"Akira Mado should have graduated by now, right? I see you're already a Rank 2 Investigator."
"Her? She went on for further training," Seidou Takizawa answered glumly.
"Oh, I see. Got it."
Having gotten the answer he wanted, Huiqi offered Seidou Takizawa some encouragement, painting a rosy picture for the newcomer.
Night fell...
Yoshimura Kuzen had already left. Noro and Ayato Kirishima had gone out for a meeting, while Yamori and the others had gone shopping.
Everything was just as Banjo Kazuichi had planned. Only the Bin Brothers remained in Ward 11.
"This is our chance. Hurry and run! The Bin Brothers usually slack off, so they won't notice us." Banjo led everyone in a desperate dash out of Ward 11. The people beside him let out hushed cheers now and then. At last, they were getting away from that terrifying organization.
"Thank goodness for Banjo. We'd have had a hard time otherwise."
"You're so clever! That's our captain!"
For a while, praise for Banjo Kazuichi came without end.
As they reached the outskirts, everyone gradually relaxed. Their earlier tension faded, and they even began chatting and laughing.
They had let their guard down so completely that none of them noticed the lookout in a tree. The ghoul watched them below in confusion.
"What are you doing? What are you trying to... do... Aaaah!!!"
Before the lookout could finish, the man behind Banjo killed him. But his dying scream still drew the Bin Brothers over.
"You idiot! Who told you to act on your own? Run!!" Banjo felt thoroughly screwed over by his incompetent teammate. Given that ghoul's strength, they could easily have lured him closer and killed him without giving him a chance to scream.
Seeing the Bin Brothers charging toward them in the distance, a boy in