The Beginning of Peace (Part 2)

"Isn't this Furuta? It's been a long time."

Inside the laboratory, when Sen Takatsuki saw Nimura Furuta's body bound inside a specially reinforced tempered-glass cultivation chamber, she immediately approached with a genial smile and waved at him through the chamber.

As a former member of V, Sen Takatsuki naturally knew Nimura Furuta. In fact, she had also met Kishou Arima while she was in V.

The Washuu Clan's influence was incredibly powerful. They truly controlled both the legitimate and criminal worlds. On the legitimate side, they had Sun Garden. The strongest combat forces among all CCG investigators came from Sun Garden—people such as Kishou Arima and Ihei Hairu.

On the criminal side was naturally V. Sen Takatsuki and the former Manager, the two generations of One-Eyed Owls, had both once been members of V.

With both sides intertwined, it was easy to imagine just how much power the Washuu Clan held. To put it bluntly, if Nimura Furuta had not betrayed them and directly killed Washuu Yoshitoki and Washuu Tsuneyoshi, then even if Kishou Arima and Sen Takatsuki had joined forces, the final outcome would have been difficult to predict.

It was not as though no one had suspected the Washuu Clan's identity over the years. Unfortunately, those who had doubts ultimately could no longer speak. With such immense authority in their hands, clearing their own name was far too easy. That was likely why Kishou Arima and Sen Takatsuki had not previously adopted Shen Fei's plan.

Without absolute strength to support it, Shen Fei's earlier actions could not have shaken the Washuu Clan's power. At worst, they could have silenced every witness and simply claimed publicly that ghouls had done it.

Take Kureo Mado, for instance. If Shen Fei's side had not acted quickly, once Kureo's secret investigation touched