Louis looked at Ryoko, met her eyes, and nodded.
Fragile? Not at all. She had managed to survive even in an environment like Ward 24.
"Come to think of it, these two are practically Hinami's teachers now." Louis introduced Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa to Ryouko Fueguchi.
These two counted as the highly educated people around him. At the very least, they had no trouble reading.
Faced with Ryoko's thanks, Little Black and Little White were somewhat at a loss. It seemed they hadn't received thanks from a stranger in a long time.
This ghoul from Ward 24 had an unusually gentle air about her.
Louis surveyed their surroundings. The warehouse was extremely bare, and as a place to live, it was even worse than the settlements they had set up in Ward 24. With wounded people here as well, it was no wonder Viper had lost her temper.
"Let's get Banjō over here... We need to discuss how to settle everyone in." Louis looked at the people filling the warehouse. Men and women, young and old, were all covered in dust and grime. With their kagune put away, they looked like refugees fleeing for their lives.
"I'm still curious. Were you really that confident I wouldn't hurt Ryoko?" Once the people with the deepest grievances had been sent away, Viper couldn't help asking.
"I won't take orders from someone who doesn't care whether his subordinates live or die."
"I figured you probably wouldn't do it. You brought everyone from your old settlement over, didn't you? Both your main fighting force and the weaker people under your protection. If you'd come here to fight, there'd have been no need for that." Louis shrugged, then turned back to look at her.
"Besides being reasonably confident I could save her, as the