Tokyo Ghoul: Starting with the Twin Kamui

When he was halfway through his story, Furuta Nimura asked with some concern, "What about Washuu Tsuneyoshi? Did he run away too?"

"Yes, he escaped too."

Uchiha Byakuya nodded slightly.

He Xiu Changji was Nifuku's father.

Although due to the traditions and systems of the Washu family, Nifuku cannot acknowledge Washu Tsunekichi as his father in front of others.

But in fact, Erfu was the most beloved illegitimate son of Hexiu Changji, and he would often read books with Erfu in private.

Therefore, at this time, Erfu still cared about his biological father and Xiu Changji.

As for his half-brother, Shukichi, Nifuku had basically no contact with him and didn't care much about him.

"oh oh......"

Erfu felt a little relieved.

Out of selfishness, he did not want his father to be killed by Bai Ye.

However, he was also very rational and did not make such a willful request to Brother Baiye.

"The 'V' organization has been completely wiped out, so you are no longer in any danger."

Uchiha Byakuya said, "But just to be on the safe side, you should stay here for now. By the way, are you feeling comfortable here?"

"We can adapt; Uncle Kamishiro is very kind to us."

The old man said that there were two blessings.

Rize nodded in agreement.

Since Rize did not have a surname, she was given the surname "Kamishiro" by Kamishiro Kakeru, and was officially considered Kamishiro Kakeru's daughter, which was a legitimate status in human society.

"That's fine."

Uchiha Byakuya said.

After saying goodbye to Nifuku and Rize, he should contact the media and reveal the truth about the Washuu family to the public.

In this way, the rule of the Washuu family will be completely destroyed.

Chapter 143 The Underground World, The First One-Eyed King

District 24, the underground world.

Although the CCG has been sending search teams to investigate District 24 on the surface, it's really just for show.

In fact, no one knows the situation and origin of District 24 better than the Washu family.

Those "Washu" who escaped from the CCG, including Washu Tsunekichi, Washu Yoshitoki, and a group of Washu high-ranking officials, hid in the deepest part of what they considered the safest area, the 24th District.

The deepest part of District 24 is not a winding maze, but an underground world.

Most of the "Bronze Tree" combatants were currently expanding outwards, and with the innate strength of the entire Heshu family, traversing the labyrinth to reach the deepest underground world was naturally not difficult.

"Finally arrived... in what used to be Tokyo..."

The first to settle here was Washu Tsunekichi. Looking at the vast city before him, he couldn't help but sigh.

However, the city in front of us has long lost its vitality and is completely a ruin, but the buildings are all in a modern style.

There was also an enormous monster, whose countless segments, resembling a giant snake, had invaded most of the city's streets and buildings.

But the monster made no move, seemingly asleep, and the entire city was as silent as death.

Yes, this is Tokyo.

To be precise, it was Tokyo in the past.

After the first One-Eyed King of the Washuu family, "Transformed into a Dragon," he nearly destroyed the entire Tokyo. The Washuu family's solution was to drive the One-Eyed King underground.

In other words, it destroyed the entire city of Tokyo, turning it into a "ruin" buried underground.

Before being killed by Amon Kotaro, "Father" Donato Prupla said that after becoming the third "King of Clowns," he had done all sorts of bad things and didn't care how many people he had killed.

It is precisely because humans possess an astonishing capacity for regeneration that, given enough time, they can regenerate regardless of how many people die or how many cities are destroyed.

Looking at the Tokyo of yesteryear, deep within the 24th ward, and then at the Tokyo of today, it's just as the "priest" said.

"Uchiha Byakuya, Arima Kishou... I've never seen any intention of betraying them."

At this moment, Washuu Yoshitoki, standing beside him, frowned and said in a deep voice, "Especially Uchiha Byakuya, his kakuja appearance is extremely similar to the 'One-Eyed King' of the 'Aogiri Tree.' This is definitely not just a coincidence..."

The first One-Eyed King betrayed the Washu family and nearly destroyed the entire Washu family.

