Please call me Cyber ​​Demon King

Ke Ling stood in front of Kaneki Ken, a smile on his face, his heat samurai sword pointing at Kirishima Touka.

"What kind of monster are you?!"

Kirishima Touka revealed a pair of horrified eyes, gritting her teeth as she stared intently at Ke Ling.

For ghouls, the loss of a hand or foot is nothing; they can recover quickly in a short time.

“I’m in the same boat as this kid, so I’m sorry, I can’t just stand by and watch you force-feed him human flesh.”

Ke Ling did not launch another attack, because there was still a dangerous presence nearby, secretly watching the situation.

If he remembered correctly, this aura should belong to Yoshimura Kozen, the manager of the coffee shop in Anteiku, known as the "Killless Owl".

Ouch, someone's asking me out tomorrow.

Chapter 105 Human or Ghoul?

Just now, Ke Ling severed Kirishima Touka's hand. Although the process seemed to go smoothly, he was very surprised because his heat samurai sword felt extremely strong resistance.

In his memory, Touka Kirishima was not considered to have strong defense among ghouls, but even so, he still felt resistance when slashing with the heat samurai sword.

"Rc cells, they're something else," Ke Ling couldn't help but think to herself.

He knew very well that this feeling of blockage was clearly due to the Rc cells in Touka Kirishima's body at work.

Ghouls have a high concentration of Rc cells stored in an organ called a "kabune," which can be released to form four different types of kagune during battle.

At the same time, Rc cells will actively protect the ghoul's body. Ordinary weapons and firearms pose little threat to ghouls and cannot even break through their defenses.

To deal with ghouls, you need to use special weapons called quinques, which are made from ghouls' kagune. There are also mass-produced anti-ghoul bullets like the "Q Barrett," which can easily take down some low-level ghouls.

In short, Rc cells must be used to fight Rc cells, which is one of the reasons why ghouls can completely overwhelm ordinary people.

Of course, invulnerability is not absolute; for example, Ke Ling just cut off Kirishima Touka's hand.

However, if it were a more powerful ghoul, or one with higher defense, it's uncertain whether his heat-powered katana would still be effective.

"He's no longer human! Can't you tell?!"

Kirishima Touka retorted loudly and decisively to Ke Ling's statement.

Although she didn't know what was going on with that one-eyed guy, she was certain that he was no longer human.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have forced him to eat. She's not a psychopath who insists on letting humans experience what it's like to be a ghoul.

"Besides, you're completely different from him! He smells both human and ghoul, but you're neither! So what are you!?"

As Kirishima Touka spoke, crimson Rc cells gushed from her left shoulder, forming a single wing like a gas emission.

Ke Ling's words did not convince her. Ke Ling smelled completely different from that one-eyed guy. He was like some kind of wild beast, very dangerous.

"Like this child, I was transformed from a human being into what I am now."

Ke Ling shook his head, put down the knife, and abandoned his hostile stance. He was on guard, wary of Yoshimura Kozen who was secretly watching him.

While Kirishima Touka is quite strong, she doesn't pose much of a threat to him. Her speed and explosiveness, which are her greatest strengths, are not better than his, and in terms of endurance, she is far inferior to him.

But Yoshimura Kōzen is different; he's a true monster with a feathered dagger, capable of easily defeating a newbie like Kirishima Touka.

Although Yoshimura Kōzen could not kill Ke Ling, he could easily break through his defenses. Once his subcutaneous armor was damaged, there was nowhere to repair it!

"They were transformed from humans into this?! How did this happen?!"

Ke Ling's words startled Kirishima Touka. She didn't know the details, but she did remember that the one-eyed guy had been a human customer at the shop before.

Her head was spinning; she couldn't comprehend this at all—humans could actually be turned into ghouls?!

"This child has had an organ transplanted from a ghoul."

Ke Ling lifted Kaneki Ken off the ground. The guy was drooling and looked like he was starving.

But Ke Ling's words quickly brought Kaneki Ken back to his senses, because Ke Ling's words seemed to confirm his guesses over the past few days.

"The problem was indeed with the transplanted organ."

Kaneki Ken touched his stomach. The accident a few days ago had left him severely injured, and the doctor had performed an organ transplant on him without authorization.

“You’re right, this child did indeed receive an organ transplant from a ghoul.”

An old voice suddenly rang out, causing a ghoul, a half-ghoul, and a demon to all look at him.

He was an old man with white hair, wearing a black and white striped vest and trousers, dressed as a waiter, with a brown apron tied around his waist. His eyes were squinted and he had a smile on his face.

"Store manager?!"

Kirishima Touka looked surprised. Her ghoul eyes disappeared, and the half of her wings that spewed out like gas was also retracted.

Clearly, the store manager's appearance put her at ease, and the tension of her life being threatened vanished instantly.

