Live Survival, but Start with Attack on Titan

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[Great Onmyoji: An-chan, what time is it? Are you still thinking about eating? ]

"Why not eat?"

Sitting at the small Japanese-style bar, the boy looked at the numbers on the menu and planned the little money he had.

[The violent argumentative team leader: Buy something for self-defense! ]

"What can you buy with 800 yen? Even a kitchen knife is not worth much."

"A bowl of tonkotsu ramen...small portion, thank you."

In this prosperous area, even a bowl of noodles is almost unaffordable.

Looking at the set meals that cost thousands of yen, Anhe smiled bitterly.

Although the prices at this noodle shop are not affordable, you can get free refills.

If An He was not unfamiliar with the world and did not dare to move around randomly, he might have had other better options.

But now, he was really hungry.

And...I also need to ask something near this street...

"Uncle, when did the policeman over there come here?"

Among the busy policemen, he saw several "special personnel" carrying boxes. Although the barrage seemed to be keeping it secret at this time, An He still keenly discovered the strangeness of those people.

Would someone just walk around a murder scene with a box in their hands and not put it down to do anything? What's in that box?

【I won’t tell you】

We won’t tell you.

[Haha, let’s wait until the main pack is in danger~]

'...'

It's really unreliable.

"What did you say, little brother? Ah... police officers? I just got here not long ago. Hey, it's the same everywhere. As long as it gets a little dark, man-eating guys will jump out."

This small ramen restaurant is run by an old man with graying hair.

He looks to be over 55 years old. Although his hair is starting to turn white, he looks surprisingly energetic.

"So you have to be careful, don't go to remote places casually, try to go to crowded places."

The middle-aged uncle put the cooked noodles into the bone broth prepared in advance, added two slices of Naruto rolls, and brought the bowl up.

"Oh...who are those special officers carrying the boxes?"

"It's the search officer, also known as 'White Dove', who specializes in...wait."

The old man suddenly stopped talking and came to his senses, looking at the customers in the store in surprise.

"Brother, why don't you know this?"

The boss took two steps back, looking frightened and alert.

This should be common knowledge for everyone in Tokyo...

"Well, because I'm a new student here."

He showed his ID, but An He didn't know what kind of document it was.

But in short, there is a more official seal to prove it, and the information about myself is also very detailed.

I lied about my age by two years and wrote down my age as eighteen, when I was at most sixteen.

"Oh...international students...or something like that?"

He raised his reading glasses to take a look, and confirmed that the boy was eating the ramen very naturally, and the old man's spirit was visibly relaxed.

'Does eating... have any special meaning?'

An He was somewhat confused when he noticed the change in his boss' attitude.

When the old man saw the proof of his information, he was still skeptical.

But after taking a mouthful of noodles, he looked relieved.

I'm not going astray...

Pursing his lips and confirming that he was not taking anything drugged, An He frowned.

"Haha, don't mind it, young man, those guys don't eat human food."

Realizing that his attempt had been discovered, the old man looked quite embarrassed.

"They can only eat humans, and are extremely disgusted with other foods. Humph, they are all demons that should not exist..."

When talking about those inhuman things, the boss' eyes turned red and his words were mixed with anger.

"They 'ate' that person?"

Pointing at the corpse across the street, the boy's face showed no fear.

"Correct."

There were not many customers in the store. After greeting An He, the boss picked up the newspaper:

"Look, here it is."

"Ghoul..."

After carefully reading the words in the newspaper, An He also understood what the old man was afraid of.

A creature distinct from humans.

They look exactly like humans, but have completely different eating habits.

They can only eat humans, and any human food is as disgusting as the most disgusting garbage to them and is difficult to swallow.

Such monsters mingle among the crowd and may exist in every corner of this city.

But their terrifying aspect is not just that they look very similar to humans.

They generally have strong physical fitness and their skin is tougher than the fur of wild animals. It can be said that each of them is a little superman.

