Chapter Summaries

Huiqi accepted a CCG mission to join the rear guard in the 24th Ward, despite the danger, and prepared to depart with his partner Kaede Kawashima and Kishou Arima. The chapter ended as the team set out, with Huiqi recognizing that Arima’s strength far exceeded his Associate Special Class title.

• At his trial, Huiqi calmly accepted the verdict without objection, though the judge had hoped he would speak up to avoid the death penalty.
• Huiqi agreed to the 24th Ward mission after the system offered a reward, then tried and failed to write a will.
• Kureo Mado confronted Huiqi about the mission and taunted him, but Huiqi answered back and reflected on Mado’s wife’s death at the Owl’s hands.
• Huiqi reviewed his system profile and stopped at a coffee shop, where he recognized the manager and noticed a book about humans and monsters.
• Seven days later, Huiqi and Kaede Kawashima met Kishou Arima at CCG headquarters and followed him toward the mission.

Huiqi, Kaede, and Kishou Arima arrived in the 24th Ward, where Huiqi received a dangerous week-long survival quest. After Yoshitoki Washuu briefed the investigators and privately ordered Arima to use the two Rank 3 Investigators as bait if needed, Arima chose a separate route into the Ward.

• Huiqi received a primary bone strength enhancement and a new quest to survive for one week in exchange for an advanced physical potential reward.
• Huiqi saw that only fifteen investigators had gathered, with no Special Investigator leading them, and Kishou Arima promised to protect him and Kaede.
• Chief Director Yoshitoki Washuu ordered the five squads to scout and lightly sweep the upper underground areas, record changes, and return for promotion to Rank 1.
• Yoshitoki Washuu privately told Kishou Arima to find the origin and the child left behind, and to use Huiqi and Kaede as bait if necessary.
• Kishou Arima ignored the main force's route and led Huiqi and Kaede toward a different entrance.

Kishou Arima, Huiqi, and Kaede Kawashima descended into the 24th Ward’s underground and fought a large group of ravenous Ghouls. After the battle, they paused to treat Kawashima’s injuries, but Huiqi spotted another Ghoul nearby.

• Kishou Arima led Huiqi and Kaede Kawashima deeper underground, warning them to keep quiet as they searched for Ghouls.
• A crowd of Ghouls surrounded the three investigators and attacked, while Kishou Arima and Huiqi fought back.
• Kishou Arima explained that the underground held escaped Ghouls and others hiding from the White Doves as the two men killed their attackers.
• Kishou Arima asked Huiqi why he had not sought promotion, and Huiqi said he preferred to slack off.
• The Ghouls scattered, leaving Kawashima injured and Huiqi exhausted, so Kishou Arima told them to rest before continuing.
• Huiqi spotted a red glow in the corner and warned that another Ghoul was still there.

Huiqi killed a strange Ghoul and stayed behind to update the underground data while Kishou Arima and Kaede Kawashima explored. Elsewhere, a ravenous monster slaughtered investigators and Ghouls, and Huiqi was left alone when an unknown voice spoke behind him.

• Huiqi blocked the cornered Ghoul’s Kagune and split its head with his Quinque.
• Kishou Arima halted the exploration as the underground walls turned fleshy, then sent Kaede Kawashima with him to scout while Huiqi updated the data.
• A horde of Ghouls killed three investigators, then turned on one another and began devouring each other.
• A dark-green-haired woman transformed into a huge Kagune-covered monster and devoured the Ghouls, while most of the five investigator squads were wiped out.
• Huiqi finished updating the data and prepared to leave, but an unfamiliar voice spoke behind him.

Huiqi fought to survive a powerful purple-haired Ghoul in the 24th Ward, using collapsing rubble and stillness to evade her attacks. Meanwhile, Kishou Arima and Kawashima finished fighting other Ghouls and set out to find Huiqi.

• A purple-haired woman revealed herself as a Ghoul and attacked Huiqi with several powerful Rinkaku Kagune.
• Huiqi cut down a support frame to fill the area with dust, then hid while the Ghoul searched for him using a Kagune as bait.
• Huiqi remained motionless until the danger passed and slowly recovered his strength after nearly pushing his body to its limit.
• Kishou Arima killed the last Ghoul attacking Kawashima, and Kawashima thanked him as they headed back to find Rank 3 Huiqi.

