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"Please...give me more advice!"

Kaneki Ken responded to Nishio Nishiki a little nervously and uncomfortably.

"Are you here to pick up the DVD from last year's school festival? I remember I brought it home. Come with me to my house to pick it up!"

Nishio Nishiki extended an invitation to Nagachika Eira.

"Huh? Are you going to senior's house?"

Nagachika Hideyoshi made a puzzled sound.

"Nonsense, otherwise after today, I might forget it again."

"Yeah, too."

Nagachika Eira then turned to look at Kaneki Ken:

"Sorry, Kaneki, I have to go to Nishio-senpai's house to get something now, you should go back first."

——There is no doubt about it! Nishio Nishiki is a ghoul. Although he is acting very honestly now, he must be deceiving people like this in normal times. We must not let Nagachika Eira go home with him alone!

Thinking of this, Kaneki Ken immediately asked Nishio Kinshiki:

"Um, Senior Nishio Nishiki, can I come with you?"

"No problem, let's come together."

Nishio Nishiki immediately agreed - he was worried that he could not find a reason to invite Kaneki Ken to go home with him.

After that, under the leadership of Nishio Nishiki, the three of them quickly came to a dark and narrow alley.

"I didn't expect that the senior lives quite close to here... Eh? Strange, isn't this a dead end?"

Just when Nagachika Hideyoshi was confused, Nishio Nishiki suddenly jumped up, grabbed his head and slammed it hard on the concrete floor, knocking him unconscious.

"Yingliang!"

Kaneki Ken shouted Nagachika Hideyoshi's name and was about to go forward to check on the other party when Nishio Nishiki grabbed his neck with one hand and lifted him up high.

Chapter 134: Death of Nagachika Hideyoshi

"I didn't expect that there would be other ghouls besides me in the same school. How disgusting! I know everything, Kaneki Ken. You were planning to eat Nagachika Eira, right? The moment you betrayed someone who trusted you, the painful expression on his face, the despair of the stupid human, was the most appetizing! You think so too, right?!"

Nishio Nishiki threw Kaneki Ken heavily to the ground.

"I'm different from you!"

Kaneki Ken squeezed out a word from his throat.

"Come to think of it, your body is really fragile."

Nishio Nishiki slowly walked towards the unconscious Nagachika Eira:

"You have known this guy for a long time, right? When do you plan to eat him? What is the expected attack scene? The location is also important, right? Tell me, Kaneki Ken, what are you going to do?"

"Nagachika Eira... this is not food! Move your feet away!"

Kaneki Ken struggled to stand up and rushed towards Nishio Nishiki in anger, but his attack, which was full of flaws, was easily avoided by Nishio Nishiki in an instant.

Nishio Kin then kicked Kaneki Ken in the chest, sending him flying. With the sound of bones breaking, Kaneki Ken's body barely stopped until it hit the wall.

"To ghouls, humans are nothing more than prey. Do you think it's fun to play house with those guys who are equivalent to livestock?"

Nishio Nishiki slowly walked towards Kaneki Ken who was lying on the ground seriously injured.

"It's not... playing house!"

Kaneki Ken stood up and punched Nishio Nishiki continuously, but the opponent still dodged him.

"No matter how many times you attack me with this level, you won't be able to hit me!"

Nishio Kin clenched his fist and punched Kaneki Ken directly in the face, knocking him to the ground again.

——My stomach...I'm so hungry...

Kaneki Ken lay on the ground, staring at the sky, with only this one thought in his mind.

"It's about time we get to know each other. Goodbye, Nagachika Hideyoshi!"

Nishio Nishiki grabbed Nagachika Hideyoshi's wrist, pulled up his body, opened his bloody mouth, and was about to bite him.

"I will never allow such a thing!"

Kaneki Ken suddenly jumped up, stretched out his kagune, and immediately hit the defenseless Nishio Kinshiki hard, piercing his abdomen in an instant.

"Wow!"

Nishio Kin spat out a mouthful of blood, kicked Kaneki Ken, and hurriedly removed his body from the opponent's kagune:

"Beast! You bastard!"

——That’s Kamishiro Rize’s kagune!

Recognizing the strangeness of the kagune on Kaneki Ken, the seriously injured Nishio Nishiki turned and ran.

Kaneki Ken, who had fallen into madness, did not choose to chase, but looked directly at the unconscious Nagachika Hideyoshi:

"Friends! Delicious!"

