Chapter Summaries

Huiqi fought Sen Takatsuki without a Quinque, managed to drive her back, and escaped toward the Ward 20 branch to retrieve an S-rate Quinque. Meanwhile, Kureo Mado and Kōtarō Amon searched a graveyard for clues, keeping their activity from Huiqi.

• Sen Takatsuki dragged Huiqi into a dark alley, confident he could not fight back without his Quinque.
• Huiqi punched Sen Takatsuki repeatedly and kicked her away, but his attacks failed to seriously injure her.
• Huiqi fled the alley while Sen Takatsuki wondered about his strength and resented being forbidden to use her Kagune.
• Huiqi headed for the Ward 20 branch to retrieve an S-rate Quinque.
• Kureo Mado dug up graves while Kōtarō Amon kept watch, and Mado told him not to inform Huiqi.

Huiqi took a rare break at Anteiku, where his presence alarmed Touka and Ken Kaneki, while Sen Takatsuki considered attacking Cochlea. A call from Kureo Mado summoned Huiqi back to a meeting, and Ken Kaneki wondered if they had met before.

• Huiqi learned that Kureo Mado had taken Kōtarō Amon to dig up graves and returned to his paperwork.
• Sen Takatsuki received a message suggesting an attack on Cochlea because the CCG was short-staffed and Huiqi seemed fatigued.
• Huiqi visited Anteiku, recognized Hideyoshi Nagachika, and unsettled Touka and Ken Kaneki by being there.
• Touka and Ken Kaneki served Ryoko and her daughter, while Huiqi received a call from Kureo Mado summoning him to a meeting.
• As Huiqi left Anteiku, Ken Kaneki asked whether they had met before.

Huiqi left Anteiku after denying that he knew Ken Kaneki, then shut down the CCG’s investigation into Big Eater during a meeting. He visited Akihiro Kano’s underground laboratory to ask about the new rc tissue and research, where he learned that Kaneki’s experimental data had enabled preparations for another implantation.

• Huiqi denied knowing Ken Kaneki and left Anteiku, while Touka Kirishima explained that the Executioner was one of the CCG’s strongest investigators.
• At a CCG meeting, Kōtarō Amon reported that Yamori had contacted Big Eater and presented a forceps made from a Koukaku Quinque.
• Huiqi took responsibility for the Big Eater investigation and ordered Amon to drop it, and Kureo Mado supported ending the inquiry.
• Huiqi declined to investigate Ward 11 and told Marute Itsuki to handle any trouble as it arose.
• Huiqi visited Akihiro Kano’s private hospital and learned that Kaneki’s experimental data had helped Kano prepare for another implantation.

Huiqi questioned Akihiro Kano about where ghouls came from and learned that humans also had rc cells, though at much lower concentrations. Akihiro showed him Rize Kamishiro in a cultivation tank and began extracting rc cell concentrate, leaving her convulsing in pain.

• Huiqi asked Akihiro Kano whether ghouls had evolved from humans, and Akihiro explained that both humans and ghouls contained rc cells.
• Huiqi confirmed with the system that humans had rc cells and followed Akihiro into a corridor of cultivation chambers holding failed test subjects.
• Akihiro told Huiqi that Ken Kaneki remained under observation because his rc cells might become unbalanced.
• Huiqi and Akihiro reached Rize Kamishiro's cultivation tank, where Akihiro began extracting rc cell concentrate from her kakuhou.
• Rize Kamishiro opened her red kakugan and convulsed as the extraction caused her intense pain.

Huiqi watched Akihiro Kano test highly concentrated rc cells on ghouls in an attempt to uncover their origin. The experiment produced a short-lived kagune monster, and they left Ken Kaneki alive while Kano returned his focus to human experiments.

• Huiqi and Akihiro Kano observed Rize Kamishiro awake in a culture vessel, where she silently cursed them.
• Akihiro Kano injected a ghoul with concentrated rc cells, causing violent mutations and an uncontrollable appetite.
• The test ghoul devoured three others, then transformed into a mass of flesh covered in tooth-lined kagune.
• Huiqi recognized similarities to the kagune monster he had encountered in Ward 10, while Akihiro Kano considered using Ken Kaneki to reach the origin of ghouls.
• Huiqi told Akihiro Kano to keep Ken Kaneki alive, and the experimental monster died after one minute.
• Akihiro Kano abandoned the ghoul experiment for the time being and said he would focus on human experiments.

Huiqi investigated a high school girl’s report that her classmate Fuyuko Yasui was a ghoul and had killed Niko Kuroba. He found a gruesome funeral display made from human remains, then heard someone in the house ask whether Fuyuko had brought back more food.

