Kurona Yasuhisa quickly shook her head, banished that wicked thought, and looked back at Banjō.
"Hmm..." Banjō could not help seeing the girl before him in a new light. This ghoul, who had never learned how to hide among humans, had actually managed to suppress that most primal desire.
Ghouls could not show their hunger in front of humans, no matter how starved they were. Only the willpower honed through years of such restraint could suppress the urge to feed at a time like this.
"Hmm... next, we have to watch out for other ghouls who can't control their appetites... besides the ones following the scent, there's also him..." As Banjō spoke, he glanced at Tsukiyama, who was savagely beating another bounty hunter off to one side.
He was a dependable teammate, but not necessarily a companion they could trust completely.
"I'll carry Mr. Louis, and my companions will protect Mr. Kaneki and that girl named Nashiro Yasuhisa... you're the only one free to fight."
"To put it bluntly, we need you right now."
"..." Kurona Yasuhisa suddenly froze. She had never imagined that anyone besides her younger sister and her former father would ever need her.
"Understood..." Kurona Yasuhisa nodded, wiped the blood from her face, put her Black-and-White Striped Mask back on, and stood straight beside Banjō.
"Retreat!"
At Banjō's command, everyone stopped what they were doing and converged on his position, from Tsukiyama, who had been relentlessly pounding his opponent, to Sante and Jiro.
"I know this route. Please follow me." Kurona's voice regained its cool composure, but an unconscious note of respect had slipped into her words. She rushed to the front of the group to lead the way. This had been their home for a long time, and no one knew it better than she