"Members of the Ghoul Restaurant never show up under their real identities. I call them Lady A." Shuu Tsukiyama had clearly given the matter plenty of thought before coming, and his answer was crisp.
"If you want to lure them out, I can invite them through the Ghoul Restaurant."
"Them?" Louis picked up on the key word.
"Yes. Invitations can only be sent through a specific channel, and it's one-way. Until they arrive, I have no way of knowing whether they received the invitation or whether they'll come." The Gourmet rubbed his chin and answered after a moment's thought.
Although he ran a Ghoul Restaurant, he knew little about most of his customers. Given the precarious way ghouls currently lived, no one wanted to reveal their true identity to someone they barely knew.
"..." Louis fell silent for a moment. Unlikely as it was, he still had to consider the possibility that Tsukiyama wanted to lure him into the Ghoul Restaurant to kill and eat him.
He might not be able to handle the black-and-white sisters attacking together as things stood, let alone all the other ghouls invited by the Tsukiyama Family. A fight there would be a serious headache.
The intelligence gathering on the Yasuhisas was not yet complete, either. Acting too soon could tip Kanou off and put him on guard.
"How long will you need to prepare?" Louis asked.
"Given the unusual circumstances this time, I'll need longer to prepare." Tsukiyama considered it briefly. He had opened the Ghoul Restaurant under his identity as the Gourmet, and many people knew who the Gourmet really was.
If a large-scale clash broke out at the Ghoul Restaurant, he-and even the Tsukiyama Family-could be implicated.
Some of the restaurant's guests were also important clients of the Tsukiyama Family. He could