Chapter Summaries

Huiqi fought Nana Shima and the ghouls blocking his way, then hurried toward the Main Battlefield. There, the One-Eyed Owl devastated the investigators, grievously wounded Yukinori Shinohara, and left Juuzou Suzuya crying in anguish as he arrived too late.

• Huiqi received a mission to defeat Kishou Arima and Eto Yoshimura, then attacked the ghouls who confronted him.
• Nana Shima attacked Huiqi with his ukaku and rinkaku, but Huiqi killed him with his spear and continued toward the Main Battlefield.
• The One-Eyed Owl swept aside Yukinori Shinohara, Iwao Kuroiwa, Houji Kousuke, and the other investigators, leaving Kuki Urie to fight alone.
• Kuki Urie’s Quinque Hanging Ice broke, and the One-Eyed Owl defeated him after he took up Houji Kousuke’s Red Tongue.
• The One-Eyed Owl cut off Yukinori Shinohara’s foot and thigh while Juuzou Suzuya watched helplessly.
• Juuzou Suzuya remembered his time with Yukinori Shinohara and cried out that he had arrived too late.

Ken Kaneki stumbled through the sewer, tormented by hallucinations and hunger, until Hideyoshi Nagachika appeared and helped him recover. He then faced Kishou Arima in V14 while Huiqi fought the One-Eyed Owl, and the chapter ended with Arima overpowering Kaneki but recognizing that he could make a new Quinque.

• Ken Kaneki hallucinated Yamori and Rise in the sewer and lost control of his kagune.
• Hideyoshi Nagachika found Kaneki, revealed he knew his identity, and urged him to fight so he could survive.
• Kaneki regained consciousness with his injuries healed and found Kishou Arima waiting in V14.
• Huiqi attacked the One-Eyed Owl, spotted Sen Takatsuki inside her kakuja, and entered through its mouth as Juuzou Suzuya cried out for him.
• Kishou Arima impaled Kaneki with IXA and evaded his frenzied kagune attacks until Kaneki was exhausted.
• Kaneki cracked IXA with his combined kagune attack, and Arima said he needed a new Quinque.

Huiqi fought Sen Takatsuki and Kishou Arima while protecting the Fueguchi Sisters, then learned more about the One-Eyed King Plan, V, and Kawashima’s death. Sen escaped with Yoshimura Kuzen as reinforcements arrived, and Huiqi forced Kishou Arima to agree to obey him.

• Huiqi questioned Sen Takatsuki about the One-Eyed King Plan, but Kishou Arima arrived and interrupted him with an attack.
• Huiqi joined forces with the Fueguchi Sisters against Kishou Arima and Sen Takatsuki, overpowering the One-Eyed Owl and breaking through her Kakuja shell.
• Sen Takatsuki swallowed Yoshimura Kuzen and fled as helicopters approached, while Huiqi chose not to pursue her.
• Kishou Arima told Huiqi that Ward 24 Mutant Ghouls had killed Kawashima, that V controlled the world behind the scenes, and that the One-Eyed King Plan aimed at that world.
• Huiqi demanded that Kishou Arima obey him whenever called or risk having the plan destroyed, and Kishou Arima silently agreed.

After receiving a major physical enhancement, Huiqi faced the aftermath of the Ward 20 battle, where Aogiri Tree abducted investigators and the CCG suffered heavy losses. He vowed to solve the ghoul problem at its root and later sat beside the unconscious Akira Mado, while Yukinori Shinohara was declared to be in a vegetative state.

• Huiqi received an advanced enhancement that raised his physical abilities beyond human limits, and the system issued a new mission about a false world and the pursuit of the Root.
• Aogiri Tree attacked after the Ward 20 operation, and Noro and 𩾇 abducted Kōtarō Amon, Seidou Takizawa, and other Fourth Squad investigators.
• Huiqi and Kishou Arima found Ken Kaneki, agreed not to kill him, and Huiqi later sent the Fueguchi Sisters to the underground passage at V14.
• Sen Takatsuki escaped with Yoshimura Kuzen and revealed a severe burn wound from the battle.
• Huiqi mourned Kureo Mado and ordered the surviving investigators to rescue the wounded; Akira Mado collapsed beside her father's body.
• The wounded were taken to hospitals, and the next day Huiqi sat beside Akira Mado as Yukinori Shinohara lay unconscious in a declared vegetative state.

