#327 - Chapter 324 Black Hair Bell House
Clearly, Tooru Mutsuki didn't expect Haibane Night to help her conceal those things.
“I see, then you take her there.”
Akira Mado nodded slightly.
Afterward, Haibane Night left to go to the 20th Ward Branch.
Tooru Mutsuki closely followed behind him, wearing her eyepatch securely.
Even now, she still couldn't control her one-eyed ghoul eye.
At this moment, Tooru Mutsuki thanked Haibane Night.
“It's nothing.”
Haibane Night responded.
“Why... why is Associate Special Investigator Haibane willing to help me to this extent...?”
Tooru Mutsuki couldn't help but ask.
“As for why... the reason is very simple. You are also a member of the Qs Squad. It would be best if this matter could be resolved privately.”
Haibane Night explained calmly, “You certainly don't want Kuuki and the others to know what you did before, right?”
“Yeah...”
Tooru Mutsuki nodded, feeling grateful from the bottom of her heart.
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20th Ward, CCG Branch.
Juuzou Suzuya was sitting in the office.
He had already been fitted with a prosthetic right leg when he was discharged from the hospital, so he no longer needed to sit in a wheelchair.
And after a period of training, his right leg could now move normally and even fight ghouls.
Since Yukinori Shinohara was still in a vegetative state, the CCG had not yet arranged a new partner for Juuzou Suzuya, and he was currently acting alone.
However, barring any accidents, Juuzou Suzuya would soon be promoted from First Class Investigator to Associate Special Investigator.
The CCG headquarters probably thought that they were not in a hurry to assign a superior to Juuzou Suzuya. After Juuzou Suzuya was promoted to Associate Special Investigator, they could directly assign him a subordinate.
“Juuzou.”
Arriving at the office, Haibane Night called out to Juuzou Suzuya.
“Night!”
Seeing Night arrive, Juuzou Suzuya immediately left his seat with a happy expression, running over with his arms raised to the side like a child pretending to fly an airplane.
It could be seen that Juuzou Suzuya's hair had changed from its original white to black.
Not only that, but the emotions expressed on Juuzou Suzuya's face were also richer than before.
This was precisely because of Yukinori Shinohara's selfless love in the past, as well as the care that Haibane Night and others had given him, that he had changed.
According to the example of black hair turning white, Ken Kaneki and Tooru Mutsuki both "turned dark." As for Kishou Arima, that was normal aging, so it was not included.
Juuzou Suzuya actually had black hair at the beginning. It was the abuse and morbid love he suffered from the SS-rated ghoul [Big Madam] when he was a child that caused Juuzou Suzuya's hair to turn white.
As everyone knows, Ken Kaneki, Tooru Mutsuki, and Juuzou Suzuya all have more than one personality. Juuzou Suzuya's hair turning black can be said to be the opposite of "turning dark," or it can be said that he has switched back to his original personality.
Compared to the black-haired personality, the white-haired personality of Juuzou Suzuya was ruthless, cruel, and had no moral bottom line.
“It seems you have completely adapted to this prosthetic leg.”
Seeing Juuzou Suzuya looking so energetic, Haibane Night immediately felt happy for him.
“Yes, I have been working hard on rehabilitation training every day~”
Juuzou Suzuya nodded.
After speaking, he stretched out his hands toward Haibane Night, as if asking for something.
Haibane Night knew that Juuzou wanted his praise and candy.
“Great job, great job.”
Haibane Night then took out some candy from his pocket, praising him while placing the candy in Juuzou Suzuya's hands.
“Thank you~”
Juuzou Suzuya was overjoyed.
Perhaps it was because his black-haired personality was still stuck in his childhood before being abused by Big Madam, making him more childish than his previous white-haired personality.
Fortunately, other than that, his intelligence, ability, and combat awareness had not regressed, but had become stronger and stronger.
At this time, Juuzou Suzuya noticed Tooru Mutsuki beside Haibane Night.
While eating a lollipop, he looked at Tooru Mutsuki in front of him with a slightly puzzled expression, “Is this person also an investigator from our 20th Ward Branch? I don't seem to have seen him before...”
Juuzou Suzuya had always been a loner during his time at the “Academy,” basically not interacting with others, so it was normal that he had no impression of Tooru Mutsuki.
And Tooru Mutsuki had been working from home ever since undergoing the Qs surgery, not belonging to any branch, so Juuzou Suzuya had never seen Tooru Mutsuki before.
“He's not from our branch, he's one of the members of the Qs Squad.”
Haibane Night immediately introduced.
Since Tooru Mutsuki had always been disguising himself as a man and deliberately kept his hair short, Tooru Mutsuki was basically a boy in the eyes of outsiders. Even Kuuki Urie and the others didn't know that Tooru Mutsuki was a girl, so Night naturally had to use "he" to refer to Tooru Mutsuki.
At the same time, Haibane Night also signaled to Tooru Mutsuki with his eyes.
Tooru Mutsuki understood that she had to seize this opportunity, and immediately mustered her courage to speak, “I... I am Tooru Mutsuki, the real culprit who committed the acts of abuse against the cat back in the 'Academy'...”
Although she had prepared herself mentally in advance, Tooru Mutsuki still couldn't help but feel nervous and afraid in the face of this situation.
She lowered her head, not daring to look directly at Juuzou Suzuya.
Little did she know that Juuzou Suzuya's face was very calm at this moment.
“I remember that the combat instructor who pointed me out at the time was named Takeyoshi Hoge, right? Although I don't know why he did that, maybe it's because the previous me was too unlikable?”
Juuzou Suzuya said with a smile.
Not only did he not blame Tooru Mutsuki, but he also gave one of the candies in his hand to Tooru Mutsuki, “I'll give you this candy, don't be sad.”
Tooru Mutsuki immediately raised her head in shock, and saw that Juuzou Suzuya's face only had a simple smile.
“Take it.”
At this time, Haibane Night reminded Tooru Mutsuki.
He also realized that Juuzou Suzuya had undergone a huge change, and such a change was exchanged for by the painful experience of the “Owl Extermination Battle”...
Tooru Mutsuki then came back to her senses, quickly accepted the candy, and said “Thank you” to Juuzou Suzuya.
Afterward, Juuzou Suzuya pulled Haibane Night to the lounge to chat and eat, and also invited Tooru Mutsuki.
In the lounge, Juuzou Suzuya's attitude was very friendly when chatting with Tooru Mutsuki, as if there were no conflicts between them.
While Tooru Mutsuki felt relieved, she also felt incredulous.
If she were in the other person's situation back then, she would definitely feel very aggrieved and angry...
She couldn't imagine that the other person not only didn't hold a grudge, but also talked and laughed with her like a good friend.
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ps: Today's update is a little earlier, today's three updates should be no problem.
Black-haired Juuzou
