Hearing Arima Kishou's words, Furuta Nimura landed, silently rolled his eyes.
A helpless, bitter smile appeared on his face, hidden beneath the Joker mask.
He really didn't want to get involved in this war.
Because he is the Joker, and the Joker should only appear when the Joker takes the stage.
At other times, the Joker should have been the best audience, silently observing all the changes and surprises.
But...
But now, if the Joker doesn't show up, the entire He Washuu Clan might be wiped out!
Having witnessed Gawain's strength firsthand, Furuta Nimura knew very well that for Gawain, taking down all the CCG investigators would be no difficult task.
Not to mention that Gawain only targeted the Washuu family!
The Washuu family consists of only a few people, including the exposed Speaker Tsuneyoshi Washuu, and the secret head of the Strategic Department Washuu Masataka Washuu Kichimasa.
There aren't even enough people in my family to fill two hands!
After all, that's the Washuu family. Every one of them possesses the strength of a natural-born ghoul. Even without using his ghoul form, old man Tsuneyoshi Washuu has the ability to defeat an SSS-rank ghoul!
However, the powerful Washuu family's strength resulted in an extremely low birth rate.
Even with generations of procreation efforts by people like Rize Kamishiro, the number of people in the Washuu family never increased.
With just a few people, the control of Tokyo largely relies on the Washuu branch family.
Without the constant assistance of a series of branch family members, including Furuta Nimura, Yoshimura Kuzen, Arima Kishou, the Washuu family would have had a hard time even controlling Tokyo!
But this doesn't mean that the Washuu family is really easy to defeat.
Although the main family is small, don't forget that to make up for this, the Washuu family has not only established a solid branch family system, but also ensured a constant influx of new blood into the branch families.
Kuzen betrays them, they can immediately bring out Arima Kishou.
Arima Kishou's lifespan was nearing its end, and they had long prepared for Furuta Nimura.
At the same time, in addition to maintaining control over others, they also continuously expanded their ability to divide the family property.
The Washuu Clan had long been playing Werewolf with residents all over Tokyo and even all of Japan.
Compared to the branch family, the CCG, composed of humans, is the strongest force in the Washuu Clan.
If Gawain hadn't appeared, then to fight against the main family of the Washuu clan, they would at least have to completely destroy the CCG and the branch family first.
Only ghouls can do that, but ghouls...
When they try to do this, they're not just facing the CCG, but the entire human society.
Therefore, no matter how Furuta Nimura schemed Washuu family head-on.
His victory came from taking a different approach, namely, launching a surprise attack on Washuu family.
However Washuu family is extremely high.
In the original storyline, without Arima, Eto would have been constantly harassed by generations of One-Eyed King, including Kaneki.
Furuta Nimura could hardly find the opportunity he longed for.
It was precisely because he actively created and firmly grasped the opportunity he desired that he was able to kill Washuu Kichimasa in the future of the original storyline and inherit Washuu Kichimasa's position as CCG director.
In short, Gawain's power was beyond imagination, so much so that he broke the critical point of the century-long war between ghouls Washuu Clan.
So much so that if Furuta Nimura didn't step in to try and rescue them, the Washuu Clan would truly be destroyed!
But Furuta Nimura didn't simply want to watch the Washuu family perish!
He's determined to have the last laugh, until he becomes the one to replace the Washuu family!
He wasn't the kind of person who wanted to see the Washuu Clan wiped out and then fade into obscurity!
That's not the Joker's style!
Thinking this, Furuta Nimura shook his head heavily, then pointed his eerie smiling mask at Arima Kishou.
"I really envy you, having the ability to overturn the chessboard."
Unfortunately, as one of the players on this chessboard, I don't want this game to end so soon!
"So, heh heh, you, this seemingly pathetic ambitious man, are now turning around to save Washuu our family?"
Hearing Furuta Nimura's words, Arima Kishou scoffed disdainfully, then simply pulled out his Owl Gun Quinque.
At the same time, Furuta Nimura bypassed Arima Kishou's attack Washuu Kichimasa, who was about to breathe a sigh of relief.
