Faced with Gawain's gaze, Mrs. Ryoko's heart tightened, but she smiled gently and bowed to Gawain.
"Hello, Gawain, I am Hinami's mother, and I hope... to continue taking care of the child by Hinami's side."
"Yes, yes, of course. Not just you, but Asaki can move in too."
Hearing Ryoko's words, Gawain understood that his sudden decision to take Hinami as his daughter had probably really frightened the couple.
Come to think of it, the idea of suddenly trying to snatch someone's daughter is indeed quite frightening.
However, Gawain felt wronged, after all, he wasn't the kind of person who watched over children; he just felt that Hinami in the anime was really pitiful.
Not only did she lose her parents, but she was also attracted to the quinques made from her parents' kagune, and then almost killed by these two quinques.
If it weren't for the powerful dual quinques she inherited from her parents, she probably would have died long ago from a part of her parents.
Mrs. Ryoko really doesn't know the consequences, daring to wear such a terrifying braid. Even if Gawain's mother wore that kind of braid, Gawain would feel a chill in his heart.
How dare she do that?
Thinking of this, Gawain chuckled and narrowed his eyes, then got up and went to Hinami.
Looking at the tall, thin figure standing in front of her, Hinami raised her head longingly, her hands unconsciously clasped in front of her chest, cautiously peeking through the trembling fabric.
Meeting Hinami's evasive gaze, Gawain rubbed Hinami's head and then smiled.
"Little Hinami, right? From today onwards, I am your godfather."
Remember this: your godfather was called the Sakura Dragon by those idiots in the CCG. Although they're pretty stupid, the chuunibyou (delusional) way of saying it actually sounds kind of nice, haha.
So from now on, for my sake as your godfather...
Don't let anyone bully you~.
Don't let anyone bully you.
That was the last thing Hinami heard, so much so that when she went to sleep that night, her cheeks were flushed and she unconsciously curled up her toes.
How did I end up with such a godfather?
That's awesome!
Ganbatte!
My godfather is so handsome!
The night passed in the little girl's dream, and the next morning, as usual, Eto arrived at the entrance of the Anteiku coffee shop and lazily greeted the rising sun.
Watching his daughter's figure, Yoshimura Kuzen took a breath, then put down the ledger, went behind Eto, and patted Eto on the shoulder.
"Put your clothes on!"
He looked at Eto's backless dress and the simple bandage wrapped around Eto chest and said...
Hearing his Pops's words, Eto narrowed his eyes without turning his head.
"Ha, these days, who listens to their Pops anymore?"
We girls all like to listen to our godfathers, Pops!
As he spoke, Eto narrowed his eyes and looked at Mrs. Ryoko with displeasure.
This morning, before four o'clock, the virtuous Mrs. Ryoko got up to clean the Anteiku.
This work schedule has directly led to even greater competition among cleaning staff within the Anteiku.
This also made Touka and Irimi sheepishly get up early and busy all morning, even thoroughly cleaning the cafe's ventilation fans.
He turned around and stared at Ryoko's Ryoko and refined back, and at Ryoko swollen chest.
Eto gritted his teeth dangerously.
"Oh my god, how can there be such a woman? She looks very dangerous."
Even though she's someone else's wife, this very behavior makes her seem even more dangerous.
Buffs and stuff, that's really too much, Dad. Do you think it's okay for someone to have a hairstyle like that?
"Her hair is very long!"
At this point, Eto grabbed her fluffy green hair, pulled it unhappily over her thin shoulders, and let it fall onto her not-yet-fully-developed chest.
Gently fiddling with the ends of her fluffy hair, a fierce glint flashed in Eto's eyes.
The murderous aura of the One-Eyed Owl, buried deep within her, has surfaced!
I want to kill something, or be killed by some damned thing!
That way, we wouldn't have to watch those stinky men being seduced to death by random women.
Across from him, he saw a fierce glint in his daughter's eyes.
Kuzen tapped her daughter's head in an annoyed tone.
"Today you also have to go with the master to the CCG to apologize to all the investigators."
Don't say such childish things. In the face of the inevitable final war between Tokyo Ghoul and humans, all that so-called love and romance can be thrown far away.
