Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
Inside a bright office belonging to the Ministry of the Environment's Countermeasures Office.
A woman with shoulder-length black hair and deep green eyes, as ethereal as mist, sat in a wheelchair and gazed at the blue sky outside the window.
"I see. You encountered members of SdS?"
Behind her, Yomi Isayama, carrying a bamboo-sword bag on her back, and Noriyuki Iizuna stared solemnly at her back.
"We're very sorry we failed to take over the Ghoul investigation."
Yomi stepped forward and bowed deeply to Ayame Jinguuji, the Chief of the Countermeasures Office.
Beside her, Noriyuki scratched his head and offered an explanation.
"Chief, it wasn't for lack of trying. That SdS investigator was just too strong. He was practically a monster."
Ayame turned her wheelchair around and said with a smile:
"If even you call him a monster, Iizuna, then he really must be as strong as one."
"As long as you understand, Chief." Noriyuki seemed to mistake this for praise from the Chief, and his thoughts immediately began to wander.
Does the Chief really trust me that much? No way. I already have Yomi. Isn't it a little inappropriate for her to act like this?
"Idiot."
Yomi glanced at Noriyuki. She did not need to guess to know he was indulging in fantasies again.
She was no fool. What the Chief meant was clearly:
If even someone like Noriyuki Iizuna, who loves showing off his abilities all day, thinks he's as strong as a monster, then he really is a monster.
Unless he truly was as strong as a monster, Noriyuki would have found some opportunity to boast about himself.
Just then, Ayame looked at Yomi and asked with a smile:
"Yomi, what do you think?"
Yomi fell silent at the question, considered it for