The ghoul Big Madam, who had abducted Juuzou Suzuya back then, had raised him as a scrapper. Later, because he looked like a girl in women's clothes, his genitals had been brutally smashed.
A combination of factors had severely warped Juuzou Suzuya's psyche. At the time, no investigator had been willing to take him on, until Yukinori Shinohara finally raised his hand and volunteered.
In a sense, Juuzou Suzuya was a pitiful child with no control over his own fate, but his arrival had also caused Yukinori Shinohara considerable trouble.
His occasional lack of direction was manageable. The real problems were that he held grudges and settled them on the spot, had no sense of restraint when attacking, and lacked any clear understanding of society or morality. In that respect, he rivaled Sen Takatsuki.
Yukinori Shinohara had put an enormous amount of effort into bringing Juuzou Suzuya this far.
Huiqi watched Juuzou Suzuya leave with pity in his eyes.
"Being one person short doesn't matter. I'll leave Ward 8 to you as your assignment," Huiqi said to Akira Mado in the passenger seat as he drove.
"All right."
There was no telling what Akira Mado was thinking behind her calm eyes.
Some time later...
They arrived in Ward 8.
Ward 8 lay along the coast, and a gentle sea breeze greeted them, carrying the scent of the tides.
Looking at the surging crowds, Huiqi fell silent. He had never been to the Ward 8 branch and had no idea where it actually was.
Meanwhile, Akira Mado was looking at Huiqi too, waiting for him to lead the way.
Huiqi glanced around, finally settling on two women. He went over and asked, "Excuse me, where is the CCG's Ward 8 branch?"
"It's over there... You just need to go this way..."