Huiqi read Kureo Mado’s final letter, comforted Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa at home, and brought food to the hospital for Akira Mado. Meanwhile, Eto Yoshimura asked Akihiro Kano to create another subject like Ken Kaneki, but he doubted he could do so without the Matriarch.

• Iba Fujishige gave Huiqi Kureo Mado’s final letter, which asked him to care for Akira Mado and bury Mado beside Madoi Mado.
• Huiqi stopped Misato Gori from shouting over Kōtarō Amon’s reported death and told her she needed to accept it.
• Huiqi returned home, gave Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa new clothes, and punished them after they feared he would abandon them.
• Huiqi cooked food for Akira Mado and returned to the hospital, where families were claiming the bodies of Ghoul Investigators.
• Eto Yoshimura asked Akihiro Kano to make a test subject like Ken Kaneki, but Akihiro Kano said he would have to rely on luck without the Matriarch.

Huiqi cared for Akira Mado and Juuzou Suzuya at the hospital, then planned to study Ken Kaneki at Cochlea. After being reassigned as an instructor, he recruited Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa as informants and began training Akira and Juuzou.

• Huiqi fed Akira Mado and spoke with Yukinori Shinohara's wife, while Juuzou Suzuya blamed himself for Shinohara's condition.
• Akira Mado learned from Kureo Mado's farewell letter that Huiqi would become her guardian.
• Huiqi decided to examine Ken Kaneki at Cochlea and pursue experiments based on the conditions for creating a powerful Kagune monster.
• Huiqi learned he had been reassigned as chief instructor at the Ghoul Investigator Academy and told Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa to act as his eyes.
• Huiqi began training Akira Mado and Juuzou Suzuya, then arrived in Ward 5 to complete his handover.

Huiqi began teaching at the Ward 5 Ghoul Investigator Academy, where he faced unruly students and introduced practical combat training. He left the students stunned by effortlessly defeating Kuki Urie and announced that sparring would become their regular afternoon activity.

• Huiqi arrived to teach the lower division and confronted Kuki Urie after the boy insulted him and challenged his authority.
• Huiqi introduced himself as the Special Class Investigator who had defeated the Owl, though many students doubted his claim.
• Huiqi learned that Kuki Urie had been held back and was the son of the late Special Class Investigator Kujin Urie.
• During practical training, Huiqi let Saiko Yonebayashi complete one fewer lap before inviting the students to spar with him.
• Kuki Urie charged Huiqi and ended up face down on the ground, prompting Huiqi to invite the remaining students to attack him together.

Huiqi prepared to meet the V Organization while learning that the CCG planned to create ghoul investigators using Ken Kaneki’s data. He pressured Hinami to infiltrate Aogiri Tree for information in exchange for news about her mother, then visited Ryouko Fueguchi in Cochlea.

• After a month of training Nashiro Yasuhisa and Kurona Yasuhisa, Huiqi received an invitation signed V and told the sisters to leave Ward 17 for their safety.
• Huiqi collected his Quinque in Ward 1, where Jin Toka told him the CCG was developing a five-stage program to create ghoul investigators based on Ken Kaneki’s data.
• When Hinami asked about her mother, Huiqi demanded that she join Aogiri Tree and work her way into its leadership to provide him with information.
• Hinami told Touka that Ryouko was alive in Cochlea and agreed to try joining Aogiri Tree to learn about her mother.
• Huiqi told Ryouko that Hinami was willing to join Aogiri Tree for her, showed her their messages, and then went underground in Cochlea.

