Chapter Summaries

Saiko Yonebayashi’s Quinx transplant proved successful, and she learned Huiqi had brought help because he was worried about her. Meanwhile, Hideyoshi Nagachika rescued Kōtarō Amon and revealed evidence implicating Huiqi in human experiments and showing he knew Ken Kaneki was the one-eyed ghoul.

• Saiko hid under her bed to evade Huiqi and Jin Toka, but Huiqi dragged her out and checked her condition.
• Huiqi confirmed Saiko’s kakuhou had integrated without complications, making her a fully qualified Quinx.
• Akihiro Kano ordered two ghouls to dispose of Kōtarō Amon, but Hideyoshi Nagachika and Touka Kirishima rescued him in the sewers.
• At the Re coffee shop, Hideyoshi showed Amon evidence that the CCG supplied equipment to Kano’s laboratory and had secret dealings with the Sphinx Trading Company.
• Hideyoshi showed the group a photograph of Ken Kaneki and said he suspected Huiqi was involved in human experiments and had discovered the one-eyed ghoul’s identity.

Hideyoshi Nagachika, Touka Kirishima, and Yomo suspected Huiqi had been involved in monitoring Ken Kaneki and Akihiro Kano’s experiments, unsettling Kōtarō Amon. A month later, the CCG established the Quinx class under Haise Sasaki and Akira Mado, while Huiqi prepared Saiko Yonebayashi to leave the academy for frontline service.

• Hideyoshi Nagachika told Touka Kirishima and Yomo that Ken Kaneki was alive in Cochlea and shared evidence linking Huiqi to the investigation of Kaneki and Akihiro Kano.
• Touka Kirishima revealed that Huiqi had threatened Hinami and forced her to investigate the one-eyed ghoul, prompting Kōtarō Amon to reject the suspicions against him.
• Huiqi found Haise Sasaki teaching the students and left after Sasaki took responsibility for their praise of his teaching.
• The CCG formed the Quinx class with Kuki Urie, Saiko Yonebayashi, Ginshi Shirazu, and Tōru Mutsuki, appointing Haise Sasaki as leader and Akira Mado in charge.
• Huiqi told Saiko Yonebayashi she would soon go to the front lines, and Hairu Ihei returned from a mission to tease her.

A month after Saiko Yonebayashi and Hairu Ihei left Huiqi, Haise Sasaki’s team investigated the ghoul Torso while Huiqi ordered an attempt to capture Sasaki. Haise and his subordinates followed separate leads, and Tōru Mutsuki ended the chapter climbing into a suspicious taxi outside a surgical hospital.

• Huiqi recognized Haise Sasaki in a photo and ordered his people to capture him and question him about Rise.
• Haise struggled to manage his disobedient subordinates, while Saiko Yonebayashi avoided investigator work and reminisced about Huiqi’s cooking.
• Kuki Urie and Ginshi Shirazu traded Haise Sasaki’s personal clothing with Chie Hori for photographs and information about Torso.
• Haise questioned Father, who deduced that Torso was likely a taxi driver hiding in human society.
• Haise connected Torso’s victims’ scars to surgical hospitals and took Tōru Mutsuki to investigate, while Chie Hori’s information pointed to a suspect.
• Tōru Mutsuki spotted a taxi picking up a woman outside a surgical hospital and instinctively climbed inside.

Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa followed Orochi and found him fighting the Quinx squad. Haise Sasaki's dormant power awakened, allowing him to defeat Orochi, as the sisters moved to capture the wounded ghoul and confront Haise before CCG reinforcements arrived.

• Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa tracked Orochi while searching for Torso, then spotted Nishiki Nishio and followed him.
• Torso fled from the police and attacked Kuki Urie and Ginshi Shirazu, but the investigators damaged his kagune before Orochi intervened.
• Orochi overwhelmed Urie and Shirazu, while Urie's memories of his father's death drove him to bite his own arm in an attempt to activate his kagune.
• Haise Sasaki arrived and fought Nishiki Nishio, but Nishio counterattacked and sent Haise flying.
• Haise accepted some of Ken Kaneki's power and swiftly defeated Nishiki Nishio, then Kurona and Nashiro announced they would capture him and mocked him.
• The Hirako Squad and Akira Mado arrived as Haise faced the Yasuhisa sisters.

Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa defeated the investigators and escaped with the unconscious Haise Sasaki and Orochi. Akira Mado recognized Nashiro beneath her broken mask, while Haise’s buried memories began to resurface, leaving Akira shaken and uncertain about her relationship with Huiqi.

• Kurona Yasuhisa overwhelmed Haise Sasaki as Nashiro Yasuhisa fought off the investigators, and their kagune revealed they were far stronger than S-rate ghouls.
• Akira Mado shot Nashiro with a Q bullet, but Kurona drove back Take Hirako and twisted apart the roadway as the sisters escaped with Haise Sasaki and Orochi.
• Take Hirako reported the failed capture, while Akira Mado recognized Nashiro’s face and realized Huiqi’s daughters were one-eyed ghouls.
• Kuro’s words stirred fragments of Haise Sasaki’s memories as the sisters reached Huiqi, who examined the wound on Nashiro’s forehead.
• Back at the CCG, Akira Mado wrestled with feeling betrayed by Huiqi, while Huiqi identified the Q-Barrett bullet that had struck Nashiro.

Huiqi and the Yasuhisa sisters tortured Nishiki Nishio for information about Rize Kamishiro, then turned to Renji Yomo and Haise Sasaki when Nishiki claimed not to know her. At the CCG, Kishou Arima warned Haise to stay away from Huiqi, but Haise still considered him a good person.

• Huiqi and the Yasuhisa sisters interrogated Nishiki Nishio about Rize Kamishiro, but Nishiki insisted that he did not know her.
• Huiqi showed Nishiki a photograph of Renji Yomo, and Nishiki admitted that he knew him before Kuro stabbed him with her rinkaku.
• Huiqi ordered Nashiro and Kuro to follow Haise Sasaki and planned to ask Saiko Yonebayashi for help the next day.
• Huiqi sent Nashiro and Kuro to search Ward 20 for Renji Yomo while he went to the CCG to check on Juuzou Suzuya and Akira Mado.
• Kishou Arima sparred with Haise Sasaki and warned him to stay away from Huiqi, but Haise said he thought Huiqi was a good person.

Akira Mado and Haise Sasaki discussed the Shimoguchi Squad’s massacre and Haise’s unsettling connection to Huiqi. At Ward 1 Headquarters, Huiqi approved Kuki Urie’s request to advance his Quinx frame, then learned that Saiko Yonebayashi had been neglecting her health examinations and left angry.

• Akira Mado told Haise Sasaki that he should stay away from Huiqi after Haise asked for advice about him.
• Huiqi went to the Ward 1 laboratory and overheard Kuki Urie asking Researcher Shiba about advancing his frame.
• Huiqi stamped Urie’s form to approve the third frame and told him to keep the favor secret.
• Huiqi asked Doctor Shiba about Saiko Yonebayashi and learned that she skipped medical examinations and needed to eat less.
• Huiqi left the laboratory determined to confront Saiko Yonebayashi about neglecting her health.

Huiqi learned that the Quinque Squad was pursuing Nutcracker and decided to attend Big Madam’s auction himself. Saiko Yonebayashi agreed to join missions after Urie threatened that she might be dismissed, while Huiqi planned to use the auction to observe Haise Sasaki and Saiko.

• Huiqi met Juuzou Suzuya at CCG Headquarters, gave him chocolate, and learned that Suzuya’s squad was investigating Nutcracker and targeting Big Madam.
• Huiqi messaged Saiko Yonebayashi about the Quinque Squad, but she ignored the messages while playing her PSP.
• Urie and Ginshi Shirazu broke down Saiko’s bedroom door and pressed her to join the squad’s missions, so Urie warned her that dismissal was being considered.
• Saiko panicked when she discovered Huiqi’s messages and sent him a brief update that the squad was pursuing Nutcracker.
• Huiqi learned from Hinami that Big Madam planned an auction at a church and had asked Aogiri Tree to protect it.
• Huiqi decided to attend the auction and watch how Haise Sasaki and Saiko performed.

Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa followed Haise Sasaki’s squad to Re, where Haise and Touka Kirishima recognized something familiar in each other. The sisters demanded that Renji Yomo hand over Rise, and the encounter stirred Haise’s suppressed memories as he struggled against his former self.

• Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa secretly followed the Quinque Squad to Re and reported their movements to Huiqi.
• Haise Sasaki entered Re with Ginshi Shirazu and Tōru Mutsuki, and Touka Kirishima and Renji Yomo reacted to his resemblance to Ken Kaneki.
• Haise Sasaki tasted the coffee and began crying as memories and grief surfaced.
• The Yasuhisa sisters arrived, and Kuro asked Renji Yomo for Rise Kamishiro, alarming everyone who heard her.
• Huiqi decided the Anteiku ghouls would eventually give up Rise, while the sisters agreed to discuss the matter with Yomo.
• Haise Sasaki was pulled into a dark vision where his former self urged him to accept his memories, but he refused.

Haise Sasaki nearly lost himself to his resurfacing past before Yomo made a decision, and half a month later Huiqi attended the ghoul auction with Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa. As the CCG raid began, Huiqi set out to find Tōru Mutsuki after Nutcracker lost her, while the battle outside and the observation of Seidou Takizawa got underway.

• Tōru Mutsuki and Ginshi Shirazu called Haise Sasaki back from the shadow that had seized his consciousness, and the name Rise lingered in his mind.
• Half a month later, Huiqi, Kurona Yasuhisa, and Nashiro Yasuhisa attended Big Madam’s auction at the Church, where VIP No. 33 outbid Big Madam for Yoshiki Okura.
• Big Madam won Tōru Mutsuki for two hundred million yen after the host revealed her kakugan.
• Juuzou Suzuya attacked the auction hall, and Huiqi went upstairs with Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa to retrieve Tōru Mutsuki.
• Huiqi found Nutcracker, learned that Tōru Mutsuki had escaped, and agreed to search for her at a leisurely pace with the Yasuhisa sisters.
• Outside, CCG forces and Aogiri Tree fought as Hinami Fueguchi coordinated the battle, while Eto Yoshimura and Akihiro Kano monitored Seidou Takizawa’s first test deployment.

Huiqi tested Saiko Yonebayashi’s combat ability during the battle with Nutcracker, then left her and the investigators alive. Meanwhile, the Yasuhisa twins watched as Seidou Takizawa overwhelmed Haise Sasaki and waited for Huiqi to arrive.

• Huiqi and the Yasuhisa twins killed a Rank 1 Investigator squad after its leader tried to stop them.
• Huiqi found Saiko Yonebayashi on Nutcracker’s battlefield and sent the twins to investigate Seidou Takizawa, who was heading toward Haise Sasaki.
• Huiqi helped defeat Nutcracker, then attacked Saiko and pressured her into unleashing her ukaku to protect Ginshi Shirazu.
• Huiqi judged Saiko’s response adequate and left, while Saiko checked on Shirazu and Lin Cun.
• The Yasuhisa twins watched as Seidou Takizawa battered Haise Sasaki and waited for Huiqi to join them.

Huiqi watched Kuro and Nashiro defeat Seidou Takizawa, who transformed into a half-kakuja, then forced Hinami Fueguchi into a painful choice as she fought Takizawa. Haise Sasaki woke in Hinami’s arms and rejected his connection to Ken Kaneki, while Akira Mado tried and failed to reach Huiqi.

• A figure in a box-shaped hat amplified Haise Sasaki’s screams, drawing everyone’s attention to the battle as Huiqi arrived with Nashiro.
• Kuro and Nashiro attacked Seidou Takizawa, and their voices triggered memories that drove him into a half-kakuja transformation.
• Seidou Takizawa charged at Kuro and Nashiro, but the twins worked together to break his half-kakuja state.
• Huiqi confronted Hinami Fueguchi and pressured her to choose between him and her family and allies; when Takizawa attacked her, she fought back and was gravely wounded.
• Haise Sasaki awoke in Hinami’s arms and said he was not Ken Kaneki or her big brother, while Hinami faced the consequences of her choice.
• Akira Mado tried to call Huiqi, but the call failed as she wondered what to do.