Seeing Furuta Nimura charging towards him, Washuu Kichimasa pondered for a moment, then abandoned the idea of releasing his Kakuja form.
Although he knew that this young man, Nimura, harbored ill intentions towards the name Washuu, the young man's ambition was to replace Washuu, not to destroy Washuu like Arima and Eto did!
What Arima and Eto doing?
Why did Gawain just stand by and watch Arima stop the Special Grade, and also watch Eto entangle with him?
Because they want to destroy Washuu!
Once he forces himself to reveal his ghoul form, and a series of Special Investigators discover that he is actually a ghoul, the Washuu Clan will already be half destroyed!
Now, whatever Furuta Nimura's motives, as long as he can help him escape without revealing his ghoul form, that's enough!
As long as their identities are not truly exposed, the Washuu Clan can still be a beacon of hope for humanity in Tokyo, and they can still retain the trust of humankind.
Those things are the foundation upon which the Washuu Clan controls Tokyo. As long as their identities are not exposed, the Washuu will not lose!
Thinking this through, Washuu Kichimasa quickly abandoned his plan to unleash his Kakuja form.
He then roared at Furuta Nimura and Arima Kishou.
What are you talking about, you trash!
Whether they are shameful traitors or members of the ghouls.
Do you think your slanderous remarks can confuse an excellent investigator?!
After letting out a loud roar, Washuu Kichimasa looked intently at Furuta Nimura, who was charging towards him.
If nothing unexpected happens, Furuta Nimura should have already understood him and will start cooperating with him from now on.
As long as I can escape as a human, as long as I can temporarily escape Gawain's shameless surprise attack.
Once this is achieved, after escaping, I will immediately work with the Speaker to put pressure on the Japan cabinet, and then contact the American military stationed in Japan.
He really didn't expect that Gawain, with Arima and Eto, would dare to launch a surprise attack on him.
But so what if I guessed wrong? As long as I escape as a human, I can...
Pfft?!
"What?!!"
Before he could finish thinking, Washuu Kichimasa stared wide-eyed in shock.
He reached out in a daze and touched his heart.
My heart... feels like it's been pierced?
But that Furuta Nimura shouldn't have come to cover my escape...
Laugh!
With another muffled thud, Furuta Nimura cleanly severed Washuu Kichimasa's neck.
Immediately afterwards, Furuta Nimura reached out Washuu Kichimasa's head, pulling it off and holding it in his hand.
"Hehe, what a pity, the dignified director of the CCG actually died just like that."
He probably never imagined, even until his death, that what I wanted and what he thought were the same thing had to be different.
I've gotten what I wanted, but he never guessed what he was about to lose until his death!
At this point, Furuta Nimura, carrying Washuu Kichimasa's head, walked towards Gawain with a grin.
As he walked, he used his free hand to remove his mask.
When he stood in front of Gawain, he tossed Washuu Kichimasa's head aside.
Then, he slowly knelt down in front of Gawain.
"If I want to leave, I need your permission at least."
If you don't want to, who else can just swagger away from you?
Some dishes, once turned over with chopsticks, may leave a mess that isn't necessarily suitable for you to enjoy.
If the Washuu Clan had died more quietly, it would have allowed you to reach a more suitable position.
At least that's how I see it, and I hope my understanding satisfies you.
Mr. Gawain ~."
At this point, Furuta Nimura gave Gawain a fawning smile.
At the same time, Gawain also understood what Furuta Nimura meant.
Admittedly, exposing the actions of the Washuu Clan over the past hundred years can indeed touch the shadows hanging over ghouls.
But the price of doing so was... greater wariness and more resistance from the people of Tokyo towards ghouls!
After letting the people of Tokyo know that they have been ravaged by ghouls for over a century, the next leader who unites the power of humanity will not so easily submit to Gawain.
After all, what if they found out that all the suffering they had endured over the past hundred years was orchestrated by ghouls?
Who would still trust a ghoul?
At least in other people's eyes, Gawain was a ghoul, so the submission he brought was, at least for a considerable period of time, merely submission to power.
And Furuta Nimura is doing now...
It must be admitted that in terms of intelligence, strategy, and magnanimity...
