Outside the CCG gates, Gawain glanced left and right at the rapidly gathering and alert soldiers, and let out a soft breath.
Beside Gawain, Touka trembled nervously, and while trembling, she helplessly grabbed Gawain's hand.
Indeed, ghouls are much stronger than humans, and Touka is one of the best among ghouls, an S-rank ghoul that might only be found once in a thousand.
But in any case, over the past few decades and in Touka's life of more than ten years, ghouls have always been in a state of being on the run!
It's like a thief entering a police station. Even a master thief, the best of the best in the world, would be terrified of the police.
Seeing the guns all around her, Touka trembled even more violently.
However, even as she shivered, Touka couldn't help but glance at Gawain's profile.
How could he be so bold? I thought he brought me along... to... to... to arrange a date... cough cough.
But how did I end up at the CCG headquarters out of nowhere?!
Leaving aside Gawain Touka and looked at the CCG members around him.
"They're all good people. At least they're genuinely fighting for humanity. They don't have any selfish motives. They're truly risking their lives to fulfill their duties as members of the Ghoul Countermeasures Bureau."
At this point, Gawain waved to the men who had raised their guns at him.
"Hello everyone, I'm Gawain. You probably didn't know my name in the past, but you won't forget me in the future."
Now, let your superiors and those top investigators face me.
After all, even something as simple as just standing in front of me is far too dangerous for you."
As he spoke, Gawain leisurely stepped into the CCG gate and strolled along the large square cleared by the soldiers.
Seeing Gawain's nonchalant attitude, the surrounding soldiers exchanged glances, then gritted their teeth and pulled their triggers in unison.
In an instant, thousands of bullets shot straight toward Gawain, and Touka tightened her grip on Gawain's small hand.
In the next instant, Gawain raised his left hand and made a light slashing motion with his fingers.
Buzzing~~~.
Accompanied by an invisible tremor, the spectacular sight that left everyone in awe was fully revealed.
Around Gawain, countless bullets, like lotus petals with a corner lifted, drifted and rippled around Gawain.
First it stopped, then it started spinning, until the astonished soldiers completely stopped firing, at which point Gawain casually flicked his sword.
With his movements, splash splash...
Countless bullets fell from the sky to the ground, the sound of them hitting the earth like the sound of the soldiers' hearts breaking.
Seeing the soldiers' shocked expressions, Gawain shook his head.
"Keeping you awake will only cause you to live in fear; it's better to let you pass out."
That way, at least your psychological trauma will be less."
As he spoke, Gawain's brow twitched slightly, and his pupils instantly turned into rings.
Wow!
Like a strong wind whipping up tough grass, the soldiers all around fell to the ground. At the same time, soldiers checking the surveillance cameras in the distant headquarters rushed to the meeting place of the senior investigators.
However, the CCG is a formal, effective, and extremely efficient organization.
Even if the chief of police and the top investigator don't show up, they still have their own contingency plans.
While the soldiers were informing the director and others, all the junior investigators at CCG headquarters sprang into action!
At that moment, the first-class investigator automatically took over command authority, leading the second and third-class investigators who had not yet left the various office groups to rush towards Gawain's location.
Among them, Koutarou Amon, who had just graduated from the Investigator Academy and was just awarded a third-class investigator's certificate, was also covered in sweat. He was carrying his quinque, which he had only received for one night, and rushed out with a first-class investigator nearby!
Meanwhile, the remaining first-class investigators left the CCG building immediately and rushed towards the Investigator Academy.
Soon, the prospective investigators at the Investigator Academy, led by first-class investigators, received their temporary quinques as reserves!
For over a century, the CCG has hunted down hundreds of thousands of ghouls, so the CCG has never lacked quinques.
The CCG warehouse was stockpiled with enough quinques that each CCG member could have five.
However, Quinques are, after all, created from the kagune left behind by ghouls after they die.
In this way, the strength of the ghoul almost determines the strength of the quinque.
Among them, high-level ghouls are extremely rare, so excellent quinques within the CCG are equally scarce.
Although quinques are generally weak, giving trainees a quinque at least gives them a little more chance to fight back.