Huiqi joined the V Organization after Kijima offered him the Ward 20 CCG chief position, then discovered its close ties to the CCG and the Washuu Family. Kijima offered to explain the Washuu Family in exchange for Huiqi following his orders, and Huiqi agreed to hear him out.

• Huiqi photographed the starving, self-injuring Ken Kaneki and sent the image to Kishou Arima, demanding that he resolve the situation within two weeks.
• Kijima discussed the upcoming Qs experiment and his invitation to the Ghoul Investigator, while Akira Mado returned from the hospital to an empty Ward 20 CCG office.
• Kijima invited Huiqi to join the V Organization and offered him the Ward 20 CCG chief position, which Huiqi accepted.
• The next day, Huiqi met Chief Councilor Yoshitoki Washuu, who approved his appointment and told him to keep the V Organization's connection to the CCG confidential.
• Kijima played Huiqi a recording about turning someone into a half-human and accelerating the human-to-ghoulification plan, then offered to explain the Washuu Family in return for Huiqi following his orders.
• Huiqi agreed to keep the matter confidential as long as Kijima did nothing inhuman, and Kijima said human-to-ghoul conversion was the old man's idea, not his goal.

After learning that the Washuu family controlled the CCG and that Washuu Rise was missing, Huiqi organized his plans against the factions around him. Meanwhile, Kano continued the Owl Project, Hinami was brought toward Aogiri Tree, and Arima sent Hairu Ihei to train with Huiqi.

• Kijima explained that the Washuu family had breeders, Matriarchs, and errand runners, and revealed that the missing Matriarch was Washuu Rise.
• Huiqi connected Washuu Rise to Rize Kamishiro and Ken Kaneki’s transplant, then outlined plans involving Kaneki, the Qs Plan, and the Washuu family.
• Huiqi ordered his children to find Rize Kamishiro and demanded information about half-humans in Aogiri Tree from Hinami Fueguchi; Ayato Kirishima agreed to bring Hinami there.
• Akihiro Kano continued torturing Seidou Takizawa and Kōtarō Amon as subjects for the Owl Project, while judging Amon a failure.
• Huiqi arranged to meet an unknown sender at the ruins of Anteiku in Ward 20.
• Kishou Arima received an assignment to investigate Clown remnants and sent Hairu Ihei to the Ward 5 academy to train with Huiqi.

Huiqi found Hideyoshi Nagachika at the ruined Anteiku and learned that Ken Kaneki was in Ward 23 under Kishou Arima’s custody. Back at the CCG Academy, Huiqi trained Hairu Ihei, heard about Ken’s recovery and Juuzou Suzuya’s promotion, then received notice of the Qs Plan and a mission in Ward 4.

• Huiqi met Hideyoshi Nagachika at Anteiku and learned that Ken Kaneki was alive in Ward 23, while Hideyoshi shared information about the CCG and Aogiri Tree.
• Huiqi began training Hairu Ihei, a student Kishou Arima had sent to him, and instructed the Yasuhisa sisters to investigate Yomo around Ward 20.
• Huiqi trained Hairu Ihei in combat and later resumed his routine of teaching lower-year students in Ward 5.
• Kishou Arima sent Huiqi a photograph showing that Ken Kaneki had started eating and recovering from his injuries.
• Juuzou Suzuya told Huiqi that he had been promoted to Rank 1 Investigator and asked for advice on teaching students.
• Jin Toka told Huiqi that the Qs Plan would begin recruiting volunteers and testing blood among lower-year students, and Kijima assigned Huiqi a mission to deal with remnant ghouls in Ward 4.

Huiqi completed his mission to kill Dona and began investigating the hidden history of Ward 24 and the One-Eyed King. After returning to the academy, he caught a student torturing a kitten and attacking him, then realized someone else was hiding nearby.