• Niko Kuroba comforted her friend Fuyuko Yasui, who said she might drop out because her family had died.
• A student asked for Huiqi, the best investigator in Ward 20, to investigate after seeing Fuyuko kill a classmate.
• The student told Huiqi that Fuyuko’s long absence from school coincided with the CCG’s Ward 10 extermination operation.
• Huiqi entered the Yasui home and found human remains arranged with funeral offerings and memorial tablets for Mizuki Yasui and Anzai Yasui.
• Huiqi identified the victim’s clothing as belonging to Niko Kuroba and heard someone ask whether Fuyuko had brought back more food.

Huiqi killed the three ghouls tormenting Fuyuko and took her to Qingsi High School to deal with another ghoul. The story revealed how the ghouls had abused Fuyuko after her parents died and forced her to lure someone home, leaving Niko Kuroba missing.

• Huiqi killed three ghouls with throwing knives and asked Fuyuko to lead him to the ghoul at the school.
• At Qingsi High School, a teacher asked where Niko Kuroba was, and Fuyuko concealed what she knew while feeling guilty.
• Half a month earlier, three wounded ghouls told Fuyuko that her parents had died in the 10th Ward.
• The ghouls abused Fuyuko, threatened her parents' memorial tablets, and forced her to bring someone home so they could eat.
• Fuyuko returned to school and struggled when someone offered to help her, while Niko remained missing.

Yuri exposed Fuyuko as a ghoul, and Huiqi killed Fuyuko after learning she had been betrayed by the three ghouls in her house. Touka returned to the coffee shop disillusioned, while Yomo told Ken Kaneki that someone wanted to meet him.

• At school, Yuri accused Fuyuko of being a ghoul and blamed her for Niko Kuroba's death, turning the class against her.
• Fuyuko confessed that the three ghouls had promised to free her and restore her parents, then begged Huiqi to kill them.
• Huiqi said he had already slaughtered the three ghouls and killed Fuyuko with a throwing knife.
• The students celebrated Fuyuko's death, while Yuri regretted it and Touka silently questioned the manager's hope for human kindness.
• Touka returned to the coffee shop dejected, and Yomo told Ken Kaneki that someone wanted to meet him.

Huiqi reviewed ghoul-related cases while Ken Kaneki visited Itori and learned about hybrid ghouls, the Clowns, and the Executioner. The chapter left Kaneki nearing Shuu Tsukiyama’s invitation to the restaurant as Huiqi monitored him and prepared for a meeting about Ward 11.

• Misaki Aika found Huiqi’s notes about the Monkey Demon Organization, the Black Dog, Ken Kaneki, and the Clowns, then left coffee on his desk.
• Itori welcomed Ken Kaneki at the Helter-skelter bar, triggered his kakugan with ghoul blood, and told him about rare first-generation hybrid ghouls and a powerful One-Eyed Ghoul in Ward 24.
• Ken Kaneki asked Itori about Rise and the Executioner, and Itori and Uta warned him to flee if he encountered the investigator.
• Huiqi dismissed a new case about missing people and the Ghoul Restaurant, then received Kureo Mado’s request to attend a meeting about attacks and an organized ghoul group in Ward 11.
• Huiqi prioritized monitoring Ken Kaneki as Akihiro Kano prepared another batch of experiments, while Ken Kaneki was about to accept Shuu Tsukiyama’s restaurant invitation.

As Aogiri Tree prepared for the CCG’s attack on Ward 11, Huiqi followed a lead about suspicious ghouls in Ward 20 and encountered Hinami Fueguchi and her mother, Ryouko. He recognized them from Anteiku and confronted them alongside Kureo Mado and Kōtarō Amon.

• Kureo Mado warned investigators that Aogiri Tree was overwhelming Ward 11, while Huiqi said he would go there himself when the time came.
• Yoshimura Kuzen directed Yamori to Ward 20 to investigate Rize Kamishiro, while Aogiri Tree’s ghouls slaughtered investigators in Ward 11.
• Huiqi received Kureo Mado’s report about two suspicious people in Ward 20 and followed the lead.
• Kureo Mado and Kōtarō Amon used a briefcase containing a Quinque to draw ghouls out, and Hinami Fueguchi sensed her father nearby.
• Kureo Mado confronted Hinami and Ryouko, and Huiqi recognized them from the café near Anteiku three days earlier.

Huiqi pressured Ryouko Fueguchi to reveal information about the café, but she refused to betray its ghouls even to save herself. After spotting Ken Kaneki watching from nearby, Huiqi offered Hinami a deal and said he would let her leave, but not her mother.

