Infinity, progressing from Arasaka

With a single step, the hard asphalt road surface felt like a large block of brittle candy, creating a deep pit. Gravel tumbled and exploded, and a dark purple metallic human figure rose from the ground, smashing the dome of the two-story building like a javelin.

"Damn it! This is my father's power... Whoa!"

The next instant, *crack!* Half of the mask shattered, revealing a slightly handsome and youthful face.

The immense force sent his entire body flying backward in a sharp arc, crashing through the eaves and slamming into the other end of the street with a deafening roar. Dust and debris billowed high into the air, and deep cracks spread outwards, resembling a spiderweb.

"Boss Xuandu!"

"Ahhhh——!"

The ghouls on the rooftop, whether they were in white suits, clowns, or bronze trees, were all smashed down like dumplings being dropped into a pot, one by one by that terrifying, armored figure. Some were even shattered in mid-air, their limbs and severed bodies scattered everywhere.

"So, your name is Kirishima Ayato. Nice kagune, very beautiful. It seems you inherited your father's talent."

Thump! Vera landed.

As Xuan Du rapidly recovered from his physical injuries, he rolled several times on the ground before barely managing to regain his balance thanks to the activation of his feather keg.

"I am going to kill you..."

He roared, and Yuhe swept across like a blade, but missed. He didn't even have time to turn around before he felt a numbness in his legs, and his lower body immediately lost sensation. What followed was excruciating pain; his spine and pelvis were shattered.

Amidst the sound of bones shattering, Vera aimed at Kirishima Ayato's head and fired the "Gun III" cannon...

boom!

*Gulp.* Stepping on the viscous liquid that burst from the spherical object, Vera gave the order to the armed CCG investigators in the area, "Keep an eye on his khatnose," before stomping on the ground.

Picking up the ordinary quinque longsword that had fallen beside the fallen investigator, she leaped and tumbled a few times, catching up with the ghoul who was trying to escape when he realized things were going badly.

Zheng——

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Chapter 081 I Eliminate the Ghoul = I'm Here to Buy Goods

"Retreat! Retreat quickly! Brother Naki was killed by White Dove! Boss Jason and Mr. Nick are nowhere to be found... Where's Boss Xuandu?! Bottle..."

"Stop talking about Boss Ayato! Boss Ayato's been killed! Retreat, retreat now! We've fallen for the CCG's trap. Monster, that foreign white dove is a monster..."

"Don't come any closer...don't come any closer, ahhh—"

...

Just minutes ago, the streets and alleys were peaceful and quiet, but now they have been replaced by all sorts of noises.

Gunshots, curses, cries of pain, wails, the sharp screech of vehicles braking, the cracking and collapsing walls and shattering windows of surrounding shops, the piercing muffled thuds of the Q Barrett rounds used against ghouls, the clanging of metal on leather as investigators clashed with ghouls...

Countless sounds piled up and intertwined together, composing a symphony of blood and fire.

Whether passive or active.

Without a doubt, in this battlefield of carnage, that beautiful, dark figure was the most powerful note in this 'symphony'.

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With speed and force far exceeding human physiological limits, Vera swung her quinque sword, leaving beautiful, pale afterimages in the rain.

Clang! The blade sliced ​​into the terrified eyes of the demon, shattering the brow bone, bridge of the nose, and skull. Without pausing, the longsword, dripping with red and white liquid, slashed out, spraying blood mist in an arc along the direction of the cut.

"A Kakuja! This is a Kakuja! A monster!"

The crystal prism bounced off Vera's helmet. Beneath her black armor, her slender hands swung, and her quinque longsword swept horizontally, severing the arm joint of the lunging kukuri ghoul.

"Gun III" was raised intermittently, and the pointed bullets, with a whistling sound as they cut through the air, instantly turned a ghoul who was roaring and activating his katana into a sieve.

At breakneck speed, Vera didn't slow down at all. Her long sword severed the shoulder joint that was wrapped around the kukuri, and continued to swing forward, drawing a small semi-circle. The S-rank kukuri ghoul that couldn't retreat in time was precisely cleaved in the chest.

Clang.

The blade shattered, splattering blood everywhere. His abdomen, the flesh under his ribs, his lungs, alveoli, esophagus, bronchi, and intestines all spilled out with a 'sizzle'. He screamed in agony as Vera, along with the broken knife stuck in his shoulder blade armor, dragged him along and crashed into the walls along the way.

The distorted, inhuman human body crashed to the ground, and the stench of blood wafted outwards.

He curled up on his knees, his will to survive driving him to grab the dusty, rain-soaked ground and stuff his internal organs back into his body. But as he stuffed them in, he became still, and the pool of blood gradually expanded, staining the rainwater around him red.

Vera continued to charge forward.

The "Gun III" in his hand transformed into a broad-bladed short sword, trailing a streak of light as it slashed one after another at the ghouls who couldn't dodge in time, cutting their throats, beheading them, and dismembering them. In an instant, blood and flesh flew everywhere, like blooming blood flowers, and screams filled the air.

The "New Proto" live-action bodysuit, unfolding before her, perfectly accentuates her tall and shapely figure, gleaming with a metallic sheen and radiating a chilling aura.

That's the feeling, the joy of being a reckless person.

Why are you hiding?

Let's do it! Let's go all out!

Without caring about her image, without worrying about being unharmed, and without even needing to worry about getting her hands or clothes dirty, Vera stepped onto the roof, sending rubble flying. Her figure was like a long, narrow, dark, matte ribbon, charging through the buildings and among the enemy.

The flower of flesh and blood blooms amidst the sudden rain.

