Fighting you is like being in jail.

Upon seeing this, Hiratsuka Shizuka immediately went limp and collapsed to the ground, panting.

"Luckily, I'm a cut above the rest."

She smiled wryly, realizing that without outside help, she would have had to resort to shameless cheating.

........

In the chat group.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: RNM! Cold! You're just messing with me, aren't you?!

Leng Chang: Pfft, pfft, pfft!

Hiratsuka Shizuka: What are you laughing at! If it weren't for Homura's help, I would have had to use cheat codes!

Homura Akemi: I have to say it was a close call. If it had been a little later, Shizuka would have died.

Shizuka Hiratsuka

Hiratsuka Shizuka: If I didn't know you could stop time, I would have believed your lies!

Homura Akemi: Homura feels guilty.JPG

Black Hill: It's immoral, but I just want to laugh at this situation. He fired four shots, each one missing the mark.

Kitahara Iori: Holy crap, you're a master of outlining!

Kazuma Sato: Hahahaha

Celia: Your aim is terrible.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: What can I do? It's my first time using it...

Madoka Kaname: This art style just doesn't feel right. Why is it all gunfights again?!

Bucciarati: Having suffered from poor intelligence, I have to admit that after two such incidents in a row, I'm starting to think about whether I should get some guns for future operations.

Leng Chang: Stand users' weaknesses are too obvious, sometimes even worse than ghouls.

Bucciarati: Indeed.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: That's not the point right now. What's next?

Leng Chang: Leng Chang, the head of the investigation team, is dead! The rest is up to you!

Hiratsuka Shizuka: What?! He's already offline?

Goto Ichiri: The first one to log off was actually Leng Chang!?

Madoka Kaname: Isn't this too abrupt?

Leng Chang: Reality can be so cruel sometimes, Xiao Yuan.

Madoka Kaname: Eh! Okay.

Homura Akemi: Good riddance!

Kitahara Iori: Tsk tsk tsk, this plot is a bit bad.

Kazuma Sato: Poor Kaneki and Ayato, they never imagined that what seemed like a normal departure would be their last.

Madoka Kaname: I'll be the leader of the inspection team next.

Leng Chang: Let's get started! I want to lie on the sofa and watch your oral performance.

Hiratsuka Shizuka: That's fucking inhuman. I need to figure out how to explain this to Yukino and Hachiman. (Headache.JPG)

...

After the battle.

No one noticed that an incredibly fast battle had taken place here.

When Hiratsuka Shizuka was taken to the Central Hospital, she was already in a wheelchair. When she appeared in front of Yukino and the others, everyone was shocked.

"Shizuka!?" Yang Nai was terrified when he saw Hiratsuka Shizuka in the wheelchair and quickly went over to ask what was wrong.

"Are you alright!??"

"It's alright, it's just that I hurt my foot." Hiratsuka Shizuka gave a bitter smile, unsure how to explain the situation.

Yukino stood there dumbfounded, clearly terrified. After all, she hadn't recovered from what had happened.

"What exactly happened?" Yukino asked seriously, snapping out of her daze.

Mrs. Yukino sighed and said seriously, "It must be due to the recent situation. I'm sorry, Yukino, for dragging you into this."

"Mother..." Yukino didn't know what to say when she heard that it was about her own family.

Yang Nai was also quite helpless about this. She had roughly learned about the situation on her way here and was completely at a loss.

At that moment, the door opened, and Kaneki and Ayato walked in. They wanted to confirm the situation after learning that Hiratsuka Shizuka had returned.

"Um... have you seen Leng Chang again?"

Kaneki asked curiously, his face full of puzzlement.

Logically speaking, since Hiratsuka Shizuka has returned, Leng Chang should also return.

“Yeah, where is that person!” Yukino recalled Leng Chang being ambushed at the corner and looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka curiously.

Upon hearing this, Hiratsuka Shizuka's face stiffened, and recalling Leng Chang's arrangements, she didn't know how to speak for a moment.

The brief silence drew puzzled looks from everyone present.

Finally, under pressure, Hiratsuka Shizuka sighed and spoke.

“Leng Chang is dead.” She sat in her wheelchair, looking down so that no one else could see her expression.

"What?!" Kaneki's pupils shrank and his mouth dropped open.

"What a joke! He's a cadre! Isn't he a cadre?! How could he be so easily..." Ayato couldn't hold back and shouted at Hiratsuka Shizuka.

“But even officers can die. His brain was cut open during the ambush…” Hiratsuka Shizuka said, bowing her head as she revealed Leng Chang’s cause of death, her shoulders trembling slightly.

..

Xuan Du was stunned for a moment, then gritted his teeth and fell silent.

Kaneki was trembling inside; a living person had died so simply.