Huiqi and the Yasuhisa sisters fought Kishou Arima before escaping, while Hinami stayed behind and asked to be placed in his custody. At the investigators’ promotion ceremony, Huiqi congratulated Haise Sasaki and Akira Mado, then Akira received an invitation to the old coffee shop that she chose not to answer.

• Huiqi and the Yasuhisa sisters attacked Kishou Arima and Zero Squad, but fled when more investigators gathered.
• Hinami stayed behind, and Kishou Arima waited as she asked to be placed in his custody.
• Huiqi attended the promotion ceremony, where Haise Sasaki and Akira Mado received promotions, and gave Akira a pocketknife.
• Huiqi teased Saiko Yonebayashi at the ceremony and threatened to deal with her later.
• Akira Mado received an unknown message asking her to meet at the old coffee shop, but she turned off her phone without replying.

Huiqi abducted Rize Kamishiro and worked to restore her consciousness so he could learn more about the Washuu Family. After a quiet week, Haise Sasaki returned to teaching, Akira Mado visited her father's grave, and the Quinque Squad gathered for a celebration that left Saiko gloomy.

• Huiqi visited Kureo Mado's grave, left him another letter, and went with Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa to the abandoned building where Yomo, 𩾇, and Touka Kirishima had gathered.
• Huiqi knocked 𩾇 unconscious with one punch, then left with Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa after they took the bound Rise.
• Huiqi mixed a drug to restore Rize Kamishiro's consciousness, and Nashiro Yasuhisa injected it into her before they left her to recover.
• During the following week, Huiqi learned from Rize Kamishiro that the Washuu Family's heads also served as Chief Councilors and that V Organization members supplied much of its fighting strength.
• At the Academy, Haise Sasaki spoke with Hōsei Togakushi about Tōru Mutsuki and recognized familiar mannerisms in Hōsei Togakushi.
• Akira Mado visited Kureo Mado's grave and sought his guidance, while Haise Sasaki hosted a family celebration where Saiko sat gloomily apart.

Huiqi met Sen Takatsuki for coffee, where she tried to recruit him to Aogiri Tree and he invited her to join him instead. He later arrived at the Quinque Squad residence, where Saiko Yonebayashi revealed he was her father, and the group ended the evening sharing his cooking and stories with Kishou Arima.

• Huiqi ran into Sen Takatsuki, and the two traded insults as they walked to a coffee shop.
• Sen Takatsuki offered Huiqi a copy of "King Bileygr" and invited him to join Aogiri Tree; Huiqi instead asked her to join him.
• Huiqi arrived at the Quinque Squad residence with Kishou Arima and Akira Mado, and Saiko Yonebayashi called him Dad.
• Saiko explained her relationship with Huiqi to the squad, and Huiqi scolded her about what she had learned before serving dinner.
• Huiqi and Kishou Arima shared stories and combat experience with the Quinque Squad as everyone enjoyed the meal.

Huiqi joined the CCG operation to exterminate the Tsukiyama Family, while Hairu Ihei and the investigators launched the assault on the LE Group. As the fighting spread, Huiqi moved deeper into the building and sent Hairu to gain combat experience.

• Fusami Shimoguchi mourned his fallen squadmates and asked Huiqi to teach him, but Huiqi told him to train with Akira Mado instead.
• Huiqi met Haise Sasaki and Furuta Nimura in Ward 23 and added Furuta to his observation list.
• After Kijima exposed the Tsukiyama Family as a ghoul organization, Yoshitoki Washuu ordered Huiqi to support the extermination operation.
• Haise Sasaki asked Huiqi about the Eyepatch Ghoul, but Huiqi directed him to check the records.
• Huiqi and Matsuri Washuu supported the raid as Kanmū Tsukiyama pleaded for his servants and Shuu Tsukiyama's safety.
• At the LE Group, Hairu Ihei ordered the extermination, Huiqi advanced through the ghouls, and Hairu fought two ghouls with shield- and spear-shaped kagune.

Huiqi watched Haise Sasaki awaken as Ken Kaneki during his fight with Ye, then forced him to battle Sen Takatsuki under threat to his friends. When Kaneki nearly killed Sen, Huiqi pulled her away with a Hook Gun, saying he still needed her.

