Before the battle began, Lancer had a bad premonition, but he didn't expect that Yoshimura would ultimately 'betray' him.
Of course, what he called 'betrayal' was only from his perspective. The two sides were merely cooperating for a common goal. Moreover, from Yoshimura's words, it could be heard that he had completed the 'entrustment of the orphaned' before coming here. His desired goal of 'Ghouls being able to live like ordinary people' had been entrusted to Irimi Kaya and Enji Koma. Just as he said, the one standing here was not 'The Owl' but merely an ordinary father.
It must be said that the opponent's appearance caused Lancer to be briefly confused. He even began to struggle with whether to hold back in order to win over Yoshimura, but when he saw Yoshimura's abdomen being pierced, he had already made up his mind.
"Smack~!"
A huge Kagune swept towards the direction where Lancer and the others were. Lancer and the others naturally dodged, but the forest behind them was not so lucky, and swathes of trees were swept down.
And it was precisely this extremely exaggerated battle that allowed the search teams responsible for finding them to locate the target.
Of course, this included a certain man.
Nimura Furuta, who had already instructed his subordinates to take 'Rize Kamishiro' away, looked at the distant battlefield with a cold smile on his face. Although he was not in the battle sequence for this subjugation, he had obtained the basic tactical arrangements for this subjugation in advance. In his opinion, only 'The Owl' and 'Kishou Arima' could cause such a huge commotion.
'Kishou Arima'
This was a man whose name alone was enough to explain many things within the CCG, and the most widely known among them was — the CCG's strongest.
According to Nimura Furuta's plan, he should, logically speaking, first eliminate this man if he wanted to control the CCG, but in fact, he had no intention of making a move on him from the start, because he knew the opponent's second identity — a member of the 'V organization'.
The opponent was not only a half-human but also very obedient to the V organization's orders. As long as his plan was completed, the opponent would not only not be an obstacle to him but could also become his aid. However, another person besides him made him very concerned.
'Lancer'
Unlike Kishou Arima's deep-rooted position, Lancer appearance was very brief, but in a short period, he left an equally deep impression on the members of the CCG. Among them, besides his 'quirky sexual preference', the most widely known was his combat power. According to the speculation of many people, as time passed and Kishou Arima's combat power began to decline, the opponent would probably take over the CCG's strongest chair.
But Nimura Furuta had a deeper understanding of the opponent. Especially after he captured Kimi Uikanae, he was even more wary of this man, as he simply couldn't imagine how the opponent managed to obtain Kimi Uikanae's 'allegiance'.
Although he had considered severe interrogation, he finally gave up. After all, Kimi Uikanae's position was very special. If it was just house arrest, it would be fine, but once something really happened to the opponent, the headquarters in Germany would probably send people to investigate. You should know that the opponent was one of the world's most outstanding Ghoul researchers. The opponent did not only belong to the Neon branch but to the entire world.
The Washuu family could be said to be all-powerful in Neon, and the entire CCG Neon branch was under their control, but their influence at the headquarters was very limited. It could even be said that they deliberately kept their distance from the headquarters to conceal their bodies.
But even so, it was enough for him to take Lancer seriously.
The result of all these factors combined was that he decided to take the opportunity to act against Lancer. He remembered that his father had ordered Kishou Arima to monitor and test Lancer before this, and now it seemed he could take the opportunity to utilize that?
Nimura Furuta, with a strange smile on his face, led a few subordinates and rushed towards the distant battlefield. If he was lucky enough, perhaps he could kill two birds with one stone?
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Lancer had seen the terrifying recovery power of Ghouls before, but now he realized that he had still underestimated the horror of 'Ghouls'.
After suddenly transforming into the 'Kakuja' state, she used Kagune to force everyone back, and then she actually rushed directly to the remnants of 'Noro' and attempted to devour it under the unbelievable gaze of everyone.
Although Lancer and the others tried to stop her after they discovered it, among everyone, only Kishou Arima had long-range combat ability, and as soon as Lancer and the others got close, they would be relentlessly harassed by Kagune.
That's right, Lancer was indeed not afraid of 'The Owl', but this was based on a normal combat situation. When the opponent was fully defensive, Lancer also couldn't achieve a frontal breakthrough. After all, he did not have the legendary blessing of the 'Heroic Spirit Template' at this time, and his power alone could not defeat the opponent.
When the opponent called him a 'One-Eyed Ghoul' before, Lancer decided to be more cautious, but it was precisely this hesitation that gave the opponent enough time.
"Power! This is power!!"
Accompanied by Eto Yoshimura's voice, which had almost become corrupted, 'The Owl', who was over ten meters long and over four meters tall, actually began to 'evolve' again.
Countless dark red Kagune began to emerge from her body, covering her body layer by layer. During this period, Lancer and the others tried to attack but were constantly forced back by the Kagune, and the plasma ball created by Kishou Arima using 'Narukami' was merely a drop in the bucket.
And in less than a minute, the opponent's size had at least doubled.
If the initial 'The Owl' basically maintained a human form, then after the opponent entered the 'Kakuja' state, she became a monster with only one eye, just like her title 'One-Eyed Owl'. The appendages around her body made her look like a giant arthropod.
If the 'Kakuja' state, while terrifying, still looked somewhat biological, then after devouring Noro at this time, the opponent completely transformed into a true 'monster'.
The huge eye in the center of the body and the constantly writhing Kagune on the body composed of Kagune were enough to scare people with trypophobia into immobility.
And just as Lancer was thinking about how to proceed —
"Hah!!"
With a loud shout, Koutarou Amon actually rushed directly towards the opponent, wielding 'Doujima (Modified)' in his hand.
The attack, which was enough to cut an S-rated Ghoul in half directly, only managed to open a gash on the opponent's body, and what was even more terrifying was that the gash actually healed again under the writhing of the Kagune. Undoubtedly, the opponent had not only become bigger, but their regeneration ability had also been thoroughly enhanced.
The only way was to completely destroy the opponent using a large-scale attack.
But the problem arose —
Leaving aside whether Lancer was willing to expose that he could use magic, even if he was… he didn't have a beam cannon!