One-Eyed Owl Reappears

"We never expected that we'd provoke such a powerful nuisance."

After hearing Investigator Aaron's report, the higher-ups of the Countermeasures Bureau furrowed their brows.

"What does it matter? I don't think the Inquisition did anything wrong."

But soon, someone spoke up.

"Ghouls and their servants deserved to die in the first place. If we obtained a lead, wouldn't we eliminate them as well? In my opinion, the Inquisition's actions were entirely correct. If they really are an organization dedicated to protecting humanity, then wouldn't it be a good thing to let them deal with the Ghouls?"

"But the Inquisition's actions were excessively brutal. They may bring about unimaginable consequences..."

"We can simply use an information blockade to suppress the news. Normally, when dealing with an enemy like the One-Eyed Owl, we have to seal off an entire district, evacuate large numbers of civilians, and even lose quite a few personnel before we can achieve our objective. Yet the Inquisition accomplished this effortlessly, without suffering any losses at all. Compared to that, what do a few rumors matter? Don't tell me you still cling to that old-fashioned sense of territory?"

For a time, the higher-ups of the Countermeasures Bureau began arguing among themselves. Some believed that Duanmu Huai and the Inquisition had acted too carelessly, even recklessly.

But another group believed that as long as the other party was dealing with Ghouls, none of that mattered. After all, the Special Countermeasures Bureau existed to exterminate Ghouls, so both sides shared the same interests. If the Bureau possessed power like the Inquisition's, they would have taken similar action long ago. Moreover, although the Inquisition killed ruthlessly, their immense strength meant that they caused very few losses.

If the Countermeasures Bureau had handled it, they would never have been able to uproot all