I am a female swordsman.

and so……

"Please guide me, Senior Huang Quan!"

"Come with me."

Yi Jianyan was shocked and led Kaneki toward the inner side of the 20th Division. However, when they faced the RC inspection door, Kaneki couldn't help but stop, his face pale and weak.

He's now a one-eyed ghoul; wouldn't he be in trouble if he went through this inspection gate?

"Wait! Senior Huang Quan, I suddenly remembered that I haven't asked for leave from my part-time job today. Please allow me to go and say hello to the manager first. Also, isn't it a bit too much to train at your workplace..."

Seeing Kaneki so nervous he was almost incoherent, a subtle hint of helplessness crept onto Huang Quan's usually calm and indifferent face. Without exchanging a single word with Kaneki, she quietly approached him from behind, and before he could even realize what was about to happen, easily grabbed him by the back of his collar and tossed him through the RC inspection gate!

Bang!

[Sword Demon]'s actions attracted a lot of attention. The branch members had never seen Huang Quan San Deng so violent. Had this handsome young man angered Huang Quan San Deng?

Kaneki's mind went blank. As Yomi lifted him up, he felt as if he heard the Grim Reaper tolling the bell!

However, something inexplicable happened: the RC detection gate didn't emit a piercing alarm. It showed absolutely no reaction to Kaneki Ken's passage. This perplexing scene made Kaneki, who had fallen to the ground, instinctively touch his ears; he certainly wasn't deaf.

"stand up."

Then Huang Quan's cold and ethereal voice further proved that Kaneki was not deaf.

'What on earth is going on?' Kaneki Ken scrambled to his feet and glanced down at the RC inspection gate he had just passed through, looking at Yomi with a mixture of understanding and confusion.

"What are you dawdling about, Kaneki-kun?" Yomi seemed oblivious to the unnatural expression on Kaneki Ken's face, maintaining his usual cold, stoic demeanor.

"Oh! I'm sorry!"

And so, inexplicably yet naturally, he walked into the CCG 20th Division. Kaneki Ken had an extremely unreal feeling, as if he were dreaming. But looking at the silver-haired figure with an astonishing aura in front of him, Kaneki thought that maybe he was just making a fuss over nothing.

Huang Quan knew that it wasn't the RC detection gate in Zone 20 that was broken.

The reason the detection gate didn't respond likely stemmed from Kaneki himself. Ever since Yomi confirmed that Kaneki had been transformed into a ghoul by Kanou Akihiro, she realized that as the protagonist of the original ghoul storyline, Kaneki Ken must have some unknown secrets surrounding him. After the [Great Ghoul] extermination operation, some of the CCG members who received Rize Kamishiro's body and the injured Kaneki came from headquarters; this was something Yomi personally checked the records to find out.

Upon arriving at the training ground, Huang Quan's crimson eyes, hidden behind his sunglasses, stared intently at Kaneki's handsome face, and his thin lips parted slightly to utter a single word.

"Take it off!"

Chapter Seventy-One: A Sword Prodigy?

"Take it off!"

Yomi's simple and easy-to-understand words plunged Kaneki's mind into chaos once again. Take off what? How many pieces of clothing? Where to take them off? Looking around at the brightly lit training ground with its unobstructed view, Kaneki Ken couldn't help but begin to doubt his life.

"Senior Huang Quan..." Kaneki hesitated, unsure how to speak to the person he admired.

"Are you shy?" Huang Quan tossed a black training suit to Kaneki from a nearby shelf, tossing it over her silver hair. Her eyes were as clear and bright as Kaneki's, seemingly devoid of any feminine shyness, only a tranquility hidden deep within that vibrant crimson.

Changing clothes under the watchful eye of Yomi-senpai is quite a challenge for Kaneki!

Kaneki, whose personality is naturally gentle and shy, blushed.

Take it off! Even Huang Quan doesn't care about this, how could he, a man, let her look down on him!?

"Kaneki-kun, I've seen many human bodies. Complete ones, incomplete ones, rotting ones, normal ones, so don't be shy. You'll get used to it after seeing it a lot." Having witnessed all sorts of ghouls eating in the brutal battles with them, Yomi has developed incredibly resilient nerves. From initially vomiting and unable to eat all day, she can now complete bloody missions and immediately go eat grilled meat without batting an eye.

