At a deserted construction site in Tokyo, a boy ran for his life, with Rize Kamishiro behind him, her kagune unfurled and her appetite steadily growing.
Rize Kamishiro was baffled. Ken Kaneki was clearly a soft, tender shut-in with plenty of flab, so why could he run so fast?
In truth, Ken Kaneki did not understand it either. He rarely exercised, so why was he running so fast today? And how had he narrowly dodged Rize Kamishiro's kagune several times?
But this was no time to dwell on it. All he could do now was run, run for his life.
What Ken Kaneki had not noticed was that he had already run into a dead end.
Rize Kamishiro approached the bewildered Kaneki with a smile. "Kaneki, come on. Stop running. Be a good boy and become one with me!"
As she spoke, Rize Kamishiro walked toward Ken Kaneki. The kagune behind her writhed, then stabbed toward his stomach without further warning.
At that critical moment, a Kunai flew in from afar and struck Rize Kamishiro's kagune, deflecting it and saving Ken Kaneki.
Puzzled, Rize Kamishiro looked toward where the Kunai had come from. Before she could make out the figure in the darkness, however, a violent metallic clatter rang out overhead. She looked up to see a huge pile of rebar falling straight down, landing squarely on her.
Kaneki had never expected to be so lucky. He had actually been saved!
He felt all his strength drain away in an instant, and his legs buckled as he collapsed to the ground.
Kaneki had always thought the ghouls mentioned on the news were far removed from his life, but... today, he had finally witnessed their horror for himself and learned that ghouls were hiding among the people around him.
Kaneki gazed