Is this okay?

After a week, a completely new Rize Kamishiro appeared.

Antique coffee shop.

The store was closed today because Senior Xiaoyuan's successful product was released.

She pulled Rize Kamishiro into the hall, and they opened their arms wide, cheering and showing off loudly.

"Ta-da! This is my work of the week, Rize Kamishiro 2.0 Machine Ghoul!"

Rize Kamishiro stood shyly in everyone's sight, feeling very uncomfortable with the stares of those around her.

Then everyone looked puzzled.

"Wait a minute! Something's not right! Didn't I ask you to solve the ghoul food problem? Why is there this whole Rize Kamishiro 2.0 thing? Is there anything different?"

Leng Mo stared at Rize Kamishiro for a long time but couldn't see anything different about her now, leaving him completely puzzled.

This gave Senior Madoka a comical smile.

"You don't understand. Rize Kamishiro now isn't the same Rize Kamishiro as before! She's an upgraded version of Rize Kamishiro!"

"So?"

"Possesses a brand new kagune! A metal kagune system! Power up! Speed ​​up! Mobility up! And it's detachable! In short, a brand new combination of technology and ghouls! If I had to put it in a word, it would be—SuperUP! Abbreviated as SU Ghoul!"

"???" Leng Mo scratched his head in bewilderment. Was this going a little too far off the mark?

"By the way! I've mass-produced Rize Kamishiro's Kagune System, do you want some?"

"Huh? Kagune can be mass-produced?" Kaneki looked incredulous upon hearing this, feeling as if his worldview had been shaken.

"Is this the legendary power of thought? It's terrifying! But something's subtly off." Kazuma stared wide-eyed, feeling utterly incredulous.

"Does that mean we won't have to transform every time anymore?" Tatsumi shouted excitedly.

Leng Mo finally realized what was happening and her eyes widened.

With the Kagune system, wouldn't that mean we don't need to transform at all?

Finally, I don't have to suffer anymore!!

Yay!

"Yay! Senior Xiaoyuan! My Superman!" Leng Mo jumped up excitedly.

"So... our food problem hasn't been solved yet?" Touka asked, complaining, seeing that this group had gone completely off track from the very beginning.

Upon hearing this, Senior Xiaoyuan sighed helplessly and continued:

"I already said this is Rize Kamishiro 2.0, so of course she won't only be able to eat humans. The blood in Rize Kamishiro's body now is a brand new embryo. As long as a ghoul drinks her blood, it can eat human food. No! To be precise, a ghoul that drinks her blood is no longer a ghoul, but a ghoul 2.0! I'm still researching PRO, PLUS, and PLUS+. Please look forward to it! Hehe!"

"I don't quite understand, but really?" Touka sighed weakly, then looked at Madoka-senpai anxiously.

Those standing nearby widened their eyes upon hearing this. The tragedy surrounding ghouls for thousands of years had been resolved in just one week?

Unbelievable!

"Don't worry, the original solution is Rize Kamishiro's blood. I've also cultivated a lot of it. This is yours."

As she spoke, Senior Xiaoyuan pulled a row of test tubes from her pocket, which were filled with red liquid.

Instantly, everyone's eyes turned to the test tube, and Senior Xiaoyuan laughed with great pride.

"Not only can it improve ghoul cells, but it also allows for custom flavors. However, it only has strawberry flavor right now; more flavors will have to wait until later."

"..."

"..."

Why are you always unusually serious about some inexplicable detail?

How are we ghouls, who have never eaten human food before, supposed to know what flavors are?

Touka was clearly a little bewildered when she heard this, but it didn't matter!

Hope! It's here!

"Oh, right, settle the bill." Madoka suddenly pulled out a bill and placed it in front of Touka with a mischievous grin.

You can't accept money from your partners, but you can accept money from other people.

Wow! Miracles and magic don't come for free!

Thinking of this, she revealed a deranged smile, already convinced that the ghoul would definitely pay.

When Touka saw the bill, her eyes widened in surprise.

"One hundred million!?"

Senior Xiaoyuan chuckled cheekily, "This is a rock-bottom price. One hundred million isn't much; it includes patent fees, monopoly fees, labor costs, and material costs. If you can't come up with it right now, I can lend you money because we're so close, how about 20% interest? Anyway, you can decide how much you make by reselling it to other ghouls! By the way, I only accept gold, hard currency! It holds its value! I can use it when I go back to my hometown!"

"This this……"

For a moment, Dongxiang's hand holding the bill trembled; she had never seen so much money before.

It's trash!

He's a piece of trash.

What a piece of trash!

Leng Mo, Jin Mu, and Kazuma, who were standing to the side, exchanged glances and silently complained in their hearts.

But no one stopped them, because they had already planned that after Senior Xiaoyuan received the money, they would go up and divide the spoils.

This is a necessary sacrifice!

Because of poverty...

Only Tatsumi didn't understand what the others were talking about, and looked completely bewildered.

