Ten days later.
Huiqi looked at the information in his hands with an eerie smile.
"Humans and Ghouls working together, metal detectors... what a fine approach."
"I'll use this opportunity to wipe out all the lurking trash in one fell swoop."
Below.
Humans and Ghouls searched together, while Kijima of the V Organization also assembled his forces to crush both the CCG and the Ghouls in one stroke.
Fleshy growths rose across the surface of Dragon's body, then shot onto the ground and formed eyeless monsters.
Their bodies consisted of nothing but muscle and mouths for feeding, born solely for combat.
"Such restless creatures. Let's see whether the Holy Spear can stop Dragon." Huiqi watched the Gum Monsters.
Then his figure flashed through their encirclement, landing on Dragon's body.
He aimed the Holy Spear at an eye on Dragon's body and drove it in hard. The instant it pierced the flesh, the spear lit up, and the patterns across its shaft rapidly spread and multiplied. At the same time, Dragon's body stopped moving as though it had been injected with a sedative.
"Heh. Not a bad result."
Huiqi picked up a radio dropped by a Ghoul Investigator. "Dragon's vital activity has been restrained. Keep searching and dig out the core."
"Huh? Was that Huiqi's voice?"
"Restrained? He actually had a way to do that?"
"Everyone, speed up the search!"
Kureo Mado was briefly bewildered, then immediately seized the opportunity and ordered everyone to continue.
"Roger!"
After a long while, Huiqi vaguely heard news that Ken Kaneki had been found. Apparently, he had been discovered somewhere in District 3 and was now on his way to the hospital.
"Still one more to go. Let's see how he's doing first."
Huiqi stood up from a Gum Monster's corpse. Red mist entered his