Hearing Yoshimura Eto's words, the Nasuhisa sisters had no objections, but Kirishima Touka's expression shifted. She walked over to Yoshimura Eto's side and looked at the badly wounded investigators lying on the ground.
Various factions were keeping an eye on the Service Club. Even Lycoris, a special agency made up of ordinary humans, had to go to great lengths to find ways to send people into Soubu High. It was only natural that investigators who had once been their mortal enemies would also have people joining Soubu High.
They were all well aware of this, but they hadn't expected it to be such a coincidence that they'd run into them the one time they finally got out.
"I saw the transfer application list at Rurikawa Tsubaki's place. The blond investigator you took down, Touka, is Mado Akira, the top student of her class at the Investigator Academy. She was probably given a temporary assignment and just became a Second Class Investigator."
Yoshimura Eto crouched down, looking at Ihei Hairu, who had been overwhelmed by the Nasuhisa sisters before she could even show her abilities and kicked unconscious without mercy. She let out a low chuckle.
"This pink-haired investigator is First Class Investigator Ihei Hairu. Her strength... heh, she has potential too."
There were many names on the enrollment application list, and everyone had different points of interest.
For them, the Ghouls, humans who had once been investigators, whether coming as students or teachers, were definitely worth paying attention to.
Although, even without the aid she'd received, with her strength she couldn't care less about these ordinary investigators. The reason Kushida Kikyo could bring so many Ghouls out so brazenly was entirely because she was there too.
Having received aid from Hachiman, her increase in strength was even greater than Kirishima Touka's. Without dispatching several Special Class Investigators, they probably wouldn't even be able to hold her back.
However, now even Kirishima Touka and Nasuhisa Kurona could easily overpower investigators who were originally stronger than them. So why would Yoshimura Eto need to care about these? Apart from the Special Class Investigators who required a bit of attention, she didn't need to worry about anyone else.
Mm... If it weren't for the fact that Fueguchi Hinami hadn't been eaten yet, and that she truly had no combat experience whatsoever, Yoshimura Eto suspected that even Fueguchi Hinami, who currently had no fighting ability at all, could quickly gain strength above SS-class.
Looking at the power boosts they Ghouls had received, and all the benefits of being able to awaken their bloodlines without being plagued by the defects of the Ghoul bloodline, their master Hachiman's current status was by no means an exaggeration.
If it weren't for the Elf Princess and the Dragon Clan chieftain being there, able to take people to other worlds at any time, and with so many magical girls standing guard, their master would absolutely have been captured at all costs by those old fossils in power for experimentation.
"..."
Kirishima Touka looked at Mado Akira, Ihei Hairu, and the other investigators lying unconscious, their fates unknown. Her pale fist clenched and then relaxed. She had originally intended to finish these bastards off here, but now she fell silent.
Ghouls and investigators fought on sight. She'd been hunted by investigators for so long, and now that she'd finally gained enough strength to crush them, turning the tables on them shouldn't be a problem.
But if these were investigators already confirmed on the enrollment list...
Kushida Kikyo narrowed her eyes and said nothing.
Nasuhisa Kurona and Nasuhisa Yashiro also silently watched Kirishima Touka. They wouldn't stop her, but they would definitely tell big brother master about this and let him decide.
The scene fell into silence, leaving only the faint sound of labored breathing and the dripping of blood onto the ground.
The battle had erupted too suddenly and ended just as quickly.
The Kamiizaki Sayaka and Kamiizaki Moemi sisters hadn't even reacted, let alone the newly joined Yakumi Rio and Yakumi Yume sisters.
They looked at each other, nervously swallowing, afraid to make any sound that might reveal their inner terror to Kirishima Touka and the others.
They'd already witnessed Kirishima Touka and the Nasuhisa sisters' overwhelming combat power back at the Innami-gumi, but they never expected that Kirishima Touka and the others weren't even afraid of the police or the special agencies under the government.
Investigators sounded impressive, but they couldn't last five minutes against Kirishima Touka, Nasuhisa Kurona, and Nasuhisa Yashiro.
