"Why are you focusing on that?"
For whatever reason, Touka Kirishima felt very unhappy when she saw Hinami hugging Lancer. She wasn't sure of the specific reason, but she was just unhappy. In addition, she was also very sympathetic to the Manager's experience, so she couldn't help but speak.
And facing the somewhat aggressive Touka Kirishima, Lancer was a bit speechless.
If he doesn't focus on this, what should he focus on?
He did sympathize with Yoshimura Kuzen and his wife's matter, but this was a thing of the past, and he had already known the general details before. Moreover, he also believed that the reason Yoshimura Kuzen said all this was not to earn boring sympathy.
"Do you know the intelligence of the organization you joined before?"
"I'm not exactly sure, after all, I was only a combatant hired by that organization. I can only be considered an outermost existence, but precisely because I couldn't find any clues, I suspect that the organization might be protected by a large interest group. After all, I can't think of any other reason besides that."
Seeing Lancer and Yoshimura Kuzen continue the conversation along the line of the 'organization', Touka Kirishima immediately glared at Lancer unhappily. Unfortunately, Lancer was completely unaware of it.
But unfortunately, the other party also seemed to have tried to find intelligence about this organization later, but there were never any useful clues.
It was only after they concluded with 'hope to continue collecting intelligence about the other party' and Yoshimura Kuzen stated that he had been collecting it all along, that both sides fell silent, because after talking about all the peripheral things, they reached the core issue.
"How do you plan to deal with the 'Owl'?"
"..."
The other party was met with a period of silence, but in a way, silence was the best answer, because Lancer never intended to let the 'Owl' go from the start, not only because of the matter between the other party and Kureo Mado but also because of the other party's actions.
As the leader of the 'Aogiri Tree', she had personally killed at least hundreds of investigators, and the number of ordinary people who died indirectly due to the activities of the 'Aogiri Tree' she led numbered in the thousands. Even with the CCG's subsequent evacuation, thousands of ordinary people were killed or injured in the battle in the 11th Ward back then.
Indeed, the Aogiri Tree directly occupied the branch, but did they wait for the CCG at the decisive battle location after occupying the branch? How could that be possible? They naturally hunted wantonly.
The two looked at each other in silence until Yoshimura Kuzen finally sighed.
"I understand."
Although everyone was extremely happy because of the appearance of the food at the beginning, the mood of everyone became somewhat depressed after this simple gathering ended.
But they couldn't think of a way to change all this. After all, no matter how you look at it, the 'Owl' and the 'CCG' are an irreconcilable contradiction. It is fundamentally impossible for the two sides to coexist. As Lancer said, perhaps weak ghouls or ghouls who dislike fighting will choose to live the same life as ordinary people, but what about those strong ghouls who are unrestrained?
Touka Kirishima originally wanted to say something to Yoshimura Kuzen, but she was stopped by Kaya Irimi in the end.
If others were only just learning about these things now, then Enji Koma and Kaya Irimi, who had followed the other party the longest, had undoubtedly guessed some things long ago. They knew that simple comfort was meaningless at a time like this.
Moreover, they trusted Yoshimura Kuzen. It was this man who led them away from their former frenzied age. It was he who gave them their current life.
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When the people left 'Anteiku', they also saw Lancer motorcycle parked downstairs.
This motorcycle was very strange, not only because it was completely painted black but also because of some strange patterns on it.
But Lancer naturally wouldn't explain what they were. In reality, this was the effect of the 'enchantment machine'.
The cooling time of the 'Automatic Enchantment Machine' is 8 hours, and Lancer also used this time to conduct experiments, finally obtaining many strange items.
'Poisoned Dagger'
The material was the fragment of the divine beast that was defeated by the three cat people earlier. The poison on the dagger was almost instantly fatal to ordinary people, but the final result was that the dagger broke into two pieces. Simply put, the strength of the weapon itself was insufficient. Lancer even doubted whether the knife could pierce normal armor.
The largest number was naturally the 'Crimson Lotus' series of weapons, and the effect of the explosion varied depending on the strength of the material. In addition to this, the most common effects were naturally 'Sharpness Enhancement', 'Hardness Increase', 'Holder Gains Elemental Resistance', and so on.
He also barely concluded a rule: generally, minerals or materials from inanimate objects tended to be defensive enchantments, while things like teeth, scales, and fur from monsters tended to be offensive enchantments.
And after this motorcycle was completed, Lancer also gave it a 'Hardness Enhancement' enchantment. Simply put, it became more durable.
Because the atmosphere in the cafe was a bit strange, Lancer and the Fueguchi mother and daughter actually didn't have much interaction, and after the gathering, considering that Ryouko Fueguchi had been attacked by ghouls before, Touka Kirishima wanted to send them back, but Lancer opposed it in the end.
"Although I don't know why you haven't been exposed for the past two years, you probably don't want to be exposed, right? So let me send them back."
Of course, Lancer didn't say one thing, which was that the CCG might have already discovered them, but chose to let them be because of the agreement between the Manager and the CCG. But it's better to be safe than sorry, so it was best for him to send them.
It was just that Lancer always had a bad premonition for some reason.
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The motorcycle Lancer was riding looked very simple, but this was because he hated flashy things. In reality, its cost was enough to bankrupt most investigators, or to give a simple example.
It cost more than Special Class Marude's motorcycle.
Lancer gave his helmet to Hinami Fueguchi, letting her sit in front, while Ryouko Fueguchi sat behind Lancer. Since Lancer height and body size were basically enough to block the wind, it didn't matter.
However, the only thing that Lancer found a bit strange was that Ryouko Fueguchi was sitting sideways.
But Lancer, who didn't think much of it, only kept the speed at a normal pace. After all, he knew that he could perfectly control the motorcycle beneath him because of his 'Riding' ability, but the other two passengers in the car were not aware of this.
But even so, the three arrived at the place Ryouko Fueguchi and Hinami Fueguchi rented in less than half an hour.
A simple apartment building, with steel stairs and the tall buildings nearby, made it look very 'desolate'.
'Are they living here now?'