"Ugh... why did it suddenly start raining?"
Hideyoshi Nagachika complained as he held a hand over his forehead.
Kaneki, on the other hand, made no effort to shield himself from the rain. He enjoyed the feeling of the drops hitting his body.
Just as Kaneki was wondering how to explain his current condition to the manager, Touka, and the others when he returned to Anteiku, a somewhat familiar voice came from an alley nearby.
"Hinami... run..."
Hearing that voice, Kaneki rushed toward the alley without a word.
"Hey... Kaneki, where are you going?" Hideyoshi Nagachika shouted, chasing after him.
When Kaneki reached the entrance, he saw Hinami Fueguchi, the little girl he knew, running out of the alley.
As soon as Hinami saw Kaneki, she threw herself into his arms. "Kaneki... please save my mom..."
Hearing her plea, Kaneki handed Hinami to Hideyoshi Nagachika behind him, then walked into the alley alone.
Inside the alley.
Mado Kureo wore a vicious expression, while Amon Kotaro looked solemn. Both stared intently at the female Ghoul before them.
The female Ghoul was Ryoko Fueguchi, Hinami's mother.
Ryoko Fueguchi possessed a powerful kagune, but because she almost never fought anyone, she had little ability in combat.
Protecting her daughter long enough for her to escape had already pushed her to her limit.
Seeing that Ryoko Fueguchi had no will to fight back, Mado Kureo widened his mismatched eyes, his face twisting viciously. He opened his Quinque case and said, "A touching bond between a Ghoul mother and daughter, is it? How disgusting!"
When the Quinque case opened, the weapon Mado Kureo took out was none other than one made from her husband's kagune.
At the sight of it, Ryoko Fueguchi realized her husband had already been killed, plunging her into even deeper despair.
Seeing