Is this okay?

However, she couldn't see anything.

despair!

She heard the sound of a switch being turned on, and a spotlight appeared in front of her.

The diffused light shone on a person who remained seated, but it was impossible to see what he was sitting on. The spotlight shone from below on the person's chin, face, and black sunglasses.

The sunglasses reflected white light from below, but the eyes underneath were completely invisible.

Just as Rize Kamishiro was about to get up, she suddenly realized that her body was tightly bound to the chair with her face pressed against it, and she couldn't stand up no matter how she moved, or at least she couldn't break free without using all her strength.

At that moment, the person opposite crossed their hands and placed them below their nose, and a deep, magnetic voice rang out.

"Rize Kamishiro, are you aware of the situation?"

"What's going on? Don't think I won't recognize you just because you're wearing glasses, you disgusting greasy man!"

Rize Kamishiro recognized Leng Mo immediately. After all, even though it was pitch black all around, there was still a scent in the air, and it was too easy for a ghoul to recognize a scent.

"That's part of the plan, a necessary sacrifice! Do you think I want to chat with a stinky woman like you?"

Upon hearing this, Leng Mo on the other side retorted without any mercy, expressing his disgust for what had happened before.

Just then, the switch clicked again.

despair.

Another spotlight appeared to Leng Mo's left in the same way, and Kaneki appeared under the light, mimicking Leng Mo's posture.

"Rize Kamishiro, now that things have come to this, don't you have anything to say?"

"What else is there to say? You humans are nothing but food!"

Rize Kamishiro showed no mercy, speaking loudly and hoarsely to Kaneki.

Instead of Kaneki, she was answered by the sound of a switch being turned on.

despair!

Kazuma appeared in the light in the same way and with the same posture.

“I don’t think now is the time to discuss this issue. Rize Kamishiro will play an important role going forward.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the last Tatsumi appeared.

despair!

As the last light came on, Tatsumi appeared in the dark room, just like everyone else.

He frowned and pondered for a moment before speaking solemnly.

"Don't you think this light is too bright?"

"..."

"..."

"..."

After Tatsumi spoke, Leng Mo and the others fell silent and turned to look at Tatsumi in unison.

Feeling stared at like that, Tatsumi immediately turned off the lights and left the stage with a click.

Leng Mo took a deep breath and brought the topic back.

"Ahem! Let's get back to the next question. Rize Kamishiro deeply sympathizes with your background and experiences, but for the future of ghouls and humans, you must sacrifice yourself. After all, you wouldn't have fared much worse in our hands."

"Who the hell are you!"

Rize Kamishiro, who was tied to the chair, finally asked the question. She should have asked it earlier, but the way things were unfolding had left her completely caught off guard.

Now is the time.

"Who are we? You can call me Leng Mo."

"Kazuma Sato."

"Kaneki Ken."

despair.

Turn on the lights.

"Tatsumi."

despair.

Turn off the lights.

"..."

"..."

For some reason, the atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

But it doesn't matter!

Leng Mo was a master at setting the mood. He immediately pulled out a bowl of instant noodles that had already been prepared from under the table, placed it on the table, and silently pushed it in front of Rize Kamishiro.

"?"

Rize Kamishiro looked puzzled when she saw the instant noodles, completely unable to understand what Leng Mo meant.

"Eat."

"What...to eat?"

Instant noodles!

"You expect a ghoul to eat human food?"

"What? Don't want to?"

"Don't you know that ghouls can't eat human food at all?"

"I know, so are you going to eat or not?"

"..."

Rize Kamishiro was speechless at Leng Mo's words. She could eat the instant noodles in front of her, but she would definitely feel unwell after eating them, and her strength would even decrease.

This is a fatal problem.

She's not the kind of ghoul who can tolerate gluttony; S-rank ghouls never reason.

They never care about other people's rules.

In Rize Kamishiro's eyes, the rule against frequent hunting was a sign of weakness, so she would not listen to Leng Mo's words.

They were even planning to break free of their chains and run away.

She had already figured out the surrounding situation. Although the room was pitch black except for the light in front of Leng Mo and the others, the smell in the air was definitely right.

This isn't some deserted place; it's actually in a bustling downtown area, with streets right outside the wall.

The scents of countless people on the street made Rize Kamishiro realize that as long as she seized the opportunity to escape the room and got to the street, they wouldn't be able to do anything to her.

