"First, the Washuu family has many branches, and everyone has a clearly defined role. Broadly speaking, there are three categories: breeders, Matriarchs, and errand runners. We belong to the errand runners."
So that's why Kijima came looking for me. His fighters must have turned against him, and now he needs more muscle. That's only natural, though. Where there's oppression, there's resistance. The breeders' role is obvious enough from the name, but what exactly does being a Matriarch entail?
A corner of the fog in Huiqi's mind lifted. With that, the CCG's actions no longer seemed strange, especially the recent preliminary experiments for the Qs squad. The Washuu family had been pulling the strings behind everything.
"What is a Matriarch?"
"Matriarchs are people used to preserve the Washuu family's superior bloodline. Just think of them as breeding machines. Speaking of which, this generation's Matriarch has gone missing. What a joke."
The Matriarch... missing... the transplant surgery on test subject Ken Kaneki... Rize Kamishiro... Washuu Rise?! The most perfect transplant donor mentioned on the USB drive! Huiqi recalled the name Akihiro Kano had mentioned: Washuu Rise.
"All right, you know enough now. That ends today's conversation. Don't get any ideas, or I'll have my pupil, Kishou Arima, kill you personally."
With that, Kijima left first, leaving Huiqi staring at his retreating back.
His pupil? Kishou Arima is also... an errand runner?
Huiqi rubbed his head. He had learned far too much today.
The CCG was run by ghouls from the Washuu family. In other words, he had been working for ghouls all along? But that wasn't the point. As long as his plan succeeded, he could eliminate ghouls at the root. Even if any remained, humanity's intolerance of outsiders would ensure they were hunted to extinction.
There were still plenty of things