• Huiqi sent Kōtarō Amon, Kusaba, Kureo Mado, and the others away and took responsibility for Ryouko Fueguchi and Hinami Fueguchi.
• Huiqi demanded information about the café in exchange for sparing Ryouko, hoping to use the ghouls there to monitor Ken Kaneki and gather intelligence.
• Ryouko hesitated to betray the café, and Hinami offered to tell Huiqi what she knew if he spared her mother.
• Ken Kaneki arrived and watched Huiqi confront Ryouko and Hinami from around a street corner.
• Ryouko refused to betray the café and accepted that she would die rather than betray its ghouls.
• Huiqi put away his throwing-knife Quinque and offered Hinami a deal, saying she could leave but her mother could not.

Huiqi took Ryouko Fueguchi to Cochlea and forced Hinami to agree to watch Ken Kaneki in exchange for her mother’s life. Back at Anteiku, the others discussed sending Hinami to Ward 24, while Hinami insisted she wanted to stay and Touka Kirishima reacted angrily to Ryouko’s capture.

• Huiqi threatened Ryouko and made Hinami accept a phone and agree to keep watch on Ken Kaneki.
• Huiqi took Ryouko to Cochlea, arranged a cell for her, and sent Hinami a video of her mother saying she was safe.
• Huiqi visited Donato Porpora in Cochlea and asked him for information about the Clowns.
• Ken Kaneki told the manager that Ryouko had been taken, and Anteiku gathered to discuss Hinami’s safety.
• Hinami refused the suggestion that she move to Ward 24, and Touka Kirishima punched the wall after learning Ryouko had been captured.

After Ryouko Fueguchi was captured, Anteiku debated whether to seek revenge, while Huiqi continued his work at the CCG and investigated the Clowns. The chapter ended with Huiqi reading a book by Hisashi Ogura as the Clowns showed signs of stirring again.

• Touka Kirishima urged Anteiku to avenge Ryouko Fueguchi, but the Manager and Yomo warned that attacking investigators would bring disaster to Ward 20.
• Ken Kaneki said Ryouko might still be alive in Cochlea, and the Manager explained that the Executioner had taken her and might spare her.
• Huiqi called Marute and learned that the situation in Ward 11 had improved and the Chief Councilor had postponed a meeting.
• Huiqi reminded Kusaba, Zhong Dan, and Kōtarō Amon to carry their Quinques as they left the Ward 20 CCG branch.
• Huiqi received an email containing photos of a black-haired young man brewing coffee and sent back a recent photo of Ryouko Fueguchi.
• Huiqi researched the Clowns, found a book by Hisashi Ogura, and read that Kishou Arima had once purged the organization, which was now stirring again.

Huiqi learned that Aogiri Tree had overrun Ward 11 and captured Ken Kaneki, and he prepared to go there in fury. Earlier, Banjo Kazuichi had confronted Kaneki at Anteiku before other ghouls took him away, while Hinami secretly photographed what happened.

• Huiqi rejected using Ryouko Fueguchi to pressure Anteiku's ghouls and continued searching for another way to investigate.
• Huiqi and Kureo Mado watched Ward 11's situation worsen as investigators disappeared and suspected Aogiri Tree ghouls seized branch personnel.
• Hinami sent Huiqi photos showing Touka injured, Ken Kaneki knocked unconscious, and Yamori carrying Kaneki away from Anteiku.
• Huiqi recognized Yamori in the final photo, grew furious, and told Kureo Mado he could not wait to reach Ward 11.
• Earlier, Banjo Kazuichi visited Anteiku seeking Rize Kamishiro, smelled Rize on Ken Kaneki, and accidentally knocked himself unconscious while attacking him.
• Hinami photographed Banjo and the other visiting ghouls as they apologized, and later recorded Kaneki being taken away.

Huiqi learned that Akihiro Kano’s experiments had produced two successful subjects and pressed the CCG to attack Ward 11 sooner. In Ward 11, Tatara wounded Ken Kaneki and revealed that more than a heart had been transplanted into him, leaving Kaneki desperate for answers.

• Kureo Mado told Iwao Kuroiwa that there were no survivors and that the CCG would attack Ward 11 in ten days, while Huiqi argued for a five-day timetable.
• Huiqi called Akihiro Kano and learned that two experimental subjects had survived, then warned Kano that the Aogiri Tree had captured Ken Kaneki.
• Kureo Mado brought Kōtarō Amon to Ward 1 headquarters to obtain a Quinque for the Ward 11 operation, where they met Huiqi.
• Ken Kaneki woke in Ward 11, and Ayato Kirishima led him to a gathering of Aogiri Tree ghouls and Tatara.
• Tatara stabbed Ken Kaneki in the abdomen, identified the kakuhou as Rize Kamishiro’s, and told him that Yoshimura Kuzen had concealed what else was transplanted into him.

Ken Kaneki learned that the manager had known about his origins as Akihiro Kano’s test subject, while Banjo helped him plan an escape from Aogiri Tree. In Ward 20, Anteiku and their allies prepared a dangerous rescue, and Huiqi agreed to temporarily hand Ward 20 back to Houji Kousuke while he focused on Ward 11.

