In the underground Ward 24, Black Goat took in the ghouls being hunted in an orderly fashion.
On the surface, the ghoul extermination rate in Ward 23 had now reached 90%, an outstanding result achieved through the efforts of Furuta Nimura's new Quinque Squad.
"We've identified Black Goat's temporary base. What should we do now?" The Father of the Clowns spoke with a wicked sense of amusement.
The location of Black Goat's base had been passed along by Roma of the Clowns, who had used a separated kagune to transmit the information.
"What should we do... I've already made the arrangements. How about we raid their home while Ken Kaneki is out?" Furuta Nimura sounded exceptionally excited, as though he could hardly wait.
"Cheers!"
"What fun!"
Meanwhile, Black Goat had run into a troublesome problem: after bringing most of the ghouls underground, they did not have enough food.
Many ghouls could only endure their hunger, yet none complained. Ken Kaneki was now their only hope, just like the One-Eyed King a century ago, who had led the ghouls in resistance against the surface.
Back then, to deal with that One-Eyed King, the CCG had established the V Organization, composed of half-humans. In the end, the One-Eyed King had been forced to retreat to Ward 24 and establish the Underground Kingdom.
Now, Ken Kaneki was everyone's new hope-the hope that would lead the ghouls in their resistance.
Underground, a figure was furtively using a computer, trying to send out information. Just as he was about to plug in a USB drive, Shuu Tsukiyama appeared in time and interrupted him with a kagune strike.
"Traitor." Killing intent radiated from Shuu Tsukiyama.
"Heh." The boy, Hazuki, scoffed disdainfully, a rinkaku emerging behind him as well.
The commotion drew the attention of Zero Squad,