Kaneki Ken opened his bloody mouth and pounced towards Nagachika Hideyoshi, but was stopped by Kirishima Touka who fell from the sky.

"You look pretty good, you bastard. The extreme pain and hunger made you lose your mind. As long as you could be freed from this hell, you didn't care about your friend's life. Then, after you devoured him, you looked at the blood and internal organs under your feet and regretted it alone."

Kirishima Touka took off her school uniform jacket, revealing her wing-shaped kagune, and knocked Kaneki Ken to the ground with one blow.

An unknown amount of time later, Kaneki Ken slowly woke up on the second floor of the antique coffee shop.

"Are you awake? Kirishima Touka brought you here."

The manager of the antique coffee shop slowly spoke to Kaneki Ken.

"How is my friend?"

Kaneki Ken immediately asked the manager of the coffee shop.

"He's fine. He's resting in the next room now."

The store manager immediately replied to Kaneki Ken.

"Really? That's great. I've been hungry lately, but now I don't feel that way at all. Please tell me truthfully, what did you do while I was asleep?"

Kaneki Ken looked up at the store manager.

"There is only one way to fill your stomach. If you continue in that state, you will kill your friends. I think you should know this."

The store manager reached out and patted Kaneki Ken's shoulder.

"I... don't want to hurt my friends... I'm neither human nor ghoul... I have no place to stay..."

Kaneki Ken lowered his head.

"It's neither side, you are wrong!"

The store manager shook his head:

"You are a ghoul! And you are also a human! You are the only one who has a place in both worlds! Come to our cafe, I will teach you how to survive as a ghoul, and then... even if it's just a little bit, I hope that you as a human can get to know us ghouls and see if we are just hungry beasts.

It's really suspicious that a coffee shop only sells coffee, but as ghouls, we are really powerless. Kaneki Ken, with your past experience, you should be able to make appropriate dishes. It doesn't need to be very good, just simple bread, biscuits, and sandwiches will do. Are you willing to help us?"

"I am willing!"

Kaneki Ken wiped the tears from his eyes, nodded vigorously, and became a member of the antique coffee shop.

At night, after waking up, Nagachika Hideyoshi thanked Kirishima Touka and the store manager, then left the antique coffee shop and headed home.

Although they said they were involved in a car accident, the perceptive Nagachika Hideyoshi never quite believed it. He always felt that Kaneki Ken seemed to be hiding something from him.

While trying hard to recall what happened before he fell into a coma, Nagachika Hideyoshi walked towards the alley where Nishio Nishiki led him and Kaneki Ken.

Urakami, who had been monitoring Kaneki Ken, also took the opportunity to follow him. As the distance between himself and Nagachika Hideyoshi increased, Urakami impatiently took out a utility knife from his pocket, walked quietly behind Nagachika Hideyoshi and cut his throat with the knife.

Just like that, Nagachika Hideyoshi, who was not killed by Nishio Nishiki nor eaten by Kaneki Ken, was assassinated by an ordinary human being in an ordinary way in an deserted alley. His body was not discovered until three days later when it had rotted and started to stink.

"This guy should be very important to that half-human, half-monster guy, right? I wonder what that half-human, half-monster guy will do after I kill him? It's really exciting!"

Urakami took out a handkerchief, wiped the blood off the utility knife, and left without looking back.

The next day was also Kaneki Ken's first day working at the Antique Coffee Shop.

"Ah, new guy?"

A lady with a very dangerous hairstyle appeared in the antique coffee shop with her daughter.

"Ah... yes, my name is Kaneki Ken."

Kaneki Ken introduced himself to the mother and daughter.

"My name is Fueguchi Ryoko, she is my daughter. Come, Hinami, you should also say hello to your brother."

The light brown-haired mother touched her daughter's head, but she just kept curling up behind her, clutching her clothes tightly and not daring to come forward:

"Really, this kid is a little shy."

"Hello, little sister."

Kaneki Ken lowered his head and greeted Fueguchi Hinami with a smile.

"Hello……"

Fueguchi Hinami also greeted Kaneki Ken in a low voice.

"Ah! Ms. Ryoko! Hinami!"

Hearing the familiar voice coming from this side, Kirishima Touka immediately ran over to meet Fueguchi mother and daughter:

"The manager is waiting for you on the second floor, please come in."

"Thanks, Touka."

Fueguchi Ryoko and Fueguchi Hinami walked up to the second floor of the antique coffee shop with ease.

"Are they both ghouls too?"

Kaneki Ken asked Kirishima Touka.