This is a beautiful child.
Very beautiful.
He had light blonde or even white hair, and a face far more delicate than a girl's.
His slightly thin, even somewhat delicate, physique couldn't hide his charm, even with his ordinary, worn-out, and dirty clothes.
Such a beautiful child deserves a happier life.
But such children often only receive brokenness in return.
Indeed, the child in front of Gawain was a broken child.
His name is Suzuya Rei, that's the name his master gave him.
As a boy, no matter how handsome he is, he should be more manly now that he's almost sixteen.
But the reason he can still look as beautiful as a girl is...
Because when he was very young, his ghoul master smashed his... genitals.
That's right, he was castrated, and in the most cruel way... by smashing him to pieces.
His owner was too lazy to even use a knife...
This is just a small part of his broken life.
At this moment, he raised his head, met Gawain's scrutinizing eyes, pursed his lips, and then grinned.
"Are you asking me to fight other people?"
As she spoke, Reiya wore a happy expression.
Just now, the powerful subordinate of this important figure easily tore his master, who had tormented him his entire life, to pieces!
If someone so powerful is willing to serve as someone else's subordinate, then the master before them must be even stronger!
The owner even specifically mentioned his own name!
So...
Am I destined to fight for a more powerful master?
I love fighting, I crave fighting, and I enjoy the feeling of killing!
Either they eat you, or you eat them!
And myself...
I enjoy drinking their blood!
I enjoy seeing expressions of terror on their faces; those were the expressions I used to have the most!
And the new owner before them.
Since he was very pleased that he had sent his men to kill his former master.
While quietly enjoying the happiness, I was willing to do anything for my new owner!!!
Thinking of this, Reiya's gaze toward Gawain became even more innocent and sacred.
But that was just Suzuya's perception of innocence and holiness.
Because Gawain only saw madness, slaughter, and self-destruction in his eyes...
Looking into those eyes, Gawain extended his right hand.
Seeing the right hand approaching his head, Reiya paused for a moment, then suddenly dropped to the ground...
No, he sat on the ground like a dog, then, while wiggling his buttocks, he leaned his head in, letting his hair gravitate against Gawain's hand.
Upon seeing this scene, Touka gasped in disbelief.
Irimi and Rize, however, were very understanding. They quickly became melancholy because Suzuya reminded them of their past selves.
As for Arima, he held his severed hand and gently shook his head.
"What a sin, therefore, Owl."
"Did you tear this kid apart, turning him into this kind of person?"
"Of course, but this isn't the CCG. You have no right to speak here, Arima Kishou."
Kuzen first agreed, then he scolded Arima.
At the same time, Gawain gently rubbed Lingya's head and then said to Lingya.
"From now on, you'll stay by my side. Change your name, forget the humiliation of Ling, and become what I need."
I can imagine what kind of education you received in the past; someone like that might not be able to understand most of what I'm saying.
Therefore, you don't need to understand me, you just need to obey me; that should be what you're best at.
So, my first order to you is to stand straight behind me!
And then, never, ever do what you're doing to anyone again!
I hate this action, I really hate it!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain released his hand.
At the same time, Suzuya Juuzou quickly stood up and then stood straight behind Gawain like an arrow.
Not far away, watching Gawain's handling of the situation, Touka felt a little uncomfortable.
She still didn't like this commanding fate.
But apart from her, a young girl who hadn't experienced much, everyone else laughed understandingly.
Gawain's kindness exceeded their expectations. At this moment, giving Suzuya a more suitable master and a simpler and purer goal would be the gentler thing to do for the child.
Otherwise, once the shackles on Reiya's body are torn off directly...
While it is indeed possible for Suzuya to gain freedom in that case.
But because of her past life, Suzuya is more likely to become a truly broken, wicked devil!
While everyone around him was pondering, Gawain turned around and looked seriously at Lingwu behind him.
Under Gawain's gaze, Reiya remained motionless, awaiting his command with Gawain.
After examining him for a moment, Gawain turned around and spoke to Rize Kamishiro.
"Rize, you must know many excellent hairstylists."
Take this child to get a more suitable hairstyle. Don't let her hair look like a girl's now. She should comb her hair into a slicked-back style like mine, or even a long slicked-back style or a ponytail would be fine.
He's a boy, after all; boys should show their foreheads!
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain turned around and patted Lingwu on the shoulder.
"You may not understand the difference between boys and girls now, but you will eventually."
I will teach you some extraordinary skills. These skills can not only heal all the damage you have suffered in the past, but also give you the ability to hunt Binge Eater with just your human body.
Of course, that skill is not the same as Quinque's technique.
Whether it's ghouls needing to eat humans to survive, or humans needing to hunt ghouls to obtain kagune as weapons, the resulting opposition is far too strong.
I think I should break this vicious cycle. I don't have the ability to stop ghouls from eating people right now, but at least I can help humanity get rid of its dependence on quinques.
If every human becomes incredibly strong, then ghouls will probably learn to buy human corpses like they buy commodities, right?
There are far too many poor people in this world, and even within humanity itself, there are ancient tribes that practice cannibalism.
"As long as you're willing to pay, there are plenty of people who wouldn't mind selling their deceased elders. This is Tokyo, after all. Tokyo has no shortage of people like that, does it?"
"Well..."
Suzuya Juuzou did not respond; it was Arima made the sound.
He rolled his eyes, then laughed.
"Mr. Gawain seems to dislike Tokyo. Your words sound like an insult to Tokyo, but I really like what you said."
If all ghouls could be freed from the habit of hunting to fill their stomachs, then even if it goes against some people's morals, buying would be a perfectly acceptable method.
