Chapter Summaries

Hide visited Anteiku and spoke with Louis, Nishiki, and the others as Hinami grieved over her absent father. When Ryouko took Hinami out, plainclothes men spotted them, and Louis's system warned that an imminent battle was approaching.

• Hide asked Louis for his contact information, and Louis explained that he had no phone.
• Hide discovered Nishiki working at Anteiku, and they traded insults while discussing Touka's absence.
• Hinami cried because she wanted to see her father, and Ryouko explained that he had not contacted them in a long time.
• Louis worried that Hinami's father might already be dead, then cautioned that Ryouko and Hinami could face danger outside.
• Ryouko took Hinami out, noticed plainclothes men questioning passersby, and tried to turn back after they spotted her and Hinami.
• The system warned the man in black that an imminent battle had been identified.

Hinami Fueguchi escaped after Ryouko Fueguchi confronted Kureo Mado and Koutarou Amon in a trap, where they killed her husband and prepared to kill her. As Mado’s blade struck, Louis arrived and blocked it with a crystal-covered fist.

• Hinami followed her father’s scent into an alley, where Kureo Mado and Koutarou Amon had set a trap for her and Ryouko Fueguchi.
• Ryouko revealed her kagune, told Hinami to flee, and held off the investigators so her daughter could escape.
• Kaneki spotted Louis wearing the Ice Mask as Louis rushed through the rain, while Hinami ran toward Anteiku for help.
• Koutarou Amon defeated Ryouko, and Kureo Mado revealed a quinque made from her husband’s kagune to torment her.
• Mado swung his quinque at Ryouko, but Louis arrived and stopped the blade with his crystal-covered fist.

Louis intervened to save Ryouko Fueguchi from Kureo Mado and Koutarou Amon, using ice to fight them and escape with her. After the investigators discovered that Louis had spared the two plainclothes men, Mado prepared to pursue the fugitives.

• Louis appeared to protect Ryouko Fueguchi, and Kureo Mado attacked him while Amon and two plainclothes men watched.
• Louis raised ice walls and spikes to block the investigators, but Mado gauged his ability's range and struck through the ice with his Quinque, impaling Louis's shoulder.
• Louis freed himself, launched ice needles to hold off Mado and Amon, froze the plainclothes men, and carried Ryouko Fueguchi onto a rooftop to escape.
• Mado told Amon to pursue the fugitives and called for reinforcements, while Amon worried about the frozen men.
• The plainclothes men thawed and began shivering, revealing that Louis had spared them.

Louis and Ryouko Fueguchi evaded CCG investigators and hid in the home of Hirochi Yamashita, where Ryouko recovered by eating ghoul flesh. As Louis tried to contact Anteiku for rescue, he noticed a call in Hirochi’s phone history made at the exact time they had entered the area.

• Kureo Mado classified Louis as the S-Rank ghoul Ice Mask as CCG investigators pursued him and Ryouko Fueguchi.
• Louis protected Ryouko from the investigators, and she regained her resolve and healed enough to use her kagune again.
• Louis and Ryouko escaped into a quiet neighborhood, where he said they could not return to Anteiku without leading the CCG there.
• Hirochi Yamashita, a friend of Ryouko’s husband Asaki, offered them shelter, and Ryouko ate ghoul flesh while Louis treated his wound.
• Louis borrowed Hirochi’s phone to call Anteiku but noticed an outgoing call from twenty minutes earlier, matching their arrival in the neighborhood.

Louis killed Hirochi Yamashita after learning he had betrayed the local ghouls to investigators, then faced Kureo Mado and Koutarou Amon alone. As Louis closed in on the two investigators, Mado transformed his Quinque into a bone sword.

• Louis subdued Hirochi Yamashita, who confessed that he had betrayed the ghoul settlement to investigators in exchange for his life.
• Louis killed Hirochi, tore off his arm, and ordered Ryouko Fueguchi to eat and escape as investigators approached.
• Koutarou Amon told Kureo Mado that Ice Mask had been spotted on the east side, and Mado chose to leave the western cordon with him.
• Louis defeated several investigators on the eastern side, while Amon found an unconscious assistant investigator and asked to capture Louis alive.
• Louis charged at Mado and Amon through a field of ice crystals, and Mado transformed his jointed Quinque into a bone sword.

