The Villain Knight Doesn't Want to Be a Hero

When I touched Hinami's little head, I felt like all the stress of the past few days had disappeared.

"By the way, when I came down earlier, I saw that my brother seemed to be in a bad mood. Did something happen?"

"Well, who told you, Sister Dong Xiang, to bully others? You actually said that others look like crabs or something. Isn't that too much?"

"Yeah! Sister is really too much. Brother is obviously a very good person."

"..."

Kirishima Touka's mouth twitched upwards fiercely.

He killed three ghouls without batting an eye just five minutes ago, and was even planning to get the fourth and fifth kills. This guy has nothing to do with kindness no matter how you look at him!

Hinami, don't be fooled by this guy!

but.....

"Speaking of which, how is that guy Jin doing now?"

Because he didn't want to appear rude in front of Hinami, he quickly changed his words halfway through.

"As for him... it's not so bad. I took some emergency measures. As for the rest, it all depends on his own recovery ability."

I breathed a sigh of relief. Even though I didn't like that guy very much, we were all more or less acquaintances of each other.

Then he frowned: "But what's going on? Why did you suddenly meet...Jin?"

"To put it simply, the process was probably... a honey trap, right? You should ask him for the details."

He spread his hands, indicating that he really didn't know that much. Although he could make a rough estimate, it would be better to ask the person himself about such matters.

"Brother, what is a 'fairy trap'?"

"... Let me think about how to explain this to you while protecting your young heart... Well, let me give you a vivid example. Your sister Dong Xiang pretends to be a shy little girl every day to trick customers into placing orders."

"Hey! Don't teach Hinami weird things!"

He interrupted Lin Qiao with dissatisfaction.

"And let's talk business. Why did you bring that woman back?"

Even though there is Lin Qiao who can erase other people's memories, allowing the people in the Stable Zone to face the humans who have discovered their identities in a more gentle way, but bringing people back directly is still a little... Don't you consider yourself an outsider?

"What else? Do you think we should take him back to my house or to Kaneki's house?"

Especially what Nishino Takami wore was so...cool. No matter where he went back, Nishio Nishiki's head would always be a little green.

The sun gradually set. It took some time to get rid of the annoying blue-haired smelly sister, and soon only Lin Qiao and Hinashi were left.

Fueguchi Ryoko on the side looked at the two of them with a kind smile, but seemed to have thought of something and sighed from time to time.

He walked to the bar with ease and took out the coffee beans. After some operations that he had memorized by heart, he handed a cup of freshly brewed coffee to Hinami.

Of course, considering that Hinami is only a child, adult tastes may not be very suitable for her, so this is just a regular cup of coffee, not his customized version.

"Brother, the coffee is delicious."

I gave a thumbs up to Lin Qiao’s coffee.

"Yeah, yeah, it's pretty good, right? It's a pity that other people don't know how to enjoy it."

I made myself a cup of customized coffee with some regret. The special taste was so unforgettable.

But at this time, Kaneki Ken walked to the bar, looked at Lin Qiao inside, and stood aside feeling uneasy, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

"From the looks of it, you probably have something to ask me, right, Kaneki?"

"Ah."

After hesitating, he nodded, but when he looked up at Hinami beside him, he became hesitant again.

As if she understood the atmosphere in front of her and realized that she should not get involved in what was happening, Fueguchi Hinami sensibly prepared to leave.

"Then I'll go back first, brother..."

Just as she stood up from her seat, she saw Lin Qiao gently stroke her head with one hand.

The warm temperature up there felt somewhat comfortable.

"It's okay for you to stay. After all, I have nothing to hide from Hinami, brother."

"elder brother......"

"Okay, Kaneki-kun, let's continue our topic. I believe that with your personality, you won't ask anything that will embarrass everyone."

He found a new set of coffee cups from the counter, placed them in front of Kaneki Ken, and filled them with coffee.

"Please enjoy your meal."

"Thank you so much......"

Although he said that, he did not choose to drink it, probably because what happened last time was still fresh in his mind.

After hesitating for a while, he asked tentatively: "...I remember Mr. Ishimori said that he was a human, right? But you looked very similar to Amazon at that time..."

"Yeah, that's true, but I remember I also said that I'm not Amazon, right?"

"No, sorry, I meant..."

Some of them were afraid to meet Lin Qiao's gaze, and after hesitating for a long time, they stammered out their doubts.

"That is.... I want to know, what does Mr. Ishimori think of ghouls?"

I mustered up the courage to speak out my doubts.

Even though he had been a ghoul for quite some time, he had begun to get used to this kind of life, but because of this, he became more and more confused.

In the past, he always thought that ghouls were just savage monsters that drank blood and ate raw meat.

But after these days of contact, he found that Touka, Mr. Furuma, Sister Iruma, the store manager and Miss Ryoko, in short, no matter who they are, they are no different from humans... except that they eat humans.

But this is not their fault, at least not entirely, because no one can choose where they are born.

But why can't everyone just get along and solve problems together?

Hinami, who was sitting across from the bar, looked at Lin Qiao as if she wanted to see what was going on, but didn't dare to.

Seems eager to know what's going on in his mind.

