Infinity: Progressing from Arasaka - Chapter 76

Chapter 81 I Eliminate the Ghoul = I'm Here to Buy Goods

"Retreat! Retreat quickly! Brother Naki was killed by White Dove! Boss Jason and Mr. Nico are nowhere to be found... Where's Boss Xuandu?! Bottle..."

"Stop talking about Boss Ayato! Boss Ayato's been killed! Retreat, retreat now! We've fallen for the CCG's trap. Monster, that foreign white dove is a monster..."

"Don't come any closer... don't come any closer, ahhh—"

Just minutes ago, the streets and alleys were peaceful and quiet, but now they have been replaced by all sorts of noises.

Gunshots, curses, cries of pain, wails, the sharp screech of vehicles braking, the cracking and collapsing walls and shattering windows of surrounding shops, the piercing muffled thuds of the Q Barrett rounds used against Ghoul, the clanging of metal on leather as investigators clashed with Ghoul...

Countless sounds piled up and intertwined together, composing a symphony of blood and fire.

It can be passive or active.

Without a doubt, in this battlefield of carnage, that beautiful, dark figure was the most powerful note in this 'symphony'.

Laugh--

With speed and force far exceeding human physiological limits, Vera swung her Quinque sword, leaving beautiful, pale afterimages in the rain.

Clang! The blade sliced into the terrified Kagune Eye, shattering the brow bone, bridge of the nose, and skull. Without pausing, the longsword, dripping with red and white liquid, slashed out, spraying blood mist in an arc along the direction of the cut.

"Kakuja! This is Kakuja! A monster!"

The crystal prism bounced off Vera's helmet. Beneath her black armor, her slender hands swung, and her Quinque longsword swept horizontally, severing the arm joint of the lunging Koukaku Ghoul.

"Gun III" was raised intermittently, and the pointed bullets, with a whistling sound as they cut through the air, instantly turned a Ghoul who was roaring and activating his Ukaku into a sieve.

At breakneck speed, Vera didn't slow down at all. Her long sword severed the shoulder joint that was wrapped around the Koukaku, and continued to swing forward, drawing a small semi-circle. The S-rank Koukaku Ghoul couldn't retreat in time was precisely cleaved in the chest.

Clang.

The blade shattered, splattering blood everywhere. His abdomen, the flesh under his ribs, his lungs, alveoli, esophagus, bronchi, and intestines all spilled out with a 'sizzle'. He screamed in agony as Vera, along with the broken knife stuck in his shoulder blade armor, dragged him along and crashed into the walls along the way.

The distorted, inhuman human body crashed to the ground, and the stench of blood wafted outwards.

He curled up on his knees, his will to survive driving him to grab the dusty, rain-soaked ground and stuff his internal organs back into his body. But as he stuffed them in, he became still, and the pool of blood gradually expanded, staining the rainwater around him red.

Vera continued to charge forward.

The "Gun III" in his hand transformed into a broad-bladed short sword, trailing a streak of light as it slashed one after another at the Ghoul who couldn't dodge in time, cutting their throats, beheading them, and dismembering them. In an instant, blood and flesh flew everywhere, like blooming blood flowers, and screams filled the air.

The "New Proto" live-action bodysuit, unfolding before her, perfectly accentuates her tall and shapely figure, gleaming with a metallic sheen and radiating a chilling aura.

That's the feeling, the joy of being a reckless person.

Why are you hiding?

Let's do it! Let's go all out!

Without caring about her image, without worrying about being unharmed, and without even needing to worry about getting her hands or clothes dirty, Vera stepped onto the roof, sending rubble flying. Her figure was like a long, narrow, dark, matte ribbon, charging through the buildings and among the enemy.

The flower of flesh and blood blooms amidst the sudden rain.

"Huff... huff... Touka, Mr. Yomo, what exactly happened? Why did the CCG suddenly send reinforcements to the District 20? Why did a fight suddenly break out there? Isn't the District 20 supposed to be Anteiku? How come so many Ghouls are fighting with CCG investigators? And where are Mrs. Fueguchi and Hinami...?"

"Shut up! You're utterly useless, spouting so much nonsense! One question after another, what good would it do to tell you? Besides, do you think I don't want to find Mrs. Fueguchi and Hinami?"

Running against the flow of people on the sidewalk, Touka, with the delinquent girl's demeanor, suddenly became furious and started yelling at the skinny boy running behind her.

"Oh..."

The boy, whose left eye was covered by a blindfold, immediately lowered his head weakly.

