"So she really is female. Well, never mind that for now."
Touka immediately hoisted Kanae onto her back. Since Kanae was still unconscious and couldn't hold on, Touka had to be careful not to let her fall.
Then Byakuya and Touka leaped rapidly across rooftops.
Being carried on Byakuya's back, Matsumae could only wrap her arms around his neck. Due to the position, her chest inevitably pressed against his back.
If she weren't currently unable to move, she definitely wouldn't have done this.
Soon, Byakuya and Touka brought Matsumae and Kanae back to Anteiku.
They laid them on the second-floor couch to rest.
"Just stay here and regenerate slowly."
With that, Byakuya headed downstairs.
He wasn't worried about Matsumae or Kanae acting out—not unless they were brainless.
Downstairs, Irimi asked curiously: "Who were those two just now?"
"They're two Tsukiyama family servants. That shit Tsukiyama has been dealt with."
Touka then explained the whole situation. "..."
"That Tsukiyama bastard is really despicable—pulling such underhanded tricks."
Irimi said indignantly.
"But Amaha-san really is impressive. I hear the Tsukiyama servants are no weaklings—ordinary people couldn't defeat them."
Koma praised.
"Those two servants were indeed very strong—one was even no weaker than Jason. But he still crushed them completely."
Touka nodded.
"Jason? I've heard of that Ward 13 Jason! He was supposedly the Ward 13 boss before—brutal and powerful. Amaha-san can actually beat ghouls even stronger than Jason!"
Roma suddenly grew excited. "It's decided! From now on, Amaha-san is my idol! No wait—Amaha-sama!"
"..."
Byakuya was somewhat speechless.
Roma was such an actress. In the original story, she'd never even met Kaneki yet constantly screamed "Kaneki-sama" at Anteiku—purely for entertainment value, since Kaneki was the most successful artificial one-eyed ghoul.
The same logic applied to him now. A powerful investigator willingly hanging out with Anteiku's ghouls—and Rize was among them too.
The Clowns probably knew quite a bit about his affairs—except for his transmigrator identity and system, which they definitely didn't know.
"Good that Touka's safe. So what do you plan to do with those two Tsukiyama servants upstairs?"
Yomo asked while wiping a plate, his tone flat as always.
"Nothing special. They're my servants now. The Tsukiyama Group's president offered them as a condition for sparing his son's life."
Byakuya said.
Before this, when Touka still didn't know Kanae was a girl disguised as a boy, hearing Byakuya's condition about enslaving those two servants hadn't struck her as anything particular.
Now that she knew Kanae was female—and Byakuya had been the one to tell her, meaning he'd seen through it long ago—suddenly something felt off...
"So... you spared Tsukiyama because you fancied those two girls' looks?"
Touka questioned Byakuya in an eerie tone.
"Girls?... Enslaved?..."
These two words combined created quite an impact on Hinami's mind.
She wasn't a clueless child—she could imagine various scenarios, all rather stimulating for her.
"Oh my... Hinami shouldn't overthink it. I don't think Amaha-kun would do that sort of thing."
Ryouko said with a smile.
"Though Amaha-sama seems a bit perverted, I remain Amaha-sama's devoted fan..."
Roma's cheeks reddened slightly, her voice shy.
Undoubtedly, this was acting.
Koma and Irimi just smiled without comment.
"..."
Yomo showed no reaction whatsoever—such trivial matters weren't worth noting.
"Of course not!"
Byakuya immediately protested: "I enslaved them naturally to have them work for me. What I valued most was the Tsukiyama Group's wealth—how could I possibly spare Tsukiyama just for their looks?"
Touka nodded slightly. "I see... Then I wrongly accused you. Sorry."
The Tsukiyama Group's wealth was indeed formidable, ranking among the top in all of Tokyo.
And their true identity as a ghoul family was well-known in the ghoul world.
Given Byakuya's condition of unrestricted access to Tsukiyama Group finances, thinking about it carefully, that was indeed far more valuable than any servants' looks.
Afterward, Touka continued chatting with the staff downstairs about the Tsukiyama situation while Byakuya went upstairs to check on things.
Out of habit, he pushed the door open directly—only to find Matsumae undressing.
Fortunately, Matsumae had her back to him, and her clothes weren't fully off. He didn't see anything critical—just pale skin and a graceful figure.
But the next moment, hearing the door open, Matsumae immediately turned her head—and her body began turning too.
"Stop!"
Byakuya commanded immediately. "Don't turn around, or I'll really see everything."
"..."
Realizing what was happening, Matsumae's eyes went wide, trembling with agitation, her cheeks flushing involuntarily.
Fortunately Byakuya had warned her in time. Coming to her senses, she maintained her position facing away while quickly putting her clothes back on.
"You... why didn't you lock the door?"
Byakuya asked calmly.
As if the incident hadn't affected him at all.
Normally in such situations, the man who'd seen something would get blamed—but here Byakuya was questioning Matsumae.
After all, when undressing one should lock the door first. Fault needed to be assigned properly.
"I didn't want to move around. I just wanted to check my wounds. I didn't expect... Master, you'd come up just then..."
When Matsumae reached "didn't expect," she remembered her current enslaved status and immediately changed her address.
She couldn't afford carelessness here—if she failed to satisfy him, the young master and even the entire Tsukiyama family would be endangered.
So she could only humbly call him "Master."
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