Among the trainees, Akira Mado two-time recipient of the Outstanding Trainee Badge, was one of the first to receive a temporary Quinque.
Nervously grabbing the quinque, Akira Mado didn't ask what had happened. She quickly put on her bulletproof vest, then picked up the quinque and rushed out after the First Investigator.
Because she is a girl, Akira Mado's physical fitness is relatively average, but she has a strong logical thinking ability.
Seeing that the First Class responsible for them also needed to pay attention to other colleges, and that Akira Mado, who had not yet truly stepped onto the battlefield and still had a somewhat fearless mentality, simply broke away from the First Class's group in front of her and rushed to another First Class in the distance who was heading to the front lines.
It was quite a coincidence, Akira Mado bumped into was none other than the investigator leading Koutarou Amon.
As a top student at the academy, Koutarou Amon should have been assigned as an assistant to at least a senior investigator.
However, he had not yet been assigned a position, so in the chaos, he and Akira Mado and others passed through the research and development team and the countermeasures team, and rushed to the tallest CCG headquarters in the distance, which was the reception hall on the first floor of the headquarters!
Carrying the heavy quinque for so long, Akira Mado was quite tired. At this moment, she felt no sense of coincidence or fate, nor did she harbor any romantic feelings for Amon, an ordinary third-class investigator in the crowd.
In short, a few minutes later.
Sweating profusely, Akira Mado finally followed behind the First Sergeant, passing through the guarded ranks of soldiers, and finally saw the person who had made all the investigators so wary!
At that very moment, tens of thousands of guns were pointed at Gawain's location.
After knocking out a group of people, Gawain, acting as if they were old friends, led Touka to sit in the reception area of the CCG reception hall.
He randomly picked a seat and not only got himself a buffet meal, but also found a cup of coffee for Touka.
Although it's instant coffee, the CCG specification is still quite respectable.
Regardless of the quality of the coffee, Touka had absolutely no intention of drinking it at this moment.
He was surrounded by tens of thousands of guns and thousands of kuniks.
With a coffee cup handle in one hand and a saucer in the other, Touka somehow managed to create a wonderful percussion piece.
Clang, clang.
The clinking of the coffee cup and saucer made Touka blush even more, and she almost broke out in a sweat!
As for Gawain...
He held his knife and fork, cutting the beef with the same elegance as always.
He picked up a piece of meat, put it in his mouth, Gawain, and muttered something without looking up.
"Hehe, the buffet at CCG is surprisingly delicious, it's just that the chef is a bit timid."
The steak wasn't heated evenly; their hands must have been trembling quite a bit while handling it.
At this point, Gawain raised his head and naturally looked around.
At this moment, the first-class search officers stood at the very front of the circular encirclement, with the second and third-class officers and cadets squeezed behind them, and the ordinary soldiers at the farthest point.
Gawain easily found Akira Mado and Koutarou Amon in the crowd.
Seeing that the two of them were sitting very close together, Gawain blinked in confusion.
That's strange. Last night was when the story really started. Furuta Nimura was just about to smash Rize last night.
But on the CCG side, how did Koutarou Amon and Akira Mado get together so quickly?
Has the plot gone awry? Is this a ghoul world that's already been fanned by the butterfly?
That's strange!
At Gawain's level, he was too lazy to harbor any doubts.
He casually waved in Akira Mado's direction and then smiled.
"That girl over there, yes, I'm talking to you, your name is Akira Mado, right?"
When did you graduate? Are you an investigator now?
"They look so young!"
"Huh??!!!"
For a moment, Akira Mado was completely stunned.
Just moments ago, she was still reeling from the shock when she saw Gawain calmly cutting his steak amidst Gawain.
A trainee like her couldn't even imagine what kind of ghoul could so brazenly eat after breaking into the CCG headquarters!
Just as she was in shock, the ghoul, whom everyone was wary of, actually called her name!!!
Damn it, this ghoul knows me!
But he wasn't wearing a mask at all, and I have absolutely no recollection of ever seeing such a person before!
Just as Akira Mado was shocked, Ichigo, who had brought him there, also looked at Akira Mado with surprise.
