The door swung open without warning, sending the five or six people eavesdropping outside tumbling into a heap. Standing before them were two figures, one tall and one short, both radiating murderous intent.
"Have you all had a little too much free time lately...?" Louis looked at these backstabbers. They had barely brought back any useful information, yet they were spreading rumors and slander everywhere.
The ghouls in Ward 6 didn't dare gossip about him, so Louis hadn't noticed at first. Only on his last visit to Anteiku had he discovered that his reputation was already in tatters. Apparently, he was some tyrant who bullied men and preyed on women...
"I heard a lot of negative comments about Ice Mask while I was out this time... Has anyone in the Intelligence Department looked into the reason?" Louis stared at them darkly, enunciating every word.
"Have there been any?"
"We must have been slacking lately! Don't worry, boss. We'll definitely find out who's behind this!"
Their guilty consciences immediately kicked in. None dared meet Louis's eyes, and they looked away, playing off one another as they tried to bluff their way through.
"Slacking? On the contrary, I think you've been working very diligently. This is the first time I've seen anyone volunteer for overtime to expand their operations." Louis crouched down and placed a hand on a woman who had stayed silent the entire time. She shuddered, breaking into a cold sweat, too nervous to raise her head.
"Looks like the last punishment was still too lenient..." Louis looked at the woman. She had corrupted Hinami overnight, then single-handedly led the entire Intelligence Department astray. He had punished her before, but she had taken "I know I was wrong, and I'll do it again" to its absolute limit.
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