I love Byakuya the most

The third day of the internship.

Amahane Byakuya had nothing much to do that morning, so he accompanied Rize Kamishiro back to her place to pack.

Since Rize Kamishiro was moving in with him, everything she needed had to be brought over to his home.

Amahane Byakuya and Rize Kamishiro came to bother the landlady first thing in the morning.

"Huh? You're moving out so suddenly, Miss Kamishiro?"

The landlady here was an elderly woman.

She was rather reluctant to see Rize Kamishiro leave.

Miss Kamishiro was always gentle and polite, and both she and her granddaughter liked her very much.

"Huh? Rize, you're moving out?"

The landlady's granddaughter was a little girl with braids who looked to be around ten. As soon as she heard that Rize was moving out, she ran straight out of her room.

"Yes, because I'm going to live with my boyfriend."

An apologetic smile appeared on Rize Kamishiro's face.

The moment she heard the word "boyfriend," the landlady's granddaughter's attention immediately shifted.

"Boyfriend? You already have a boyfriend, Rize?"

The little girl instantly looked intrigued. She turned toward Amahane Byakuya, who stood beside Rize Kamishiro. "Is it this guy?"

"That's right."

Rize Kamishiro nodded with a smile.

"Ooh!..."

The little girl studied Amahane Byakuya curiously.

At her young, impressionable age, she was naturally very interested in relationships between men and women.

Amahane Byakuya gave a slightly awkward smile without confirming or denying anything. As long as Rize Kamishiro was happy.

After completing the move-out paperwork with the landlady, Amahane Byakuya and Rize Kamishiro went to pack her things.

Once they had everything she needed, they each pulled a suitcase and carried the remaining belongings back to Amahane Byakuya's home.

"So you still have to go to your internship this afternoon, right?"

After lunch, Amahane Byakuya and Rize Kamishiro sat together on the couch watching television, and Rize Kamishiro asked about his internship.

"Yeah. Today's the last day, too. After that, I should become an official employee."

Amahane Byakuya nodded.

"Mm, it's pretty interesting that you're actually becoming a CCG Ghoul Investigator. You can gather all sorts of information while you're at it."

Rize Kamishiro said, "Too bad I stand out so much. Otherwise, I'd like to go have some fun at the CCG, too."

With her Washuu bloodline, she could enter and leave the CCG whenever she pleased. The RC detection gates would never pick her up.

But there was one problem: if she left any trace of herself at the CCG, the Washuu Clan could easily follow it and find her.

Although the CCG had already classified Rize Kamishiro as S-rank and given her the designation "Glutton," they did not know exactly what she looked like.

If the Washuu Clan knew Rize Kamishiro was the "Glutton," they would have come knocking long ago.

"Better not, then. The Washuu Clan would know exactly where you were."

Amahane Byakuya agreed.

After resting for a while that afternoon, Amahane Byakuya prepared to head out.

As he changed his shoes by the door, Rize Kamishiro came over.

"What are you supposed to say at a time like this again? Take care out there, darling."

Rize Kamishiro spoke.

"...Okay!"

Amahane Byakuya suddenly felt a little wistful.

From an ordinary person's perspective, he and Rize Kamishiro looked like an old married couple.

Especially with that gentle, sweet smile on Rize Kamishiro's face. She looked every bit the devoted wife.

But the truth was...

Clearly, Rize Kamishiro was only doing this because she found it amusing and wanted to have some fun at his expense.

On the subway, Amahane Byakuya unsurprisingly ran into Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa again.

Kurona and Nashiro both acted a little strangely this time. They sat with Amahane Byakuya, but noticeably farther away than usual. What had happened yesterday was probably still on their minds.

At first, neither Amahane Byakuya nor the Yasuhisa sisters spoke. Then Kurona Yasuhisa suddenly said, "Um... I hope you can just forget what happened yesterday."

"Sure, sure."

Amahane Byakuya replied casually.

He had never intended to bring it up, so he had not expected Kurona Yasuhisa to mention it herself.

Still, once Kurona Yasuhisa spoke first and broke the awkward silence, their conversation returned to normal.

"Today's already the last day of the internship, so I suppose I can only congratulate you in advance."

Although Kurona Yasuhisa was a little unwilling to concede, she had no choice but to acknowledge it.

Amahane Byakuya's performance over the past two days had essentially secured his victory. No matter what happened today, it would not change the "result."

"Yeah, but seriously, you don't need to worry so much about your scores. Just get through the internship safely. You can't be reckless like you were the day before yesterday."

Amahane Byakuya offered Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa some advice.

He had said something similar yesterday, but Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa had both been asleep then, so presumably neither had heard him.

"I definitely won't make that mistake again."

Kurona Yasuhisa nodded seriously.

Once everyone gathered at the entrance to the 24th Ward, they headed inside for the final day of their internship.

