:re Chapter 10

Leaving the coffee shop behind, Haise Sasaki, Shirazu, and Mutsuki head off, and Shirazu notices that their mentor has grown oddly distracted ever since the visit. Back at the Chateau, Mutsuki reports that Saiko has finally turned up. Holed away with her video games, she senses the trio approaching and refuses to come out, so Urie and Shirazu simply carve the door open with their kagune. Saiko protests that she has skipped work only because Urie told her to operate on her own.

Urie warns Saiko that the CCG intends to cut her loose and strip the financial backing she relies on. Dreading a return to waiting tables at her mother's bar, she resolves to apply herself. In truth Urie is steering her, stoking friction inside the group so he can retake the Squad Leader post. The next morning Shirazu fumes when Saiko oversleeps. The squad instead calls on Rank 2 Investigator Hanbee, who mentions that Suzuya has slept in as well. Their talk turns to the Gourmet Club and the ghoul Nutcracker's ties to Madam's circle.

Amid the conversation, Sasaki's mind wanders to the waitress at the :re cafe who once handed him a handkerchief while he wept. In a private reflection he recalls her sorrowful smile and marvels that someone so lovely had somehow been part of his life. The Japanese title reads giwaku, meaning doubt or suspicion, and doubles as wordplay on the English term redoubt. This installment fills 18 pages and belongs to the second collected volume.