After all, this isn't the fictional world you created; there's no such thing as sweetness here!
As for your current daydreams, think about where they all come from, my dear daughter.
You should understand that only the winners deserve everything.
So, do what a winner does!
Having said that, Kuzen stopped talking to his daughter and immediately got back to his work.
In the past few days, he has been investigating the backgrounds and behaviors of the newly recruited ghouls under his command, in order to select the most deserving individuals to make an example of.
Ghouls are not law-abiding creatures; they are less like lions and more like a pack of hyenas waiting for their enemies to expose their anuses.
Even the king of ghouls, like the One-Eyed Owl, doesn't control other ghouls with his so-called domineering aura, but rather with a far more ruthless and cruel style of doing things!
Such a ghoul won't become a good boy just because of a few words from Gawain.
Last night alone, more than two hundred ghouls in Anteiku engaged in predatory acts against humans in a state of excitement!
Gawain didn't get too involved in this, because the current ghoul alliance was shallow and objective, and it wasn't the time for Gawain to exert his threats freely.
If Gawain were to expose his large-scale extermination and control of ghouls, the ordinary ghouls, who were already walking a tightrope, might completely collapse.
So.
Yoshimura Kuzen glanced at his notebook. In this predatory act, he needed to find a worthy opponent to make an example of.
Let's see for ourselves. Well, many ghouls at least understood Gawain's intentions, which is why they set their sights on human prisons.
Instead of eating the frozen food at the hospital, they chose to find criminals from the filthy prison to treat themselves, which could be seen as a way of fulfilling Gawain's values.
However, all they need to eat are death row inmates, or those who don't deserve the death penalty but have committed crimes like rape.
But that bastard Oomori Yakumo set his sights on... the warden of the 20th Ward human prison...
Looking at the report, Yoshimura Kuzen narrowed his eyes.
Did they make the warden count numbers for four hours while simultaneously eating him piece by piece?
This is truly a gift from heaven, a gift so perfect for giving the general public a profound education!
And so, when the inexplicably mysterious Oomori Yakumo, also known as Jason in the White Suits from Aogiri Tree, was dragged out by the store manager and torn to pieces, thus terrifying the group of unruly young ghouls under Aogiri Tree, he was completely terrified.
Gawain, accompanied by the bouncy Eto Yoshimura and the wryly-faced Arima Kishou, headed towards the CCG headquarters.
They had barely stepped out of the Anteiku when the CCG erupted in chaos.
Countless observation reports were sent from the streets to CCG headquarters, which almost made Washuu Kichimasa pull out all his hair.
"Chief, Sakura Dragon and One-Eyed Owl are only seven kilometers away from headquarters!"
"Chief, it's only 6.9 kilometers left?"
Should we fire the howitzer?
"How terrifying! Everyone who made eye contact with Sakura Dragon fainted on the spot!"
"Only two kilometers left!"
"The One-Eyed Owl is actually a girl!"
"Arima and the others are following behind Sakura Dragon... It seems like Arima and the others... have defected to the enemy!!!"
"Chief, something terrible has happened! The newly appointed Special Agent Mado is blocking Sakura Dragon's path, but he's been defeated by Arima!"
"Arima and the others have really defected to the enemy!"
"Something terrible has happened!!!"
"Director!"
"Alright!!!"
Faced with one observation report Washuu Kichimasa slammed his fist on the table.
"Shut up, all of you. When we lost Arima and the others, didn't we already prepare for the worst?"
Compared to what we might have guessed, at Arima and others are still alive!
Regardless of Arima and others make, we cannot deny his past achievements!
Now, everyone, along with the other special masters, follow me to welcome Sakura Dragon, One-Eyed Owl, and Arima!
Even if we are temporarily outmatched, we cannot let those ghouls look down on us, the pure humans!
At least show us some courage!
Also, why did Mado Kureo leave his post? Why?!
With the director's roar, the CCG sprang into action in a chaotic frenzy. The newly appointed special agents and veteran special agents, all carrying new quinques, nervously followed behind the director, marching in a grand procession to the courtyard, guarding the direction of the gate.
Meanwhile, on the road to the CCG.
