#294 - Chapter 291 Promotion to Quasi-Special Class

"...I understand. Thank you very much for providing this information," Madam Mado said solemnly.

This matter was too important in her eyes.

Anjiu Nairo gently shook her head and smiled, "This is what we should do."

Afterward, Amau Shirayuki and Madam Mado left the room.

"Amau Senior Investigator, you have heard the information that Kuro and Nairo provided just now."

Madam Mado said with a serious expression, "I think it is very likely to be true, and even if I judge by intuition, I think it must be true."

"Now, regardless of whether this matter is true or false, we should not reveal it, otherwise, we will be in danger."

Amau Shirayuki reminded, "Currently, it is almost certain that there are ghosts within the CCG. As for who exactly is a ghost, it is not yet clear, but we can speculate..."

"It can be said that the vast majority of investigators should not know about this matter, and even you, as the branch manager, are unaware. Then, we can probably speculate in the direction of the leadership..."

Madam Mado said, "Even branch managers or special class investigators cannot be considered true leaders. The true leadership of the CCG has always been the Washuu family, who founded the CCG, and they have always had a very mysterious color. I feel that the Washuu family is the most suspicious."

"Just keep this kind of thing in mind. In addition, you can take time to secretly investigate the actions of the Washuu family, just don't let the Washuu family find out," Amau Shirayuki said.

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As time passed, the "Promotion Ceremony" arrived once again.

This time, the scale was even larger than the last time. After all, this "One-Eyed Owl Extermination Battle" was much more tragic than the last "Aogiri Tree Extermination Battle."

"Senior Investigator, Amau Shirayuki."

"Here."

"You are now appointed as Associate Special Class Investigator."

It was a situation similar to the last time, with the current Director of the CCG, Washuu Yoshitoki, presiding over the investiture ceremony for Amau Shirayuki.

Since there has never been a situation of skipping ranks in the CCG's promotion system, Amau Shirayuki can only be promoted from Senior Investigator to Associate Special Class Investigator for the time being.

It should be known that most investigators may still be stuck at First Class Investigator until retirement. For Amau Shirayuki to be promoted from Second Class Investigator all the way to Associate Special Class Investigator in such a short period of one or two years is already an unprecedented and likely unrepeatable miracle.

[Ding! Host promoted to "Associate Special Class Investigator," Reward: 100 Fusion Points!]

Amau Shirayuki immediately received the corresponding reward.

Amid the warm applause of the surrounding people, Amau Shirayuki returned to his original position below the stage.

"Associate Special Class Investigator, Hōji Kōsuke."

"You are now appointed as Special Class Investigator."

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"Associate Special Class Investigator, Uui Koori."

"You are now appointed as Special Class Investigator."

Uui Koori and Hōji Kōsuke were both promoted to Special Class this time because of their courageous performance in defeating the "Non-Killing Owl" in that great battle. In particular, Uui Koori risked his life to contain the "One-Eyed Owl" and delay the time.

Since Shinohara Yukinori is in a vegetative state, which is equivalent to retirement, and Kuroiwa Iwao, who lost his left hand, has also greatly reduced his combat power, these two who were promoted to Special Class this time can just fill the positions of Shinohara and Kuroiwa.

Of course, Kuroiwa Iwao has not yet retired, but the CCG does not arrange many tasks for him now, which is almost considered semi-retirement.

"Second Class Investigator, Suzuya Jūzō."

At this time, Washuu Yoshitoki called out Suzuya Jūzō's name.

"Yes."

Compared to the last Promotion Ceremony, Suzuya Jūzō was much more stable this time, without such a frivolous and casual attitude, but rather a serious appearance.

The "Owl Extermination Battle" and Shinohara Yukinori's encounter had a great impact on Suzuya Jūzō.

"You are now appointed as First Class Investigator."

However, when Suzuya Jūzō walked down from the stage, he still smiled at Amau Shirayuki.

The first batch of names ended just like that. These were all investigators who had previously won the [Special Contributor] honor.

Although Amon Kōtarō was also a [Special Contributor], his contribution at the time was his courage to face the SSS-rated ghoul "Spot," even though he was completely defeated. This courage was also worthy of praise, which is why he was the last name on the [Special Contributor] list.

But this was not enough to allow him to be directly promoted to Associate Special Class Investigator.

Moreover, given that Amon Kōtarō had just been promoted from First Class to Senior Class last time, if he were to be promoted to Associate Special Class again so quickly, wouldn't that be the same treatment as Amau Shirayuki?

This would not only be unfair to Amau Shirayuki but also difficult to convince the public.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, the CCG headquarters decided not to grant Amon Kōtarō the title of "Associate Special Class" for the time being, and wait until Amon had accumulated enough merit.

Next, Washuu Yoshitoki began the next round of names.

"First Class Investigator, Ihei Hairu."

"You are now appointed as Senior Investigator."

"......"

Not only Ihei Hairu, but all the members of "Squad Zero," except for Arima Special Class, who could no longer be promoted, were promoted by one level.

The members of "Squad Zero" below the stage were standing in the same row. Ihei Shio was very happy to share his medal with Amau Shirayuki as soon as he came down.

"Second Class Investigator, Mado Akira."

"You are now appointed as First Class Investigator."

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"Second Class Investigator, Anjiu Kuro."

"......"

"Second Class Investigator, Anjiu Nairo."

"......"

In a large-scale operation of the scale of the "One-Eyed Owl Extermination Battle," as long as some contributions were made and they were able to survive, Second Class and Third Class investigators with lower ranks could easily be promoted.

But there was no share for Takizawa Seidou, because he did not defeat a single ghoul throughout the entire process at that time, and was even scared to pee by Aogiri Tree executive Tatara.

Unlike Mado Akira, who performed very well on the battlefield, and usually followed Amau Shirayuki to gain a lot of achievements.

At this time, Hōji Kōsuke was comforting the depressed Takizawa Seidou. The only thing Takizawa Seidou could be gratified about was that his superior was one of the few Special Classes.

As for Mado Kureo, he was still the same as before. As early as near the "Promotion Ceremony," he once again refused the promotion. This was already the unknown number of times he had refused to be promoted to Associate Special Class.

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ps: Because I suddenly had something to do today, the plan could not keep up with the changes. At the same time, writing two books without any manuscripts caused the update time to be relatively late, and it is estimated that there will only be this one update tonight. There will be three updates tomorrow to make up for it.