"Touka-nee..."
Seeing Kirishima Touka's expression shift uncertainly, hesitating, Fueguchi Hinami couldn't help but grab her hand and gaze up at her pleadingly.
They'd finally escaped that dark life like living in a sewer, and her mother could be protected indirectly too.
She didn't want to lose Touka-nee at a time like this, when she was so happy.
"Hah... I'm fine. Sorry for worrying you, Hinami. Kushida, let's go."
Meeting Fueguchi Hinami's worried eyes, Kirishima Touka paused, her expression softening slightly. She reached up and patted Hinami's head, then turned to Kushida Kikyo.
Actually, most front-line investigators didn't know the truth about them Ghouls. They only indiscriminately expelled and killed Ghouls.
The real culprits were those who funded and established various research institutes to conduct forbidden experiments in order to extend their own lifespans.
The Kirigaya sisters' fate was no different from theirs as Ghouls—just slightly better, in that they'd once found shelter with the Akasha True Ancestor among the vampires. But when the Akasha True Ancestor wasn't around, they lost that protection too. If they hadn't found Hachiman now, they'd definitely have been captured for human experimentation to awaken vampire bloodlines and extend lifespans without side effects.
"Let's continue the retreat. Also, put the empathy collars on them. After handing in the mission spoils, master should replenish my supply."
Kushida Kikyo glanced at Kirishima Touka with some regret, then took out the black empathy collars she'd kept and put them on the Yakumi Rio and Yakumi Yume sisters.
So Kirishima Touka had managed to keep her cool. If she'd gotten some leverage over her, she could have really messed with these guys.
"You all go ahead. I'll stay and handle things here."
After Kushida Kikyo and the others left, Yoshimura Eto created a bit more commotion nearby to draw the attention of the police not far off.
After spotting a woman in a police uniform appearing in the dark alley, Yoshimura Eto, standing at a high vantage point, smiled and teleported back to the Service Club.
Ghouls couldn't truly get along with investigators without any resentment, but a good thrashing was enough. This shouldn't count as acting on her own.
She was really looking forward to seeing these Ghoul investigators, vying for their master's favor just like them in order to become stronger.
Kirishima Touka had probably thought of that same future too, which was why she'd fallen into that long silence.
Making these investigators serve their master alongside them Ghouls might be even more agonizing than killing them. If after serving their master they were still trampled underfoot by them, they'd probably want to die even more.
"Investigator-sama?"
"What happened to you? What enemy did you face?"
The female police officer with short black hair noticed the situation and tensed up. She quickly called for backup while checking on each investigator's condition.
Second Class Investigator Mado Akira, unconscious with bleeding limbs against the wall; Special Class Investigator Aura Kiyoko, unconscious with no visible injuries...
She found that almost all the investigators had suffered severe wounds. Only one, a pink-haired investigator with the worst injuries—both arms and legs broken, chest caved in, and abdominal bleeding—still clung tenaciously to consciousness.
"Cough cough... What's... your name..."
Ihei Hairu squinted at the figure bustling around her and managed to open her small mouth with difficulty.
"Ah? I, I'm Traffic Division patrol officer, Yuki Saki... Hang in there! The ambulance is almost here!"
Short-haired policewoman Yuki Saki had already heard the ambulance sirens. She quickly encouraged Ihei Hairu, who coughed up blood the moment she spoke and whose face was growing paler.
But just as she started cheering her on, Ihei Hairu slowly closed her eyes.
"Investigator-sama? Investigator-sama!"
"Traffic patrol..."
With her vision blurring, Ihei Hairu heard Yuki Saki's name, vaguely recalling the faintly familiar Yuki Saki. She didn't say anything else and soon fell unconscious.
"..."
Yuki Saki looked down at the investigators in her arms and around her, their injuries horrifying, completely at a loss as to what they'd gone through or what kind of enemy they'd been facing.
Her superiors occasionally gave orders to cooperate with special agencies, but she still didn't understand what these agencies were actually fighting against.
