Miserable Death

"Then kill him."

Kishou Arima glanced in the direction of Huiqi's gaze and gave the order.

"I know."

Huiqi stood up, picked up his longsword, and walked straight toward the corner. Calling out to Kishou Arima just now was simply to draw his attention over here; after all, given the intensity of the moment ago, nobody could say for sure what would happen the next second.

"Wuwuwuwuwuwu!"

As the distance between the two of them closed, the Ghoul in the corner let out a beast-like low growl, its Kakugan revealing extreme unease as if it would shriek and attack the next second.

"Why can't you talk anymore? Like a beast."

Looking at the expression and appearance of the Ghoul before him, Huiqi felt somewhat puzzled. This one had extremely obvious differences from other Ghouls; yet the only response it gave was an attack, accompanied by the sound of a piercing wind ringing out from the dark.

A blood-red Kagune whipped around behind Huiqi, aiming straight for his heart and stabbing forward in an instant.

Clang!

A harsh sound echoed from behind, but the Kagune failed to harm Huiqi, being blocked instead by the blade of his Quinque, and intense sparks flew where the two made contact.

The next moment, the longsword turned nimbly and sliced off the Kagune as if cutting through tofu, before cutting the Ghoul's head straight into two pieces.

Squish...

The sprayed blood was mixed with brain matter and various unknown liquids.

Clearly the human anatomy is quite similar, how could monsters like this appear?

Huiqi thought to himself. He had not been in this world for a short time, yet he simply could not investigate the origin of Ghouls; neither on the internet nor within the CCG was there any data, and this kind of creature seemed to have appeared out of thin air.

"All right, let's go."

Kaede Kawashima shouted from a distance. At this moment, his complexion had improved somewhat, and his other hand gripped a Quinque as he prepared to set off.

"Understood. You're working so hard, it's me who's holding you back."

Looking at the scene before him, Huiqi felt quite helpless. Kaede truly poured a lot of effort into his work, at least in Huiqi's eyes.

"Haha, there's no help for it. Who made it so that I still have a wife and child at home? How can I not hurry and get promoted?"

Kaede patted his chest and smiled as he answered Huiqi, a glint appearing in his eyes even more when family was mentioned.

Family... × 2

Kishou Arima and Huiqi ahead paused their footsteps at the same time, but returned to normal a second later.

Crack... drip... drip

The two extreme sounds of crispness and deepness echoed in the silent space. The bad news was that the light was growing dimmer and dimmer; the good news was that the surrounding light had gradually stained blood-red.

The walls originally made of soil had already turned half flesh and blood, even rising and falling constantly like a living organism.

It's getting more and more bizarre. It's best to stop at this level.

Right now Huiqi had only this one thought, having a lingering feeling that something bad would happen if they walked any further, and some kind of taboo seemed to exist deep underground.

Kishou Arima suddenly stopped in his tracks, as if knowing what Huiqi was thinking, and raised his hand to signal a halt to the exploration.

"Starting now, we update the underground information. Kawashima, come with me to explore the surroundings."

With that, Arima tossed a briefcase toward Huiqi.

"What?! Are you sure?"

Huiqi caught the briefcase and spoke instinctively.

"I'm sure. Kawashima and I won't go too far away, you update the data here."

"..."

After a moment of silence, Huiqi nodded and booted up the computer to the data-update interface.

I really don't know what he's thinking.

A few minutes later, Huiqi sat in a corner holding his long Quinque sword and waited.

"We're under attack! Ghoul attack!"

"Fall back... retreat... ah!"

Puff...

A human body fell to the ground and emitted a muffled grunt, the blood not yet having finished splashing before several Ghouls pounced the next second.

Sizzle... The sound of sucking continued, accompanied by the echoes of tearing flesh.

"Delicious! How many years has it been since Ghoul Investigators came!"

"Give me this leg to eat... Go eat the eggs..."

"The eyeballs really are tender enough..."

In the blood-red space, three Ghoul Investigators were already dead, the flesh on their bodies vanishing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The thigh area with the most meat was reduced to bare bones in the blink of an eye, and even their bellies had been ripped open to share the internal organs within.

"Not enough to eat! Not enough to eat at all! Not enough!"

In just a few seconds, the three corpses turned into white skeletons, which were far from enough for the Ghouls to feast on, and the next moment, the Ghouls brandished their Kagunes and suddenly attacked their companions beside them.

"Hungry, hungry, hungry..."

"Eat you!"

For a time, the scene fell into chaos once again, and the Ghouls began to attack each other and devour each other's flesh and blood.

Two dark figures on the high ground quietly watched all this.

"Although they are brainless bottom-tier Ghouls, they couldn't be more suitable for wearing down small fry, especially when dealing with squads that don't have a Special Class Investigator leading them."

"Not necessarily, they could be the vanguard force... Anyway, we'll eat as many as come... Hee-hee-hee-hee."

One of the dark figures let out a bizarre laugh, half of its face playful and half ferocious, radiating a faint wave of malice all around.

"There's still some over there!"

"Eat her!"

"A small-sized Ghoul must have tender skin and fine meat! Let me dote on you properly..."

The slightly childish laughter from above reached the group of Ghouls below, and in an instant, the Ghouls stopped fighting and simultaneously looked up.

"Eat me? Hee-hee-hee... Now it's my feeding time..."

The darkness receded, revealing a woman with dark green long hair. Her exquisite facial features could not conceal her greedy gaze, and her bright red lips were already impatient to start feeding.

"Run! It's her! It's her!"

At this moment, the Ghouls below began to tremble in their legs, looking up in terror, and even their Kagunes began to wither and droop under the influence of their emotions.

"That monster..."

"Time for a big feast, hee-hee-hee-hee."

The Ghoul had barely finished speaking when the girl above had already disappeared, leaving behind only a huge monster covered all over in Kagunes, especially the scarlet-to-the-extreme single eye emitting a red glow.

Crunch...

The giant monster stretched out a pale arm, and with a gentle grab, sent a Ghoul into its mouth, blood splashing all around through massive teeth.

Crunch.

Crunch.

Every single sound represented the death of a life.

There were many similar situations, but the only ones encountering the monster were that single squad. Right now, out of the five squads, only two survived, while the rest had died completely, leaving behind only white skeletons.

"Why aren't they back yet... Dammit."

Huiqi's face was full of resentment right now, the gloomy emotion on his body visible to the naked eye, and a few Ghoul corpses were already lying around him.

During the period when Kishou Arima was in action, Huiqi had already been attacked by a few Ghouls. Although their strength was not high, they were hard to guard against, and you never knew when one might suddenly pop out from some corner to launch a surprise attack.

"Beep-beep-beep... Beep-beep..."

"Data update complete..."

A sound suddenly came from the originally quiet computer.

"Sigh, the mission is finally done. If they aren't back in another minute, I'll go look for them."

Huiqi put the computer back into the briefcase for safekeeping, cautiously observing his surroundings for any hidden attacks.

"H-Hello..."

Just as Huiqi let out a slight sigh of relief, a voice suddenly appeared behind him.