Tokyo Ghoul: Starting with the Twin Kamui

Uchiha Byakuya explained logically, "While this doesn't necessarily mean that Sanba will attack them tonight, I should go and save them as long as there's even a slight possibility."

His ability to deduce that Miho Reika would attack Fura Taishi and his group tonight wasn't solely due to his "God's-eye view." Another crucial reason was that his Mangekyou Sharingan detected Miho Reika's gaze at that moment.

After all, if we judge strictly according to the original work, Miho Reika wouldn't have made her move at this time...

"I see..."

Arima Kishou nodded slightly.

He immediately realized that the other person's intuition was terrifyingly accurate, and there was indeed a reason why Mr. Mustard Seed would care about this Uchiha superior.

"That's settled then, see you at school tomorrow morning."

Uchiha Byakuya said goodbye to Arima Kishou in advance, as they were almost at the subway station.

"It's a bit early to say goodbye now."

Arima Takashi said calmly.

"Huh? What do you mean...?"

Uchiha Byakuya didn't quite understand.

"I've already rented an apartment in the same building as Uchiha Uesugi in District 2, which makes it easier for us to work together during missions."

Arima Takashi said.

Mr. Mustard specially arranged for him to be paired with Uchiha Uesugi, so that he could monitor Uchiha Uesugi.

Ultimately, a judgment will be made between him and Uchiha Uesugi to determine who is more suitable to be the "cleaner" of the "V" organization...

"All right......"

Uchiha Byakuya understood now.

He also began to vaguely suspect that Arima Kishou was sent by the "V" organization to monitor him.

This possibility is not small, because Arima Kishou is the apprentice of Mustard, the leader of the "V" organization, and it is impossible for him to be arranged to partner with Arima Kishou for no reason.

Arima Kishou's behavior was also somewhat suspicious. Although it was a CCG rule that partners should try to act together, in his impression, Arima Kishou was not the kind of person who would just blindly follow the rules.

For example, in the original work, Arima Kishou once accidentally fell asleep standing up during a battle, and also once used an ordinary umbrella to drive away ghouls because he forgot to bring a quinque.

Since Arima Kishou was most likely there to monitor him, Uchiha Byakuya felt he should be more careful from now on.

For example, Arima Kishou must never let him discover that Yoshimura Eto is the "One-Eyed Owl".

Although Arima Kishou and Yoshimura Eto secretly collaborated in the original work, the Arima Kishou of that time was not the Arima Kishou of this time. Everyone's thoughts are usually different at different times.

At that time, Kishou Arima was already a cleaner for the "V" organization. He killed many ghouls that the "V" organization considered a threat and began to feel disappointed with this chaotic world and his life, which only knew how to kill.

The so-called "cleaners" are, to put it bluntly, assassins, people who specialize in killing people and ghouls for the "V" organization.

At this point, Arima Kishou is clearly not a slayer yet; the fact that he's only equipped with a B-rank Quinque shows that he hasn't killed any ghouls of B-rank or higher.

If Arima Kishou had chosen not to cooperate with Yoshimura Eto at this point, but instead remained loyal to the "V" organization and exposed the truth that Yoshimura Eto was the "One-Eyed Owl" to the "V" organization, then Yoshimura Eto in his current state would undoubtedly have died.

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

Sitting on the subway.

Uchiha Byakuya and Arima Kishou started chatting again.

"Speaking of which...back when Uchiha Uchiha was still in the White Day Court, we didn't seem to have met more than a few times, did we?"

"That seems so. I don't have a strong impression of Arima Ni-san either."

"..."

The two talked about some past events at Bai Ri Ting.

Uchiha Byakuya didn't actually have those experiences; they were all memories implanted in him by the system. He chatted with Arima Kishou based on those memories.

"Arima is a genius among geniuses, his strength is comparable to or even surpasses that of a Special Class Investigator, but he doesn't seem very proactive when it comes to promotion?"

In Uchiha Byakuya's memory, Arima Kishou was always the most dazzling genius among all the half-humans in the White Day Garden.

Despite being at the peak of his physical condition at this time, Arima Kishou was still only a second-class investigator.

He felt that Arima Kishou might be intentionally slowing down his promotion, and that he was not very willing to become a cleaner of the "V" organization from the beginning.

Chapter 28 Eto Yoshimura's Source Material

In terms of strength, Arima Kishou already possessed the full strength expected of a Special Class Investigator at the age of 16, and the period from 16 to 20 years old was roughly the peak of his half-human physical condition.

