If you're speaking of the HW Hildibrand story it's sort of like that because SE wasn't going to do his story for HW but a lot of fans wanted it since it was teased that he was flying in that direction. Also the later part of the HW Hildibrand story gets better and Cyr gets better. If you want the story that has the other detective from the ARR storyline you'll have to go and to the Scholasticade. I want to say you have to talk to the npc in the left wing of the church. If not there then inside the left building at the top of the pillars.

The 24man is kind of a love letter to Tactics and XII without them being connected to 14.