Furuta looked rather helpless. Wearing a mask for so long had turned life itself into a performance for him.
"So, Mr. Louis, what exactly do you want with me?" Furuta dropped his earlier act, opened his eyes, and looked at Louis seriously.
"To learn a few things, but ultimately, I want to see if there's any room for cooperation." Louis stopped there. He couldn't say too much, especially in a public place like this.
"As it happens, my friend and I have been thinking along similar lines..." Furuta propped up his chin, once again putting on a troubled, head-scratching act. "This place may be safe, but it still isn't somewhere we can talk..."
Louis watched him perform his one-man show without responding. Furuta had picked the place; he should have worked out a solution.
"How about this? Go see my friend. He'll explain everything on my behalf." Furuta suddenly pulled what looked like a Ghoul Investigator's business card from inside his jacket and handed it over.
Louis couldn't read most of the printed text on it. The only part he understood was a crooked line scrawled in pen.
It was an address. Translating place names alone would have been difficult, but Louis immediately had a lead-the one-eyed twins' home.
"A secret that belongs only to us." Furuta Nimura pressed his lips together in a meaningful smile. "Here's hoping... we work well together..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he rose, picked up the briefcase he had brought with him, paid, and left.
Louis looked at the business card in his hand, thought for a moment, then slipped it into his pocket.
The only one-eyed twins Louis knew were Kurona Yasuhisa and her sister, and he had already confirmed that they worked for Kanou.
Did this mean Furuta had revealed his