Twins... S-rate ghouls.
Akira Mado studied the Fueguchi Sisters' masks through her sniper scope.
"What an arrogant tone... Let me gut you." Haise grinned viciously, his eyes full of contempt. He seemed utterly unconcerned, as though he did not believe the Fueguchi Sisters could do him any real harm.
"You never used to be this boring." Kuro spoke disdainfully. Deep crimson rinkaku extended from her body, blotting out the moonlight and casting an enormous shadow over everyone.
"How... is that possible?! That kagune is far stronger than Orochi's... S-rate ghouls? They're at least SS-rate!"
The sight of Kurona Yasuhisa's and Nashiro Yasuhisa's rinkaku cast a pall over the three members of the Quinque Squad. Even Rank 1 Investigator Hirako, who had come to support them, looked grim. A ghoul's kagune often reflected their strength, and these two were clearly far more than mere S-rates.
Meanwhile, Haise Sasaki looked puzzled in the middle of the battlefield. Their kagune felt strangely familiar to him, as though... they were part of the same whole.
Without another word, Kuro launched a ferocious attack at the dazed Haise Sasaki, slamming him hard against a wall. All the while, she kept hurling insults at him. "You're such a useless piece of trash... What right do you have to draw Dad's attention?"
"Trash should act like trash."
"Damn it!" Haise Sasaki's face twisted with anger. He drove his rinkaku with all his strength, trying to force Kuro's kagune apart.
Reality dealt Haise Sasaki a crushing blow. No matter how hard he strained, he could not pry her rinkaku apart.
At that moment, the Hirako Squad's attacks came one after another. Led by Take Hirako, three strikes converged on Nashiro from three different angles, all aimed at her vital points.
Just before the attacks landed, an enormous kagune