Chapter 57

Charden's Doubts is the fifty-seventh chapter of the Black Cat manga and the tenth chapter of Volume 6.

Plot
Everyone is shocked at how Creed Diskenth easily executed Durham Glaster. Charden Flamberg steps forwards and asks if it was nessecary to kill the gunman. Creed asks if Charden objects, to which Charden says that he does. Docter states that it was the right thing to do as Durham had lost sight of his way and was bound to hurt their cause. Shiki agrees and Creeds says that the man he killed was not their comrade, for he acted without autherization and lost to Train, he was "rubbish". Creed starts laughing, shocking Charden.

Kyoko and Charden are sitting outside the hideout. Charden asks the teenager if she thinks Durham was dealt with properly. Kyoko states that whole she did not like Durham, she felt sorry for him and believed that Creed calling the dead Apostle "rubbish" was harsh, making her wonder if she would recieve the same fate if she had done what Durham had done. Charden states that the goal of the Apostles is to liberate the world from Chronos, but to Creed, they are merely a means to an end. He takes off his glasses, showing Kyoko his face for the first time.

Shiki asks Creed if he is planning on replacing Durham, but the swordsman believes that they have enough power, enough to take on the Numbers. Docter states that since the world summit, they have destroyed orginizations with ties to Chronos, but the Numbers have yet to appear. Creed tells them not to underestimate Number I, as she is watching them. He states that yhe fun is about to begin.

In Chronos branch #17, located in the Republic of Solneccia, Sephiria Arks is in the training room, practicing on her swordsmanship. Belze Rochefort enters the training room and hands her a file on Rinslet Walker, then asks about her next orders. Sephiria tells him to send Number IIV after the thief.