki —”
What Eto Yoshimura said immediately made Akira Mado's expression change slightly.
The CCG purchasing RC-containing fluid from outside was already something that they, as investigators, didn't know about, and even the underground laboratory occupied by Kanou Akihito used to be owned by the CCG!...
With Akira Mado's intuition, even though she hadn't figured out what the situation was, she already felt that this matter was very serious.
She suddenly remembered that when she investigated that underground laboratory, she had noticed some unusual things, such as the underground laboratory seeming to have been built some years ago.
This shows that the underground laboratory should have already existed before it was occupied by Kanou Akihito, and what would an ordinary company president need such a large basement for? It certainly wasn't just for show.
Then Akira Mado remembered that she had also investigated Anku Nanaki before. According to the CCG's records, he died at the hands of a ghoul, but is the real situation really that simple?
If Anku Nanaki was really secretly cooperating with the CCG, then he should have been protected by the CCG. Being killed by a ghoul under the protection of the CCG is obviously unreasonable.
Even if something unpleasant happened and the CCG broke off relations with Anku Nanaki and silenced him, it wouldn't be impossible...
Recalling that underground laboratory, it seemed to have been built from the beginning for the “half-ghoulification surgery”. The internal structure was very professional and directional, which means that the CCG may have been conducting research on human “ghoulification” for a long time...
Is it really necessary for an organization that protects humans against ghouls to conduct research on human “ghoulification”? As for the current “Qs surgery”, it was specially set up to fight against Aogiri Tree, and the safety is very high, so it cannot be generalized.
Moreover, Kanou Akihito was a former CCG autopsy doctor. He obviously knew about the existence of that underground laboratory long ago and then occupied it, after all, it was a very perfect experimental environment...
And the cause of Anku Nanaki's death may have been because he wanted to leak the laboratory's affairs for some reason, and as a result, he was silenced by the CCG...
Crap!
Akira Mado suddenly broke out in cold sweat. All of this was interlinked and too consistent, completely explaining the doubts in the previous Kanou Akihito incident.
Although what this writer said may not be true, her intuition told her that all of this was very likely to be true. She and her father were both willing to believe their intuition.
At this time, the more Akira Mado thought about it, the more she felt that the inside story was very terrifying. If all of this was true, then it would completely subvert everyone's perception of the CCG...
On the other hand, Tenma Hakuyoru's face didn't show any surprise.
When he first heard Eto Yoshimura mention [Sphinx Company], Tenma Hakuyoru had already guessed what information Eto Yoshimura was planning to provide.
It was nothing more than implying that there were ghosts within the CCG. In the original story, Eto Yoshimura also said similar things to Koutarou Amon, but Amon considered that this would affect the internal unity of the CCG, so he didn't report it to his superiors.
But the effect of telling Akira Mado might be different...
At this moment, not only Eto Yoshimura, but even Tenma Hakuyoru was observing Akira Mado's reaction out of the corner of his eye. It could be seen how shaken Akira Mado was at this time.
“...Miss Takatsuki, where did you get this information from?”
At this time, Akira Mado made her own judgment and asked Eto Yoshimura in a deep voice.
“I just said it, I heard it from a president I know.”
Eto Yoshimura said.
“Who is that president? Is it convenient to tell us?”
Akira Mado continued to press.
She felt that she had to find out whether this information was true or not.
“Unfortunately, it's not convenient, after all, that president doesn't want to die a violent death like his friend Anku Nanaki...”
Eto Yoshimura appeared very calm, not at all like a temporary excuse.
“Okay...”
Akira Mado was also a little helpless now.
If what the other party said was true, then once the other party revealed the president's name, the CCG would definitely carry out a silencing operation again.
“That's all the information I plan to provide this time. Now, can Senior Investigator Tenma and this investigator accept my interview?”
At this time, Eto Yoshimura shifted the topic to her own material gathering.
“Yes.”
Tenma Hakuyoru responded.
Akira Mado also nodded slightly.
“What did Senior Investigator Tenma eat today? Was it curry like this investigator?”
Eto Yoshimura began her material gathering operation.
“That's right.”
Tenma Hakuyoru nodded.
“Oh oh! Is it a couple's set meal?”
Eto Yoshimura immediately asked with great interest.
“We ate in the bureau's cafeteria, there's no such thing as a couple's set meal.”
Akira Mado replied expressionlessly.
“I see……”
Eto Yoshimura tapped her chin with the pen cap and said in a rather cheerful tone, “Or should I ask another way, Senior Investigator Tenma and this investigator should be partners, right? Then are you two dating in private~?”
