"That woman Itori was actually serious..." Louis looked at the brand-new Bounty Notice in his hand, and the figure on it sent a chill through him. It had only been a few days.
One billion yen was no small sum. According to Ito, it was enough to attract the very best bounty hunters.
"There aren't many ghouls in all of Tokyo with both the means and the nerve to put a billion-yen bounty on you. Finding out who did it shouldn't be hard." Sitting on the couch, Ito looked at Louis with considerable helplessness.
"That price would buy the head of any leader in the Thousand-Leaf Tree or Black Tiger. What exactly makes you so special that someone would value you this highly?"
Ito felt utterly helpless. The deeper his investigation went, the more complicated the man before him proved to be. He no longer knew whether accepting Louis as his leader had been a blessing or a curse.
But what else could he do? He had chosen this path, and he would have to follow it to the end, even through tears.
"Hard to say..." Several suspects flashed through Louis's mind. He had even considered Tsukiyama, but he still couldn't be sure.
"Forget it... you don't need to worry too much. It's a hefty bounty, but I doubt any bounty hunter would be suicidal enough to come to Ward 6 and attack its leader. Once word gets out in a few days, the bounty might be withdrawn on its own." Ito rose to his feet, ready to leave.
"I'll ask Black Haru to look into who's behind it. She knows more about high society."
"Mm..." Louis nodded. Though he now had the protection of Ward 6's ghouls, having someone constantly gunning for him was hardly a good thing. Besides,