Tokyo Ghoul: Starting with the Twin Kamui

The reason is that he can't appear to know too much about District 20.

He then added, "But don't worry, Sanbo-kun, the ghouls in the 20th ward are very well-behaved, we won't do anything to them."

"Hmm... I remember it was a coffee shop called 'Antei-ku'."

Sanbo Lihua said.

"Ok."

After a brief investigation, Uchiha Byakuya located the coffee shop in Anteiku.

"Just pretend you don't know us, Sanbo."

As they approached the coffee shop in Anteiku, Uchiha Byakuya reminded him, "After all, Arima and I are actually Ghoul Investigators. It won't do you any good if they find out."

"I see."

Sanbo Reika nodded.

Then, Miho Rika went into the coffee shop first.

This coffee shop is called "Anting Ward," and could also be called an antique coffee shop.

A while later, Uchiha Byakuya and Arima Kishou went inside.

They didn't sit with Sanbo Lihua, as if they were complete strangers.

Although this coffee shop isn't very big, it has a very cozy feel to it.

However, the manager and waiters of this coffee shop are all ghouls, and even the customers are almost all ghouls.

Because this place only appears to be a coffee shop on the surface, but it is actually a social venue exclusively for ghouls, centered around the shop manager Yoshimura Yoshizura, specifically designed to help weaker ghouls and those who wish to integrate into human society.

Occasionally, unsuspecting human customers will come in for coffee, but they will not be attacked by the ghouls here.

At that moment, a middle-aged man who was reading a newspaper looked up at Sanbo Lihua.

Upon seeing this beautiful and adorable human girl, he couldn't resist the urge to taste her.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do anything reckless in a place like District 20, and could only turn his gaze away with regret.

Clearly, this ghoul mistook Mibumi Reika for a human, because Mibumi Reika's human scent was so strong that it masked her ghoul scent.

"Waiter, two cups of coffee, please."

At this moment, Uchiha Byakuya spoke up.

As soon as he opened his mouth, he could feel that many of the guests around him glanced at him for a brief moment.

Although the guests' gazes immediately shifted away, he still keenly noticed it.

Because all the guests were ghouls, they assumed he was a human who had accidentally wandered into the place as soon as they heard him speak.

Uchiha Byakuya pretended not to notice their gazes at all, and Arima Kishou also remained calm and showed no sign of anything amiss.

"Please wait a moment, the coffee will be ready soon."

At that moment, a tall man with a kind face walked over.

He looks to be over fifty years old, with most of his hair turned white and a few strands still black.

This is Yoshimura Kozen, the manager of the coffee shop in Anteiku and also an SSS-class ghoul known as "The Unkillable Owl"!

"Ok."

Uchiha Byakuya nodded; he had finally met the respected Yoshimura shopkeeper.

This was ten years before the events of the original story, and Manager Yoshimura didn't look that old yet.

[Ding! The host has made contact with the important figure "Yoshimura Kozen," activating the hidden quest "The Immortal Owl"!]

[Mission 1: During the third attack of "Owl" on CCG in Sector 2, defeat "The Owl Who Doesn't Kill"]

[Task Reward: 100 Attribute Points]

The "Owl" who attacked the CCG branch in District 2 for the third time was Yoshimura Kōzen disguised as his daughter, not the real "One-Eyed Owl".

Uchiha Byakuya was not surprised to have activated this mission.

However, the difficulty seems to be no less than the mission that required him to defeat the "One-Eyed Owl".

After all, Yoshimura Eto was still injured, and although Yoshimura Eto was not at his peak at this time, he was still near his peak. He was much stronger than in the original work, and might even be stronger than Yoshimura Eto after his injuries had healed.

At this point, Yoshimura Eto's Kakuja form is far inferior to that of the original story ten years later, and if it were Yoshimura Kōzen, it seems unlikely that he would be so severely injured by Kuroiwa Iwa, who was only a Senior Investigator at the time.

Even Yoshimura Kōzen, who was severely aged ten years later, was only barely defeated by several Special Class Investigators, including Kuroiwa Iwa, when he was deliberately holding back and intent on suicide.

Although Yoshimura Kozen is now unwilling to kill, which reduces the difficulty to some extent, defeating him is no longer a question of whether he kills or not; at the very least, one would have to cut off his arms like Arima Kishou did.