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"Huff...huff...Touka, Mr. Yomo, what exactly happened? Why did the CCG suddenly send reinforcements to the 20th Ward? Why did a fight suddenly break out there? Isn't the 20th Ward supposed to be Anteiku? How come so many ghouls are fighting with CCG investigators? And where are Mrs. Fueguchi and Hinami...?"

"Shut up! You're utterly useless, spouting so much nonsense! One question after another, what good would it do to tell you? Besides, do you think I don't want to find Mrs. Fueguchi and Hinami?"

Running against the flow of people on the sidewalk, Touka, with the delinquent girl's demeanor, suddenly became furious and started yelling at the skinny boy running behind her.

"Oh..."

The boy, whose left eye was covered by a blindfold, immediately lowered his head weakly.

"Alright. Touka, Kaneki... the situation is very bad. Such a large-scale conflict, it seems that the White Doves have found what they are looking for..." Renji Yomo stopped and spoke with a heavy expression.

In the nearby streets, sirens wailed, and police had already set up barricades, traffic cones, and roadblocks.

More and more CCG investigators are gathering in the area ahead. Some are in civilian clothes and carrying pistols and quinques, while others are in combat uniforms and carrying long weapons, having arrived in personnel transport buses.

Televisions outside some street shops, designed to attract customers, have begun broadcasting news about a large-scale battle between ghouls and investigators in the 20th ward.

For the first time in over a decade, District 20 was so noisy.

Four Lotus said, "You can't get in normally."

"Delinquent girl" Touka and "timid boy" Kaneki followed Renji's gaze and saw that some people wanted to enter but were blocked outside, while others hurriedly ran out from inside in a panic, shouting something about ghouls, and that there were many ghouls.

"Don't wear the ghoul mask for now, come with me." Renji Yomo put on a mask, pulled up her hood, and walked towards a narrow alley not far away. "Huh?" The boy was stunned for a moment before the girl dragged him in.

After several twists and turns, they found a relatively narrow old street. While the CCG was busy blocking the main traffic artery below, three figures, one in front and two behind, jumped into the blockade and then darted into several alleys.

The moment it landed, boom!

Explosions and fires broke out, with thick smoke billowing several stories high from multiple locations, accompanied by gunshots and booming sounds of varying intensity.

The boy swallowed hard, his right eye wide open.

"It's more serious than I thought."

Renji Yomo cleared the way, allowing the citizens still stranded inside to escape. In the distance, besides the sparse ordinary citizens, ghouls and CCG investigators who were hindering the process could be seen.

"Mrs. Fueguchi, Hinami, please don't let anything happen to you."

Touka clenched her fist.

"Walk."

Just as Renji Yomo gestured for the two to follow him, and he sped off towards the bookstore Mrs. Fueguchi had mentioned when she went out, whoosh. The rain-soaked breeze was filled with a damp, foul stench and the smell of blood. Suddenly, Touka froze on the spot.

As if struck by lightning, she stopped in her tracks, her head snapping to a certain direction, her whole body stiffening, her eyes filled with disbelief and deep fear.

"Ayato... what are you doing here?! And that scent... is it Dad?!"

The boy named Kaneki noticed his companion's unusual behavior, and he stopped and turned to ask, "Touka?"

"Touka, what's wrong?" Yotsuka Renji looked over.

“I need to go there. It’s Ayato, he’s right here. And my father…” Touka Kirishima’s voice trailed off, her face turning pale, her eyes filled with terror, “…the Quinque my father made…”

Touka Kirishima clearly remembers that her father was killed by CCG investigators when she was a child.

People cannot be brought back to life, and the scent originating from the bloodline of ghouls does not lie. There is only one possibility: her father's kagune was made into a quinque by the CCG!

"What?! Ayato, your brother is here too?!"

For the first time, a look of panic appeared on Shifang Lianshi's usually calm face.

Touka Kirishima's mother is his older sister, and he is the uncle of both Touka Kirishima and Ayato Kirishima.

"Damn it! Why is he going back to District 20 at a time like this..."

"Run! Run! Run! Ayato, Ayato's boss has been killed..." At this moment, a ghoul with a katana glided and tumbled from mid-air to the ground like a madman, scrambling and crawling as he ran outside.

"Wait, what did you say? Say it again!"

With a swift movement, Yomo Renji grabbed the ghoul, his ghoul eyes flashing with intense emotion as he asked, word by word.

"Ayato... Ayato's boss was killed by that foreign white dove. His head was blown off..."

Lifted up trembling like a leaf, the ghoul was clearly terrified, his voice trembling with sobs.

Upon hearing this, Kirishima Touka was stunned and almost fainted, the unbelievable news echoing in her mind. Even though Ayato had left the Antique Cafe because of their different lifestyles, he was still her younger brother.

"What exactly happened? Tell me. Why did Ayato suddenly end up in Ward 20?" Renji Yomo asked again.

"It was Lord Tatara and Lord Noro who ordered us to monitor the whereabouts of that foreign female dove and probe her when the opportunity arises..."

"I will avenge Ayato!"

Her teeth chattered, her hands trembled, and Touka Kirishima bit her lip so hard it almost bled.

This startled Renji, whose eyes cleared. She released her companion and reached out to firmly grasp Touka Kirishima's shoulder. "You're the only daughter my sister and Shin have left. You must live!"

“But, Ayato… Mr. Yoshikata, Uncle! That’s my brother…” Her eyes filled with tears, and her delicate and beautiful face was distorted with grief and anger.

"No buts..."

Renji Yomo turned to the bewildered, timid boy beside him. "Kaneki, take Touka and get out of here. In her current state, searching for someone will only lead to her death. Go back. I'll go find Fueguchi..."

Before the words were finished, another hysterical, high-pitched scream rang out, "Brother Yougui!" Then came the rumble of the wall collapsing.