Now, another "one-eyed king" has directly disrupted their rule over the Xiu family.

In fact, the first One-Eyed King was too gentle. Even after going berserk and transforming into a dragon, he did not want to easily kill his own people. Otherwise, with the power of the dragon, he would definitely have been able to destroy the Hexiu family.

This "One-Eyed King" is different. He wiped out the "V" organization that they had been cultivating for so long in an instant. With their power gone, they could only hide here.

"There's only one way left: use the power of the One-Eyed King to defeat the One-Eyed King."

"The one-eyed king from back then should be dead by now, but the dragon's body hasn't dissipated so quickly, and the dragon cells should still have some activity."

"Hopefully we can do it... otherwise, we'll have no chance of turning things around..."

"..."

The other "Washu" members behind Washuu Yoshitoki began to discuss among themselves.

Upon hearing this, Kazuki suddenly felt something was amiss.

"What do you mean by this? Do you want the 'dragon' to return to the earth?"

He couldn't help but ask.

“That’s right. After all, we share the same bloodline as the ‘First One-Eyed King.’ As long as we have the bloodline and kagune of Heshu, we can awaken the ‘Dragon.’”

"This is the only countermeasure we can think of right now, otherwise are we supposed to hide here forever?"

“We know that you might find it hard to accept this, but you also need to consider the interests of the entire family.”

Faced with these words from his clansmen, He Xiuji's expression was conflicted.

They are right. The "dragon," so enormous that it could affect almost the entire city of Tokyo, is powered by the core of the "dragon," which is the first One-Eyed King.

The first One-Eyed King is now dead, and the "Dragon" has lost its power source, but it will take at least two hundred years for it to naturally dissipate.

However, as long as someone with the bloodline of "He Xiu" provides energy to the "dragon" again, the "dragon" will be awakened.

But this also means that Tokyo will suffer the same disaster as before, and countless people and ghouls will die in this catastrophe.

Among the Washuu family, the father and son Washuu Yoshitoki and Washuu Masaru are barely considered to be relatively normal.

He couldn't bear to cause such a disaster.

"The minority must obey the majority; there's no need to say anything more."

At this moment, Washu Tsunekichi spoke up.

"Yes......"

Since the one with the most say, Washu Tsunekichi, Washu Yoshitoki, had said so, he could only obey.

"So first, we need to find the core of the 'dragon'."

The underground world is, after all, the old Tokyo, and its area is about the same as the current Tokyo. Finding the core of the "dragon" is not an easy task.

Just as "He Xiu" and the others were about to split up to search, they suddenly saw a figure not far ahead.

"There are still people here? Could they be survivors from back then until now?"

Washu Yoshitoki was immediately surprised.

He immediately chased after the figure.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a young girl, dressed in simple, old-fashioned clothes.

As Washu Yoshitoki approached, the little girl became alert and immediately regarded Washu Yoshitoki as an enemy.

Suddenly, two scale-like serpents shot out from the little girl's waist and attacked Washuu Yoshitoki.

However, Yoshitoki was a born ghoul and had a quinque, so dealing with a little girl was naturally a piece of cake for him.

They caught the little girl in no time.

"I see... It seems they were indeed humans who survived from back then, and probably turned into ghouls after inhaling dragon venom..."

While holding the little girl to prevent her from resisting, Washuu Yoshitoki muttered to himself.

One terrifying aspect of the "dragon" is that the poisonous gas it releases can turn humans into ghouls.

Before the death of the "First One-Eyed King," the underground world must have been filled with poisonous gas. Some humans must have sunk underground with the city, and these people would have been turned into ghouls.

Just then, one of the "He Xiu" people seemed to intend to kill the little girl directly, since the little girl had just shown murderous intent towards them first.

The little girl was so frightened that her face turned pale and tears welled up in her eyes.

"Wait a minute."

Washuu Yoshitoki stopped the man, saying, "Keeping her alive will be useful; she might be able to guide us."

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