"Senior Mado! This is the intelligence gathering team. We've received a tip about a {Ghoul} named Masato Fueguchi. The caller's tone was overly exaggerated, and we suspect it might be a prank call. However, to ensure no information is missed, we felt it necessary to inform you."
Mado, who was at the temporary branch in Ward 20, quickly answered the call from the headquarters' intelligence department and obtained information about Hinami's father.
On the desk, Mado wrote down the words "{Elementary School}" and "{Sewer}" on a sticky note.
Upon receiving this information, Mado also felt that it was highly likely to be a prank. After all, the Fox and the Rabbit had attempted to assassinate him just the day before yesterday, and the Rabbit, having been shot with a bullet containing an Rc inhibitor, clearly wouldn't recover so quickly.
"Have you eaten?"
However, Mado soon thought of another possibility. If the Rabbit had eaten a large amount after being injured, it could indeed quickly eliminate the effects of the Rc inhibitor and recover rapidly.
But there had been no disappearances or predation cases in Ward 20 recently, which made Mado find it somewhat unusual.
Moreover, according to normal logic, after the failed assassination attempt, Mado felt the Fox and the White Rabbit should have gone into hiding for a while, not taken action so soon.
Of course, Mado did not rule out the possibility that this was a trap, designed to lure him in.
Mado checked the time and found it was almost 3 PM. In a few more hours, it would be dark.
"What a perfect time!" Mado exclaimed.
However, Mado still showed no immediate intention of setting off. Instead, he first retrieved the architectural blueprints of the sewer system connected to Chongyuan Elementary School and a map of the area around Elementary School to begin his analysis.
After this round of analysis, Mado increasingly felt that this was a trap, and a perfectly designed one at that. The sewer was very long, nearly three kilometers, and Elementary School's drainage system relied entirely on this sewer.
This meant that if they didn't block both ends, one end would become an escape route. If they searched from both ends simultaneously, they would have to split their forces, which would put them in a very dangerous situation if the enemy had an ambush set up at one of the ends.
"What a cunning plan! Truly worthy of the Fox!" Mado remarked again.
After careful consideration, Mado ultimately decided to go and investigate. After all, it was his job. If he were too afraid to go because of fear of death, Mado wouldn't have become a {Ghoul} investigator at the CCG.
The reason Mado chose to walk into the trap was also due to several factors. Firstly, Mado's intuition told him that the Rabbit had definitely not recovered, and considering the advantageous location chosen, Mado believed their numbers couldn't be large.
The most crucial point was that Satou Kaede had been transferred to Ward 20, and Satou Kaede was quite capable. For Mado, this was a significant help.
Without Satou Kaede, Mado probably wouldn't have taken such a risk.
Next, Mado summoned Amon Koutarou and Satou Kaede and briefed them on the operation.
Satou Kaede quickly understood from Mado's explanation that this was a trap. However, with this knowledge, there was no need for them to play a cat-and-mouse game anymore.
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