Agonized screams echoed through the room once more.
Under such torture, Ken Kaneki's vision blurred and doubled. His mind grew sluggish, and his throat gradually lost the ability to make a sound...
Every time his strength gave out, it meant his fingers and toes had been taken from him again...
The blood spatters beneath the chair collected, accumulating into a pool.
The bottom of the iron bucket beside him was no longer visible...
It was already piled full of fingers and toes. The ghoul's wretched condition when he first laid eyes on them was now being reenacted, only with a different victim.
The numbers gradually fell from 860 to...
Meanwhile, the CCG's meeting was still underway. At the front, Kureo Mado carefully analyzed the situation in Ward 11 and the squads' first priorities upon entering the ward.
Huiqi, meanwhile, had been ordered by Kureo Mado to remain in the command vehicle. As their strongest fighter in this operation, Huiqi had to follow his orders to make the best use of his combat strength.
Throughout the CCG, Kureo Mado was acknowledged as the finest commander. No one disputed his plan, because no one had come up with a better one.
After the meeting ended, Huiqi looked at his wristwatch. Three days had passed since Ken Kaneki had been taken, and no one knew whether he was alive or dead.
"Special Class Investigator Huiqi, do you really hate this person?" Juuzou Suzuya came skipping over, noticing the file on Huiqi's desk. The face in it belonged to Yamori.
"Yes, I really hate him. While serving his sentence in Cochlea in Ward 23, he killed the investigator guarding him and escaped."
Huiqi shared the information he had gathered, but Juuzou Suzuya showed no interest. He simply took out a knife and made