Adachi Ward, inside an abandoned warehouse.
Nearly a hundred Ghouls unfurled their kagune, some forming blades, others armor, while some climbed the walls like spiders, preparing to snipe their target. More of them, however, had disgusting tentacles that displeased the girl.
Already unhappy with the bloody stench inside the warehouse, Suzuka Dairenji immediately said:
"I take back what I said. You're even more disgusting than bugs."
"You human bitch!"
Amid shrill roars, more than a dozen Ghouls surrounded Suzuka Dairenji and attacked.
One Ghoul swung eight blade-like kagune, reaching for Suzuka Dairenji.
The blades sliced through the air with piercing whistles.
Yet just then, the kagune that should have cut Suzuka Dairenji into several pieces abruptly froze in midair.
The Ghouls attacking Suzuka Dairenji on the first floor might not have noticed their companion falling behind, but Eto Yoshimura and Tatara on the second floor noticed something wrong.
"Hm? What's going on?" Tatara asked with a frown.
Beside him, Eto Yoshimura reminded him:
"Look at his shadow."
Tatara focused his gaze and saw a Shikigami resembling an upright rat stepping on that Ghoul's shadow.
The next second, the Ghoul whose shadow had been stepped on swung his eight bladed kagune, slicing more than a dozen surrounding Ghouls in half at the waist.
"Nagara, you!!" a Ghoul who seemed to recognize the attacker roared madly.
"It's not me! My body won't listen!" The Ghoul called Nagara immediately swung his kagune, slaughtering the Ghouls around him.
"Damn it!"
The "betrayal" of their companion made some of the wounded Ghouls roar in anger.
Just then, overhead, a Shikigami resembling a black chicken raised its wings and spat black-red flames, sweeping them downward like a flamethrower. At the same time, it traced a semicircle in front of Suzuka Dairenji, blocking every enemy charging toward