Kishou Arima confronted Rise, who condemned the organization and resisted capture, while Huiqi encountered another dangerous Ghoul. The chapter ended with Huiqi trapped between the pursuing Arima and the transformed Ghoul, who ordered him to fight Arima or be eaten.

• Kishou Arima recognized Rise and attacked her, but she identified him and resisted with her Rinkaku.
• Rise accused Arima and their organization of treating her as a breeding machine, and Arima ordered Kawashima to treat her as an external Ghoul and exterminate her if she could not be captured.
• Arima cut through Rise's defenses and wounded her as she unleashed her Rinkaku in a rage.
• Huiqi encountered a female Ghoul who asked for his contact information so she could find him when hungry, then refused his attempt to redirect her toward Arima.
• A wounded Rise and Arima rushed toward Huiqi from opposite directions, and the female Ghoul transformed into a huge monster and threatened to eat him unless he fought Arima.

Huiqi and Kishou Arima fought a powerful Kakuja in the 24th Ward, and Arima defeated it with a decisive slash. As the wounded Ghoul revealed herself to be Eto Yoshimura, Arima offered her a proposal.

• Huiqi wounded the Kakuja, then used its attack to reach Rise and cut off several of her Kagune, killing investigator Kawashima in the process.
• The Kakuja attacked with a barrage of Ukaku, and Arima defended Huiqi before charging forward to strike the monster.
• Huiqi joined Arima in attacking the Kakuja, but it mutated further as barbs and two giant maws emerged from its body.
• Arima severed the Kakuja's head and split its body with a single slash, then spoke to the survivor inside the corpse.
• Arima identified the Ghoul as Eto Yoshimura and proposed that she hear him out.

Kishou Arima struck a deal with Eto Yoshimura to create the One-Eyed King and rebel against the Washuu, using Huiqi as collateral. Three days later, Huiqi woke in the CCG hospital, learned he had been promoted to Rank 2 Investigator, and heard Akihiro Kano’s research proposal.

• Eto Yoshimura agreed to Kishou Arima’s plan to create the One-Eyed King and challenge the hidden controllers.
• Kishou Arima knocked Huiqi unconscious, gave Eto his identification card, and carried him away as collateral.
• Three days later, the system completed Huiqi’s mission and substantially increased his physical potential as he recovered in the CCG hospital.
• Kishou Arima told Huiqi that he had been promoted to Rank 2 Investigator and warned him not to reveal what happened in the 24th Ward.
• Akihiro Kano explained his hypothesis about similarities between Ghoul and human organs, and Huiqi encouraged him to test it.

After surviving the 24th Ward, Huiqi discovered that his strength had risen to Rank 2 but his old Quinque was gone. He accepted an S-rate Quinque from Kishou Arima, refused to work with him again, and visited Anteiku, where he answered a young customer’s questions about Ghouls.

• Huiqi learned that completing the 24th Ward mission had raised his strength to Rank 2, but his old Quinque was missing.
• Kureo Mado asked Huiqi whether he had seen the Owl, and Huiqi refused to tell him.
• An assistant offered Huiqi an S-rate Quinque made from Midnight Bell’s Kakuja, and Huiqi accepted it.
• Huiqi refused an assignment to work with Kishou Arima again.
• At Anteiku, Huiqi told the manager he had come for coffee, then explained to a yellow-haired youth that Ghouls looked much like humans and revealed their Kakugan and Kagune when fighting.

Rank 2 Investigator Huiqi left Anteiku and was ambushed by three ghouls from the Monkey Demon Organization. He killed them in the alley and planned to use their kagune for new Quinques, while pedestrians began noticing the screams.

• Huiqi refused to answer whether ghouls were evil, then left Anteiku after talking with the manager.
• Huiqi noticed he was being followed and led the pursuers into a dark alley.
• Three masked ghouls attacked Huiqi and identified themselves as members of the Monkey Demon Organization.
• Huiqi transformed his briefcase into a Tang Dao and killed the kakuja ghoul, Morita.
• Huiqi killed one koukaku ghoul and attacked the last as pedestrians heard the screams.

Huiqi killed three Ghouls in Ward 20 and confronted Touka after sensing her nearby, but Shota and his father intervened. Touka later told Ayato what happened, and Ayato vowed to teach Huiqi a lesson.

