Chapter 26: The Troubleshooter Agency’s Temporary Worker - Interlude
The moment quitting time rolled around, Alice bolted out of the office like a bullet. Her destination? None other than the western labyrinth where the Ghost was last seen.
Despite what happened just yesterday, she didn’t even take a single day to rest and was already chasing leads again. To Yuria, the subject of Alice's obsession, it felt more than a little excessive.
But to be fair, Alice hadn’t initially planned to go this far.
When Victor had tasked Raven with investigating the Ghost, Raven was the one taking the lead on directly questioning those tied to the Ghost. Alice, in contrast, had been assigned the smaller role of gathering rumors and tidbits of information from the back alleys.
It made sense. Alice was far from skilled at anything beyond fighting, and she knew better than to become a hindrance by overstepping. While she wasn’t particularly bright, she wasn’t entirely clueless, either.
That was until yesterday happened.
To let the Ghost slip away right under her nose, at a distance so close she could almost touch them—it was too much for Alice to stomach. She was so frustrated that she even abandoned her recent diet and ate half a bowl of rice more than usual.
"Not that they seem like a bad person... but still! They totally outplayed me, and I can't just let that slide!"
Alice was already half-convinced that the Ghost wasn’t a villain.
After all, what kind of evildoer would fight so fiercely against vampires, bleeding all over in the process?
But knowing that the Ghost wasn’t bad and being annoyed at having lost them were two entirely different things. Alice’s pride was bruised, and she wouldn’t be satisfied until she gave the Ghost a piece of her mind.
"Just wait, Ghost. I’m going to rip that white veil off with my own hands!"