• Hairu Ihei killed two ghouls while Huiqi left for the rooftop.
• Huiqi urged Haise Sasaki to kill Ye, and Haise severed Ye’s head before its blood-red threads pulled it back into place.
• Sen Takatsuki arrived, revealed herself, and drove Haise into a battle with Ye as both ghouls’ controllers pushed them to fight.
• Haise’s hair turned fully black as he became Ken Kaneki, defeated Ye, and attacked Huiqi, who overpowered him and threatened his friends.
• Sen fought Kaneki while Huiqi ordered him to defeat her, then Huiqi used a Hook Gun to pull Sen away just before Kaneki could kill her.

After the Rushima Island battle, Huiqi joined Kishou Arima in searching for 𩾇 while Sen Takatsuki revealed herself as the One-Eyed Owl and publicly declared that she was a ghoul. The chapter ended with Huiqi rejecting the idea of human-ghoul coexistence and hinting that he had another way to resolve the conflict.

• Hideyoshi Nagachika found hospital footage suggesting a third person had been present during Ken Kaneki's surgery, and Huiqi and Kishou Arima were later assigned to search for 𩾇.
• Huiqi and Akihiro Kano secretly plotted at Aogiri Tree's Rushima Island gathering place while Sen Takatsuki revealed that she was the One-Eyed Owl, but not the One-Eyed King.
• Seidou Takizawa and Shikorae killed Hachikawa after he and Tōru Mutsuki overheard the meeting, while Ayumu Hogi and Tōru Mutsuki escaped to the shore.
• The V Organization ordered Huiqi and Furuta Nimura to watch Sen Takatsuki and Kishou Arima to find 𩾇 and Rize Kamishiro.
• Sen Takatsuki revealed her ghoul identity at her book launch and spoke of a world where humans and ghouls could coexist.
• Huiqi told Sen Takatsuki that a war between races could end only in extermination or enslavement, then hinted that he had a better solution.

Huiqi and the CCG maneuvered around Sen Takatsuki’s capture while the Zero Squad fought 𩾇, who escaped with help from Nashiro and Kurona. The chapter ended with Huiqi visiting the imprisoned Sen Takatsuki before Kijima summoned him back.

• Huiqi unplugged the ringing office phone, then heard Kijima question Furuta Nimura and Kishou Arima about Sen Takatsuki and the One-Eyed King.
• Sen Takatsuki told Ken Kaneki that the Washuu Family and several ghouls were connected to the V Organization, and warned him that Huiqi was dangerous.
• Kishou Arima and the Zero Squad attacked 𩾇, but Nashiro and Kurona rescued him and left a living kakuhou from Rize Kamishiro’s body behind.
• Ayato Kirishima visited Banjo in Ward 6 and asked to borrow his strength.
• Huiqi and Furuta Nimura visited Sen Takatsuki in prison, where she realized Huiqi belonged to the V Organization.
• Kijima messaged Huiqi and ordered him to return for a discussion.

Kijima persuaded Huiqi to join a plan against the Washuu Family, while the CCG launched its operation on Rushima Island. As ghouls attacked Cochlea and Ken Kaneki rescued Hinami, Huiqi confronted them but hinted that they had won.

• Kijima offered Huiqi greater power and longer life in exchange for helping capture the One-Eyed King and oppose the Washuu Family, and Huiqi agreed to follow his plan.
• Ken Kaneki listened to Sen Takatsuki’s recording about the V Organization and Washuu Family, but remained uneasy about acting on it.
• The CCG assembled to attack Aogiri Tree on Rushima Island, and Huiqi gave Akira Mado a badge before she departed with the investigators.
• Ayato Kirishima and Banjo led a ghoul assault on Cochlea using an access card Ken Kaneki had given them, while Ken released A-rate prisoners and went to free Hinami.
• Ken Kaneki opened Hinami Fueguchi’s cell, and she slapped him and wept over his decision to risk his life again.
• Huiqi arrived at Hinami’s cell and told Ken Kaneki and Hinami that they had won, leaving them uncertain about what he meant.