"Sorry about this, then..." The S-Rank Ghoul opened his eyes, which had been narrowed in a perpetual smile, revealing blood-red irises. A bloody smell rose from behind him as a two-meter-long tail kagune slowly extended from his back.
"I'll have to ask all of you to stay here..."
But before he could finish, he suddenly realized a hand had already shot toward him, faster than his own kagune. Before he could react, the icy hand had clamped around his neck.
"You're asking to die..." A vicious gleam crossed the S-Rank Ghoul's face. He seized Louis's wrist and squeezed, trying to crush the arm outright. But he suddenly discovered that the man's arm seemed to be cast from steel. No matter how hard he squeezed, he couldn't budge it in the slightest.
Meanwhile, the five fingers around his neck were slowly tightening.
Louis lifted the ghoul by his neck. He was in no hurry to kill this S-Rank Ghoul; he needed to test the capabilities of his crystallized arm.
"A kagune coating?" The S-Rank Ghoul frowned. He hadn't smelled any other kagune at all.
With murder on his mind, there was no turning back. The dull-colored tail kagune behind the S-Rank Ghoul suddenly shot out, heading straight for Louis's forehead.
In the past, the inexperienced Louis might have been caught off guard by this kagune. Now, however, its seemingly fierce, swift attack looked as slow as a wriggling earthworm.
Although the rest of his body hadn't crystallized like his right arm, its capabilities had still improved considerably. His reaction speed was now several times what it had been.
Louis released the ghoul's neck. The increase in strength and defense hadn't cost his arm any flexibility. With a simple turn of his hand, he caught the incoming single tail kagune. His powerful