"What the hell are you talking about, you bastard? We went through all that trouble to save you!" Nishiki Nishio was the first to agree. He reached out to grab Kaneki as he left, but Kaneki easily dodged him.
An elbow suddenly slammed into Nishiki Nishio's chest, making him grimace in pain. When he looked up again, Kaneki was already gone.
"This..." Nishiki Nishio stole a glance at Touka, catching the shock and sadness on her face.
Normally, he would have thrown in a few sarcastic remarks, but given the situation...
"Argh! This is so damn annoying!" Nishiki Nishio gritted his teeth and stamped his feet in frustration.
"We need to get out of here as soon as possible..." Carrying the badly wounded Manager on his back, Renji Yomo looked around. Everyone else was there, but Kaneki was nowhere to be seen.
"More than half our personnel are dead or wounded..."
Marude sat outside the command vehicle, his fists clenched tight. The operation to encircle Ward 11 had been a trap, and they had walked straight into it.
Shinohara and Kuroiwa had both gone missing, the Associate Special-Class investigators had suffered heavy casualties, and the Ghoul Prison in Ward 23 had been attacked as well. This was their first large-scale battle against Aogiri Tree, but it could only be described as a crushing defeat.
The Medical Unit and the Rescue Unit had begun searching for personnel around the perimeter when a series of startled cries suddenly rang out from one direction.
He couldn't help looking up.
"Hmm~ hmm~ hmm-hmm..." Suzuya emerged from the rubble, humming a little tune of triumph as he dragged a thick leg behind him. "Third-Rank Ghoul Investigator Juuzou Suzuya, reporting back!"
"You're alive?" Marude froze, then rushed over in excitement, as though he had