Chapter 858 Bronze Tree

 For the Special Countermeasures Bureau, the fact that the ghoul actually appeared at the headquarters made them furious and shocked.

As I said before, the Countermeasures Bureau actually has a way to identify ghouls. Of course, it is not as powerful as the Orb of the Tribunal, but it is generally very useful.

 That is the RC detection gate.

According to the analysis of ghoul corpses by the Countermeasures Bureau, the content of a type of RC cells in ghouls far exceeds that in humans. In fact, ghouls eat humans in order to absorb RC cells from the human body.

In response to this, the Countermeasures Bureau invented the RC detection gate, which will scan all incoming and outgoing people. Once the presence of RC cells exceeding human levels is found, an alarm will naturally be launched.

The result is great. This green-haired woman walked back and forth in the inspection door, but there was no sound at all from the inspection door?

This thing has no use! Is it broken? Or is there a problem with the quality? Or is it simply a defective product?

 As a result, the entire Special Countermeasures Bureau headquarters was immediately locked down, and everyone had to undergo further inspection again. After all, no one knows if there will be ghouls sneaking in.

Of course, Duanmu Huai was also found and asked how he knew that the other party was a ghoul. Duanmu Huai did not hide this and directly took out the augury.

 “Is this it?”

Special Investigator Marute looked at the auspicious device in front of him with a serious expression.

“I really didn’t expect that the Tribunal would have the ability to target ghouls with such a small device… But I also understand why you were able to do it so easily and quickly… Forget it, it’s useless to say this. "

Special Investigator Marute coughed, and then looked at Duanmuhuai.

"Then, Mr. Duanmu, I have a heartfelt request. Could you please help us conduct a comprehensive search of the entire headquarters members? We suspect that in addition to that woman, there are probably other ghouls hiding their Identity is hidden here.”

"No problem at all."

 Fortunately, after Duanmuhuai searched the entire Countermeasures Bureau headquarters members, other investigators and staff were eliminated from suspicion. This also made the investigators breathe a sigh of relief. It was obvious that it was not the problem with the RC detection door, but that the green-haired woman had used some method to avoid the scanning of the RC detection door.

 This of course...is absolutely intolerable!

Soon, the body that was beaten to pieces by Mary was immediately sent for research, and the investigators pounced on the green-haired girl's home like hungry wolves - after all, she was not an ordinary person, but was in A well-known novelist in the community. He has great social influence and knows many people.

So, how many of the people she knows are ghouls?

 This is an issue that requires investigators to investigate.

Duanmuhuai was not interested in this, so he left the headquarters directly with Mary. As for the rest, he would wait for the investigators to find clues before making a judgment.

By the way, he lent the auspicious device to the Countermeasures Bureau. It is conceivable that the investigators are scanning everywhere with the auspicious device at the moment. Once they discover the ghouls hiding their identities, it is conceivable that Not a good thing - well, that's for ghouls.

 For humans, it is obviously not a bad thing.

 But for the ghouls, it is a nightmare.

 “What’s going on! Why did it become like this!”

A blue-haired boy punched the table viciously, gritting his teeth and looking extremely angry. There are several groups of ghouls, and right now, this blue-haired boy is a member of one of the ghoul groups, the Bronze Tree. When the Bronze Tree was founded, its goal was to create an autonomous region of the ghouls themselves. And the Bronze Tree is indeed quite powerful. They have successfully conquered ghouls in several areas and brought them under their command.

They even imitated the system of the Special Countermeasures Bureau, gathering members to organize a hunting team to specifically hunt down those investigators.

However, it is a pity that the good times did not last long. Just when the Bronze Tree was complacent, they received a blow in the head.

 In fact, Duanmu Huai didn't know that the auction he had wiped out before was actually the Bronze Tree industry. After all, in order to maintain its huge organizational structure, Bronze Tree also needed financial support for operations. So they organized an auction and contacted many high-ranking ghouls to help cover it.

However, overnight, everything was ruined.

　Not only was the auction directly destroyed by the Inquisition, even the ghoul families were not spared, and they all died. This naturally frightened other ghoul groups, and there were even rumors that those people were targeted by the Countermeasures Bureau because of the Bronze Tree and lost their lives.

