Tokyo Ghoul: Starting from the Double Kamuy

"..."

Watching the other party go away, Arima Takashi did not chase after him, because his primary goal was to protect Reika Mitsumi, and under normal circumstances, the investigator could not catch up with the ghoul.

However, he protected Reika Mitani only because she was the target of the mission, and the mission was not to expel (kill) her directly, but to lock her up in a ghoul shelter, so he had to prevent other ghouls from killing her.

But if Reika Mitsumi had successfully killed those bad boys last night, then the nature of the matter would be different, and it is very likely that CCG would have to change to expelling the "Lanterns".

Unless the target is of great use, such as S, SS or even SSS, these more advanced ghouls will usually be kept alive for their own use, so that they can provide intelligence on other ghouls, or even be kept for the development of new Quinques.

The battle was over, and Mitani Reika had recovered by then, but she did not attack Arima Kisho. Instead, she asked, "Arima-san is a ghoul investigator, right? You're willing to save me..."

"No, it's just that the mission is not to expel you, but to lock you up in a ghoul shelter."

Arima Takamasa said directly.

"That's right... After all, I'm a ghoul. No matter how much I want to be like a normal human girl, I'm still a ghoul after all."

A bitter smile appeared on Mitsumi Reika's face. "But Arima-san did save me, so thank you anyway."

Arima Takashi was silent for a moment, "...You're welcome."

"Arima-san is going to take me to a ghoul shelter next, right?"

Sanbo Lihua has given up resisting.

Because she already knew Arima's strength. He was able to fight the ghoul without losing, while she had no chance to fight back, which meant that she was definitely no match for Arima.

"Is such that."

Arima Takashi nodded slightly.

"Before that, could you give me some time?"

Reika Sanbo requested, "I've been preparing for the exam next week for so long."

"No."

Arima Takashi rejected it coldly and ruthlessly.

"Well, what a shame..."

Sanbo Lihua smiled regretfully.

............

At the same time, Uchiha Baiye had arrived at an empty alley and left his schoolbag there.

He took off the tiger-skin mask on his face, and his hairstyle returned to its original state.

Then he took out the school uniform from his schoolbag and put it on, and stuffed the clothes and chains that matched the tiger mask into his schoolbag.

He would not waste RC cells to put the clothes and chains back to the Shenwei Space, because there were only a few RC cells left in his body.

During this operation, he only transferred himself into the Kamui space and then out when changing clothes at the beginning, and also used "Hollowification" once when fighting with Sanbo Lihua. This alone consumed most of his RC cells.

But apart from a little eye pain and a bit of weakness, there's nothing serious. I think I will recover on my own by tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

"I just tested a few moves with Arima. It turns out that Arima Takashi's physical fitness is obviously better than mine. But then again, this is Arima at the peak of his physical fitness..."

Uchiha Baiye thought to himself.

His "Constitution" attribute is not high enough, but his growth potential is unlimited. As long as he has attribute points, he will continue to become stronger.

Immediately afterwards, Uchiha Byakuya returned to Arima Takamasa at full speed.

As soon as he arrived there, Uchiha Byakuya saw Arima Kisho preparing to handcuff Mitani Reika.

These are special handcuffs made by CCG using kagune. Ordinary ghouls cannot break free from them.

"Arima-san, do you have this fetish?"

Uchiha Baiye teased deliberately.

Because at this time Reika Mitsumi had retracted her kagune and her kagune eyes had turned back to their original black pupils, it seemed like Arima Takamasa was doing something strange to a cute JK girl.

Rika Mitani knew that Uchiha-san should be Arima-san's fellow investigator, but she didn't expect Uchiha-san to say this right away, which made her slightly stunned.

"No."

Arima Takashi denied it expressionlessly: "I have confirmed that Mitani Reika is the ghoul 'Lantern', so I am arresting her."

After handcuffing Mitani Reika, he walked over to Uchiha Byakuya and reported the situation in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Just now, an unidentified ghoul and the Lantern were fighting each other. They might be fighting for the ghoul ground, but the ghoul has left now. I have also confirmed that the true identity of the Lantern is Mitani Reika."

He had just successfully expelled the ghoul who had sneaked into the school as a handyman, because the ghoul refused to surrender and wanted to fight him to the death.

He followed Mitsumi Reika right after. He was carrying out his normal mission of investigating the "Lantern" but he happened to see what happened just now.

Obviously, Arima Takashi did not recognize that the ghoul just now was actually Uchiha Byakuya in front of him.

After all, the difference in appearance is too great. Although the figures are similar, we cannot easily judge based on the figure alone. There are countless people in this world with similar figures.

Moreover, Arima Takashi knew very well that Uchiha Byakuya and he were both half-humans from the Byakuri Court, and half-humans would not have that kind of blood-red eyes.

So he didn't associate Uchiha Byakuya with the ghoul just now at all.

"However, 'Lantern' just said that he hopes to give her some time, apparently to complete the exam next week. What do you think, Uchiha?"

Arima Takashi also told Uchiha Byakuya about Mitani Reika's request.

Uchiha Byakuya is his partner and superior, and has the greatest say.