• Huiqi killed Dona and the Ghouls at an abandoned building in Ward 4, completing his mission.
• Huiqi connected the system's mission about the One-Eyed King to Yoshitoki Washuu's secret Ward 24 investigation and resolved to uncover the truth there.
• Huiqi returned to the academy in Ward 5, where Hairu Ihei demanded training, while the Yasuhisa sisters searched Ward 20 for Yomo.
• CCG staff recruited students for the Qs Ghoul Investigator Experiment, and Akira Mado joined Kishou Arima's squad after Huiqi's transfer.
• Huiqi found a female student torturing a kitten, kicked her into the bushes when she attacked him, and called the director for help.
• Huiqi heard a muffled grunt from the bushes opposite him and realized another person was present.

Huiqi learned why Tōru Mutsuki had attacked him and accepted that her psychological condition and amnesia made her a special case. Meanwhile, Kishou Arima helped Ken Kaneki stabilize with books, and Kaneki chose the name Haise before Arima opened his cell.

• Huiqi confronted Hōsei Togakushi after finding him near the injured student and dead kitten.
• Tōru Mutsuki claimed not to remember the attack, and the dean sent her away, explaining that she was ill.
• The dean showed Huiqi Mutsuki's file, which described her abuse, her family's deaths, and her selective amnesia.
• Kishou Arima learned that Ken Kaneki had stabilized after receiving books and had stopped refusing food.
• Kishou Arima asked Ken Kaneki to choose a name, and Kaneki picked Haise.
• Kishou Arima named him Haise Sasaki and opened his cell.

Huiqi entered Ward 24 and forced two residents to guide him to an underground city, where he demanded information about the One-Eyed King. Eri Chimura agreed to take him to the old chief, who she said had what Huiqi wanted.

• Huiqi traveled from Ward 23 into Ward 24 and explored the ruined underground structures.
• Huiqi wounded a short-haired ghoul and subdued a little girl, then forced them to guide him deeper into Ward 24.
• The woman identified herself and the girl as residents of Ward 24 and said the girl belonged to the Three-Blade Family.
• Huiqi reached an underground city and demanded that its ghouls tell him about the One-Eyed King.
• Huiqi killed two ghouls who refused to answer, and Eri Chimura offered to take him to the old chief.

Huiqi learned the One-Eyed King’s history from Leader Amano and returned to the surface with a clearer plan for Ken Kaneki. At the CCG Academy, he encountered Haise Sasaki, the amnesiac Ken Kaneki, and contacted Kishou Arima about him.

• Huiqi and Eri Chimura visited Leader Amano, who explained that the One-Eyed King belonged to the Washuu Clan and rebelled against its system.
• Leader Amano said the King cannibalized Washuu ghouls, transformed into a monster, and fell dormant after the underground ghouls attacked his eyes.
• Huiqi gave Leader Amano a phone for future contact and returned to the surface with Eri Chimura, deciding he needed a team.
• Huiqi received a Dragon-Level Quinque Holy Spear and a new mission concerning the Clowns, traitors, and the CCG.
• Huiqi returned to the CCG Academy and met Haise Sasaki, whom he recognized as Ken Kaneki.
• Huiqi messaged Kishou Arima and learned that Ken Kaneki had lost his memories and that the CCG director arranged his placement.

Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa wiped out a Ghoul Investigator squad while Akira Mado took on the difficult case of hunting the Twins. Huiqi selected Saiko Yonebayashi, Tōru Mutsuki, Ginshi Shirazu, and Kuki Urie for the next stage of the Quinx experiment, leaving Saiko waiting for her mother’s consent.

• Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa killed Aoyama’s five-person Rank 1 Investigator squad in ten seconds.
• Akira Mado reviewed the Twins case and thought about having to handle the investigation alone.
• Huiqi named Saiko Yonebayashi, Tōru Mutsuki, Ginshi Shirazu, and Kuki Urie as the four students who passed screening.
• Huiqi asked the four to sign forms agreeing to transplant surgery, and Kuki Urie, Ginshi Shirazu, and Tōru Mutsuki signed.
• Saiko Yonebayashi agreed to proceed after Huiqi called her mother, who promised to come sign the form.
• Huiqi reviewed the students’ backgrounds and learned Saiko Yonebayashi’s mother had sent her and her brother to the CCG Academy after debts ruined her tavern.

