Akane Tsunemori stood opposite Ginoza.
"What's so urgent?"
"...The Criminal Investigation Department is currently short two Enforcers. Under these circumstances, we can't leave Kougami sitting on the sidelines." No one knew what Ginoza was thinking.
Faced with Ginoza's answer,
Lin Yan and Akane Tsunemori both fell silent.
Ginoza continued.
"Therefore, I've already spoken with Inspector Aoyagi from Division Two. She agreed to a temporary exchange of Enforcers. Kougami will continue participating in the search for Shusei Kagari in Division Two. We'll also accept personnel from their side."
"Gino..."
Why had it come to this?!
No one could understand it.
"Let me make this clear first, Kougami." Ginoza's expression was stern. "Although you're being allowed back into the field, don't forget that you were ultimately removed from the pursuit of Shogo Makishima. Inspector Aoyagi won't overlook any overreach. If you do anything that holds Division Two back, Division One won't have a place for you either. At that point, you'll be sent directly to an isolation facility, so watch yourself."
"...Yeah..."
Ginoza was acting very unusually. Although Lin Yan did not particularly like Ginoza, this was not something his usual personality would have done.
"Ginoza, that was quite an elegant move." The speaker was Aoyagi, Division Two's Inspector, a highly capable woman.
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Ryogo Kagura was Aoyagi's lover, an Enforcer who had fled. However, Aoyagi had caught up to him and eliminated him with an Eliminator.
She was a woman who could kill without hesitation, even if the target was her lover.
"Sorry for dragging you into something this risky," Ginoza apologized.
"It's fine. We also found Fuji's disappearance on your side extremely suspicious. And we can't just let Shogo Makishima get away like this, can we? ...There are so few clues regarding Fuji that it's understandable