"Mr. Shinohara..." Yu Fura and the others fell back to Shinohara's side and told the experienced Special-Class investigator what had just happened.
"Without even touching you..." After hearing their account, Kōki Shinohara's brow furrowed deeply. An entirely unpredictable method of attack would make the operation extremely dangerous.
"I've encountered plenty of ghouls with strange abilities. Without figuring out how they work, those types are extremely difficult to handle." Kōki Shinohara let out a long breath, as though he had come to a realization.
"Sometimes, information has to be paid for with lives. We know far too little about Ice Mask right now. We can't let this opportunity pass... otherwise, our next encounter could result in mass casualties."
"Fighting him with as few people as possible might be our best option right now..."
"Even if I fail, you'll still be able to leave with the information..."
"You really know how to stir things up..." Louis frowned at Eto's words.
Sure enough, after Eto said that, Eyepatch, who had still been struggling in anger, suddenly stopped moving and stared at Louis in disbelief.
He seemed surprised, perhaps suspicious, but Louis's silence made him realize that it was no lie.
"Now that we have Kanou, you've outlived your usefulness. Our previous agreement is void, too."
Eto smiled. Prodding at someone's sore spots seemed to be something she excelled at.
"So our next step is to use humans to create masses of half-ghouls and raze Anteiku..."
Those two remarks struck Kaneki right where it hurt, nearly stripping away the sanity he had only just regained.
But before he could react, a tremendous force struck his body. His world spun, and a mass of enormous, heavy objects crashed down on him.
"What the hell..." Louis looked at Kaneki, who had been smashed into the