Chapter Summaries

After reviewing Yamori’s memories, Miwako Sato identified the ghouls’ threat and the rival organizations behind the crematorium attacks. Luo Shu ordered an investigation into newly opened coffee shops, and the search found Anteiku directly beneath the Mouri Detective Office.

• Juzo Megure reported to Administrator Kuroda that Luo Shu had extracted the criminal’s memories and that the evidence would be submitted to the Metropolitan Police Department.
• Miwako Sato explained that the V Organization and Aogiri Tree had different motives for attacking the crematorium, and concluded that ghouls posed a threat that had to be eradicated.
• Miwako Sato suspected that a supernatural organization had supplied ghouls with identities, homes, and money; Luo Shu told her to include the suspicion in her report.
• Luo Shu ordered Juzo Megure to investigate coffee shops opened within the past month, and Megure sent Wataru Takagi to retrieve the information.
• Wataru Takagi reported that Yoshimura had opened Anteiku at 5-chome, number 39, Beika Town, downstairs from the Mouri Detective Office.

Touka Kirishima and Yoshimura discussed the Mouri family’s finances and their plan to buy the building housing Anteiku, while learning that Ghouls had attacked the Beika Town crematorium and exposed their existence. As Yoshimura prepared to contact Ghoul organizations to delay a human crackdown, Luo Shu arrived at Anteiku with a pink-haired girl.

• Touka Kirishima delivered lunch to Ran Mouri and learned that Kogoro Mouri had gone out to buy cold medicine.
• Touka Kirishima told Yoshimura that the Mouri family was nearly out of money, and Yoshimura proposed buying their building if Kogoro Mouri decided to sell it.
• Kureo Mado reported that Ghouls had attacked the Beika Town crematorium, where many attackers were killed and some were captured.
• Yoshimura said he would contact Ghoul organizations to buy time and prevent Ghouls from becoming humanity’s enemies again.
• Luo Shu entered Anteiku Coffee Shop carrying a large white metal case and leading a pink-haired girl.

Luo Shu visited Anteiku with Kisara and revealed that he knew the Ghouls’ identities and intended to assess the threat posed by Ghouls. After Kisara stopped Touka Kirishima from attacking, Luo Shu began to explain his assessment method, leaving Yoshimura, Touka, and Kureo Mado stunned.

• Luo Shu and Kisara ordered lattes and mango mousse at Anteiku, and Kisara fed Luo Shu a bite of cake.
• Luo Shu identified Yoshimura as Owl, Kureo Mado as Black Dog, and Touka Kirishima as an S-rated Ghoul, then showed Yoshimura his Metropolitan Police Department ID.
• Luo Shu said his assessment would determine the threat level of Ghouls and declared that he would exterminate them if they proved too dangerous.
• Touka Kirishima tried to attack Luo Shu, but Kisara’s blood-red stare froze her in fear.
• Luo Shu told Kisara not to frighten Touka, then began answering Yoshimura’s question about his assessment method.

Luo Shu explained that Ghouls faced a species danger assessment that could lead to extermination unless they followed strict conditions. Yoshimura chose to undergo the assessment himself and left the café with Luo Shu and Kisara.

• Luo Shu demanded compensation for funeral businesses and the return of stolen bodies, then outlined rules for Ghouls to avoid assessment.
• Yoshimura said he could not make Ghouls comply, so Luo Shu explained that a rating of B or higher meant extermination.
• Yoshimura realized Ghouls' need to eat human flesh would likely guarantee a dangerous rating and decided to make a final contribution.
• Yoshimura asked when the assessment would begin, and Luo Shu replied that it could start immediately.
• Yoshimura told Kureo Mado to mail his letter to Eto Yoshimura and left the café with Luo Shu and Kisara.

Luo Shu took Yoshimura to a mountain clearing and offered him a fifteen-minute test that could spare the people at the coffee shop. Yoshimura accepted the challenge and launched a fierce attack, leaving their fight underway.