Although they are powerful, they are hiding in the shadows; otherwise, they wouldn't have suddenly appeared at this time.

These guys are terrified of being killed by the police; they'll do anything to avoid it!

That's the weakness!

Rize Kamishiro seemed to have grasped Leng Mo and the others' fatal weakness, and was full of confidence as she recalled what had happened before.

In the blink of an eye, Rize Kamishiro's ghoul eyes appeared, and she exerted force with her arm.

collapse!

The iron chain snapped, and fragments scattered all over the ground, making a crisp sound as they hit the ground.

The next second, she grinned maliciously, her scales instantly opening, and she fearlessly aimed them at the wall behind her, intending to break through it.

"You're centuries too early to try and catch me! Once I leave this room, you'll be helpless! Unless you're willing to suffer social death! Hahahaha!"

Unexpectedly, at that moment, Rize Kamishiro's smile suddenly froze, and she stared at Leng Mo and the other three with wide, horrified eyes.

Leng Mo and the other three stood up at the same time. There was nothing wrong with standing up, but when they stood up, their clothes, which had been hidden in the darkness, were completely exposed to the light.

Four different colored skirts appeared!

Even though Tatsumi can't see because the lights aren't on, it doesn't matter!

A powerful sense of oppression rushed towards me, as if onomatopoeia were appearing in the air.

ゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴゴ!

"What makes you think we haven't transformed yet? We value our lives highly; there's absolutely no way we'd expose ourselves to danger! You've fallen for it, Rize! God! Generation!

Leng Mo looked at Rize Kamishiro with a merciless expression, as if he had seen through everything. Rather than saying he was just waiting for her to fall into the trap, he was deliberately hiding in the darkness.

"Ha! Rize Kamishiro, are you ready to recount your sins?" Kaneki Ken stared at Rize Kamishiro with a serious expression.

"We won't even need a second to take you down!" Kazuma clenched his fists, making a 'crackling' sound.

“I think so too!” Tatsumi, whose voice was heard but whose face was not seen, casually replied.

Rize Kamishiro, seeing this, immediately realized she had miscalculated; she never expected these guys to be so treacherous and cunning.

There was even a doubt that it was still not too late to surrender now.

Then, in the pitch-black room, came the sound of a beating, both familiar and brand new.

"Enemy! Damn it! Enemy! Attack!"

"Do you know my pain, Rize Kamishiro?! Damn it! You don't know, Rize Kamishiro! Hit me!"

"I'm going to use my JIO to deliver a powerful flying kick to the girl's face!"

"Kazuma, don't be impulsive! If you go down like that, someone will die!"

Crackling, crackling, crackling...

They were clearly beating up a pretty girl, but for some reason everyone was getting more and more excited.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. If someone is not pretty and is weak, hitting them would feel like bullying them, which is a despicable act.

A fake weakling only bullies the weak!

The truly weak only bully the strong!

Therefore, the beautiful and strong are the powerful! There's a sense of pleasure in bullying them, like defeating the strong!

The sudden change caught Rize Kamishiro completely off guard and unprepared, leaving her utterly helpless.

Curled up on the ground, unable to move, she began to regret her impulsive actions. Next time, she would never act without fully understanding the situation.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Rize Kamishiro's Tragic Plan!

Two days later.

The Kaneki family.

Rize Kamishiro, who had previously appeared full of energy, had now lost her former spirit.

She sat in the chair looking haggard, her eyes lifeless, as if she didn't care about anything anymore.

Like a loser who has lost their purpose in life, nothing matters anymore.

A wisp of yellow leaves drifts in the bleak autumn wind, withered leaves threatening to fall by the lakeside.

A person sits at the bow of the boat facing the wind, their life a mess and miserable sight in the wind.

At this moment, Rize Kamishiro had given up on herself, and no one knew how she had spent the past two days.

The four people in front of me are utterly beasts, even more beastly than beasts!

Four meals a day, each one lavish with meat and fish!

If you don't eat, we'll beat you!

It's one thing to hit someone, but to force them to eat it afterward is another!

They were clearly full, but they still felt it wasn't enough.

It even made Rize Kamishiro understand that there is a kind of hunger called being perceived as hungry by others.

Imagine how other people kidnap beautiful young girls like me and lock them up at home to do all sorts of things, but these guys are just feeding them to pigs!