Numerous media outlets carefully filmed the central area of a crossroads.
There, Mado Kureo lay helplessly on the ground, his face filled with hatred as he looked at his former idol, Arima Kishou.
"Why, why would you make such a crazy and ancestral decision!"
"That's a damn ghoul! That's a damn One-Eyed Owl! The One-Eyed Owl that killed so many of our loved ones!!!"
Madly questioning Arima Kishou, Mado Kureo wished he could rip out Arima's heart and examine it closely to see if that crimson heart had been soaked in ghoul blood!
The reason he decided to launch such a surprise attack was because Gawain had actually brought Arima Kishou with him.
And when Mado Kureo couldn't resist taking action...
At that moment, he quickly pulled out his newly acquired Quinque, then blocked the intersection and yelled at Arima Kishou.
"I'll create an opportunity for you, you must seize the chance to kill him...?!"
That's right, it was because of Arima that Mado Kureo desperately believed he had even the slightest chance.
So he resolutely went up there, and then he collapsed tragically.
Seeing the madness written all over Mado Kureo's face, Arima Kishou turned back and looked at him with concern.
Phew, thankfully, Gawain didn't show any impatience. A stable Gawain is indeed more suitable to be the King of Ghouls than One-Eyed Owl!
At the same time, he looked at Mado Kureo lying on the ground.
Eto Yoshimura released Gawain's hand and took small steps closer to Mado Kureo.
Seeing his lifelong enemy standing before him, Mado trembled violently like a shrimp, roaring like a madman as he did so...
"I'll kill you! I'll definitely kill you! I'll kill you!!!"
Even Eto couldn't help but tremble at his crazed appearance.
Meanwhile, the numerous reporters who were secretly taking pictures were somewhat frightened by Mado Kureo's madness.
Viewers at home were also terrified; countless people who originally harbored hatred towards ghouls were completely frightened by Mado.
Look at the handsome men and beautiful women on the ghoul side, then look at the perverts and madness on the human CCG side...
I don't know how many young girls in Tokyo, especially the dark-skinned, blond-haired girls that you often see on the streets.
While creating a support team for Gawain, they directly blacklisted Mado Kureo and CCG.
Haha, those girls on the streets of Tokyo are so decisive...
And Eto.
After glancing at the trembling Mado Kureo, Eto let out a long sigh.
At this moment, she no longer wore a playful expression as before, but unconsciously became serious.
She reached out and gently grasped Mado Kureo's right hand.
Then, she spoke solemnly to Mado Kureo, word by word.
"Are you named Mado Kureo? I am... someone who killed your family?"
If so, then I... will sincerely apologize.
Although... although everyone I killed in the past was someone who wanted to kill me.
But if I focus solely on hiding instead of making even a slight appearance, you won't find me.
In short, I'm sorry, Investigator Mado Kureo.
But aside from feeling sorry for the unexpected, I think even you yourself are very clear that the laws of nature are just that cruel and realistic.
The weak are always eaten by the strong, and the strong can starve to death because the weak animals escape too quickly.
We both have the potential to kill each other. Even if you are much weaker than me, I still have a chance of dying at your hands.
But that's only if you survive as long as possible, Mado Kureo!
As soon as he finished speaking, Eto suddenly dragged Mado Kureo up from the ground.
While helping Mado Kureo stand up straight, Eto continued speaking amidst the shocked expressions of countless media personnel.
"I believe I wasn't born wanting to kill someone important to you."
I wasn't born one of those One-Eyed Owl you're talking about.
But unlike what I wanted to do, you were determined to strangle me in my swaddling clothes the moment I was born.
Is it just because I... was born a ghoul?
I don't know if everyone knows, but I have another name, which is my pen name, and it seems to be quite famous.
Have any of you seen any of Sen Takatsuki's works?
If so, if you've ever attended one of my book signings.
Then you should have read about my confusion and pain in my books.
Investigator Mado Kureo, I sincerely apologize to you. It was wrong of me to burden you with so much pain.
But while apologizing, I also hope you understand.
The pain I caused you...
It's just a part of the pain the world has brought me!
I apologize to you.
But I refuse to admit I'm wrong!