• Huiqi killed three Ghouls in an alley, frightened the onlookers, and called the CCG to collect the bodies for a new Quinque.
• Two figures watching from above chose not to intervene, though one objected that the dead Ghouls had been her children.
• Huiqi sensed someone nearby, found Touka in the crowd, and confronted her before Shota stepped between them.
• Shota's father arrived and apologized to Huiqi, who put away his blade as the support staff dispersed the crowd and took the bodies.
• Touka left with her younger brother, Ayato Kirishima, and told him what had happened; Ayato angrily vowed to teach Huiqi a lesson, and Touka shouted for him not to.

Huiqi returned home to find Eto Yoshimura waiting for him, and she warned him that fleeing would bring Kishou Arima and other factions after him. The next day, Kawashima’s wife mourned her husband at the CCG branch, leaving Huiqi resolved to become stronger.

• Huiqi found Eto Yoshimura in his apartment, and she told him not to run or risk upsetting the balance between their factions.
• Huiqi learned the system judged him too weak to defeat Eto Yoshimura or Kishou Arima, and he decided to focus on getting stronger.
• Eto Yoshimura asked Huiqi to call her Sen Takatsuki, then tried to learn whether Kishou Arima had told him anything.
• At the CCG branch, Kawashima’s wife told Huiqi that her husband had considered him dependable, and Huiqi apologized for failing to bring Kawashima back from the 24th Ward.
• After Shinohara spoke to him, Huiqi blamed his weakness for Kawashima’s death and his position as a pawn, then asked the system for a new mission.

Huiqi investigated a string of disappearances in Ward 7 and killed the S-rate ghoul who had intimidated the local investigators. The system issued a follow-up mission, and One-Eyed Cat’s allies began planning revenge.

• Huiqi reviewed Ward 7’s records and found that three people had disappeared shortly after school or work.
• Mizutani Koma and Yoshimori Shin told Huiqi that an S-rate ghoul had threatened them and that headquarters had refused to send more investigators.
• Huiqi confronted the masked ghoul on the road and killed him with his long-bladed Quinque.
• The system rewarded Huiqi with a slight increase in physical strength and issued the follow-up mission, “The ghouls’ revenge.”
• An officer secretly reported One-Eyed Cat’s death over the radio, and a voice ordered his allies to avenge him.

Huiqi lured a ghoul posing as a police officer into a secluded area and killed him, only to be surrounded by three S-rate ghouls. As Yamori, Raven, and Grave Robber pursued him, Huiqi feigned exhaustion to bait Raven into charging, but the fight remained unresolved.

• Huiqi followed a police officer claiming to have found a ghoul’s blood trail, then stabbed him and confirmed he had kakugan.
• Yamori, Raven, and Grave Robber surrounded Huiqi and identified themselves as S-rate ghouls.
• Raven attacked Huiqi with his ukaku while Yamori and Grave Robber joined the pursuit, forcing Huiqi to dodge their attacks.
• Huiqi pretended to tire while planning to draw Raven into a close-range attack.
• Grave Robber taunted Raven, and Raven abandoned his ranged attacks to dash ahead of Yamori toward Huiqi.

Huiqi killed Raven and Grave Robber during the Ward 7 operation while Yamori escaped, earning a provisional promotion to Rank 1 Investigator. At CCG headquarters, he learned that Quinques made from his Ward 20 haul were ready and saw a kakuja-class ghoul captured by Kureo Mado and Shinohara.

• Huiqi abruptly stopped fleeing and killed Raven with his long blade, then attacked Grave Robber as Yamori watched.
• Yamori fled, leaving Huiqi to pin Grave Robber; Huiqi declined to pursue Yamori and waited for CCG support staff.
• A support staff member gave Huiqi the Ward 7 operation report, which showed his provisional promotion from Rank 2 Investigator to Rank 1 Investigator.
• Huiqi returned to CCG headquarters to update his records and visit Dr. Jin Toka about Quinques made from his Ward 20 haul.
• At the Research Department, Huiqi saw a kakuja-class ghoul in a tank and learned that Kureo Mado and Shinohara had captured it.
• Jin Toka told Huiqi that his Quinques were ready and pointed them out on a research bench.

Huiqi obtained a combination Quinque and rose to Special Class Investigator after months of missions. He decided to confront Sen Takatsuki and then Kishou Arima, believing his strength had grown enough to challenge them.