"Alright. Touka, Kaneki... the situation is very bad. Such a large-scale conflict, it seems that the White Doves have found what they are looking for..." Renji Yomo stopped and spoke with a heavy expression.

In the nearby streets, sirens wailed, and police had already set up barricades, traffic cones, and roadblocks.

More and more CCG investigators are gathering in the area ahead. Some are in civilian clothes and carrying pistols and Quinque, while others are in combat uniforms and carrying long weapons, having arrived in personnel transport buses.

Televisions outside some street shops, designed to attract customers, have begun broadcasting news about a large-scale battle between Ghoul and investigators in the District 20.

For the first time in over a decade, District 20 was so noisy.

Renji Yomo said, "You can't get in normally."

"Delinquent girl" Touka and "timid boy" Kaneki followed Renji Yomo's gaze and saw that some people wanted to enter but were blocked outside, while others hurriedly ran out from inside in a panic, shouting something about Ghoul, and that there were many Ghouls.

"Don't wear the Ghoul mask for now, come with me." Renji Yomo put on a mask, pulled up her hood, and walked towards a narrow alley not far away. "Huh?" The boy was stunned for a moment before the girl dragged him in.

After several twists and turns, they found a relatively narrow old street. While the CCG was busy blocking the main traffic artery below, three figures, one in front and two behind, jumped into the blockade and then darted into several alleys.

The moment it landed, boom!

Explosions and fires broke out, with thick smoke billowing several stories high from multiple locations, accompanied by gunshots and booming sounds of varying intensity.

The boy swallowed hard, his right eye wide open.

"It's more serious than I thought."

Renji Yomo the way, allowing the citizens still stranded inside to escape. In the distance, besides the sparse ordinary citizens, Ghoul and CCG investigators who were hindering the process could be seen.

"Mrs. Fueguchi, Hinami, please don't let anything happen to you."

Touka clenched her fist.

"Walk."

Just as Renji Yomo for the two to follow him, and he sped off towards the bookstore Mrs. Mrs. Fueguchi had mentioned when she went out, whoosh. The rain-soaked breeze was filled with a damp, foul stench and the smell of blood. Suddenly, Touka froze on the spot.

As if struck by lightning, she stopped in her tracks, her head snapping to a certain direction, her whole body stiffening, her eyes filled with disbelief and deep fear.

"Ayato... what are you doing here?! And that scent... is it Dad?!"

The boy named Kaneki noticed his companion's unusual behavior, and he stopped and turned to ask, "Touka?"

"Touka, what's wrong?" Renji Yomo looked over.

"I need to go there. It's Ayato, he's right here. And my father..." Touka Kirishima's voice trailed off, her face turning pale, her eyes filled with terror, "... the Quinque my father made..."

Touka Kirishima clearly remembers that her father was killed by CCG investigators when she was a child.

People cannot be brought back to life, and the scent originating from Kakuhou bloodline of Ghoul does not lie. There is only one possibility: her father's Kagune was made into Quinque by the CCG!

"What?! Ayato, your brother is here too?!"

For the first time, a look of panic appeared on Renji Yomo calm face.

Touka Kirishima's mother is his older sister, and he is the uncle of both Touka Kirishima and Ayato Kirishima.

"Damn it! Why is he going back to District 20 at a time like this..."

"Run! Run! Run! Ayato, Ayato's boss has been killed..." At this moment, an Ukaku glided and tumbled from mid-air to the ground Ghoul, scrambling and crawling as he ran outside.

"Wait, what did you say? Say it again!"

With a swift movement, Renji Yomo grabbed the Ghoul, his Kagune Eye flashing with intense emotion as he asked, word by word.

"Ayato... Ayato's boss was killed by that foreign white dove. His head was blown off..."

Lifted up trembling like a leaf, the Ghoul Ukaku clearly terrified, his voice trembling with sobs.

Upon hearing this, Touka Kirishima was stunned and almost fainted, the unbelievable news echoing in her mind. Even though Ayato had left the Anteiku Cafe because of their different lifestyles, he was still her younger brother.

"What exactly happened? Tell me. Why did Ayato suddenly end up in District 20?" Renji Yomo asked again.

"It was Tatara and Noro who ordered us to monitor the whereabouts of that foreign female dove and probe her when the opportunity arises..."

"I will avenge Ayato!"

Her teeth chattered, her hands trembled, and Touka Kirishima bit her lip so hard it almost bled.

This startled Renji Yomo, whose eyes cleared. She released her companion and reached out to firmly grasp Touka Kirishima's shoulder. "You're the only daughter my sister and Shin have left. You must live!"