"Habit……"

After changing his clothes on the spot, Kaneki listened to Yomi's seemingly indifferent tone and gained an even clearer understanding of the difference between Yomi and normal people.

How cruel is the world of ghouls?

"Here you go!"

He tossed his training wooden sword to Kaneki, then took another wooden sword for himself. Huang Quan's hand drooped weakly towards the ground as if he had no strength.

"I don't know much; the only thing I can offer is a rudimentary understanding of swordsmanship. I'll train you in my own way until you give up or surpass me."

Yomi acquired her power almost entirely through self-exploration, including swordsmanship. She could only teach Kaneki basic swordsmanship and combat awareness; if he could master those two, that would be enough. At least for Kaneki, a one-eyed ghoul, these were the two things he desperately needed most.

"Now hold your sword firmly and attack me."

With his hands gripping the wooden sword stiffly, Kaneki looked at Yomi's serious and earnest expression, which left no room for doubt.

Kaneki adjusted his angle, gripped the wooden sword tightly, and charged towards Yomi, who was a few steps away.

'It does look quite professional.'

Huang Quan took two steps back and easily dodged Jin Mu's forward straight slash. With a snap, the wooden sword missed and hit the ground. Jin Mu, who had no strength left, almost dropped the wooden sword.

call! !

The wooden sword, suddenly hovering at the tip of his nose, startled Kaneki. The perfectly timed stop revealed Yomi's powerful control over the weapon. She released her grip and tapped Kaneki's forehead with the sword; the stinging pain reminded him not to be careless.

"You seem to be in good physical condition."

Despite having received no specialized training and lacking combat experience, his foundation was far superior to that of Huang Quan back then.

"Again."

"Okay!" Kaneki responded loudly, grabbing his wooden sword again and slashing down with a simple, brutal motion, but this time he didn't use his full strength. Near-real combat training is the best teacher, and Kaneki, with his complete combat experience, could learn a great deal from it, especially with Yomi's deliberate training of him.

The two wooden swords clashed in mid-air, then missed each other!

Huang Quan rarely dodged or retreated, always focusing on parrying and blocking. She quickly grasped Kaneki's strength, agility, reflexes, and combat awareness. The first training session ended temporarily with Kaneki Ken exhausted and his weapon being knocked away by Huang Quan.

"Compared to physical training, what's more important for you is to train your combat awareness, which you don't have at all right now."

"Huff, huff, combat... what does combat awareness mean?" Taking a deep breath, Kaneki wiped the sweat from his face and neck. He finally understood why Yomi had made him change into training clothes.

Training clothes won't affect your movements and have excellent sweat-wicking properties.

"You attacked me just now, but your target wasn't me; it was the sword in my hand. That's understandable in this playful training, but in a real battle, you could lose your life." Huang Quan didn't look like a sparring partner at all; he seemed very relaxed and at ease.

Kaneki nodded, seemingly understanding, but compared to the madness he had shown in his previous perilous situations in order to survive, Huang Quan's current training of him was exceptionally gentle.

However, Kaneki was able to absorb and understand this very well!

"I will work even harder!"

Kaneki quickly regained his composure. He had never truly won a battle on his own before, and his athletic ability was abysmal. But under Yomi's clear, untainted gaze, he was confident that he could do what Yomi did.

I want to catch up with Senior Huang Quan, and even surpass her!

Just thinking about it made Kaneki feel like he was filled with inexhaustible power all over his body.

"Let's start with the way you hold a sword..." Huang Quan looked at Kaneki, who was full of enthusiasm, and a hint of appreciation appeared in her eyes. If the learner consistently showed such high enthusiasm, then she, as the instructor, would also be infected by it.

Is this how it's supposed to be?

"Tighten your fingers and tighten your wrists. This needs to become instinctive. Wait until you reach that stage before thinking about your own style."

"Ok!"

On the training grounds of District 20, a young boy soon appeared, wielding a wooden sword and slashing at a metal target from various angles. Huang Quan, holding a pointer, would occasionally correct his mistakes or unnecessary movements. Whenever Kaneki made a mistake and didn't correct it, Huang Quan would poke him on the forehead with the pointer.

What's rather surprising is that after making so many mistakes, Kaneki realizes he can't escape Yomi's teaching methods at all.