• Juzo Megure reassured Kogoro Mouri that Luo Shu had taken Yoshimura into custody, then ordered police to monitor the coffee shop while Black Dragon Society reinforcements watched the staff.
• Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iijima decided to follow Luo Shu and Yoshimura to gather intelligence and pursue clues about the ghouls.
• Kisara drove Luo Shu and Yoshimura to a forest clearing outside Beika City, then left them alone.
• Luo Shu told Yoshimura that surviving a fifteen-minute test would save him and the coffee shop staff, even if the ghouls were wiped out.
• Yoshimura opened his blood-red eyes and attacked Luo Shu with six black-and-red tentacles.

Luo Shu tested Yoshimura’s Ghoul abilities with a submachine gun while Kisara recorded the results. After Luo Shu threatened to shoot Touka if Yoshimura fled, Yoshimura abandoned his escape plan and walked toward him as Luo Shu fired Cursed Spirit Bullets.

• Yoshimura attacked with his Kagune, but Luo Shu dodged and estimated the tentacles’ speed and range.
• Luo Shu opened his case to reveal a Minebea submachine gun and fired ordinary rounds, which Yoshimura’s Kakuja armor stopped.
• Luo Shu switched to armor-piercing rounds, wounded Yoshimura, and observed that his wounds healed within two seconds.
• Luo Shu prepared Cursed Spirit Bullets and threatened Touka, whom Yoshimura discovered hiding nearby, if he tried to escape.
• Yoshimura chose to face Luo Shu instead of fleeing, and Luo Shu fired.

Touka Kirishima and Kureo Mado watched Yoshimura fight Luo Shu, who used a Cursed Spirit Bullet to bring Yoshimura down before Yoshimura struck back. Luo Shu’s apparent corpse dissolved, revealing that he had never personally fought, and he reminded Yoshimura that the tester was only a false existence.

• Touka Kirishima and Kureo Mado secretly followed Yoshimura and watched from above the Mountain Ring Road as he attacked Luo Shu.
• Luo Shu fired a Cursed Spirit Bullet that overwhelmed Yoshimura’s soul and left him unable to move.
• Yoshimura used his ukaku to pierce Luo Shu while claiming he had let his guard down, and Touka Kirishima and Kureo Mado rushed to help Yoshimura.
• Touka Kirishima prepared to eat Luo Shu’s apparent corpse, but it dissolved into indigo mist as Luo Shu’s voice reminded them that six minutes had passed.
• Luo Shu appeared beside the Hourglass and told Yoshimura that the tester had been a false existence and asked when Yoshimura had assumed he would act personally.

Luo Shu defeated Yoshimura, Touka Kirishima, and Kureo Mado, then forced Yoshimura to work for the Authorities in exchange for protecting those he cared about. After Luo Shu left, Yoshimura and the others agreed to gather Ghoul intelligence and try to protect as many of their allies as possible.

• Luo Shu revealed that he had staged the test and could turn Yoshimura's attacks back on Touka Kirishima and Kureo Mado, leaving both women gravely wounded.
• Yoshimura agreed to cooperate with the Authorities and offered his Ghoul intelligence and his services as a front man to protect Touka and Kureo.
• Luo Shu healed Touka and Kureo, assigned them to submit Ghoul information and their whitelist within three hours, and allowed them to keep using Kogoro Mouri's shop as a base.
• Luo Shu asked why Yoshimura had rented Kogoro Mouri's shop, then left in Kisara's car after saying he would handle the Authorities.
• Yoshimura told Touka and Kureo to contact Renji Yomo and the others so they could compile information and save as many of their supported Ghouls as possible.

Noriyuki Iizuna and Yomi Isayama reviewed footage of Luo Shu fighting Yoshimura and realized his physical illusions and instant-injury ability made him a formidable unknown. Yomi abandoned plans to recruit his help, and the two left to report their findings to the Chief.

