Chapter 53 - 44
Chapter 44: The Reason For Their Hostility
To put it bluntly, There's a clear winner, and a clear runner up.
If Kurona and Nashiro wanted to secure the top two positions at the same time, even without Ryoma suddenly appearing, it would have been difficult for them to achieve that.
In other words, Kurona and Nashiro were already facing enough pressure, and Ryoma's unexpected appearance only doubled that burden.
So, naturally, they were quite hostile toward Ryoma.
Now Ryoma fully understood the reason, and it was almost exactly as he had guessed — it was related to Akihiro Kanou.
"I can only say that Akihiro Kanou really hurt those two sisters..."
Ryoma muttered softly.
If Akihiro Kanou had shown even a little more consideration or care for Kurona and Nashiro, things wouldn't have turned out this way.
In the original story, Akihiro Kanou tricked the Yasuhisa sisters into undergoing his artificial half-ghoul experiment, using Rize Kamishiro's kakuhou to transform them into one-eyed ghouls like Ken Kaneki.
Later, when Akihiro Kanou's underground lab was discovered, the team led by the Aogiri Tree, CCG, and Ken Kaneki raided the facility. In their attempt to protect their "father," Kurona and Nashiro ended up facing Juuzou Suzuya, who was already a Second-Class Investigator by then.