At this moment, the subway had already arrived at the 23rd Ward subway station.
After waiting for a while at the subway station, everyone had arrived.
However, Arima Kishou and the other Zero Squad members did not meet them here; instead, they waited for them at the entrance of the 24th Ward, just like yesterday.
Therefore, as soon as they had all arrived, they immediately set off for the 24th Ward.
" Yakuchi ."
When Yakuchi Kei and Suzuya Juuzou met, Suzuya Juuzou took the initiative to greet him this time.
Although his tone was a bit stiff, after all, he had never interacted normally with other students like this in the training institution before.
"Good afternoon, Suzuya ."
Yakuchi Kei also replied.
The two did not have much conversation, just a simple greeting like this.
"You know he has a serious tendency towards violence, yet you're still willing to get close to him like this?"
At this moment, Anjiu Kurona did not control the volume of her voice and spoke directly to Yakuchi Kei.
Suzuya Juuzou was right behind Yakuchi Kei, so he naturally heard what Anjiu Kurona said.
He usually never cared about such things, but hearing Anjiu Kurona say such things to Yakuchi Kei, he inexplicably felt a desire to defend himself.
However, he still did not speak, because even if he explained, no one would believe him; the Dean had already issued a direct public reprimand against him.
"Although you all say that, I actually don't think Suzuya would be the one to do those things."
At this point, Yakuchi Kei expressed his opinion.
However, he could not directly say that he had personally witnessed Toru Mutsuki killing the cat and Goumasa Tokage covering for Toru Mutsuki.
Firstly, he had no evidence, so no one would believe him; secondly, this matter already involved the Dean of the "Academy."
Although the Dean probably didn't know the truth and just believed what Goumasa Tokage said.
But without evidence to refute Goumasa Tokage, Yakuchi Kei stepping forward would undoubtedly offend many people, including the Dean.
Of course, with his strength, he had no need to fear them, but if he truly displayed his full strength, he would definitely be targeted by the Washuu Family, and being targeted by the Washuu Family in advance would be very unfavorable for his subsequent actions.
It was true that he had the ability to protect himself, but he couldn't possibly spend every day hiding and developing secretly; if the Washuu Family truly targeted him, they would definitely pursue him relentlessly, just like they did to Yoshimura Kuzen back then, and that would be too boring.
So, before he developed, Yakuchi Kei only wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble, which was why he decisively turned and left as soon as he saw Toru Mutsuki and Goumasa Tokage.
"?!..."
As soon as Yakuchi Kei said this, Suzuya Juuzou was instantly surprised.
He had never even defended himself, yet Yakuchi Kei actually thought it wasn't him?
"You... are you kidding me? The Dean announced it; do you not believe the Dean?"
Anjiu Kurona said with a surprised tone.
"I know that, but I still think Suzuya wouldn't do such a thing; I believe I'm quite good at judging people."
Yakuchi Kei still said.
"Since you say you're good at judging people, what kind of person am I in your eyes?"
Just as she finished speaking, Anjiu Kurona immediately added, "You're not allowed to use the word 'cute' again!"
"You're so cute, yet you won't let me say 'cute.' That's a bit cute, isn't it?"
Yakuchi Kei said with a faint smile.
Anjiu Kurona's face immediately flushed upon hearing this, and she said with slight indignation, "I told you not to use the word 'cute'!"
"Alright, alright."
Yakuchi Kei stopped teasing Anjiu Kurona and said with a serious tone, "Then... lacking love."
"Lacking love?"
Anjiu Kurona didn't expect Yakuchi Kei to say that.
"Yes, that's what my intuition tells me."
Yakuchi Kei was talking nonsense with a straight face.
He almost couldn't keep a straight face himself, feeling like he was becoming a "charlatan."
Of course, this was not some so-called intuition, but his analysis of Anjiu Kurona from an "omniscient perspective."
To be precise, both Anjiu Kurona and Anjiu Nashiro, the sisters, lacked love, because they lost their biological father when they were very young, and their mother was not even mentioned in the original work.
Later, Akihiro Kanou forcibly took over the Anjiu family, possibly by casually deceiving the then-young Kuro and Nashiro Yasuhisa, and then Kuro and Nashiro Yasuhisa, who had lost family and lacked care since childhood, recognized Akihiro Kanou as their "father" and obeyed Akihiro Kanou in every way, even willing to undergo artificial Half-Ghoul experiments.
It's clear that Kuro and Nashiro Yasuhisa must have lacked love.
"Then your intuition is wrong; I don't lack love at all."
Anjiu Kurona was unwilling to admit that she lacked love, or perhaps she wasn't aware that she lacked love.
Yakuchi Kei just smiled and didn't say much more about it, "Actually, whether you lack love or not isn't important; what matters is that Kurona is very cute, that's what I most want to say."
"You, you're doing it again!"
Anjiu Kurona's face instantly turned red, and her usual aloof demeanor vanished.
At this moment, Suzuya Juuzou was not paying attention to what Yakuchi Kei and Anjiu Kurona were talking about; he was thinking that if Yakuchi truly believed him, he might find an opportunity to explain things properly to Yakuchi .
He didn't care whether others believed him; he only hoped that Yakuchi would believe what he said.
...
Still the same place as yesterday, Yakuchi Kei and the others met with all the Zero Squad members and were preparing to enter the 24th Ward.
The Zero Squad members were still in their white combat uniforms; this seemed to be the Zero Squad's unique uniform.
Other CCG Investigators would not dress as conspicuously as them, usually wearing casual clothes or formal wear like suits, as being too conspicuous would make it inconvenient to capture Ghouls, unlike the Zero Squad, which possessed absolute overwhelming strength.
Zero Squad combat uniform
" Yakuchi -sensei!"
Ihei Shirazu waved at Yakuchi Kei as soon as he saw him.
"Your relationship with him is already so close."
At this moment, Arima Yuuza, who was standing nearby, spoke.
"Shisazu has always been like this, but Shisazu is indeed noticeably closer to that Yakuchi -sensei than to ordinary people."
Soutou Rikai commented faintly.
"Anyway, he'll be our colleague later if nothing unexpected happens, so it's good to build a relationship in advance."
Ui Koori said with a faint smile.
In his opinion, with Yakuchi Kei's performance, he would most likely enter the CCG with the top score, unless there was a more monstrous existence among the other students in the same period, which he thought was very unlikely.
Moreover, Yakuchi Kei had a lot of room for advancement; he estimated that Yakuchi Kei might become an Associate Special Class Investigator in the future, which was his conservative estimate, of course.