Huiqi arranged to take custody of Saiko Yonebayashi, whose mother accepted his money and left. The next day, Huiqi brought Saiko and the other Quinx candidates to the Laboratory for kagune transplants, then decided to check on Akira Mado.

• Saiko Yonebayashi's mother signed the experiment papers, then sold Huiqi custody of Saiko for five hundred thousand yen and left after he refused to take her or her son too.
• Saiko cried and accused Huiqi of buying her to violate her, but he denied it and left to deliver the signed papers to the school's senior administrators.
• Huiqi arrived at the Laboratory with Jin Toka, where Urie chose a Koukaku, Ginshi Shirazu chose a missile-type Ukaku, and Huiqi selected an Ukaku for Saiko.
• Urie and Ginshi underwent their transplants without complications, and Huiqi sent the frightened Saiko into the operating room next.
• Jin Toka asked Huiqi about Akira Mado, prompting Huiqi to decide to visit her.

Huiqi joined Take Hirako’s team for a mission to eliminate Aogiri Tree ghouls in Ward 16 after checking on the newly implanted Saiko Yonebayashi. The team reached an abandoned building, where Huiqi detected a ghoul hiding behind a wall and ordered Take Hirako to deal with it.

• Huiqi left Saiko Yonebayashi’s Quinx instructions at the patients’ bedsides and examined her kakugan while she remained unconscious.
• Headquarters ordered Huiqi to assist Take Hirako’s team in eliminating Aogiri Tree ghouls in Ward 16.
• At the briefing, Akira Mado and Take Hirako defended Huiqi after Fusami Shimoguchi questioned his ability and mocked his survival of Ward 24.
• Huiqi gave Akira Mado a cross pendant, then threatened Fusami Shimoguchi when he provoked him.
• Huiqi and the investigators traveled to Ward 16 and approached an abandoned building where ghouls were reportedly hiding.
• Huiqi detected a ghoul behind a wall and told Take Hirako to deal with it.

Huiqi led the investigators through Ward 16, where they killed the Ghouls and he spotted a mysterious, unstable one-eyed figure. Back at the CCG, Kuki Urie woke after his Quinx surgery, and tests showed his RC level was still high as it began to stabilize.

• Huiqi guided Hirako to a hidden Ghoul, then led the team through Ward 16 and helped them defeat the Ghouls lurking there.
• A person with white hair and black-painted nails fled after murmuring that they were not a Ghoul, and Huiqi suspected Akihiro Kano had created another One-Eyed Ghoul.
• Huiqi messaged Hinami to investigate Akihiro Kano and report whether new Ghouls had appeared in Aogiri Tree.
• Kuki Urie woke in the hospital after his surgery and read a note that prompted him to call for assistance.
• Jin Toka injected Urie with Rc Suppression Fluid, and the laboratory readings fell toward 600 as the men discussed his unstable implant and likely baseline.

Huiqi visited the hospital to check on Saiko Yonebayashi after her kakuhou transplant, while Juuzou Suzuya took his timid subordinate Hanbei Arawa on a mission to help him overcome his fear of ghouls. Saiko woke with strange sensations and misunderstood Huiqi’s concern as a threat, and Huiqi left to ask Jin Toka and a researcher whether the surgery could affect her brain.

• Huiqi met Juuzou Suzuya and Hanbei Arawa at headquarters and advised Juuzou to make Arawa fight more ghouls to overcome his fear.
• Kuki Urie and the other patients woke after surgery, and Saiko Yonebayashi felt something alive inside her and an unusual fullness in her stomach.
• Huiqi examined Saiko and wondered if her strange reactions meant the transplant had affected her brain, while Saiko misread his words and accused him of wanting to involve other people.
• Huiqi left Saiko’s ward to consult Jin Toka and a researcher, and Saiko cried alone, convinced he meant to harm her.
• Jin Toka and the researcher told Huiqi that kagune transplant surgery should affect the digestive organs and physical abilities, not the brain.