[Ding! The host defeated a "B-Rank Ghoul" and received a reward: 5 fusion points!]

[Ding! The host defeated a "B-Rank Ghoul" and received a reward: 5 fusion points!]

[...]

The entire internship went smoothly that day.

As always, Amahane Byakuya performed the best.

In Ui Koori's eyes, he had passed the internship with an almost flawless performance.

Once the internship ended, it was time for the evaluations.

Naturally, the members of the Zero Squad scored each intern. After all, they had observed Amahane Byakuya and the others throughout the entire internship.

The final score was the average of the scores given by each member of the Zero Squad, on a scale from one to ten. Ui Koori and Hajime Iba, of course, gave Amahane Byakuya a full ten points.

His final average came to 9.6.

Amahane Byakuya did not care about the score. As long as he could get into the CCG without any trouble, that was enough.

Juuzou Suzuya received a 9.2, which was already a very high score. Getting above nine was no easy feat.

Kurona Yasuhisa lost points for getting distracted on the first day and only scored somewhere in the eights, while Nashiro Yasuhisa received a 9.0.

If Kurona had not made that mistake on the first day, her score should have been about the same as Nashiro's.

The remaining two boys scored around six and seven.

However, a six was enough to pass the internship, so their scores could hardly be called bad.

At least they were just barely capable of eliminating ghouls. Other ordinary students could easily suffer a disastrous defeat even against a B-Rank Ghoul.

As long as someone could eliminate ghouls, they qualified to be a Ghoul Investigator.

"Congratulations on all passing your internship assessments. Are you planning to go home first, or come straight to headquarters in the 1st Ward with us?"

Ui Koori addressed the group.

"I'll go straight to headquarters in the 1st Ward."

Amahane Byakuya answered without much thought.

But he was the only one.

Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa seemed to have something to do at home first.

Juuzou Suzuya knew that even though he had passed the internship with a score of 9.2, he could only start as a Third-Class Ghoul Investigator and would not qualify to work at CCG headquarters in the 1st Ward. Those were the rules of the Ghoul Countermeasure Education Center he attended.

The other two boys also wanted to return to the Academy first. They felt that going to headquarters in the 1st Ward with Amahane Byakuya would be too much pressure.

"All right. Looks like you're the only one, then. Let's go."

Ui Koori said.

Afterward, Amahane Byakuya accompanied the Zero Squad to CCG headquarters in the 1st Ward.

On the subway, he chatted idly with Hajime Iba.

After getting off at the subway station in the 1st Ward, they soon arrived at CCG headquarters.

Since Amahane Byakuya had come first, CCG headquarters processed his standard paperwork first. He then received the title of Second-Class Ghoul Investigator, along with actual ownership of and permission to use "Hiruko 1/76."

In other words, only now did this Quinque dagger actually belong to him.

Still, it was only a temporary weapon to tide him over. Amahane Byakuya had eliminated quite a few ghouls in the 24th Ward this time. Although they were all B-Rank Ghouls, he could at least obtain a brand-new Quinque that he could name however he liked.

With the formalities completed and his commendation received, Amahane Byakuya was now officially a Second-Class Ghoul Investigator.

Then he took his things, including his work identification, and went home.

After all, his internship had only just ended. The CCG was considerate enough to give Amahane Byakuya a few days off, during which they would also assign him a partner. His partner would be a Ghoul Investigator ranked anywhere from Senior to Special Class.

Sen Takatsuki's fan meet-and-greet happened to fall during this break.

Of course, Amahane Byakuya had not forgotten his arrangement with Ken Kaneki, but Rize Kamishiro wanted to come along, too. That made things a little troublesome.

He decided not to worry about it for now and went to the Antique Café to meet Ken Kaneki as promised.

Naturally, Rize Kamishiro accompanied him.

Seeing Amahane arrive with this girl, Ken Kaneki did not react much. He had already anticipated that this might happen.

"Um... how should I put this? I'm a little curious. If you don't mind me asking, is she your girlfriend, Amahane?"

Ken Kaneki asked, looking a little awkward.

That put Amahane Byakuya in a difficult spot. Should he say yes or no?

His relationship with Rize Kamishiro had always been ambiguous. They certainly were not a couple, but everyone other than him and Rize Kamishiro probably thought they were.

Before Amahane Byakuya could answer, Rize Kamishiro spoke for him. "Yes. I love Byakuya the most."

"So that's how it is. I understand."

Instead, Ken Kaneki finally felt completely at peace with it.

So when they headed to the fan meet-and-greet together afterward, there were no awkward moments.

At the venue, just as Amahane Byakuya was about to enter, he saw a petite girl walk briskly past him.

She suddenly stopped and turned to look at him.

"Hello~"

The cute girl smiling and waving at Amahane Byakuya was none other than Eto-or rather, the author Sen Takatsuki.

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