When Kishou Arima, Yukinori Shinohara, Iwao Kuroiwa, and Kuki Urie each completed their missions and left the forest, they saw CCG Investigators hastily preparing to evacuate.
"Hustling and bustling, what kind of appearance is that! Hanbee, go and ask what happened?"
Yukinori Shinohara was usually the most amicable person among the Special Class Investigators, but being amicable did not mean he lacked authority. When performing missions, he could be said to be more rigorous than others. After all, in his opinion, only carefulness could reduce casualties during missions.
At this time, seeing the actions of the others, he involuntarily spoke, asking Hanbee Abara, Juuzou Suzuya's subordinate, to go and inquire.
But no one expected that Hanbee Abara only spoke two sentences after trotting over before he froze completely.
"Hanbee? What's wrong?"
Juuzou Suzuya knew this subordinate of his very well. The opponent's dazed state at this time was clearly not normal, so he couldn't help but shout out, and this shout woke the opponent from his daze.
"Sorry, Associate Special Class Suzuya, it's just… just…"
"Calm down, take a deep breath, and then tell us exactly what happened?"
Yukinori Shinohara's expression also became more serious at this time. After all, he knew that the news that could make Hanbee Abara like this would definitely not be a small matter, but he also knew that calmness was needed even more at a time like this, both for the opponent and for them.
And Hanbee Abara finally let out a long breath after taking a few deep breaths, and then spoke with a conflicted expression —
"The CCG headquarters was suddenly attacked by the Ghoul organization 'The Clowns', and General Chairman Washuu Tsuneyoshi and Director Washuu Yoshitoki… died in the line of duty."
When the final two words 'died in the line of duty' were spoken, everyone was stunned, even —
"Smack~!"
No one expected that Kishou Arima, who always wore an aloof expression, would lose his composure to the point where the briefcase in his hand dropped to the ground.
"How could it be… Director Washuu and the General Chairman… how could it be…"
For Kishou Arima, the two were not only his direct superiors, but also his friends and teachers. When he was still in the Sunlit Garden, Washuu Tsuneyoshi taught him how to use weapons, and could be said to be his life mentor. As for Washuu Yoshitoki, he studied with him at that time. Although most people saw the two of them as just ordinary superiors and subordinates, they knew that the opponent was a close friend to whom they could entrust their back.
Kishou Arima simply couldn't imagine that the two of them would actually die?
Nimura Furuta, standing in the middle of the crowd, was also full of astonishment, but no one noticed the madness and pleasure deep in his eyes.
Why did 'The Clowns' know about the news that the CCG was trying hard to blockade?
Undoubtedly, it was the news he provided!
As for why he killed the two of them?
The simplest explanation is 'for the plan', but what was the real reason?
It was very simple — hatred!
Nimura Furuta, like Kishou Arima, was also born in the Sunlit Garden, and was a half-human, but he was more special than Kishou Arima. He was a 'One-Eyed Ghoul', or rather, the first half-human to become a One-Eyed Ghoul through the 'Half-Ghoul Surgery'.
And it was during his life in the Sunlit Garden that he met his 'goddess' of fate, Rize Kamishiro.
Initially, he did not understand Rize Kamishiro's identity, but later, due to a certain 'accident', he overheard something he couldn't believe — Rize Kamishiro was the reproductive body prepared by the Washuu family for giving birth to the next generation of 'Washuu'.
That's right, not even a 'fiancée' but the completely dehumanizing word 'reproductive body'.
And it was from that time that Nimura Furuta began to truly observe Rize Kamishiro.
Before this, he simply admired the opponent as an untouchable goddess and his object of worship, but when he started to investigate the roots, he found that the opponent often 'disappeared', and during this time, she was undergoing modification in the research institution under the Washuu family.
The reason the Washuu family chose Rize Kamishiro as the 'reproductive body' for giving birth to the next generation was naturally because her qualities were excellent enough, but anything naturally existing inevitably has flaws, so the Washuu family chose to make the opponent more 'perfect' through their own technology.
However, just as they said, Rize Kamishiro was just a 'reproductive body'. They did not care about Rize Kamishiro's feelings, nor did they care about the opponent's mental state. To them, as long as Rize Kamishiro was still alive and subsequently gave birth to the next generation of heirs for the Washuu family, that was enough. As for what the opponent would become afterwards? No one in the Washuu family cared…
But the truth was different this time.
A man named 'Nimura Furuta' cried heartbreakingly and became completely hysterical after learning the truth.
To Nimura Furuta, who had no idea of his birth and was simply adopted by the Sunlit Garden, the opponent was his goddess, his spiritual pillar, but the existence that was like an invaluable treasure to him was being trampled underfoot like a toy by those people…
The huge contrast completely plunged him, who already had psychological defects, into madness.
And it was at that time that he realized one thing —
He was the only person in this world who could truly protect Rize Kamishiro!
He began to use his former sunny smile as a mask to delve into the darkness he once fiercely resisted, all in order to rescue Rize Kamishiro. And after delving into the darkness, he also learned many hidden 'realities'.
For example, he was actually also a descendant of the 'Washuu family', but was 'exiled' because of the issue of inheritance rights. However, he was not happy about this. Instead, he wished he could drain his own blood, because he could not stand the thought that the same blood as those people flowed through his body.
And amidst self-curse, he finally found an opportunity to release Rize Kamishiro.
But even so, he still dared not acknowledge the opponent, because he knew that at that time, he was weak and could not change anything. Therefore, he made up his mind that he must change all of this!
Through his own efforts, he joined the secret organization 'V' controlled by the Washuu family, and then found members of the previously subjugated and disbanded 'Clown organization' through clues.
That's right, on the surface, he was a sunny CCG First Class Investigator, but in reality, his true identity was a double agent for 'V' and 'The Clowns'. But even so, he never truly pledged allegiance to either side. His purpose was very simple — revenge!
'Washuu Tsuneyoshi! Washuu Yoshitoki! Dead! You are finally dead!! Hahaha!! No one can stop me anymore! Stop me from being with Rize!!'
If the situation allowed, he would even want to laugh out loud three times, but it was precisely the inner conflict that made his 'facial expressions' incredibly spectacular. However, no one could guess that the reason his expression became so spectacular was not because of sadness, but because of joy.
The 'Washuu family', the family secretly controlling the CCG, actually collapsed with his gentle manipulation. It truly made him incredibly delighted!