• Huiqi asked Jin Toka to combine three S-rate ghouls into one Quinque, and Jin Toka agreed to begin the research.
• Huiqi encountered Sen Takatsuki and Kishou Arima, traded hostile remarks with them, and later taunted Sen Takatsuki over a barbecue meal.
• Huiqi spent months taking missions and missing-person cases until the system assessed his strength as that of a Special Class Investigator.
• Huiqi reviewed the wanted file for Rize Kamishiro, also known as the Binge Eater, and spoke with Shinohara about his workload and Sen Takatsuki.
• Huiqi took up Assassin 01, a three-form combination Quinque made by Jin Toka, and prepared to deal with Sen Takatsuki and Kishou Arima.

Huiqi returned home to find that Sen Takatsuki had disappeared, then learned that Aogiri Tree had targeted Akihiro Kano and that he had been assigned to Ward 20 with Kureo Mado. Kureo asked Huiqi to hurry to Ward 5 to help his daughter Akira, who was fleeing in a desperate state.

• Huiqi left the CCG for Ward 17 while Shinohara and Kureo Mado discussed Binge Eater and the possibility of an attack in Ward 20.
• Huiqi returned home and found Sen Takatsuki gone, leaving a note that said she had other things to do before they met again.
• Akihiro Kano called Huiqi and asked him to protect him from Aogiri Tree, which had targeted his private hospital.
• Huiqi received an assignment placing him and Kureo Mado in charge of the Ward 20 branch.
• Kureo Mado called Huiqi and asked him to go to Ward 5 to help Akira Mado, who was running injured through a secluded neighborhood.

Special Class Investigator Huiqi rescued Akira Mado from a ghoul and escorted her back to CCG Academy. Akira recognized him as the Executioner, while Huiqi left her with a brief wish of luck as she planned to join the CCG and hunt ghouls with her father.

• Akira Mado hid from a ghoul stalking her in a dark street, unable to fight without a Quinque.
• Huiqi found Akira using his phone’s location-tracking function and killed the ghoul with a thrown Quinque dagger.
• Huiqi helped Akira up and escorted her to CCG Academy, then messaged Kureo Mado that she was safe.
• Akira learned Huiqi was a Special Class Investigator and recognized him as the Executioner, a figure praised in her class.
• Huiqi dismissed Akira’s questions about his grudge with Kishou Arima and asked whether she planned to join the CCG after graduation.
• Akira said she wanted to hunt ghouls with her father, and Huiqi wished her luck.

Huiqi encountered Yukinori Shinohara bringing Juuzou Suzuya to CCG Academy, while Akira Mado and Seidou Takizawa discussed Huiqi’s strength. Kureo Mado voiced a premonition that he would die, then suggested investigating ghoul activity at the Aquarium; Rise had arrived in Ward 20.

• Huiqi instructed the logistics staff to return his Quinque dagger and turn the ghoul’s kagune into a gift, then met Yukinori Shinohara and Juuzou Suzuya at the academy.
• Juuzou Suzuya introduced himself to Huiqi, and Yukinori Shinohara took him to his classroom.
• Seidou Takizawa told Akira Mado that Huiqi and Kishou Arima stood at the pinnacle of CCG strength, and Akira shared how she had met Huiqi.
• Kureo Mado asked Huiqi whether he could defeat Owl and said he feared he would die before seeing Akira grow up.
• Kureo Mado proposed that he and Huiqi investigate signs of ghoul activity at the Aquarium.

Huiqi investigated the Aquarium attack with Kureo Mado and Kōtarō Amon, finding a possible lead in a pair of pliers linked to Ward 13. He later visited Anteiku, where his presence put the manager, Touka Kirishima, and Rize Kamishiro on alert as Ken Kaneki watched Rize.

• Huiqi met Kōtarō Amon and agreed with Kureo Mado to investigate the Aquarium attack, with Huiqi seeking permission to visit the scene while Mado and Amon searched nearby.
• Huiqi examined the Aquarium and found no clear traces, concluding that the Binge Eater might have fought another ghoul there.
• Kureo Mado and Kōtarō Amon found a pair of pliers that Mado believed had been made in Ward 13, giving them a new lead.
• Ken Kaneki and Hideyoshi Nagachika talked at Anteiku about Kaneki’s idea for a first date as Huiqi arrived and read Sen Takatsuki’s novel.
• Rize Kamishiro entered Anteiku, noticed Huiqi, and chose to stay; the manager and Touka Kirishima watched Huiqi warily while Kaneki watched Rize.