• Noriyuki Iizuna collected the Kudagitsune cameras while Yomi Isayama replayed footage of Luo Shu fighting Yoshimura.
• Yomi Isayama identified Luo Shu's illusions as physical and noted that his records showed no earlier mystical activity.
• Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iizuna examined footage showing Touka Kirishima and Kureo Mado collapsing from sudden grievous injuries, and speculated that Luo Shu used a powerful artifact or a unique ability.
• Yomi Isayama decided not to approach Luo Shu for help because she could not afford the price of securing his aid.
• Yomi Isayama told Noriyuki Iizuna to report their findings to the Chief, then headed down the mountain road as Noriyuki packed the equipment and followed.

Luo Shu arranged for Juzo Megure to keep Anteiku under surveillance and recruited its landlord, Kogoro Mouri, to monitor Yoshimura and the other Ghoul informants. After agreeing on a monthly allowance, Luo Shu and Kisara headed back to the city before planning to collect information from Anteiku.

• Kisara drove Luo Shu to the police roadblock, where Juzo Megure explained how the Ministry of the Environment had disrupted his efforts to follow the people leaving Anteiku.
• Luo Shu told Juzo Megure that he had persuaded the Ghouls to become cooperating witnesses and instructed him to keep Anteiku under discreet surveillance.
• Juzo Megure introduced Kogoro Mouri to Luo Shu and explained that Mouri was the landlord of the building housing Anteiku.
• Luo Shu hired Kogoro Mouri to watch Yoshimura and the other Ghoul informants for a monthly allowance of 300,000 yen, with bonuses for valuable information.
• Luo Shu and Kisara left for the city, planning to rest and have lunch before returning to Anteiku in three hours.

Luo Shu visited Anteiku to collect Yoshimura’s Ghoul intelligence, which strengthened the Occult Studies Encyclopedia’s information searches. After exposing the V Organization’s infiltration of human institutions, Luo Shu offered Yoshimura a chance to recommend someone as a test subject.

• Touka Kirishima, Renji Yomo, and Enji Koma worried that Luo Shu would use Yoshimura’s information to target Ghouls, and Touka feared he would kill everyone at Anteiku.
• Luo Shu arrived at Anteiku, ordered a Coconut Latte, and questioned Renji Yomo and Enji Koma about the Ghouls there.
• Yoshimura and Kureo Mado brought Luo Shu the collected Ghoul intelligence, and Luo Shu used it to enhance the Occult Studies Encyclopedia’s searches.
• Luo Shu revealed that V Organization members had entered schools, politics, and the Self-Defense Forces, leading Yoshimura to understand how they had gained influence.
• Luo Shu praised Yoshimura’s information and offered him one recommendation slot for a test subject, leaving Yoshimura, Renji Yomo, and Enji Koma bewildered.

Touka Kirishima volunteered for a test-subject slot, believing she might face a dangerous experiment, but learned Luo Shu had a report pointing to Gene Adjustment as a way to make Ghouls able to eat human food. She agreed to undergo the adjustment first, while Yoshimura resolved to earn a slot for his daughter, and Luo Shu left Anteiku to call a contact.

• Touka Kirishima insisted on taking the test-subject slot, and Yoshimura and Renji Yomo gave up trying to dissuade her.
• Luo Shu showed Touka a report by Verde describing Ghouls as genetically adjusted life-forms and recommending individualized treatment with Coordinator Drug.
• Yoshimura explained that the report supported the old claim that Ghouls originated from wartime research, and Luo Shu clarified that Gene Adjustment could potentially turn Ghouls into normal humans.
• Yoshimura agreed that Touka should undergo the adjustment and said he would work to earn a nomination slot for his daughter.
• Luo Shu took his laptop and said he would meet Touka at the café that night, then left Anteiku and called a contact saved as "Him."

Luo Shu shared his investigation of Tokyo’s Ghouls with Him and Tachibana Kirika, revealing that roughly twenty thousand Ghouls were nearing the end of their food stores. As the group weighed the risk of imminent attacks, Luo Shu proposed giving the Ghouls a “last meal” to delay their hunts.

