Cold air swirled through the bedroom. All the furniture had been cleared out, and layers of translucent crystals coated the walls. Even the windows had not been spared, with only a few ventilation holes left open.
In the center of the room, the two girls had been stripped of their outer robes and bound securely with ice chains. Cold crystals pinned their legs to the floor, and their pale arms were suspended overhead. Louis had taken particular care with the areas around the kakuhou at their waists. Several ice chains extended from the walls and wrapped around those spots, studded with tiny ice spikes that would effectively prevent their kagune from emerging.
Even if they forced their kagune out, those ice spikes would pierce straight into their kakuhou, inflicting serious damage.
Imprisoning ghouls was no easy task. According to Banjo Kazuichi, the most common method was to break their limbs, exhausting their energy and weakening them until they could no longer release their kagune. At that point, even the most ordinary cage could hold them.
But that was far too cruel, so Louis had chosen his own method. Not only could it conceal their scent, it also let him monitor everything inside the room at all times.
The moment Louis entered, he felt a resentful gaze fix on him.
Kurona Yasuhisa glared viciously at Louis. Unlike Nashiro Yasuhisa, who had been defeated in battle, she had surrendered only because she had been threatened.
So while Nashiro Yasuhisa's eyes held mostly panic, Kurona Yasuhisa's were filled with hatred and disgust.
Still, in this cramped room that was entirely under his control, neither of them could cause much trouble.
"Oh, still pretty lively..." Louis leaned toward Kurona Yasuhisa and roughly gripped her chin with his right hand, the girl's smooth skin brushing