• Tatara told Ken Kaneki that Akihiro Kano had made him a test subject and that the manager had known the truth, leaving Kaneki to reflect on the manager’s past kindness.
• Banjo brought Ken Kaneki to meet his followers and other prisoners, then explained Aogiri Tree’s leadership and a plan to escape when Yamori, Ayato Kirishima, and Noro left in five days.
• At CCG headquarters, Houji Kousuke asked Huiqi to take temporary charge of Ward 20, and Huiqi agreed to return after dealing with Ward 11; Seidou Takizawa excitedly celebrated having shaken Huiqi’s hand.
• The manager asked Anteiku’s allies to consider the danger of rescuing Ken Kaneki, and Touka, Nishiki Nishio, Yoriko, Hinami Fueguchi, and the others insisted on going.
• Shuu Tsukiyama arrived at Anteiku with Itori and Uta, who had prepared disguises and a floor plan of Aogiri Tree’s Ward 11 base.

Huiqi stopped Juuzou Suzuya and Seidou Takizawa from fighting during a CCG meeting, then called Takizawa to his office to ask him something. Takizawa feared he was in trouble, but Huiqi reassured him that the fight was not why he had called him.

• Huiqi, Juuzou Suzuya, and Kōtarō Amon gathered in Conference Room Two, where Amon criticized Juuzou’s disheveled appearance and snacking.
• Seidou Takizawa arrived and became flustered around Huiqi, then argued with Juuzou over the snacks.
• Juuzou punched Takizawa after Takizawa snatched his snacks, and Huiqi stopped the fight and ordered them not to fight in the conference room.
• Juuzou offered Huiqi chocolate, and Huiqi accepted it before telling Takizawa to return to his seat.
• After the meeting, Huiqi summoned Takizawa to his office, reassured him that he was not in trouble, and left Takizawa wondering what Huiqi wanted to discuss.

Banjo Kazuichi led a group in an escape attempt from Ward 11, but Yamori intercepted them and forced Ken Kaneki to become his subordinate to save the hostages. Yamori brought Kaneki to a birdcage-shaped building and began torturing him with Rc Suppression Fluid.

• Banjo Kazuichi led the group out of Ward 11, but a lookout spotted them and his scream alerted the Bin Brothers.
• The Bin Brothers attacked, and Yamori arrived with Nico and the captured Mitsuto and other hostages, ending the escape attempt.
• Yamori threatened the Bin Brothers into leaving and made Ken Kaneki agree to become his subordinate in exchange for the others' lives.
• Yamori led Ken Kaneki to a birdcage-shaped building, where Kaneki saw a restrained ghoul and a bucket of severed fingers and toes.
• Yamori explained Rc Suppression Fluid and raised a syringe toward the membrane over Ken Kaneki's pupil.

Yamori tortured Ken Kaneki by removing his toes and fingers while forcing him to answer subtraction problems, then left him restrained as his limbs regenerated. When Yamori returned the next day, he resumed the torture by injecting Ken Kaneki’s eye with Rc suppressant.

• Yamori injected Ken Kaneki’s eye with Rc suppressant, restrained him in a chair, and began removing his toes while demanding answers to subtraction problems.
• Ken Kaneki answered as Yamori cut off every toe and then every finger, eventually falling silent from pain and exhaustion.
• Yamori left Ken Kaneki alone, and Ken Kaneki remembered the safety and happiness he had found at Anteiku.
• Ken Kaneki’s toes and fingers regenerated as the Rc suppressant wore off, and he watched the process in silence.
• Yamori returned, praised Ken Kaneki’s healing, asked him to recall the last subtraction answer, and injected his eye again.

Ken Kaneki endured Yamori’s escalating torture while the CCG prepared its operation in Ward 11 and Huiqi waited for news. The chapter left Ken bound and laughing hysterically after Yamori put a centipede in his ear and covered his eyes and ears.

• Yamori continued torturing Ken Kaneki, repeatedly cutting off his fingers and toes as they regenerated.
• At the CCG meeting, Kureo Mado outlined the Ward 11 operation while Huiqi remained in the command vehicle and worried about Ken’s fate.
• Juuzou Suzuya slashed at Yamori’s photograph, and Huiqi promised him a Quinque if he killed Yamori.
• Ken remembered Touka, Anteiku, and his mother before questioning whether he had become the person she wanted him to be.
• Yamori revealed that Dr. Kanou was using Rise to create ghouls, then put a lesser thorn centipede into Ken’s ear and covered his eyes and ears.
• Ken struggled against his restraints and broke into horrifying laughter as he felt the centipede crawling inside his ear.