Terrorists? Aliens? Ghosts and monsters? Or beings from another world?
These investigators should have been quite strong, so how could they have suffered such heavy casualties? And why was the operation so secretive, as if they didn't want anyone to know...
By the time the ambulance arrived, Yuki Saki was still confused as she helped load the investigators in.
However, it wasn't until she was called into the office and received her transfer orders that her dazed mind suddenly snapped to attention.
"Transferred to the newly established Service Countermeasures Office?"
"Carry out missions at a school? You're not joking with me, are you?"
Upon hearing the details of her assignment, even the usually composed Yuki Saki couldn't help but question her superior.
She'd already graduated from university and started working, why did she have to go back to school? And high school, at that?
Was she supposed to teach? No way? Even if it were teaching, it wouldn't fall to someone like her, a mere patrol officer.
"This is no joke. You're now a member of the Service Countermeasures Office. You can go with Miss Shikisai to report to your new department shortly."
Hearing her superior's words, Yuki Saki froze and looked around, only then noticing that there was another person standing behind her in the office.
"Hello, I'm Shikisai Akane. I'm a vampire, and also a samurai."
A tall, black-haired woman with a katana at her waist leaned against the wall. Seeing Yuki Saki look over, she straightened up and gave her a faint smile.
"Of course, I'm a newcomer just like you, Saki-chan, transferred into the Service Countermeasures Office. You can call me whatever you like."
"V-Vampire?"
Yuki Saki stared blankly at the prominent fangs Shikisai Akane revealed when she smiled.
After elf princesses, mermaid songstresses, and other demi-human races from other worlds, was this world about to get vampire police officers too?
"Byakuya, the desserts are here! These desserts are especially delicious!"
"What about that girl we saw at the office entrance that day? Chizuru, didn't you bring her along?"
"Yuuko, have you decided what role you're going to play? If you haven't, I have a suitable maid costume role that you can pair with me on."
"Is master in the club right now?"
Returning to the Service Club and showering, Kushida Kikyo, her face beaming with a sweet smile, walked into the main living room. She blinked at the lively yet somewhat restrained atmosphere and immediately began scanning for Hachiman's whereabouts.
The topics girls discussed together were exceptionally bold, especially in a place like the Service Club where it was all girls.
Even though there were many noble young ladies well-versed in aristocratic etiquette, they were all girls who had to be open with each other. Putting on airs only went so far, the topics they discussed might be even spicier than those of ordinary members.
Bolder, more numerous, and more lively groups would even hold empathy symposiums on the spot, discussing and guessing who was being favored at that very moment.
Mm... In short, it was only when they were near President Hachiman but not in his arms that everyone acted so "reserved."
If you started getting worked up before your turn came, how would you present yourself in front of President Hachiman when it was finally your turn?
Kushida Kikyo understood this well. Yoshimura Eto, Kirishima Touka, and the others who often stayed at the Service Club knew even better what the club was like when Hachiman wasn't around.
However, this mission just now was their first since joining the Service Club.
Although it hadn't been difficult, they had encountered Ghoul investigators and engaged in battle. They needed to go with Kushida Kikyo to report to Hachiman, to make sure she didn't take all the credit for herself and pin some unknown blame on them.
"The games haven't started yet; they're just chatting in the main living room. Maybe there's official business? Then master probably wouldn't be in such a lively place. Somewhere relatively quieter..."
Kushida Kikyo led the group around for a while and spotted a certain small landlord sitting prominently on the back of a sofa. Her eyes lit up, and she quickly went to the sofa seating area where Hachiman was and greeted him.
"Good afternoon, master. Do you have a moment? I've finished handling Ms. Shizuka's request and would like to report to you."
Yoshimura Eto, Kirishima Touka, Fueguchi Hinami, Nasuhisa Kurona, and Nasuhisa Yashiro all followed closely behind Kushida Kikyo. They greeted him while secretly glancing at the Tohsaka Sakura and Tohsaka Rin sisters kneeling on the floor with their backs to them, and at Tohsaka Aoi and Yukinoshita Haruno resting with their heads down on the coffee table. They swallowed nervously.