So everyone was in danger for a while. Although the expansion of the Bronze Tree was much smoother than before, this was not because of their huge power, but because other ghoul groups hurried away as soon as they heard that the Bronze Tree was coming. Otherwise, if you get involved with them, you will be executed like those ghoul nobles.

Not only that, even within the Bronze Tree, many younger brothers chose to leave because they believed the rumors. Although the upper management forcibly suppressed their dissatisfaction,...

 “Damn it!”

The blue-haired boy slammed the table again, then sat down uneasily. The reason why he is so depressed is not because of the difficulties faced by the Bronze Tree, but because of his sister-his innocent sister who longs to coexist with humans lives in a coffee house in District 20 called the Safe Zone. , but has recently disappeared. He once went to check it out, only to find that the entire coffee shop had been sealed off, and he also heard that all the ghouls here had been eliminated...

 He didn't know what was going on with his sister, but this discovery made him restless.

 “We have to make a choice.”

At this moment, another man wearing a mask said coldly.

"Judging from the current situation, humans are gradually encircling us. Under the current circumstances, it is very dangerous for the Bronze Tree to continue to expand, so... from now on, I think the Bronze Tree should go to Area 24 to avoid the limelight for the time being. "

“What did you say?” Hearing what the masked man said, the blue-haired boy rushed over and grabbed him by the collar.

 “Are you kidding, you want us to go to District 24?!”

 No wonder the blue-haired boy is so angry. The so-called District 24 is not an official area name, but a deep underground sewer network located under the city. It has become a gathering place for many ghouls a long time ago. Those who are desperate and have nowhere to go will hide underground. Over time, this place has become a new area.

 District 24.

 But...this is where only losers go!

“Are you saying that we Bronze Trees are going to be like those losers and flee into the hole in the ground in despair?”

 “Don’t be so excited.”

The masked man patted the blue-haired boy's hand. Although his action didn't seem too big, the blue-haired boy's hand was still slapped away.

"You should know very well that this time the situation is completely different. This is not the first time that the Special Countermeasures Bureau has hunted ghouls, but it has never been as efficient as now - dozens of ghoul families were wiped out overnight, No one survived. We don’t even know who did it. In this case, continuing to expand blindly will only bring more danger to the Bronze Tree, and..."

"and?"

“Where do you think the ghouls who left their sphere of influence went?”

　　　…………”

 Hearing the masked man's question, the blue-haired boy's anger subsided slightly.

“You mean...they also went to District 24?”

"This is the only possibility, continue to stay on the ground, no matter where it is, it is not safe. Only Area 24 is the territory that the ghouls completely control. There, we can control everything and continue our plan. We will not give up this opportunity. , all we have to do now is to temporarily withdraw our fists..."

As he spoke, the masked man clenched his fists and drew them back.

 “Then, wait for the right moment to swing.”

 Speaking of this, the masked man's tone was extremely cold.

 “Just wait, the bronze tree will definitely come back.”

Duanmuhuai doesn’t care or care about what the ghouls think. After all, it’s nothing to him.

 “How? Now you don’t have to worry about your competitors.”

 Leaving the countermeasures bureau, Duanmuhuai teased Mary with a smile, and the latter's face turned red when she heard Duanmuhuai's words.

"I'm not worried. Even if you don't kill her, Mr. Duanmu, I won't lose to her!"

“Okay, okay, just kidding, who calls her a ghoul? Just die.”

 Duanmuhuai waved his hand and then glanced at the time. He had been delayed a lot of time because of the green-haired woman, and then all employees at the Countermeasures Bureau headquarters were tested. By the time everything was over, it was already night time. It was now time for work and school to end, and there were many people coming and going on the roads around them. They obviously knew nothing about everything that happened in the Countermeasures Bureau, and they just lived in their own peaceful world - well, actually, it doesn't matter. No, after all, some things are better never known.

anyway………

 “Are you hungry? How about we go find a place to eat?”

 “That’s no problem, but...”

"but?"

 “However, I won’t drink this time.”

 “Well, it’s better to drink less.”

 In response to Mary's solemn answer, Duanmuhuai also shrugged his shoulders and nodded.

“It’s better to drink less of this kind of thing that can affect your judgment. How about drinking fruit juice?”

 “You will get fat...”

　　“It’s okay, if it doesn’t say anything on it, it means zero card.”

"………All right……"

 (End of this chapter)