In addition, a combat-use 'Kagume' will grow near the lower back spine to accommodate the extendable 'Kagune'.

"Tsk..."

Looking at the heavy armor, sharp feather blades, and "tentacles" as flexible as a fox's tail on the "human" in the picture, Zheng Anhe gradually realized the seriousness of the problem.

Although this modern city seems to be in a peaceful state.

But with these humanoid monsters around, every minute and every second, human flesh and blood are being eaten by these "ghouls".

"Got it? As an apology, I won't charge you for this meal."

The familiar old uncle kept nagging while putting away the newspaper that recorded some information about ghouls:

"Also, would you like another bowl?"

This young man actually came to such a city alone. I think it must be really hard...

"May I?"

The small portion of ramen was not enough to fill Anhe's stomach. He was really flattered by the uncle's kindness.

"Don't mind! It's already this late. If we close the shop, a lot of the ingredients we prepared today will be wasted."

Another bowl of ramen was brought up. The old uncle sat on the chair, his old face looking particularly sad.

"Originally there should be a lot of customers...but there was a ghoul hunting in that alley this afternoon, which scared away some regular customers."

"I hope things will get better tomorrow... The store can't be open too late, otherwise even the way home will become dangerous..."

While slurping the noodles, An He raised his doubts:

"Can't the police officers take care of this?"

"Investigators? Ah... Although the investigators are all reliable, the CCG still has too few people."

CCG, the Ghoul Countermeasures Bureau, is an organization in the city that specializes in dealing with ghoul affairs.

After wiping his reading glasses, the old uncle sighed.

"If we are targeted by those monsters, we won't even have a chance to call the police, let alone survive until the investigators arrive."

Only when humans act in groups will the monsters fear that their identities will be exposed and dare not act rashly.

"That's it..."

After filling his stomach, the boy put down his bowl and chopsticks:

"So, how can one become an investigator?"

"Eh?"

[The chief investigator wants to be an investigator? ]

[Go to CCG? It's not impossible...]

After chatting like this, Zheng Anhe has already understood a little about the background of this world.

Wanting to survive to the end... Of course it is difficult, but there is a way to simplify it.

As a civilian, it should be possible to find a job in a big city and survive without starving to death.

But if you have nothing and are suddenly attacked by those man-eating monsters one day...

Under such circumstances, it would be much easier to become an investigator and stay at the headquarters.

No matter what, there's no way a ghoul could rush to the investigator's headquarters, right?

【Great Onmyoji: Poof! 】

[The violent argumentative team leader: Genius! ]

[The most entertaining person on earth: Yes, yes, you are right! ]

'...'

The reaction from the barrage made An He frown.

Huh? He eliminated the correct answer first?

There are ghouls in the headquarters? Seriously???

After taking another look at the information on the newspaper on his seat, An He silently drank a glass of water.

The situation is more serious than he thought...

There was no other choice but to join the so-called 'CCG', an organization that fights against ghouls.

After all, ghouls have even infiltrated the headquarters, and Anhe could not have imagined to what extent these guys have infiltrated human society.

If you want to fight them, at least you need weapons...

These man-eating monsters that appear to be 'invulnerable' in the records can only be killed by using specially made 'Quinke', weapons made from ghouls' kagune, to attack their shields with one's own spear.

At least CCG can provide investigators with weapons, so they are not left without the ability to resist.

"Brother, joining CCG is no joke... You will really die."

The customers in the store suddenly started talking like this, which really surprised the boss.

In all major CCG operations, investigators have to write a suicide note first.

Although ghouls hide their identities and do not confront humans head-on.

But this does not mean that they are really weaker than humans.

The ghouls that live in human society act in secret in order to maintain their disguise as "humans".

The reason they disappeared was that they didn't want to be targeted and expelled by humans.

But once the identity is exposed or forced into a desperate situation.

These man-eating monsters can unleash terrifying power!

"It's okay, uncle. Just tell me where the CCG is."

Although the boss refused, An He still put all the money he had on the counter.