This Joker... truly crushed Arima, Eto, and the others.
Now, Furuta Nimura has brazenly killed Washuu Kichimasa.
Until his death, he never revealed his Washuu Kichimasa state.
Therefore, as long as Washuu Kichimasa is not fully exposed, the fact that the humans of Tokyo were once fooled and ruled by ghouls will not exist.
In this context, the changes brought about by Gawain naturally disrupted the past order for the people of Tokyo, creating a unique situation where the East Wind prevailed over the West Wind!
Humans don't like repeating the same mistakes, at least not openly.
If it were revealed that the Washuu Clan were ghouls, then Tokyo, soon to be ruled by Gawain, would appear to ordinary people as a repeat of the past.
The ghouls toyed with them for centuries, then another ghoul came along to toy with them.
Now, however, humanity has failed to completely suppress ghouls, resulting in countless ghoul attacks on humans. So let's try something that can better control the ghouls!
See, the difference is only this small, but the consequences can be completely different.
This seemingly minor difference could potentially save Gawain several months.
So, Furuta Nimura is really smart. After a brief observation, he already understood what Gawain wanted better than Arima and Eto.
But the focus now isn't on what Gawain wants.
But... what does Furuta Nimura really want?
Looking at Furuta Nimura kneeling on the ground, Gawain picked up his coffee and took a sip.
Then, he waved his hand gently.
Seeing Gawain's actions, Arima and Eto simultaneously put away their weapons.
Arima released Quinque.
Eto has returned to being a cute girl.
Arima, the Special Investigator, still standing, nervously swallowed.
They didn't believe Arima's claim at first.
How could they easily believe the words of someone who is suspected of being controlled or has truly betrayed them?
But now.
Now they're starting to believe it; maybe the Washuu Clan really really are... the most powerful ghouls???
So, these guys who thought they were fighting for human life and freedom were just knives in the hands of ghouls from the very beginning???
No one cared what the current Special Class members were thinking. After Arima returned to Gawain's side, he nodded at Furuta Nimura lying on the ground.
"I thought we were enemies, but it seems you don't want to be the adults' enemy."
You must be envious of me, Nimura. Meeting an adult is truly my good fortune.
"It's our good fortune!"
On the ground, Furuta Nimura raised his head and emphasized it heavily.
"Killing my own family has always been my dream, and it has always been the Joker's goal."
Look, haven't I achieved my goal? It's all thanks to an adult who breaks the mold that I can be so satisfied!
As he spoke, Furuta Nimura waved his hand.
The Joker behind him stepped forward and knelt down in unison before Gawain.
"Those who don't understand the form are as foolish as audiences who can't understand the plot, and this play in front of us is too straightforward, too simple!"
The first Joker said this, and at the same time took off his mask; he was the one.
"Every ghoul longs for the existence of a god, just as humans crave divine protection. When we are unsure of a god's existence, we can only pray. But when a god truly appears, we should serve him."
The second Joker spoke as she removed her mask; she was Itori.
"Oh my, those are such philosophical words. I can't say those things. I only know that whoever is stronger must be defeated. That's the Joker's philosophy of survival."
And if, by no means, the powerful figure cannot be defeated, then serving before the king and entertaining His Majesty is simply the Joker's duty.
The third Joker removed his mask; he was Nico, the transvestite Nico.
At the same time, the fourth Joker groaned and let out a long sigh.
"It's really not funny to reveal one's identity at this point."
I thought I'd see more fun things, but I was the one who hid the deepest!
But where has Gawain been hiding all this time?
"I've never seen you before, sir~"
At this point, Roma also removed her mask, and this lineup could already be called the Joker's Five Big Shots in the early stages of the story.
Seven years ago, the Joker were defeated by the CCG. In that battle, they were scattered from 3rd Ward by the CCG, and most of their members were even imprisoned.
To date, none of the members in prison have appeared.
Furuta Nimura doesn't yet have that many outstanding individuals to attract and retain.
Aside from the mask maker, the intelligence operative, the tavern owner Itori, and the stylist Nico.
It's already quite impressive that he managed to find such a promising new talent Roma.