Inside the CCG command center in Ward 20.
Special Class Investigator Yukiori Kōki was sorting through the recent ghoul incidents in Ward 20.
Just then, someone rushed into his office and spoke in an anxious tone.
"Special Class Kōki, we have a problem... Two SS-Rank ghouls have appeared at Kanou General Hospital..."
Yukiori Kōki's expression immediately turned serious.
Normally, ghouls would never show themselves openly in public. Any ghoul who chose to do so had to have a reason. Something was clearly wrong.
Yukiori Kōki immediately pressed the emergency assembly button, summoning all the First, Second, and Third Class Investigators under his command who were not out in the field.
On the elevator ride down, Yukiori Kōki also asked for information on the two S-Rank ghouls.
"Special Class Kōki, the two SS-Rank ghouls are Devil Ape and Black Dog, both of whom disappeared a long time ago."
Hearing that they were two SS-Rank ghouls who had long been missing, Yukiori Kōki furrowed his brow even further.
"Two powerful SS-Rank ghouls appearing in a busy district at the same time..."
"And... if I remember correctly, those two SS-Rank ghouls were enemies, weren't they?"
"Are they fighting each other there?"
Yukiori Kōki asked curiously.
"No..." As he spoke, the intelligence division Investigator took out a tablet and played footage captured by the cameras inside Kanou General Hospital.
The two masked ghouls had not attacked anyone. Instead, they had released their kagune inside the hospital and were continually destroying the surrounding structures and equipment.
After watching the footage, Yukiori Kōki frowned. "It looks like they're... trying to force someone out!"
Hearing Yukiori Kōki's remark, the intelligence division Investigator pulled up the information on Kanou General Hospital before he could even ask.
"Kanou Akihiro, a former CCG ghoul researcher? He was expelled from the