• Luo Shu met Him and Tachibana Kirika in a private room and gave Him his report on the Ghouls.
• Him called the report fabricated because it contained extensive details about the Ghouls, but said she would trust Luo Shu anyway.
• Tachibana Kirika reviewed the report and learned that Tokyo had about twenty thousand genetically modified Ghouls who needed human meat.
• Tachibana Kirika shared a Cleaning Company report indicating that bodies had disappeared from Aokigahara Forest, and the group realized the Ghouls’ food stores were running low.
• Luo Shu estimated that the Ghouls could begin attacking within a week, and Tachibana Kirika warned there was not enough time to wait for official procedures.
• Luo Shu suggested providing the Ghouls with a “last meal” to delay their hunts.

Luo Shu proposed using Mist Flames to feed and track Tokyo’s ghouls while the authorities considered their fate, but the cost of saving them threatened SdS’s finances. He and Tachibana Kirika agreed to pursue the plan while quietly preparing to reduce the whitelist and seek Japanese funding, leaving the prospect of mass executions looming.

• Luo Shu demonstrated that his Mist Flames could create temporary corpse-like objects whose life force could briefly satisfy ghouls’ hunger, and Him suggested using them to track the ghouls.
• Tachibana Kirika recognized the plan to distribute the fake food in Yoshimura’s name and use his reputation to reach the ghouls whose addresses Luo Shu had identified.
• Him estimated that United Nations approval might take fifteen hours, while Tachibana Kirika said Tokyo’s authorities could take up to three days; she offered to speed matters up by involving Minister Fujiwara.
• Tachibana Kirika explained that treating even a thousand ghouls could cost SdS hundreds of billions of yen, making a broad rescue financially impossible and forcing Luo Shu to consider sharply reducing the whitelist.
• Luo Shu asked Tachibana Kirika to cooperate with Japanese authorities and swindle funding from them, while Him took charge of preparing the reports for Lacus Clyne, the United Nations, and Japan.
• After Luo Shu left, Tachibana Kirika asked Him about his promised reward, then requested the report and prepared to eliminate the ghouls thoroughly.

Ayame Jinguuji gave Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iizuna Fortune-Transfer Talismans after learning that Yomi might not live long, while warning that SdS’s new executive and its Ghoul investigation could signal a major operation in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Shin Natsume learned that SdS had taken a mission, and Luo Shu ended the chapter staring at a green-haired girl he had knocked down with his car.

• Yomi Isayama and Noriyuki Iizuna reported to Ayame Jinguuji that an SdS investigator had defeated them and described his powerful illusions and unknown ability.
• Ayame told Yomi that Suzuka had also warned against sending her on missions and offered two Fortune-Transfer Talismans bought at a discount.
• Ayame judged the investigator to be a likely SdS executive and warned that SdS’s new Secret Management Department and Ghoul investigation might precede a Demon-Slaying Order.
• Maya Natsume told Shin Natsume that SdS had taken their mission, and Shin forbade her from joining Metropolitan Police Department missions before agreeing to take her along next time.
• Luo Shu drove into a green-haired girl while heading to Anteiku and wondered if she had staged an accident for compensation.

Luo Shu was struck by Eto Yoshimura’s staged traffic accident and recognized her as a fugitive Ghoul. He took her toward Yoshimura’s café while Tatara and Noro watched from a hotel, hoping Eto could learn more about him.

• Yumi Miyamoto checked Luo Shu’s credentials and learned he was a superintendent after his car struck a woman who had run into the road.
• Luo Shu identified the woman as a fugitive, and Yumi Miyamoto and Naeko Miike helped him handcuff her and put her in his car.
• Luo Shu recognized the woman as Eto Yoshimura, the SSS-rated Ghoul and Aogiri Tree leader known as the One-Eyed King.
• Eto opened her Ghoul eye after Luo Shu told her he would soon reach Yoshimura’s café.
• Tatara and Noro watched Luo Shu’s car leave and discussed whether Eto’s plan would work.

Luo Shu revealed that Shizuka Hiou’s offer to turn Ghouls into Vampires was limited and explained that Ghouls had received a B danger rating, making them targets for a Demon-Slaying Order. The chapter ended with Yoshimura waiting outside Anteiku, where Luo Shu urged Eto to speak with her father.

