The guests at the Ghoul Restaurant noticed the fighting and fled outside to avoid getting caught in it.
Lady A was fleeing too, but Louis could no longer spare her any attention. If he mishandled the man in front of him, he would lose his life.
"Mr. Yoshimura, may I ask why you attacked my companion?" Louis hurriedly changed his tone. Yoshimura Kuzen had once led Ward 6, and the ghouls there thought very highly of him.
Besides his formidable strength, he was also exceptionally honorable among ghouls and never slaughtered innocents indiscriminately. Surely he had a reason for attacking Tsukiyama.
"You know me?" Yoshimura Kuzen narrowed his eyes. The mangled wound on his left arm healed rapidly, but fortunately, he showed no signs of attacking for the moment.
"You must be the person he said he had an arrangement with. Have your companions clear the doorway, and I'll spare you for now."
Louis glanced back. As far as he could see, a large crowd was stuck at the entrance. Curses rang out constantly; someone seemed to be blocking their way.
Banjō and the others probably still had no idea what had happened inside and were continuing to block the entrance.
"Tsukiyama..." Louis looked at Shuu Tsukiyama, who had finally managed to get up. "Go tell Banjō and the others to move aside..."
Tsukiyama knew the guests here better, so it would be best to let him handle it.
"..." Tsukiyama gritted his teeth, but seeing Louis braced for a formidable enemy, he reluctantly headed over.
An opponent who could hide in his room without a sound and nearly rob him of his ability to fight with a single punch was too terrifying to confront head-on.
Louis stayed where he was, facing off against Yoshimura Kuzen.
Calling it a face-off