Inside Cochlea, Huiqi appeared in Ryouko Fueguchi's room. "Let's record a video. Your daughter can't wait to see you."
With that, Huiqi took a few quick photos on his phone, then recorded a video of Ryouko Fueguchi reading and sent it to Hinami's phone.
Once that was done, Huiqi had to hurry straight to Ward 20. There was still something he needed to handle there.
As he was leaving, an investigator approached him. The man wore a round black hat, and the head atop his neck was shaped like a ball, with a line of stitches running along one side.
It was Associate Special Class Investigator Kijima.
"Special Class Investigator Huiqi, could I trouble you with something?"
"Hmm? What is it?" Huiqi glanced at him. They weren't close-in fact, they barely knew each other. Asking for his help out of the blue seemed rather abrupt.
"Please keep an eye out for a ghoul named Jail. He's a particularly vicious ghoul..."
"Understood. Since it concerns a ghoul, of course I'll do my part. If I can catch him, I'll bring him back."
Huiqi gave a perfunctory answer. He had no time to hunt ghouls lately, and he still hadn't sorted out the matter with Akira Mado.
With that, he stepped around Kijima and left without hesitation, giving him no chance to say anything more.
Half an hour later...
Huiqi returned to Ward 20. The moment he walked through the door, he saw Akira Mado waiting for him.
"Ready?"
"Ready."
Hearing her answer, Huiqi furrowed his brow. "From now on, suspend all your investigative work. Come to the Training Ground with me."
"Suspend all my investigative work? Why? Shouldn't we be catching ghouls?" Akira Mado asked in confusion.
"There'll always be chances to catch ghouls. Right now, you need to improve your