At this moment, Yoshimura Kōzen stood in front of Uchiha Byakuya and Arima Kishou, indirectly warning the other ghouls in the shop not to harm the human children who had wandered in.

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P.S.: That concludes today's three updates.

Chapter 41 Welcome to Anding District

Sanbo Reika sat alone in her seat, waiting for her coffee.

Her expression remained calm; she had seen quite a bit of the world and wouldn't panic just because she was in an unfamiliar place.

The strength of the ghoul "guests" around her was actually not as good as that of Miha Reika.

As an A+ rank ghoul, only S rank and above ghouls can be considered to be stronger than Miha Reika. However, S rank ghouls are not commonplace. Some ghoul leaders, or "managers," in certain areas are only S rank, and in a few cases, the "managers" are not even S rank.

The truly formidable members of the Anteiku coffee shop are the manager and staff, all of whom are at least SS-rank ghouls. As for Touka Kirishima, she hasn't joined Anteiku yet in this timeline.

Soon, the store manager, Fangcun, served three cups of coffee to three human students sitting in different seats.

"Please enjoy."

Yoshimura Kozen had a kind smile on his face.

This is from the original story; images from ten years ago only appear on one or two pages and are not suitable for posting.

"Thanks."

Uchiha Byakuya took the coffee and handed one of the cups to Arima Kishou.

While drinking coffee, he noticed that besides the Fangcun store manager, there were only two other employees.

They are Koma En'er and Irimi Kaname, respectively.

The man with light brown hair, a suit-style haircut, and a rather thick nose is Koma Enji. He looks to be in his twenties, definitely much younger than in the original story.

The tall, long-haired young woman next to her is Irimi Kaname.

Koma En'er and Irimi Kaname

Before Yoshimura arrived in the 20th Ward, the two were the leaders of the ghoul groups "Demon Ape" and "Black Doberman," respectively, and they were enemies.

The CCG codenamed them "Demon Ape" and "Black Dog," both of whom were SS-class ghouls.

After being influenced by Yoshimura Kōzen, they all became employees of a coffee shop in Anding Ward.

It can be observed that at this time, Yomo Renji, who is also Kirishima Touka's uncle, has not yet arrived at the Anteiku coffee shop; he is probably still in the 4th ward.

In the original story, after becoming a Special Investigator, Ma Gui went to the 4th Ward to carry out a mission and easily defeated the 4th Ward's ghoul leaders, Yomo Renji and Uta. Yomo Renji was rescued by Yoshimura Kozen before joining the Anteiku Ward.

After finishing his coffee, Uchiha Byakuya prepared to leave, leaving Sanba Reika alone so she could seek help from Anteiku.

“The coffee is delicious.”

Before leaving, Uchiha Byakuya made one last comment.

Yoshimura Kōzen smiled slightly; of course, he hoped that human customers would also enjoy his coffee.

Arima Kishou remained silent throughout, quietly finished his coffee, and quietly left.

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After Uchiha Byakuya and Arima Kishou left, only Mihana Reika, the "human" customer, remained in the café.

Of course, this is because other ghouls mistakenly believe she is human.

At this moment, Miha Reika took a deep breath and said directly, "I'm sorry to bother you, but although I don't know who the 'manager' of District 20 is, could you help me?"

Upon hearing these words from the "human" girl, the surrounding ghoul guests were all stunned, because an ordinary human girl would not know such a ghoul-specific term as "manager."

Koma Enji and Irimi Kaname, who were working, couldn't help but look at Minami Reika. They wondered if this girl who looked like a student was also a ghoul.

Yoshimura Kozen was the quickest to react. His benevolent smile immediately turned serious as he said to Miha Reika, "This guest, please have a seat on the second floor of our coffee shop."

"Ok."

Sanbo Reika nodded obediently.

Although she was inevitably a little uneasy about coming to such an unfamiliar place for the first time, she was willing to trust her Uchiha classmates and Arima classmates, who would not stand idly by if something really happened to her.

Afterwards, Miho Reika followed Yoshimura Kozen up to the second floor of the coffee shop.

Human customers are generally not allowed to go up to the second floor of the coffee shop in Anteiku, because it is a place where ghouls talk about their private matters.