He looked closer and realized, "Huh? When did a woman in cadet uniform barge into my squad?"
He was too hasty and didn't even realize that the person was a trainee. Since they were both carrying quinques, he assumed they were just low-ranking investigators.
But regardless of her identity, this first-class official only wanted to know at this moment.
What exactly is the relationship between this woman, who was singled out by the ghoul who instantly stunned thousands of soldiers, and that ghoul?
In a distant seat, seeing that Akira Mado dared not answer his question, Gawain sighed softly.
"What are you thinking about, Xiao? This is the CCG headquarters, your headquarters."
Was it necessary to show such fear towards me in a place like this?
It's just a question: Have you graduated yet? And is your captain still Koutarou Amon?
"Ha?!!"
At that moment, Akira Mado, shuddered violently.
Why is it not just that woman's business? Why was I singled out?!
With a look of surprise, Koutarou Amon looked at Gawain in astonishment.
Meeting Koutarou Amon's gaze, Gawain seemed to understand something, so he raised his finger and gently beckoned to Akira Mado.
Whoosh!
In the blink of an eye, Akira Mado was carried by the Quinque in her hand and rushed towards Gawain's location.
Because the quinque was flying so fast, Akira Mado was actually dragged into the air!
Beside him, the first-class leader who had led Akira Mado over immediately tried to grab Akira Mado's ankles, which were floating in the air.
But as soon as he reached out his hand, he felt a sharp pain in his palm.
The next moment, Akira Mado successfully broke through the crowd, landing in front of Gawain with a blank expression and trembling.
Looking at the disheveled woman before him, Gawain let out a breath of stale air.
He bent down, reached out, and lifted Akira Mado up by her arm. Then, Gawain casually snatched the quinque from Akira Mado's hand and started playing with it.
It was a long-range quinque, its shape somewhat resembling a gun, and such a quinque was indeed suitable for girls who were less physically strong.
Touka's eyes flashed with displeasure as she looked at the Quinque in Gawain's hand. That was a weapon made from the corpses of her own people!
This feeling of shared sorrow actually somewhat dispelled Touka's fear.
After Gawain simple manipulation, Gawain roughly understood the structure of this simple quinque.
Not every ghoul's kagune has special abilities. Compared to ghouls of S rank or higher, the kagune of most ordinary ghouls is just a slightly harder external organ.
These kagune, lacking any primary characteristics, were treated as consumables. Gawain's quinques were responsible for breaking down the kagune's contents, using the resulting fragments as projectiles.
Because this bullet is harder and lighter than metal, its flight speed is far greater than that of ordinary bullets, and the damage it can cause to ghouls is naturally several times greater than that of ordinary firearms!
After looking at it, Gawain casually tossed Quinque aside, then pulled up the trembling Akira Mado and made her sit next to Touka.
Akira Mado was completely too weak to speak. She trembled like a frightened rabbit and almost collapsed into Touka!
Meanwhile, the first-class investigator who had inadvertently brought Akira Mado along finally couldn't help but leave the investigators' ranks.
"Let go of that trainee, the ghoul!"
Whoever you are, you should know that this is the headquarters of the CCG!
Here, the only option offered to you is to surrender as soon as possible!
You..."
"Tamura!!!"
Suddenly, a soft yet undeniable voice came from behind the crowd!
The instant that sound rang out, countless investigators revealed expressions of relief!
The next moment, people in the direction from which the sound came automatically parted to make way for it.
Immediately afterwards, Arima Kishou, carrying his quinque and swaying his white hair, walked towards Gawain.
As he walked, he gave Gawain a deep look. When he saw the genuine ease in Gawain's eyes, he took a deep breath and couldn't help but smile.
The guy in front of me isn't a complete madman; he's just overconfident.
So, during the years when I had no chance to contact Eto, where did Eto find such a powerful backer?
With this thought in mind, Arima Chuo had already arrived in front of Gawain.
Teuchi his quinque and said to Gawain with Arima smile.
"Mr. Gawain, is that right? We are truly sorry for not being able to give you a special reception."
Don't rush, I'm the fastest, so I was the first to arrive.
As for everyone else, they'll be here shortly!