"Just kill me... I've already told you everything I know..."
Screams kept coming from deep in the alley. Death had become a luxury, and the voice grew steadily weaker, signaling that this life was nearing its end.
Once the screams died away, a girl wrapped in bandages emerged. She was petite, but at that moment she looked like a demon from hell, covered in blood and carrying a severed limb.
"A present for little Naki." She cradled the bloody object in her palms, looking quite fond of it.
"If I ever fall into your hands, I'm definitely not giving you a chance to interrogate me." Louis glanced at it once before looking away. "Did you get anything out of him?"
"He was just one of V's enforcers. He didn't give me any information worth noting." As Eto spoke, she suddenly laughed. "You, on the other hand, are going to have his death pinned on you. Are you ready to deal with V's retaliation?"
"It was bound to come sooner or later anyway," Louis said indifferently.
Both the credit and the consequences for wiping out Black Tiger and the Thousand-Leaf Tree today would fall on him. Black Tiger wasn't a concern; the trouble was the Thousand-Leaf Tree's connection to V. The dangers he would face next were entirely unknown.
Still, that was fine. He hadn't been able to find a way to contact the V Organization anyway. Now all he had to do was wait for them to come knocking.
"Mr. Shachi should be about finished on his end too. I'll be going now."
After today, Aogiri Tree would leave Ward 6. Louis would have to handle everything else himself.
In the courtyard, members of Black Tiger and the Thousand-Leaf Tree lay scattered across the ground, while Shachi said his