The dazzling bandages on his body had long since disappeared, replaced by stitched wounds, but even so, the jagged stitching marks on his bare upper body still looked a little creepy.
"This time, Mr. Mado will form a fire brigade with Special Class Shinohara and others to take charge of the overall situation. I will team up with you, Lancer, to be assault team members... By the way, Lancer, are you okay? Mr. Mado also said that if you can't..."
"Of course there's no problem? You should at least have some confidence in the CCG's medical system, right?"
After finishing the meat bun in the bag, Lancer threw the paper bag into the trash can. At this time, he felt his whole body was full of strength. Not only did a night's sleep restore his physical strength, but yesterday's overthinking also made him realize one thing - no matter what he wanted to do, he needed strength!
He wanted to protect ordinary people, so he needed strength, enough strength to protect people among ghouls!
He hoped to completely change the antagonism between ghouls and humans so that he wouldn't be conflicted, so he needed the power to change all of this!
In the little more than a month left, he didn't know how much he could grow, but he knew that if he didn't work hard, he would regret it again like yesterday!
And Koutarou Amon, who was standing at the door of the ward, felt that Lancer was a little strange, but for a moment he couldn't tell what was strange about him. He looked no different from before, but it was as if he had become a different person. Even the muscle lines on his body seemed to have become much softer...
'What am I thinking? Lancer just rested for one night.'
"Let's go, it's time to get new equipment."
Because he felt strange, Koutarou Amon changed the subject, and Lancer, who was lying on the bed, nodded decisively when he heard him.
He would definitely not miss this battle! Change starts here!
When Lancer and Amon got on the troop carrier, the main force had basically assembled. It was a rare event in the history of the entire CCG for hundreds of investigators above the second class to act collectively.
"Lancer, are you really not wearing armor?"
"Although armor can block the attacks of ghouls below S-class, it comes at the cost of sacrificing flexibility, which is not worth it for me."
Although Lancer 'mission' was for ghouls of S-class or higher, the CCG's internal classification of ghouls was much more serious. Not only were there S, SS, and SSS, but there were also A, B, and C below.
With Lancer strength, even without armor, it was not a big problem to hunt A-class ghouls. He could also maintain an undefeated position when facing an S-class ghoul alone. But if he wore armor, it might be simpler to deal with an A-class ghoul, but his survival rate would be greatly reduced when facing S-class or higher ghouls.
However, even so, Lancer only didn't wear a chest plate. He still wore armor on parts that wouldn't affect flexibility, such as his forearms.
But just as the two were chatting, they happened to see a certain person sitting at the back of the troop carrier.
"Special Class Shinohara!"
"Yo~! First Class Amon, Second Class Lancer."
As one of the only seven Special Class Investigators in the CCG, Shinohara himself was not difficult to get along with. By the way, Itsuki Marude was actually not difficult to get along with either, he just didn't speak nicely. In fact, being his subordinate was the most relaxed, you could completely entrust yourself to him, and he would also live up to your expectations.
"Special Class Shinohara, what were you just looking at?"
"Nothing, I was just looking at the file on 'Jason'."
Without any airs, Shinohara, who looked more like an uncle next door than a Special Class Investigator, didn't hide anything in the face of Koutarou Amon question and casually handed the file in his hand to Koutarou Amon.
Although this file was not allowed to be viewed without permission, he was not as old-fashioned as he looked. This time, the other party would probably be one of the important targets, and there was no need to hide things that could increase his subordinates' survival rate.
Koutarou Amon frowned as he flipped through the file. The photo in this file was a far cry from the 'Jason' he had seen before.
The 'Jason' he had seen was a very burly man, full of pressure, while the Jason in this file gave people a 'weak' feeling. At first, he thought the other party was 'malnourished', but after reading on, he learned that the other party was abused in the 'Ghoul Detention Center' and that's why he became like this.
Although the file didn't explicitly state what kind of abuse he had suffered, it did give a conclusion.
'The reason why Jason appears so unusually violent is undoubtedly because of the abuse he once suffered. The thing he likes to do the most now is to vent all the abuse he once suffered on the targets he catches.'
Koutarou Amon, who had always worked with Kureo Mado, had never thought that there were such people among investigators, but at this moment, Lancer patted him on the shoulder.
"You don't think all humans are good people, do you? What's more, what we know now is only 'partial' information. We don't know the reason why that investigator abused ghouls. This is like a Mobius strip, we can't even find the source."
Compared to Amon shock, Lancer was very calm, not only because he already knew about this, but also because from a certain perspective, he had 'personally experienced' it.
When Lancer took the Fueguchi mother and daughter back, it caused a lot of commotion, but in fact, he was not punished at all. From this point of view, there were quite a few investigators who had done similar things, and he was not without precedent.
Perhaps Lancer words aroused Shinohara's interest, and he also began to comfort Koutarou Amon when Lancer words came to an end.
"Because of Jason's escape, we in the CCG have reformed the detention center to completely prevent such incidents. And no matter what he suffered in the past, it's not a reason for him to kill humans. Thousands of innocent people have died at his hands. The only thing we need to do now is to 'exterminate' him and break this vicious cycle!"
While the three of them were chatting, the troop carrier had already set off. Most of the people sitting in the front were either resting or praying, but there was one person who was behaving very strangely.
From the moment he got on the bus, he looked left and right as if he had ADHD, but when he heard Lancer and the others talking about 'Jason's' past, he subconsciously moved closer to the few of them, and there was a strange smile on his face.
But perhaps because the other party's behavior was too bizarre before and he was quiet now, they didn't feel strange. They just thought that maybe the other party was tired of playing?
But just as Koutarou Amon and Shinohara were chatting, a face suddenly appeared in front of Lancer.
"You're the Second Class Lancer that Uncle Shinohara was talking about, right?"
"That's me, is there something I can help you with?"
"Can you introduce me to First Class Mado? I've admired him for a long time!"
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Looking at Lancer confused eyes, the other party seemed a little excited instead.