• Eto Yoshimura broke her shackles, and Luo Shu identified her as the One-Eyed Owl and described her role in the Ghouls’ plans.
• Luo Shu used the Occult Studies Encyclopedia to learn that Shizuka Hiou had contacted Eto and offered to turn Ghouls into Vampires, but her Abyssal Artifact could create only twenty basic C-Rated Vampires.
• Luo Shu explained that Ghouls had a B species danger rating, which could prompt the five great powers to order their extermination in a Demon-Slaying Order.
• Eto learned that Yoshimura had secured her a place on the Whitelist, exempting her from extermination.
• Luo Shu stopped outside Anteiku, where Yoshimura waited, and invited Eto to get out and talk with her father.

Eto Yoshimura met Luo Shu and Yoshimura, learned about the limited Ghoul whitelist and the power gap in this world, then secured fifteen slots from her father in addition to Shizuka Hiou’s twenty. Luo Shu gave her the Buffet Plan, and after confirming the offered corpses were real, Eto left to gather her people while Luo Shu prepared to depart with Touka Kirishima.

• Eto Yoshimura mocked Yoshimura for submitting to Luo Shu’s organization, then followed him and Yoshimura into Anteiku.
• Luo Shu explained the whitelist’s limited capacity and cost, and Eto attacked him before he easily smashed her head into the counter.
• After learning that hundreds of people in Japan matched Luo Shu’s strength, Eto agreed to take fifteen whitelist slots from Yoshimura and combine them with Shizuka Hiou’s twenty.
• Eto said she would recruit powerful Ghouls, including those who specialized in eating other Ghouls, and Luo Shu presented her with the Buffet Plan to feed Tokyo’s twenty thousand Ghouls.
• Luo Shu produced a corpse resembling Yoshimura, and Eto confirmed it was real before asking for all the corpses to share her father’s face.
• Eto left for Kamijo Hospital in Nishikanda at one in the morning, and Luo Shu told Touka Kirishima to get ready to leave.

Luo Shu brought Touka Kirishima to Verde’s research base, where Verde began testing her and showed Luo Shu a new Dying Will Flame firearm. After leaving the base, Luo Shu’s chapter ended with Eto Yoshimura confronting a silver-haired woman in a Tokyo apartment.

• Luo Shu took Touka Kirishima to the hidden research base inside Kamijo Hospital, where Verde said the Coordinator Drug modifications now cost two million dollars per person.
• Verde sent Weapon No. 7 with Touka Kirishima to the Gene Room to test her genes for the Ghoul normalization experiment.
• Verde showed Luo Shu a new firearm that could infuse bullets with Dying Will Flames and told him to collect some for SdS departments.
• Verde said he would use Box Weapons to produce fake corpses instead of spending Luo Shu’s Dying Will Flames on lab animals.
• Eto Yoshimura entered an apartment in Tokyo’s Adachi Ward and faced a silver-haired woman in a white kimono.

Eto Yoshimura learned from Shizuka Hiou that Japan had hundreds of level 3 combatants and that Ghouls had received a B species danger rating, but she secured their continued cooperation by revealing her whitelist from an SdS executive. The chapter ended as Tatara launched Aogiri Tree's attack on Kamijo Hospital, beginning the “Buffet Plan.”

• Eto Yoshimura asked Shizuka Hiou how many level 3 dangerous individuals existed, and Shizuka estimated about five hundred based on the Elder Council's records of the Hollow invasion.
• Shizuka Hiou learned that the Ghouls had received a B species danger rating and prepared to end their cooperation with Eto Yoshimura.
• Eto Yoshimura revealed that she had obtained a whitelist from an SdS executive, convincing Shizuka Hiou to continue their agreement to turn twenty Ghouls into Vampires and fight the Vampires' Elder Council.
• Tatara ordered hundreds of Aogiri Tree members to attack Kamijo Hospital, starting the “Buffet Plan.”