Unsurprisingly, Kureo Mado and the others should be under surveillance. At least until he was captured, they shouldn't expect to move freely. However, it was impossible for the other Special Classes to stay together without reason. So, if Lancer wanted to seek help, who should he look for?
Among the seven Special Class Investigators, the one Lancer was most familiar with was naturally Iwao Kuroiwa. Not only did the opponent take care of him because of Kureo Mado, but Lancer first large-scale battle was also hosted by the opponent. The opponent also attended the banquet when he returned last time.
However, after considering it for a while, he chose to give up on him.
It wasn't that he didn't trust the opponent, but because of the opponent's personal strength.
Iwao Kuroiwa was gradually leaving the front line. After all, due to his age, his body was gradually unable to keep up. If Lancer went to someone for help this time, the person who helped him would definitely also face danger, so Lancer had no choice but to give up.
'It seems I can only go to Special Class Yukinori Shinohara.'
Although the opponent was not very familiar with Lancer, he was Kureo Mado's former partner, and given the opponent's personality, he wouldn't attack him immediately upon meeting. At least he would give him a chance to explain.
Acting on the thought, Lancer flapped his wings and flew towards the area Yukinori Shinohara was responsible for.
Unsurprisingly, when he arrived in front of the opponent's office, the opponent was already there, but he was not sitting at the desk working as usual. Instead, he was standing by the window staring blankly with his hands in his pockets, and a cup of cold tea was placed on the window sill next to him. It looked like he had been standing for quite a while.
And just as Lancer landed nearby and carefully observed the opponent, Yukinori Shinohara suddenly swept his gaze over.
"Who is it?"
Seeing the raven standing outside the window, Yukinori Shinohara immediately showed a helpless expression. Undoubtedly, in his opinion, he was just being a little jumpy because of the recent events. But just as he turned around and prepared to go back to work —
"Special Class Shinohara, it's me."
A somewhat familiar voice sounded behind Yukinori Shinohara at the same time.
He immediately grabbed the briefcase next to him and took out his Quinque almost at the same time he saw Lancer, but strangely, Yukinori Shinohara did not attack Lancer.
"Why aren't you attacking me?"
"Actually, I am also curious why Special Class Shinohara is not attacking me?"
The words spoken by the two were very similar, and seeing Lancer attitude, Yukinori Shinohara also sighed and put away his weapon.
"I have always believed in Mr. Mado's judgment, and I believe him this time too. Moreover, what Furuta… Director Washuu said is truly too incredible."
Yukinori Shinohara's words made Lancer feel somewhat strange. Judging by the opponent's words, it seemed that Nimura Furuta had exposed more than just his ability to use magic?
"Can you tell me exactly what Nimura Furuta said?"
"It's very simple. He said you were seduced by a Ghoul and collaborated with 'The Clowns' to attack the headquarters and kill the General Chairman and Director while we were attacking Rushima Island…"
The opponent's words made Lancer expression instantly become extremely subtle. Although he had indeed thought about killing the opponent before when he found out he was attacked by Kishou Arima and the opponent admitted he was a subordinate of the General Chairman, the opponent was already dead before he even made a move. And seduced by a Ghoul? What kind of ridiculous reason was that?
"Do you believe such words?"
"To be honest, I don't believe it. After all, according to my observation, although you took those Ghoul mother and daughter away that year, you have always been a virgin…"
"Cough cough cough~~!"
Yukinori Shinohara's words made Lancer unable to help but cough. Although the opponent was explaining in his defense, no man would likely enjoy being called a virgin by others.
However, Yukinori Shinohara did not pay attention to Lancer embarrassed expression and continued to speak, but at this time, his expression became serious.
"I only hope you can explain one thing — why did you protect that female Ghoul from Special Class Arima's hands at that time?"
Alright, everything was clear. It turned out that Nimura Furuta took the scene of Lancer making a move when Touka Kirishima snatched the armor and fabricated a story.
But how should he explain it? Should he say that because he was framed at the time, he decided to oppose anything Nimura Furuta and Kishou Arima wanted to do? What about the cause and effect? Just saying that would be meaningless.
"Special Class Shinohara, I wonder if you are willing to listen to me from the beginning? It might be a little long…"
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Lancer chose not to conceal the matter of 'magic' this time, because Nimura Furuta had already exposed it. So, he directly stated that the reason he disappeared for that period was to try to find a solution to the Ghoul problem through 'magic'.
The part that was originally the most unbelievable was the most easily accepted, and this was thanks to Nimura Furuta's video recording. Then, he also talked about handing the information over to Dr. Kimi Uikanae, hoping that the opponent would help with the research, and the matter of Dr. Kimi Uikanae being placed under house arrest by Nimura Furuta.
And then later, how he was almost killed during the Rushima Island battle due to the weakness of the 'Arata Series Armor' being exploited, and how Kishou Arima was asked by the General Chairman to monitor him until the two sides clashed under Nimura Furuta's instigation, until the opponent used the lives of Kureo Mado and Koutarou Amon to threaten him not to kill directly…
Although there was no direct evidence to prove that everything Lancer said was true, it could prove certain things, such as — the situation of Dr. Kimi Uikanae.
He directly picked up the phone on the desk and dialed the number of Kimi Uikanae's research institute.
Ordinary people were not qualified to contact Kimi Uikanae, but undoubtedly, he was not among them. As one of the strongest people in the Neon branch, his advice on the maintenance of his Quinque and other aspects was very helpful to Kimi Uikanae's research. There was no problem with the communication between the two.
However, the result after the call was connected made his brows furrow deeply.
According to the person who claimed to be Dr. Kimi Uikanae, the opponent was currently conducting a very important experiment and was therefore inconvenient to answer the phone.
In fact, this situation was very normal, but when he stated that he was a Special Class Investigator and had a very important matter that needed to be confirmed with the opponent, the opponent still chose to be evasive, and even until he hung up the phone, the opponent only stated that they would notify him after the doctor came out.
"Phew~"
He flipped the phone face down on the desk and let out a sharp breath.
Although it was just this one incident, it had already started to make Yukinori Shinohara suspicious.
If everything Lancer said was true, then who exactly instigated all of this?
There was no direct evidence, but it was self-evident who benefited the most from this unrest…