However, Arima Kishou remained a second-class investigator until he was 19 years old, until Yoshimura Kozen, also known as the "Never-Killing Owl," attacked the CCG branch in the 2nd district...

With no one in the entire division capable of confronting the SSS-class "Unkillable Owl," Arima Kishou had no choice but to borrow two B-class Quinques to fight against the "Unkillable Owl."

The result was that they not only repelled the "Unkillable Owl," but also cut off both of its arms.

However, at this point, Arima Kishou, being a half-human, had already begun to experience a decline in his physical condition.

By the time Arima Kishou became a cleaner for the "V" organization and was promoted to Special Investigator, his health was no longer at its peak.

In conclusion, Uchiha Byakuya speculated that Arima Kishou deliberately delayed his promotion so that he would be chosen by Akuta no Konoha as the "cleaner" later, thus reducing the number of killings Arima Kishou would commit...

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

The Tokyo area is not very large, and the journey from the 13 wards to the 2nd ward is not too far. It's quick to get to the 2nd ward by subway.

Arima Kishou's current residence is in the same apartment building as Uchiha Byakuya, but of course, the floor and room are different.

Uchiha Byakuya had just returned home when Yoshimura Eto arrived.

"Takatsuki-sensei is still so punctual."

"Yes, I also hope that the work can be published smoothly."

As always, Yoshimura Aite took off her shoes and went straight into the room, without wearing slippers and only wearing white socks.

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

After more than an hour of discussion and refinement, Yoshimura Eto seemed to be a little tired, so he lay down on Uchiha Byakuya's bed to rest.

Since she had always slept in that dilapidated outpost of "Bronze Tree," she had basically never slept in such a comfortable bed.

Although it was a man and a woman alone in a room, Yoshimura Eto had no reservations or guardedness.

After all, her strength allows her to be so casual.

That's why Yoshimura Eto felt that this bastard investigator was actually quite upright and wouldn't take advantage of her because of his considerable strength.

"So, Mr. Uchiha, how's your first day as an investigator?"

At this moment, Yoshimura Eto, who was resting in bed, suddenly asked a question.

"The progress is pretty good. We found the target on the first day of infiltrating the school."

Uchiha Byakuya said.

"So fast? Has that ghoul already been caught?"

Yoshimura Ete then asked.

"Not yet. She escaped quickly and decisively, giving us no chance. But Takatsuki seems quite curious about us investigators, doesn't she?"

"I am indeed quite curious, and I also want to gather some material to prepare for my next work. Stories about ghoul investigators are very rare sources of inspiration~"

Yoshimura Ete's words were partly true and partly false, not entirely perfunctory.

Her next work will revolve around ghouls and ghoul investigators. After all, "To Kafka" is already a complete manuscript, and it's time to prepare for her next work.

"But speaking of which, Mr. Uchiha just said 'she,' so does that mean that ghoul is a girl?"

"I asked Yoshimura Aite curiously."

In Japanese, the pronunciation of "he" and "she" is different, which is why Yoshimura Eto said it that way.

"Yes, not only that, she's also one of our classmates, and even the girl with the best grades and the most well-behaved."

Uchiha Byakuya told Yoshimura Eto about the Sanba Reika incident with almost no hesitation.

"Oh? You're a ghoul, yet you manage to be such a well-behaved student in a human school?"

Yoshimura Eto said in a surprised tone, "But even so, ghouls can only treat humans as food. I guess that's why she was targeted by you investigators, right?"

“That’s right. A few days ago, there was a predation incident caused by her. Although the humans who were attacked did not die, they were missing arms or legs. Moreover, there were five victims. For cases with such a large number of victims, our CCG definitely has to give an explanation.”

Uchiha Byakuya told the truth.

These are not secrets; it just depends on whether he wants to tell them or not.

However, under normal circumstances, CCG investigators would not talk about these things with ordinary people to avoid causing unnecessary trouble.

"For research purposes, I'd like to know what Mr. Uchiha thinks of that ghoul?"

As they were talking, Yoshimura Eto sat up in bed, seemingly particularly interested in the topic.

"Her... you can tell she really wants to integrate into human society and become a good human girl who studies hard, but unfortunately she is ultimately a ghoul, unable to suppress her hunting desires and her killing instincts. That's her true side. The other side is that of a quiet and well-behaved student."

Uchiha Byakuya roughly explained his opinion on Sanba Reika.

"So in the end, Mr. Uchiha still had no choice but to expel her?"

As she spoke, Yoshimura Aite sat on the bed and took notes in a small notebook; these were all very useful materials.