Half an hour later, he closed the book.
"Needs investigating. Too bad I can't spare the time."
Huiqi rubbed his brow and sighed. With tensions running so high in Ward 11 lately, he had no time to investigate at all. He could only think through other ways of looking into it.
First, he could rule out everyone in the CCG. He couldn't command anyone above Special Class Investigator, and he neither trusted nor felt comfortable relying on anyone below that rank.
The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became. Between personal matters and official duties, he had no time to spare.
Should I use Ryouko Fueguchi to threaten those ghouls at Anteiku into searching for me?
No, that won't work. I don't know how close they are to her. It would be bad if it backfired.
He rejected the plan involving Ryouko Fueguchi. For now, her only use was to make Hinami keep watch over Ken Kaneki. Any other uses would have to wait until he gradually tested the limits of the ghouls at Anteiku.
At the CCG Ghoul Countermeasures Bureau headquarters in Ward 1, Huiqi idly fiddled with his phone. Beside him, Kureo Mado paced back and forth, unable to hide the anxiety on his face.
"Settle down. You're making me dizzy."
Huiqi set his phone aside as he spoke.
"How am I supposed to settle down? Ward 11 is my responsibility, and it's under attack by ghouls. Yet the higher-ups still haven't granted me command authority."
"Then hurry them along. Without command authority, it's hard for us Special Class Investigators to intervene."
Huiqi felt just as helpless. He wanted to rescue the investigators in Ward 11 too, but there was nothing he could do.
Marute remained anxious well into the night. The green dots