Louis fought Kureo Mado and Amon, wounding Mado before an ambush left him injured and forced him to retreat. He held Amon back by threatening Mado’s life, took Mado’s Quinque, and left with a warning that they owed him at least twenty lives.

• Louis stopped making crystals and fought Mado with two Ice Blades while Amon held back.
• Louis let Mado stab him, then severed Mado’s wrist and knocked him unconscious.
• Louis pulled the Quinque from his wound as Amon tended to Mado, then dodged a shot from an investigator’s assistant.
• Louis threatened to drop an Ice Blade onto Mado if Amon attacked, then took Mado’s Quinque and left.
• Louis told Amon that ghouls’ feelings were genuine and that they owed him at least twenty lives.

Louis returned to Anteiku badly wounded after protecting Hinami and her mother, while the CCG’s reinforcements made their situation more dangerous. The manager decided to send Hinami and her mother to Ward 24, and Touka stormed out after rejecting the plan and hearing the manager warn her against letting hatred consume her.

• Louis discarded Mado’s Quinque in the river, then met Irimi Kyouko, who told him that Koma was helping Mrs. Fueguchi and that CCG reinforcements had arrived.
• Yomo drove Louis back to Anteiku, where his wounds were bandaged before the manager called a meeting.
• The manager announced that Hinami and her mother would be sent to Ward 24 because the CCG had seen their faces, and no one objected.
• Touka arrived, learned that Hinami’s father had been killed, and demanded that Anteiku kill the White Doves to prevent the family’s exile.
• Yomo and the manager refused Touka’s proposal, and the manager warned her that hatred could destroy her life before she ran out.

After the failed operation against Ice Mask, Kaneki blamed himself until Louis called to reassure him and remind him that he had protected Hinami. Meanwhile, Mado and Amon discussed the ghouls in Ward 20 and considered pursuing Ice Mask’s connections, while Touka secretly watched the CCG branch, preparing to act on her own.

• Kaneki regretted being unable to help during the incident, and Louis called to comfort him, reminding him that he had protected Hinami and offering his new number.
• Mado continued sketching Ice Mask in the hospital as Amon reported that reinforcements had taken over their duties and that several powerful Ward 20 ghouls had gone into hiding.
• Mado decided they should investigate lesser ghouls and pursue a mother and daughter who seemed connected to Ice Mask.
• Amon brought Mado’s recovered Quinque, Fueguchi, and said the equipment department could improve it.
• Touka secretly staked out the Ward 20 CCG branch and watched Amon and the others leave, acting without telling anyone.

Louis reflected on the care he received from Ryouko Fueguchi, Irimi Kyouko, and Enji Koma, then learned that Touka Kirishima was about to face a team of Ghoul Investigators. At a ramen shop, Amon recalled that the two women in his training class had died in the line of duty.

• Ryouko Fueguchi thanked Louis for helping her and Hinami, urged him to care for himself, and said they could not keep burdening him.
• Louis questioned whether he meddled too much, and Irimi Kyouko and Enji Koma told him that they cared about him and wanted him to stop risking his life.
• The system warned Louis of an imminent battle and identified Touka Kirishima, Koutarou Amon, Shizuri, Yu Fura, Shou Nakajima, and Taira Kusaba as its participants.
• Amon ate ramen with Taira Kusaba and Shou Nakajima, and explained that two women from his Ghoul Investigator Training Academy class had both died in the line of duty.

Amon reaffirmed his resolve after remembering the Ice Mask, while Touka set out to punish two CCG clerical staff for the Fueguchi family. Yu Fura and Shizuri stopped her attack, but Louis emerged from hiding and the investigators recognized him as the S-Rank Ice Mask.

