"Captain, why!?" Zoey burst into questioning mode as soon as they were alone.
Johann let out an exasperated sigh before tossing Zoey a lollipop and gesturing for her to sit down. Despite hating sweet things, she did as she was asked to and sat on the opposite side.
"The HQ is looking for him, do you know what that means?" he asked.
"He'll be found sooner than later," Zoey replied, but to her surprise, Johann shook his head.
"Not at all. They will find where he lives and hand over the investigative authority to those in charge of that section. You perhaps didn't know it since it's rare for the HQ to engage in search operations."
Zoey's eyes widened when she realized Johann was right. The HQ rarely had time to deal with these lackluster affairs. Even though they had issued a warrant, that was the extent of their involvement.
In reality, whether Zaen killed the C-rank anomaly or not didn't matter. In the end, he was just one of the hundreds of thousands who could do that.