Vice President Yukinoshita Haruno and Tohsaka Aoi... had eaten such a full lunch.
Although they'd had their little hesitations back when they first chose to submit to Hachiman for protection, facing milk tea, fruit salad, and the like, now even Kirishima Touka had to admit that for them Ghouls, or rather for the vampire race, that welcoming gift had been an unprecedented delicacy, and not something one could get just anytime.
If it weren't for their low status preventing them from taking more than their share, Yoshimura Eto would have wanted to lie on Hachiman's bed all day waiting for mealtime.
"I don't have anything going on right now. Go ahead, Kikyo."
Hachiman opened his eyes. Seeing that the yamato nadeshiko Tohsaka Aoi, whose soft thighs he was using as a pillow, showed no intention of leaving this time and was even feeding fruit to his mouth, he could only pretend not to notice, enjoying Tohsaka Aoi's attentions while listening to Kushida Kikyo's mission report.
Hiratsuka Shizuka's request was simple, just to have Hachiman help out a pair of indebted sisters she knew.
The older sister, Miyamori Kasui, was a teacher, and the younger sister, Miyamori Kaho, was an honor student. If Hachiman was willing, Hiratsuka Shizuka would help persuade them.
However, Hachiman hadn't yet met this pair of indebted sisters, and didn't even plan to ask Hiratsuka Shizuka for photos before meeting them.
He'd simply wanted to give Kushida Kikyo something to do, to see how she'd handle it, which was why he'd sent her to deal with it.
Otherwise, if he really wanted to resolve it quickly, he could have said something to Saegusa Mayumi, Shinomiya Kaguya, or to Akane, Kijou Suzuka, he wouldn't even have needed them to handle it personally. A word from him would have taken care of it easily.
"The Miyamori sisters' debts have been completely resolved. Their creditor, the yakuza organization Innami-gumi, was also dealt with by us for misconduct, so no one will trouble the Miyamori sisters again."
Kushida Kikyo kept her head down, only using her peripheral vision to watch Hachiman, who was lying on the sofa being attended to by a constant stream of beautiful girls.
"However, at the Innami-gumi we rescued a pair of sisters who were about to be coerced—the Yakumi Rio and Yakumi Yume of another yakuza organization, the Yagumi-gumi."
"During our retreat, we also encountered investigators who target Ghouls. We fought with them before returning to the club."
Kushida Kikyo didn't go into the specifics of eliminating the Innami-gumi. There was no need—as long as they hadn't killed the wrong people or used the mission as an excuse to do bad things.
The key points of this mission should be the extra acquisition of the Yakumi sisters and the unexpected encounter with the Ghoul investigators.
"Yagumi-gumi? Investigators?... Are these Yakumi sisters the young ladies of a yakuza organization?"
Hachiman ate the sweet, tender fruit Tohsaka Aoi fed him while comparing the hair textures of Tohsaka Rin and Tohsaka Sakura, wondering how long it would take for Sakura's hair to grow as long as Rin's twintails. He paused at Kushida Kikyo's words.
He turned and scanned the group, finding that Kushida Kikyo and her team were all present with no visible injuries. He set aside the matter of the investigators for now and asked about the Yakumi sisters they'd rescued from the yakuza organization instead.
"Yes. The Yakumi sisters' parents passed away early, and they only had their grandfather, the head of the Yagumi-gumi. But now their grandfather has fallen too."
As Kushida Kikyo spoke, she turned and signaled the Yakumi Rio and Yakumi Yume sisters to step forward and introduce themselves.
"M-Master, it's nice to meet you..."
"If you hadn't sent Head Maid Kushida to deal with the Innami-gumi, we would have met with disaster. Thank you so much for extending your hand to us, master."
From behind Kirishima Touka and the others, Yakumi Rio and Yakumi Yume, dressed in white yukata, slowly stepped forward. Their fair, jade-like calves carried them to a few steps away from Hachiman, where they nervously lowered their heads in greeting.
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