• Amon apologized to Taira Kusaba and Shou Nakajima, then left after reflecting on ghouls and reaffirming that they ate people.
• Touka followed Taira Kusaba and Shou Nakajima, but Louis restrained her and warned that attacking them would provoke the investigators.
• Touka broke away and attacked the two clerical staff, killing Taira Kusaba and severing Shou Nakajima's arm before Yu Fura and Shizuri intervened.
• Shizuri fought Touka at close range while Yu Fura identified her ukaku kagune and warned that it lacked stamina.
• Louis emerged from the shadows, and Yu Fura and Shizuri recognized him as the S-Rank Ice Mask.

Louis stopped Touka from continuing her fight with the investigators and shielded her from Shizuri and Yu Fura, though his injuries made him fear a real battle. Touka carried him away, and Yu Fura realized Ice Mask had been protecting them.

• Louis told Touka that continuing the fight was meaningless, and she lowered her fists and turned to leave.
• Shizuri attacked Touka, but Louis blocked her and warned Shizuri and Yu Fura not to rush into a fight they could not win.
• Louis concealed his reopened wounds with ice crystals while he held the investigators at bay.
• Touka grabbed Louis and carried him toward the rooftop, leaving Shizuri and Yu Fura behind.
• Yu Fura stopped Shizuri from pursuing them and realized Ice Mask had been saving the investigators.

After Kusaba's death, Amon joined the CCG's plan to lure ghouls in Ward 20, while the manager told Touka and Louis to bear the consequences of their actions themselves. Louis questioned Kaneki about joining future fights and affirmed that he would protect those he cherished.

• The CCG held a memorial for Taira Kusaba, and Amon grieved with Shou Nakajima before leaving for a strategy meeting.
• Shizuri and Yu Fura proposed suspending the hunt for the ghouls, but Kureo Mado argued they could lure them with leftover specimens from Ghoul No. 743 and track their movements.
• At Anteiku, the manager warned Touka and Louis that they had to bear the consequences of attacking the CCG without expecting the café to intervene.
• Louis told Kaneki that Touka had killed a CCG investigator and asked what Kaneki would do if they fought investigators again.
• Kaneki said he wanted to understand the world before choosing a side, while Louis said he would risk himself to protect people he cherished.

Louis trained Hinami to awaken her kagune, then learned the CCG was growing suspicious of Ward 20 and that Anteiku could not help him if he faced danger. After Irimi Kyouko asked whether he would grieve if she died, Louis told her not to die.

• Louis pushed Hinami through training until her two kakuhou awakened, and her powerful rinkaku sent him crashing into a wall.
• On the drive back, Hinami bit Louis's shoulder after he confirmed he had promised to let her eat him, then tearfully told him not to die.
• Irimi Kyouko bandaged Louis and warned him that the CCG suspected a ghoul organization in Ward 20 after Koma revealed his kagune.
• Irimi explained that Yoshimura and Koma planned to make the CCG believe Koma had fled to Ward 24, leaving Anteiku unable to help Louis without risking exposure.
• Irimi asked whether Louis would be sad if she died, and he told her, “Please don't die.”

Louis encountered Ken Kaneki after a hospital follow-up and learned that Dr. Kano had treated him without revealing his ghoul identity. Later, Louis fought off a ghoul who tried to lure him into an ambush, then heard that the CCG investigators had gone quiet and suspected they were planning something.

• Louis met Kaneki outside a private hospital, where Kaneki revealed that he had awakened there after becoming a ghoul and that Dr. Kano had not exposed him.
• Louis suggested that he and Kaneki investigate why Kaneki had turned into a ghoul once things settled down.
• A young ghoul tried to lure Louis into a deserted area, but Louis kicked her into an alley and escaped.
• At Anteiku, Louis overheard ghouls discussing Ice Mask's escape and the recent peace, and he suspected the investigators were carrying out a plan.

Hinami followed the scent of her father and confronted Amon, who was carrying a package of ghoul remains as part of the Ghoul Investigators' trap. As Hinami broke down and attacked, Louis rushed to help and called Nishiki for backup.

• Hinami told Ryouko Fueguchi that she had smelled her father, and Ryouko begged her not to go outside.
• Touka, Kaneki, and Louis realized the White Doves had brought ghoul remains to the café and suspected the investigators were baiting them.
• Hinami slipped away, and Louis headed toward the battle site while the others searched for her.
• Louis called Nishiki Nishio for help, and Nishiki left Kimi to repay his debt to them.
• Hinami confronted Amon beside the river, recognized her father's scent in the package, and unleashed four kagune that sent Amon staggering back.
• Hinami reached for the package, but a large hand stopped her and told her not to look.