"But, Ayato... Mr. Yomo, Uncle! That's my brother..." Her eyes filled with tears, and her delicate and beautiful face was distorted with grief and anger.

"No buts..."

Renji Yomo turned to the bewildered, timid boy beside him. "Kaneki, take Touka and get out of here. In her current state, searching for someone will only lead to her death. Go back. I'll go find Fueguchi..."

Before the words were finished, another hysterical, high-pitched scream rang out, "Yuki brother!" Then came the rumble of the wall collapsing.

"Not good!" The SS-rank Ghoul's alertness made Renji Yomo instinctively shove Touka and Kaneki into a side alley and hide them in the shadows near the sewer entrance.

Peng—

The figure fell like a cannonball, slamming hard onto the road, kicking up countless dust and gravel. The light purple robe and the white mask with the red 'P' on it were shattered, and the Ukaku slumped limply.

"District 11, the older of the Bottle Brothers."

In the corner, Renji Yomo's brows were tightly furrowed, his eyes serious. As the most frequent intelligence officer for the Anteiku Cafe, he knew a lot about the famous Ghoul in various districts of Tokyo.

"Dad..." Only Touka Kirishima could hear the tears streaming down her face as she stared intently at the source of the 'father's scent'.

A dark, armored figure.

The surface of the armor seemed to be flowing with semi-solidified Kagune, with streaks of bright red light flashing, constantly rolling and surging, as if alive, eerie and captivating.

Judging from her figure, she is very tall and slender, and is a woman.

They continued to kill among the fleeing Ghoul; it wasn't a battle, it was a massacre!

If discovered, you will die!

This heavy sense of oppression was something Renji Yomo had only felt when facing Tokyo CCG's top ace, the "The White Reaper" Kishou Arima.

Even Vera Adelheid... it's her, isn't it? This investigator from the North American Region, her fighting style is undoubtedly more brutal and ferocious.

Every movement, whether still or in motion, is like this: clean, swift, and lightning-fast streaks of light pierce through the air, injuring and maiming anything that touches them; as they soar and sway, they tear apart the bodies of Ghoul.

"Touka, if you want to go back alive and find Mrs. Fueguchi and Hinami... now, be quiet and follow me, or we will all die." Renji Yomo looked at Touka Kirishima seriously.

"S-rank, Ukaku, the Bottle Brothers..."

With a cracking sound as the mask dented, the white mask with red 'X' crosshairs shattered, and the younger of the Bottle Brothers was sent flying backward.

He crashed headfirst into the wall.

"Damn it..." He coughed up blood, his facial bones caved in, his face a bloody mess, and he roared. His Rc cells boiled instantly, and his thick Ukaku throbbing out in a half-circle.

With a loud thud as his foot slammed into the ground, it collided with Vera's fist, which was in full armor, creating a deafening roar.

In response, the Ukaku twisted and cracked, producing radial cracks.

The force of the Ukaku slammed back onto him, the wall shattered, and bricks flew out like shrapnel.

Vera, covered in blood, twisted off the head of her younger brother, then moved through the blood-soaked footprints of the headless corpse. Turning around, she smashed the head of her older brother, who was lying dead in the middle of the road, to pieces with a single shot.

"1 minute and 16 seconds, slightly over the time limit."

She paced slowly, murmuring as she threw away yet another long sword that had broken.

"Yukimura" CCG standard Quinque longsword, Grade B. It's a consumable item.

Vera surveyed the battlefield, glancing out of the corner of her eye at the dark alley in the distance, the feeling of being spied on fading away.

She didn't care much; she'd taken care of all the named S-rank Ghoul, and the remaining A-rank Ghoul... were insignificant. The investigators in the District 20 should be able to handle them, as long as those guys from Anteiku didn't try to get themselves killed.

Now, she needs to reap the rewards of this trip.

"At least S+ rank, including the dual -Ukaku 'Ghoul,' an S+ rank Half-Kakuja, 'Yamori' Jason, an S-rank, the Bottle Brothers, and the Joker's 'Transvestite'..."

Meanwhile, in Kuanxiang.

The gunshots and shouts of battle gradually subsided.

The Ghoul outside were either all dead or had escaped, and more and more CCG investigators arrived and surrounded the area.

While following the orders of Special Class Investigator Russell, and relentlessly firing Rc suppressant injection projectiles at the two twisted figures pinned to the ruins of the shop by black spears, the investigators, reminded by a certain Uneven-eyed First Class Investigator, finally turned their attention to their original target after a hard-fought battle.

'Mother and daughter'.