Chapter Forty-Four: We stand ahead! Invincible!

Just as Touka was in a state of shock, Yoshimura Kozen, who was standing next to her, simply reached out and took the bill, putting it away without even looking at it.

"I'll figure out the money, you don't need to worry. I'll give you the money in a week."

His face was filled with a resolute determination, and his eyes gleamed with the fierceness he had once lost.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye. When he came to his senses, his face was full of kindness, and he smiled amiably at Touka and the others.

Of course, Senior Madoka wouldn't refuse this. She knew that Yoshimura Kōzen wouldn't lie, nor did he need to. She covered her mouth and chuckled to herself.

However, the next second she was surrounded by Leng Mo and the others.

"What are you trying to do?" Senior Xiaoyuan was a little scared as she was surrounded.

"Everyone who sees it gets a share. There are exactly five of us, so each of us gets 20 million."

"That's right, that's right."

"Twenty million isn't much, anyway, you can't possibly use it all."

"My God! You've gone too far! This is my hard-earned money!"

"It's no use talking more!"

"Questions and answers are useless!"

One serving per person!

"Me too!"

For a moment, Senior Xiaoyuan was surrounded by four big men and had no way to leave. If he didn't agree, they probably wouldn't let him go.

"Do you think it's easy for me to make money! I've put all my savings into armor, and I don't even have money to spend on in-game purchases! No way! I'll take more than one share!" Senior Xiaoyuan was definitely not going to agree to it right away; she had to negotiate.

To everyone's surprise, Leng Mo smiled the next second and answered without hesitation.

"You said it! Deal! You get an extra share, and we'll split the rest!"

"???"

When Senior Xiao Yuan saw Leng Mo's beaming face, she immediately realized that she had been tricked.

These guys never intended to actually split it equally from the start; they're incredibly shameless.

As a result, he jumped into the pit himself.

RNM! Money back!

Instantly, Senior Madoka was so angry that she tilted her head back and even wanted to scream.

There are various types of gates...

……

Meanwhile, Dongxiang and the others took the concentrate and instructions and ran to the backstage room.

Everyone sat down around the table, on which sat a large cake, one of the shop's usual offerings.

"Is everyone ready?"

Yoshimura Kōzen took a deep breath and spoke to those around him.

Upon hearing this, Dong Xiang and the others nodded in agreement, nervously looking at the concentrate in their hands. This stuff could be used after being diluted with water.

"let's start."

Everyone was excited and picked up their water glasses to drink it down in big gulps.

Gulu gulu...

The water, which was originally tasteless, developed a strawberry aroma when you were halfway through drinking it.

When Dong Xiang tasted this unfamiliar flavor, she couldn't react for a moment. After drinking it all, her face was full of confusion.

What was that smell just now?

It's a taste I've never had before...

Overwhelmed with excitement, she trembled as she reached out and scraped some cream from the cake on the table with her fingers, then almost shakily put her fingers into her mouth.

Tears streamed down her cheeks in an instant, then dripped from her chin onto the table.

What is that taste in my mouth that I've never experienced before?

Is this sweet?

Dong Xiang's tears fell uncontrollably onto the table. She completely lost control of her expression, clenching her teeth to keep from crying out, her hands gripping her pants tightly.

"I……"

An outburst of emotion is impossible to hold back, and tears fall in drops.

"Touka, it's okay to cry."

Yoshiro gently rubbed Touka's head with his palm, tears streaming down his face.

I cried because I was heartbroken, and I cried because I was moved.

His voice seemed to give Touka a signal, and she finally couldn't hold back anymore.

Dongxiang no longer knew how to describe her feelings; all she could do was burst into tears.

Finally... finally I don't have to understand anymore, finally I don't have to endure hunger anymore.

It's like being moved, happy, and at the same time filled with sadness because the huge food production means there's no longer any fear of famine.

The tragic scenes of the past flashed through my mind, and the despair and desolation of countless people appeared in this instant.

It was filled with guilt, sadness, and even resentment.

If only those people had held on until now...

At this moment, Leng Mo and the others sitting in the hall also heard the crying, and their expressions were filled with emotion.

Kaneki sat at the bar, looking down at the coffee in front of him with mixed feelings. It was unclear what he was thinking, but one could sense that his heart was not at peace.

"Do you really think what I did was right? The ghouls have nothing to do with me. Knowing what would happen in the future, I could have just stayed out of it and watched everything unfold silently from the sidelines."

Kaneki sighed with a touch of melancholy, took a sip of the coffee in front of him, and the bitter taste brought him some clarity.

Leng Mo, who had just taken a bite of cake, didn't say anything, but asked seriously, "What do you think?"

"I feel... it's complicated. Ghouls are the enemy of humanity, but I'm helping ghouls. I would never have done this before, but after watching the story, I haven't been able to calm down. I even feel immense pressure... I don't know what I should be doing at all. I'm just an ordinary person."

Kaneki sighed, but something was also dawning on him.