As the name of his partner left her lips, Nathaniel felt his blood run cold. The thought of Margaret allowing herself to be injured, or to even be injured in the first place was inconceivable. She was a very proud woman with a far stronger ability than his own, and he knew she was more than capable of holding her own in a fight. Furthermore, he had no knowledge of this Akutagawa person, other than the mention of a Port Mafia assassin in the Guild files.
“That…cannot be,” he said slowly, his tone one of disbelief and unease. “She was with me just the other day. Besides, if this event did happen as you claimed, would not the memory of something of this scale still be present?” Surely he would have remembered something as serious as this, especially if it had been a motive to betray the Guild, which he would not have done normally.
However, if all of what she, and by extension Chuuya said was true, then just who took his memories? Why would he forget something as major as this? And why were these memories taken from him.
More importantly: What else was he forgetting? What else had happened?
Th last of her words brought his attention back to the present. “…what do you mean by ‘it backfired completely’? What did this person do?” And just who was this Fyodor person in the first place?
❝ No. Everyone in this city has forgotten something important, but we don’t know why. The council has been asked about it, but we received no answer. ❞
Kyouka can understand his frustration, forgetting something so important is harrowing. But they’re all in the same boat here, and she doesn’t find it necessary to antagonize him over it. No one knows why they’re here or when they’ll go back home. It’s frustrating, and she wishes that they at least got all their memories back.
❝ The agency believed you went to him for help, but were tricked into being used as his own puppet. He used your ability along with someone else’s to infect the leader of both the agency and the Port Mafia with a virus. A war broke out between us for a while. ❞
Is she bitter over that? A bit, as the agency was-- and is-- her home, where she feels like she truly belongs. Thinking of it falling apart like that sends chills down her spine. However, he was under control, even if he was part of the Guild beforehand. No one was sure how why he acted that way, so mindless and like a zombie... maybe it was a mind control ability? Surgery? She was looking into it, but was brought here before she could look further.
❝ ...There is a chance he can appear here, as well. If that happens, maybe you can ask him. ❞
The thought of it makes her angry, but it’s not impossible. This city grabs anyone it chooses, so it’s something she can’t control. Caution is needed when around him, however... and he might have also lost memories of that same event. This is a very complicated situation.