Yukino, standing nearby, was also somewhat stunned. She never imagined she would die so simply; this was the first time she had ever been so close to death.

The atmosphere in the room became very heavy for a moment, and everyone remained silent.

Mrs. Yukinoshita spoke up at this moment, saying, "Everyone is tired, let's get some rest."

...

Night, hospital.

Splash!

The torrential rain pattered against the hospital room window, and a fruit knife sliced ​​through the bright red apple, its blade trailing long through the air.

Kaneki sat in the hospital room peeling an apple for Yoshimura Eto, his head bowed, looking very heavy.

Sitting on the hospital bed, Eto noticed that Kaneki seemed a little sad, and frowned slightly as she asked...

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Brother Leng Chang is dead."

The act of peeling the apple stopped in mid-air, and Kaneki spoke in a low voice.

Aite's pupils contracted, then she calmly resumed her innocent expression and asked curiously:

Who is Leng Chang?

"It's nothing, I just can't accept that we just met, and suddenly..."

Kaneki silently continued peeling the apple, and only after he finished did he look up at Eto and hand it to him.

"Thank you!" Aite smiled happily, took a bite of the apple, and started crunching away.

However, a hint of shock flickered in her smiling eyes; she had never expected Leng Chang to die.

And the death was so sudden.

P.S.: Taking a break at the beginning of the month! Happy Labor Day! Let's get started!

Chapter 142

Yoshimura Eto sat on the hospital bed, eating an apple in silence, while Kaneki silently continued peeling an apple beside the bed, his mind filled with confusion.

"It feels unreal... We were chatting just yesterday."

He stopped what he was doing, the fruit knife stuck in the apple peel, and clear juice flowed down the blade onto his fingers, making them feel sticky.

He stared at the half-peeled apple in his hand, speechless for a long time.

......

Leng Chang's funeral was very simple, perhaps because of the emergency, or perhaps for other reasons.

So the funeral was very simple, so simple that almost no one came to mourn.

There wasn't even time for mourning before the person who would take over the position of team leader, Leng Chang, arrived.

meeting room.

The position that belonged to Leng Chang has been taken over.

In front of the large conference table, her unique twin ponytails cascaded down her back, pink bangs brushed against her golden eyes, which were fixed on the white conference table before her, her hands clasped tightly on the table.

After a slight tremor and a bit of forbearance.

She slowly raised her eyes, suppressing her inappropriate emotions and hiding them well, but those around her still noticed the trace of those hidden emotions.

Others didn't know what emotions she was hiding, but they knew she was enduring.

Madoka Kaname took a deep breath, tilted her chin slightly upward, and closed her eyes, feeling the cool air she inhaled. After exhaling heavily and slowly, her golden eyes slowly opened, revealing a gleam of repentance.

She said seriously:

"According to the organization's orders, I am the one replacing Leng Chang as team leader. My name is Kaname Madoka, and I will be in charge of arranging the next operations."

"Yes!"

Everyone present nodded in agreement, their expressions serious.

Kaneki, however, stared wide-eyed at Madoka Kaname, his mouth agape and lips trembling slightly. He knew Madoka Kaname; he had seen her before in the conference room.

She was sitting to Leng Chang's left at the time. She seemed to have no worries and would often stare at Leng Chang with a smile. It was almost unheard of for her not to smile.

But now that carefree feeling is gone, and the upturned corners of my mouth have disappeared. All that remains is heaviness and seriousness, as if I've grown up.

An air of authority, not belonging to her petite frame, emanated from her.

"According to the information left by Leng Chang, there are still five members in the assassination team. We have their locations. You will have two days to prepare. This time, we will launch a preemptive attack."

As soon as she finished speaking, Madoka Kaname subconsciously looked to her right, but after a pause, the corners of her mouth drooped even more, and her eyebrows furrowed even more.

The others remained silent upon witnessing this scene, as if they hadn't seen anything at all.

Kaneki and Ayato clenched their fists under the table, their subconscious movements clearly indicating they were looking at Leng Chang. Such subtle actions are not easily changed.

......

After the meeting, everyone left.

Kaneki and Aya remained in a daze for a long time, not because of the content of the meeting, but because they realized that they might also disappear suddenly like Leng Chang.

Kaneki felt a pang of bitterness; he was all alone now. But Ayato was different; he still had family.

Thinking of this, Kaneki said to Ayato beside him:

"Ayato, let's go to the antique shop."

"Oh? What's wrong? You've finally decided you want me to introduce you to my older sister?"

Ayato's eyes widened in surprise, and he put his arm around Kaneki's shoulder and laughed.

"No, no, no, I just wanted to get a cup of coffee," Kaneki quickly explained, his face full of panic, afraid of being misunderstood.

"Hehe! Don't be shy, come on! I'll introduce you to my older sister!"