"Well, that's a very high level question. It seems that you have grown a lot during this time, Kaneki-san."

He sighed, and although he was shocked at first, he quickly returned to his relaxed tone.

"Speaking of which, did what I did before coming here leave some psychological shadow on you?"

"No, well, actually.....um..."

I subconsciously wanted to explain myself, but in the end I just nodded silently.

"Well, it seems that it is my fault."

"But the fact that you suddenly asked me this question probably wasn't just on a whim."

"Then let me guess, there are other reasons..."

With an ambiguous smile on his face, Lin Qiao leaned closer and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"You should have seen Yueshan Xi, right?"

Chapter 47 The World Needs an Enemy

Has Tsukiyama Shuu looked for Kaneki Ken?

I don't know, but there's no harm in trying. It doesn't cost much to defraud Kaneki Ken anyway.

"Um, Tsukiyama-san.....No no no, sorry, I don't know!"

He nodded subconsciously at first, but then hurriedly denied it.

Almost everyone in Anding District knew that Lin Qiao wanted to kill Yue Shanxi.

Of course, they knew it, but from their standpoint, the most they could do was not help either side, even though they had a higher favorability towards Lin Qiao.

This is a matter of principle.

only......

"You're really not good at lying, Kaneki-kun... Well, in a way, this is also your advantage."

After taking a sip of coffee, Lin Qiao shook her head with emotion, then put the coffee cup down without dwelling on this issue too much.

When he was in District 13, he had already asked the local ghouls about Tsukiyama Shuu and got the confirmation that he had returned to his country.

It can be said that if he wanted to, he could rush directly to this guy's house, tie him and his father Yueshan Guanmu Wuhuada into a Poyang Lake hairy crab, and when Christmas comes, send it to the door of the CCG General Administration as a gift.

But after thinking about it, he decided to play the long game and catch all the ghouls in the ghoul restaurant in one fell swoop, so he didn't rush into action.

The Ghoul Restaurant...that's just a place, similar in nature to a dance party, and it doesn't have much meaning in itself.

If there is no host to send out invitations to others to hold a dance, then even if he goes, at most he can catch two or three small minnows who are responsible for cleaning.

Need to wait for the right time.

"Anyway, I won't ask any more questions about Tsukiyama Shuu, so as to save you from embarrassment. As for your views on ghouls... to be honest, it's hard for me to answer you about this question right now."

He put on a distressed look and did not directly answer Kaneki Ken's question, but instead threw the question back.

"But before that, let me ask you a question. Kaneki-kun, what do you think is the most fundamental conflict between ghouls and humans?"

The most fundamental conflict...

After thinking for a while, Kaneki Ken said uncertainly: "It should still be...food, right?"

If it weren't for this, ghouls would be no different from other ethnic minorities in the world.

Lin Qiao nodded: "Yes, just as you said, food. One party must take the life of the other party and devour its flesh and blood to maintain its own survival. Generally speaking, we call this kind of relationship - the food chain."

"Putting aside other aspects, from a purely natural perspective, ghouls eating humans is no different from cats eating mice and snakes eating frogs. It is part of the natural cycle."

"But of course, no one wants to die. As the prey, facing this life and death situation, even a single-celled organism will choose to fight to the death."

"So whether the outcome is killing the other party or being killed by the other party, it's not something to be surprised about."

Lin Qiao sighed, then sat down and touched Hinami's head, deliberately slowing down her speech.

"And from the moment humans evolved wisdom, they were destined to be different from other creatures. When faced with natural enemies like ghouls, humans would not scatter and flee like a herd of zebras encountering lions. Instead, they would choose to unite and nip this danger in the bud."

This is also the main reason why most ghouls can only survive in the cracks of society.

After all, although ghouls are powerful, they came onto the historical stage too late, and their power is not so strong that humans cannot contend with them, and they are not united internally...

It was fine in the era of cold weapons, but with the development of technology to this stage, their individual advantages have been almost completely reduced.

"I think I've said too much... Anyway, my personal view on ghouls is relatively neutral and objective. I don't have the extreme idea that they are born wrong."

After all, asking others to choose their birth is too naive.

"Of course that's true, but as a human being, although I like everyone in the stable area, it is impossible for me to have any good feelings towards ghouls as a whole."

Although such an idea itself is considered heresy or even deviant in human society.

But as a time traveler, his position was not that firm.

"So, as long as we solve the food problem, that's all that matters, right?"

Kaneki Ken murmured in a low voice as if he was thinking about something, and even the little Hinami beside him looked like he was thinking about it.

Seeing this, Lin Qiao couldn't help but sigh: "Although I don't really want to hit you, things are not that simple, Jinmu."

"Eh? But didn't you just say..."

"That's just the most basic thing. If your dream is to achieve friendly coexistence between humans and ghouls, simply solving the food problem is far from enough."

If it is just a simple food problem, it can be solved with current scientific conditions.

For example, the RC repair fluid that the Ghoul Investigator uses to maintain Quinque.

Ghouls can basically eat that thing, but it's hard to say how it tastes, and the cost is not very friendly to ghouls living at the bottom of society.

But those are secondary issues.