Louis tried to reason with Amon while protecting Hinami, but Kureo Mado and three other investigators cornered them. Louis bought time with a bluff, then Hinami unleashed her kagune as Louis blocked the attackers with Ice Blades.

• Louis apologized to Amon for Taira Kusaba's death and argued that some ghouls wanted to live peacefully with humans.
• Kureo Mado interrupted their conversation and joined Amon in attacking Louis, who tried to escape by riding an ice pillar toward the bridge.
• Mado bound Louis with his Quinque, and Amon struck him into a landscaped strip before Shizuri and Yu Fura blocked his escape.
• Louis claimed he had not come alone, then asked Hinami to bring out her kagune while he stalled the investigators.
• Hinami attacked Mado and Amon with her kagune, while Louis used Ice Blades to block Shizuri and Yu Fura.

Louis and the masked ghouls joined Hinami in battling Kureo Mado and the other Ghoul Investigators, then Louis split the battlefield to break up the investigators’ teamwork. The chapter left Louis facing Shizuri as Nishiki Nishio screamed from behind an Ice Wall.

• Kureo Mado tried to strike Hinami, but Louis deflected his Quinque with an ice spike and urged Hinami to focus on fighting.
• Touka Kirishima, Ken Kaneki, and Nishiki Nishio arrived as reinforcements, and Kaneki explained they had come to bury Mr. Asaki.
• Louis and Nishiki decided to fight the investigators, while Mado assigned himself Hinami and Ice Mask and divided his teammates among the others.
• Louis raised Ice Walls to separate the four investigators, and the ghouls charged their assigned opponents.
• Louis attacked Shizuri, who prepared to fight in her Tight Combat Suit, as Nishiki Nishio screamed from the other side of the Ice Wall.

Louis used his crystallization ability to incapacitate Shizuri in under ten seconds. He then turned to check on Nishiki Nishio’s fight against Yu Fura, whose outcome remained uncertain.

• Louis urged Nishiki Nishio to hold out against Yu Fura while Shizuri charged at him.
• Louis amplified his daggers with his ability and unleashed a burst of ice crystals to obscure Shizuri’s vision.
• Louis grabbed Shizuri and rapidly lowered her body temperature until she lost consciousness.
• Louis confirmed Shizuri would recover, then climbed the Ice Wall to check on Nishiki Nishio’s battle.

Yu Fura, Touka, and Kaneki fought Ghoul Investigators while Louis tried to avoid unnecessary deaths. Kaneki drew on Rize’s strength and bit Amon, leaving the fight’s outcome unresolved.

• Louis revealed that Shizuri was alive and challenged Yu Fura, who asked why Louis avoided killing Ghoul Investigators before attacking him.
• Louis used an ice-crystal storm to obscure Yu Fura’s vision, but Yu Fura anticipated his sneak attack and forced him into close combat.
• Kureo Mado adapted to Touka’s attacks, wounded her with his Quinque, and watched it grow stronger after consuming her blood.
• Kaneki clung to Amon’s leg to stop him reaching the others, then remembered Louis’s advice and chose to use Rize’s strength.
• Kaneki recovered, rushed Amon, and bit into his shoulder before Amon could defend himself.

Louis defeated Yu Fura with a barrage of freezing Ice Needles and left him unconscious. As Louis investigated the fallen investigator’s Black Tachi, a human little girl emerged from the bushes and began photographing him.

• Louis concluded that Yu Fura’s Black Tachi was difficult to break and created more than a hundred Ice Needles while Yu hesitated.
• Louis launched the Ice Needles at Yu Fura, slowing him with cold before seizing his neck and rendering him unconscious.
• Louis picked up the Black Tachi, suspected it contained a waterproof Tracker, and tossed it aside.
• Louis heard a camera shutter and approached the bushes, where a little girl stood up and took his picture.
• The girl circled Louis to take more photos, and he lifted her by the collar and confirmed that she was human.