After all, ghouls truly exist, and their nature of only being able to eat humans and not any other food means that the fact that humans have become part of their diet is permitted by nature.
It's just that as humanity has grown stronger, and as it has developed wisdom and morality, it no longer allows itself to be hunted, or even allows ghouls to scavenge corpses.
If humans could have completely eradicated ghouls in the ancient past, then we wouldn't need to worry about the relationship between ghouls and humans now.
But since our ancestors left us with so much trouble, and ghouls... there are so many... beings worthy of our attention and care.
"In that case, developing a distorted social view based on this might actually be a brilliant idea."
At this point, Arima picked up his coffee and took a sip.
Not far away, upon hearing Arima's words, Yomo a cold snort, then spoke heavily.
"Arima Kishou, you are our enemy, and even more so, a defeated opponent of Gawain!"
There's no room for you to speak here, and besides, I haven't even avenged myself on you yet!
You killed my sister!!!
After saying that, Yomo Renji gritted her teeth and glared at Arima.
Meanwhile, behind Gawain.
Reiya suddenly shuddered with tension.
Gawain noticed the change in Reiya, and after thinking for a moment, he asked.
"Reiya, if you have something to say, you can say it anytime. This is my order to you."
"Yes, Master!"
"Call him sir."
"Yes, sir!"
Reiya nodded excitedly, then looked at Arima with that perverted look in her eyes.
"Sir, has this fellow offended you?"
So, do I need to fight him? And how would you like me to kill him?
As she spoke, Reiya carefully examined Arima's organs.
Even Yomo couldn't help but shudder at Reiya's gaze.
After hearing Reiya's words, the kind-hearted Yomo suddenly felt a little reluctant to kill Arima for revenge...
I always feel that if I seek revenge that way, I'll be even more despicable than my enemy...
As for Touka...
I don't know what this child was thinking about, or perhaps the tension from her previous intrusion into the CCG was coming back to haunt her?
In short, Touka covered her mouth and ran upstairs, presumably to vomit in the bathroom of her room...
Reiya didn't think he had done anything wrong; he was just ordered by adults to say whatever he wanted.
Seeing Reiya in such a state, Gawain shook his head.
"No need. Now is not the time for you to fight. You need to study first, study diligently."
By the way, Koma, before Rize takes Reiya to the hairdresser, take him to take a nice bath first, and also prepare a few suitable outfits for him.
"Reiya, from now on, you will follow the people I designate and do the things they designate."
"I understand, sir!"
Reiya nodded readily, and then left with Koma.
Arima took a breath as he watched Reiya's departing figure.
"Poor child, I hope he will find himself one day."
But, wow, even a child like this makes me feel an uncontrollable sense of envy.
Despite enduring so much pain, as long as you meet someone willing to save you, the future seems more hopeful.
As for me, well, although you broke my hand and brought me before my enemy, I'll probably face certain death.
But for some reason, I found myself feeling a glimmer of hope.
That's... perhaps the hope that we can see Tokyo truly change.
I not only envy Reiya, I envy Eto even more!
"Eto?!!"
Upon hearing Arima's words, Kuzen suddenly gave Arima a scrutinizing look.
"What's your relationship with Eto? What are you two up to behind the scenes?"
By the way, you were the former One-Eyed King. It was actually you who took the titles of "Eto" and "Old Man One-Eyed Owl".
So, what were you actually planning behind the scenes with Eto?
After speaking, the store manager suddenly looked Yomo with concern.
If Arima is indeed Eto someone on one side, then as the shop manager, I might not be able to make decisions for Yomo.
But that's fine, since I'm not in charge of things right now anyway.
Previously, we still had to consider Gawain's interpretation.
If Gawain kills Arima, then Eto will happily kill Arima himself.
Not to mention Arima, if Gawain wanted to, Eto could even happily kill his own father.
But if Gawain Arima to live.
Even if the Yomo couldn't let go of their hatred, Arima would never die under Gawain's watchful gaze.
Yomo understood the shopkeeper's meaning, and at the same time, he also felt a little relieved of his desire for revenge.
For these ghouls, they have already suffered enough in the past.
So, even if there were a little more, it wouldn't be a problem.
It's nothing.
Across from him, Gawain forked a piece of steak and then gently waved his hand.
"Arima and Eto definitely had a plan, and it wouldn't be wrong to say that Arima was actually one of their own planted in the CCG by the ghouls."
In Yomo, Arima out for now. We can talk about revenge with him after ghouls and humans have truly made peace, right?
Now, let Arima kneel down before your sister's grave and apologize.
The method of creating new hatred in order to resolve past hatred is unlikely to truly alleviate the suffering of an era.
The world is not chaotic enough right now; without enough chaos as a foundation, people cannot forget their hatred, let alone give it up and start a new life.
As for me, I don't want to really start another chaotic era.
Therefore, since I can only carry out killings and suppression on a small scale, I can only make the past hatred suffer a little.
My current solution for dealing with Tokyo is to completely sever past hatred and thus end the possibility of creating more hatred in the future.
My actions will absolutely not make you people who are still stuck in the past happy.
But think about people who might be happier in the future.
Thinking about it this way, I'd rather sacrifice the past, and you and I are both parts of that sacrifice. Can you accept that?
As soon as he finished speaking, Gawain looked Yomo seriously, glancing at the faces of the others.
Facing Gawain, Yomo took a breath and then nodded.
"I see."
After saying that, Yomo stopped talking. He was indeed a little unhappy, but not extremely unhappy.
If Gawain hadn't shown up, he wouldn't even have had a chance to make Arima apologize to his sister.
Then what right does he have to demand that Gawain accommodate him?