"Just give her this opportunity. Besides, aren't you enjoying campus life with Ma Er waiting for you? There's no harm in enjoying it for a while longer, right?"

Uchiha Baiye said.

Arima Takashi remained silent for a moment with an expressionless face, but did not deny it.

"......I see."

Chapter 34 Everything is under control

After finishing the conversation with Uchiha Byakuya, Arima Kisho returned to Mitsumi Reika.

He uncuffed Sanbo Lihua.

"why is that?"

Sanbo Lihua was immediately surprised.

"I can give you some time. After the exam is over, I will arrest you."

Arima Takashi said.

"!!"

Sanbo Lihua was surprised and delighted and said, "Thank you very much!"

"No need to thank me, it was the Uchiha who gave you this opportunity."

Arima Takashi discussed the matter at hand.

"That's probably because Arima-san interceded for me, otherwise Uchiha-san wouldn't know about this."

Sanbo Lihua said.

"No, I'm just reporting the situation normally."

Arima Takamasa would never admit to anything he hadn't done.

"All right......"

Mitani Reika suddenly felt that this Arima-san was really cold...

"Go back."

Arima Takashi let Reika Mitsumi go home as if nothing had happened.

He was not worried about Sanbo Lihua escaping because he now knew the true identity of the "Lantern" and he would be able to catch Sanbo Lihua again soon, unless Sanbo Lihua escaped and never appeared in human society again.

"I'm still a little scared of that ghoul just now, can Arima-san take me back?"

Reika Mitani requested Arima Takasho.

"...OK."

Arima Takashi did not refuse, because he did not want the target of the mission to die at the hands of other ghouls.

"Then I'll go back first. Arima, you can take Sanbo-san home."

At this time, Uchiha Byakuya also spoke to Arima Takamasa.

"Ok."

Arima Takashi nodded.

............

[Ding! The host successfully completed "Task 20: Change the death ending of Sanbo Lihua" and received the reward: attribute points! ]

The development of things is entirely under Uchiha Byakuya's control.

To put it bluntly, he disguised himself as a ghoul this time just to directly advance the plot.

Otherwise, with Reika Mitsumi's personality, she would play the "Ghoul Investigator" game with them for a long time, such as betraying other ghouls to him and Arima Takasho, letting them relax their vigilance, and then looking for opportunities to get rid of them.

Uchiha Baiye didn't want to waste this time.

Although there are other options, such as taking direct action against Reika Mitsumi as an investigator, forcing her to reveal her true identity as "Lantern".

However, CCG investigators cannot attack ordinary people casually. Even if the other party's true identity is really a ghoul, it will damage his reputation. This is why Arima Takasho has highly suspected Reika Miwa but did not take action.

According to the rules of CCG, without absolutely clear evidence, one cannot easily take action against an ordinary person who has not turned into a ghoul.

Therefore, Uchiha Byakuya chose to act as a "ghoul", and by doing so, he made Mitani Reika realize the strength of Arima Takasho, so that Mitani Reika did not dare to commit suicide by attacking Arima Takasho, which also avoided Mitani Reika's death to a great extent.

This is the best way anyway.

He also efficiently and smoothly changed the death outcome of Reika Sanbo.

Regardless of whether Reika Mitsumi is locked up in a ghoul shelter or not, at least she won't die.

But in comparison, Uchiha Byakuya still hopes that Sanrika Rika can go to District 20 to join the store manager Yoshimura Kozen.

Uchiha Baiye has returned to Area 2 via the subway.

He had just finished preparing dinner when Fangcun Aite came over.

"Takatsuki-sensei, you came so early today. I was just about to have dinner."

Uchiha Baiye said with slight surprise.

"Because I can't wait to get the material. Do you mind if I take a few bites?"

Yoshimura asked to have a bite of Uchiha Baiye's dinner.

Of course, she was not being greedy, but wanted to naturally eliminate the possibility that Uchiha Byakuya thought she was a ghoul.

No ghoul can eat human food, with half-humans and half-ghouls being the exceptions, but normal investigators wouldn't know about such things as half-humans and half-ghouls.

However, what a coincidence is that Uchiha Byakuya and Yoshimura Eto, one is half-human and the other is half-ghoul.

"of course can."

Uchiha Baiye readily agreed.

Since the configuration of his apartment was rather ordinary, the table and chairs were just enough for two people to enjoy dinner.

"Mr. Uchiha's cooking is really good."

Fangcun Ate tasted a few bites and praised it.

She doesn't need to "pretend to eat" like ordinary ghouls. As a half-ghoul, she can taste the deliciousness of food.

Moreover, eating human food will not harm her body, but will instead help her satisfy her hunger.

But if she wants to maintain her strength or even become stronger, she can only eat human flesh or "co-eating" with her own kind.

"As long as Mr. Takatsuki likes it."

Regardless of whether what Fangcun Eto said was true or false, Uchiha Baiye believed that his cooking skills were quite good.

In his previous life, he often cooked by himself.

On top of already having certain cooking skills, he has now also acquired the Mangekyō Sharingan, which of course helps with cooking skills and needs no further explanation.

"By the way, how did things go today, regarding that ghoul girl?"