"Sir, could you please return Dong Xiang's hand? She has to go to school tomorrow. The child didn't mean any harm."

Yoshimura nodded to Touka, then smiled and spoke to Ke Ling, looking like a nice guy.

"Of course you can. Actually, I didn't mean any harm. I just used too much force in the heat of the moment."

"You can't hit someone who's smiling," Ke Ling sheathed his heat samurai sword, then picked up Kirishima Touka's hand from the ground and threw it at the girl.

Kirishima Touka caught her right hand with her left hand, her lips twitching. So much for no malice, but she chopped off her hand right away. Was that a kind gesture?

She reattached her right hand to her severed wrist. The difference in difficulty between having a hand and not having one is naturally enormous.

Kirishima Touka isn't a ghoul known for her superhuman regenerative abilities; if she lost her hand, she'd probably have to take a couple of days off to recover.

"Manager! What's wrong with my body?! Please! Help me!"

Kaneki Ken is like a drowning person, clinging to anyone he sees as a lifeline, desperately trying to grab onto them.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before, but your body is definitely closer to a ghoul than a human.”

Yoshimura Kozen slowly began to speak. He had learned about this matter from the news about organ transplantation that had been circulating a few days prior.

Two students were hit by falling steel bars from a high altitude, and the doctor donated the deceased female student's organs to the male student without authorization.

The two students were Rize Kamishiro, a ghoul, and the boy in front of them.

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Kaneki Ken was struck dumb; Yoshimura Kozen's words were undoubtedly a verdict.

Being more like a ghoul than a human seemed to have sealed his fate; he could never return to a normal life.

"Sir! Sir! Do you have a way?! Please! Please help me!"

Kaneki Ken looked at Ke Ling, this strange man who seemed like a demon, who had just said that he had the right to choose!

"You said we're in the same boat, are you in the same situation? Can you tell me what to do?!"

Kaneki Ken cried terribly. He was only an eighteen-year-old boy, so it was normal for him to react this way when something like this happened.

"Impossible, this is the fate of ghouls."

Kirishima Touka spoke impatiently, not believing this guy had any other way.

"No, no, no, I don't believe in fate."

Ke Ling shook his head, which filled Kaneki Ken's expression with hope as he looked at him.

"Ghouls can eat ghouls, and for ghouls, eating ghouls is the real best way to replenish their energy."

In front of the two ghouls, Ke Ling made some outrageous remarks, which left Kaneki Ken stunned.

Kirishima Touka's expression turned ugly, while Yoshimura Kozen's expression remained unchanged, still smiling and standing there with his hands behind his back.

"What nonsense are you spouting?! Those are our own kind! This kind of thing..."

Kirishima Touka gritted her teeth and retorted, looking at Ke Ling as if she were a madwoman.

"Miss Dongxiang, you are quite interesting."

Kirishima Touka's words made Ke Ling laugh, a very exaggerated laugh, which made Kirishima Touka very embarrassed and annoyed.

"You were born a ghoul, but he wasn't. After living as a human for so many years, do you think he's the same kind of being—human or ghoul?"

Ke Ling tugged at the dumbfounded Kaneki Ken, and then asked the boy, whose spirit had been greatly shaken today, very directly.

"Are you human, or a ghoul?"

Kaneki Ken opened his mouth. In his heart, in his self-identity, he was undoubtedly human.

"Humans or ghouls, which would you choose as your food?"

Ke Ling then asked the next question, which left Kaneki Ken speechless.

His heart will definitely lean more towards ghouls, which is his instinct as a human, but his body will definitely crave humans more.

I'll do my best!

Chapter 106 Ansei Ward Cafe

"Is that what you do too?"

Kaneki Ken looked at Ke Ling. The man in front of him, with horns on his head, a vertical eye on his forehead, and a strong physique, gave him a sense of reliable security. This man had given him other options.

If we had to say, Ke Ling was the most monstrous of all the creatures present. After all, putting everything else aside, the three ghouls, Kirishima Touka, Yoshimura Kozen, and Kaneki Ken, at least looked like normal people, while Ke Ling was clearly different from a human.

"Me? More or less."

Ke Lingchong nodded to Kaneki Ken. Although he and Kaneki Ken were not the same kind of creature, they faced the same problem.

Seeing the boy's struggle and helplessness, Ke Ling felt as if she were seeing her own fate without the [Limit System].

Without a doubt, without the [Limit System], he would definitely be worse off than Kaneki Ken. At least this young man is a protagonist, although his experiences can also be described as miserable, but at least his ending is a happy one.

If Ke Ling didn't have the [Limit System], he would definitely be killed by some passing demon hunter.

"Even though we've been turned into cannibalistic monsters, we would never give up our human identity if given the choice, wouldn't you agree?"

Ke Ling expressed his thoughts, saying that if he had no other choice but to survive, he dared not say how long he could hold on.

"Yes, because we are human beings."