Whether he dodged or tried to block, the slender pointer would always strike his forehead precisely when he made a mistake, forcing his head back.

The news that Huang Quan was training an ordinary person spread like wildfire in District 20, and many curious people took the opportunity to watch and see what was going on.

As a highly popular investigator, any move he makes will always attract the curious attention of his colleagues.

This matter even reached the ears of Amon Kotaro, who was recuperating in the hospital. That evening, Amon Ichiro, whose hands were injured, looked at Yomi, who had come to visit him as usual, and finally couldn't suppress his curiosity and asked.

"Huang Quan, could that young man truly be a swordsmanship prodigy, one in a million?"

Chapter 72 Tamos, Please Help Me (Bonus Chapter)

Huang Quan: "???"

If inner doubts could be visualized, the question marks above Huang Quan's head would probably fill the entire ward. What kind of nonsense is this? A swordsmanship prodigy, one in a million, was he driven mad by ghouls? Or did the doctors at CCG2 damage his brain?!

"what is that?"

Huang Quan looked at Amon Kotaro with confusion, wondering how any rumor could become completely distorted as soon as it involved her.

"Isn't that so!"

Amon looked innocently at Yomi, wondering which busybody in the 20th ward had fabricated this rumor. It claimed that Yomi, with his exceptional insight, had selected a swordsmanship genius from the vast sea of ​​people to impart to him the secrets of swordsmanship capable of slaying ghouls. However, the boy was too young; given time and training, he would surely become a crow soaring over Tokyo!

That's a pretty convincing story.

It seems like the people at CCG20 branch don't have to work anymore, right? They spend 7 out of 8 hours a day making up stories, and the remaining hour is for telling stories.

Huang Quan, who was faking facial paralysis, was utterly speechless.

"Of course not! How could such a thing exist? A sword genius that's one in ten thousand? If someone like that really existed, they would have surpassed me long ago." Huang Quan was both helpless and a little angry. He disliked the way people were so quick to label others as geniuses; it was such a disrespect for their efforts.

She suddenly felt she needed to report the issue of the work attitude of the staff in the 20th ward to Mado-sensei. Despite being an organization dedicated to fighting ghouls, they showed absolutely no sense of urgency.

"Oh, it's my favorite curry fried chicken! Thank you, Huang Quan!" Upon opening the lunchbox and finding that her partner had brought her the curry fried chicken that they had agreed on beforehand, Amen's face was filled with joy and happiness.

It's a bit of a shame that it wasn't made by Huang Quan himself...

Forget it, who knows what his partner's cooking skills are like? Amon keeps his distance from culinary disasters. Back in the Ghoul Investigator Training Academy, because of his popularity, he received quite a few cooking samples from female students—it felt like a lottery!

You never know what the one you're planning to eat will taste like after you've accepted all the meals.

Lost in thought, Amon didn't notice the barely perceptible curve at the corner of Yomi's mouth. Without warning, he put a large spoonful of curry rice into his mouth and chewed. Feeling the sudden explosion of spiciness on his tongue, Amon Kotaro felt the whole world quiet down.

"Ugh! Waaah!!!"

Spicy! How can it be so spicy?! Huang Quan, what are you feeding me?!

Tears welled up from the spiciness, and Yamen scrambled off the bed and rushed to the water dispenser. But to his despair, Huang Quan looked at him innocently and, as if afraid his partner would fall, grabbed him and pulled him back onto the bed.

"Yamen, what's wrong? Say something!"

"Ugh! (Let me go!)"

The unspoken understanding between the partners seemed to vanish at this moment. Tortured to the point of ecstasy by the insanely spicy curry in their mouths, Amon's hazy consciousness suddenly realized something. That bastard Yomi was definitely messing with him on purpose. Back in Ward 7, Mr. Mado had mentioned that he couldn't handle spicy food, and Yomi had kept that in mind ever since.

It's not easy to see a reliable Amen-class being twisted by extreme spiciness.

Seeing that Amon was on the verge of losing consciousness and rolling his eyes back, Huang Quan quickly took out the milk he had prepared and forced it down Amon's throat. It took a lot of effort to pull Amon back from the brink of losing consciousness.

"It's really just like what the teacher said, like it's about to breathe fire."

She tried her best to maintain a calm and indifferent expression, but Huang Quan's lighthearted tone betrayed her inner joy.