An endless field of soldiers rushed towards Aogiri's base of operation as the Aogiri ghouls stood silently like scarecrows in a wheat field. The leading ghoul investors clicked their suitcases, and a variety of quinques, stolen from numerous kagunes of ghouls, appeared in their hands.

The first quinques made contact with the first kagunes.

Instantly, the silent ghouls of Aogiri leaped from side to side, dodging the bullets of the army, and exchanging blows with the ghoul investors.

Screams were heard as ghouls and humans alike tumbled to the ground, a pool of scarlet blood covered their corpse, and the ground surrounding them. With the light of the midnight full moon, the accumulating blood formed a reflective surface on the island of Rushima.

Countless iron crystals pierced through the bodies of investors as the Black Rabbit sprang from side to side, slaughtering all in his way.

The sadistic smile of the Owl made the soldiers before him tremble in fear, the shivering only interrupted by a screech as a series of black spikes punctured their bodies.

Descending down the roof, Tatara landed on the floor Aogiri's main hall, and awaited the investors who were about to face the wrath of his kakuja.


"Welcome, Papa and Onii-chan." Kurona and Nashiro greeted joyfully as Dr. Kanou led Kaneki into the laboratory room with a suspended ceiling. Innumerable huge containers, big enough to fit a human, surrounded the room, each with their own label, and a small window that didn't allow you to seen through.

"Thank you, Kurona and Nashiro." Dr. Kanou said as Kaneki returned the smile towards the twins.

"Wow, this place is massive," Kaneki said in awe, "what are all those containers for?"

"You will find out soon, Kaneki-kun. Your sisters will show you around this place, and I have to start working right away." Dr. Kanou said with a tinge of humor in his voice, and began ascending the stairs that leads to a door out of this room.

"Ok, Papa." Kaneki nodded, and glanced at the twins.

"Don't worry, Onii-chan, you're safe here." Kurona exclaimed as she skipped away, and Nashiro followed. Kaneki trailed behind as he gave more glance at the containers. He thought he saw a glowing red light through one of the windows.

Shivering uncontrollably, Kaneki followed the girls.


Seidou's smile remained on his face as he effortlessly finished a dozen of ghoul investors. Laughing each time his kagune pierced through their skins, Seidou couldn't believe the amount of joy he was experiencing.

"No more dark rooms, no more pain. I can kill all I want now! I can have all the blood!" Seidou murmured under his breath as he continued his massacre.

However, he heard a familiar, commanding voice.

Immediately, he turned his head towards the direction of the sound.

His smile instantly disappeared from his black lips. His protruding eyes, which popped out of their sockets, were staring intensely at the ghoul investor that caught his attention.

"H-Houji-s-san." He whispered.

Seidou stared as shock, terror, hope, and other emotions flooded through his mind.

What would Houji-san think when he sees me like this?

Then, he saw Houji's quinque slice through an Aogiri ghoul as he turned around with a fierce look. To look right into the eyes of the Owl.

It only took a second for Houji's expression to change from determined to surprise.

There was no doubt that Houji recognized his former subordinate, Seidou Takizawa, a cheerful ghoul investor, past the disoriented face of the Owl.

Uncontrollably shivering, Seidou opened his mouth as if to speak. However, no words came out as he watched Houji's face regain its coldness. He heard Houji shout to the investors around him: "We have located the Owl, an extremely dangerous threat!"

"W-Wha? H-Houji-san! It's me! Seidou Takizawa." Seidou shouted desperately at Houji, and he was certain that Houji heard him.

"Battle formation!" Houji yelled.

"Wait, Houji-s-"

"Attack!" Seidou was interrupted as six ghoul investors sped towards him, all their quinques drawn out, ready to slice open his body.

Gritting his teeth, Seidou jumped away from the ghoul investors, and disappeared from Houji's view. Heart racing by what happened, Seidou hid behind some wild rocks, and stared at his former superior's determined face. "H-Houji-san... it's me..." Seidou whispered to himself, endless sadness in his voice.


Houji's face was expressionless as he stormed into the main hall of Aogiri, and faced the red-masked ghoul, wearing white robes. Tatara didn't turn his head at all when Houji entered. He silently gazed towards the floor.

"We lost over a hundred men trying to terminate his brother. It's suspected that he's even more dangerous. Be careful, Houji." Houji heard the sound of his commander trail off.

Soon, Akira Mado entered the door with a few dozens of doves.

Finally, Tatara turned to face his nemesis. Without any hint of emotion of his face, Tatara suppressed his hatred for the man who helped slay his brother.

"Everything will end, you will be dying here." Houji said calmly.

Blue flames began enveloping Tatara's figure. They flared brighter and higher around him.

"Yeah... I still hate you." Tatara cursed as black veins filled Tatara's kakugans. Then, a grey armor surrounded him as it expanded, and expanded, until it formed a huge giant. The grey armor was huge and sturdy, with two extra arms extending over his shoulder, and ending in two massive worm-like blades.

"You look just like your brother." Houji remarked.

Tatara growled in fury, and shot a stream of blue fire towards him with his mouth. Houji jumped out of the way, but Tatara continued to sweep the floor with his fire. Some investors that didn't dodge it in time were turned to ashes with a scream, as the blazing inferno burnt their life away.

The stream of flame landed on Mado, making Mado hold up her quinque to block the fire. She gritted her teeth as she felt the heat of the fire behind her quinque.

However, the flame left her very quickly, because it pursued Houji no matter where he went.

Houji grunted, and jumped out of another attack.

However, Tatara appeared right in front of him as his wide blade smashed towards him.

"GAH!" Houji coughed out blood as he was knocked to the side.

Are your flames being fueled by your desire for revenge against me? Houji struggled in pain as he watched the enormous kakuja charge up its second stream of sapphire fire.


BAM! Eto kicked the front door off of its hinges as she entered the lab with a small smirk, Noro following behind her silently. The small figure skipped along the floor into an open hall.

"You're not going any further, brat." Eto heard a female voice call out in front of her. Two kakugans of the twin ghouls stared at her angrily. A long, dark red rinkaku tentacle shot out from each of their backs, and pointed at Eto.

"Ah, Nashiro-chan, Kurona-chan, I really do not wish to hurt you." She said playfully with a shrug.

"Shut up! You with your manipulative words!" Nashiro yelled, making Eto smile secretly, proud of her speech to the twins the other day in the hallway.

"Noro, please keep them busy as I try and find Kaneki." Eto said to his tall companion, and sped towards the door behind the one-eyed twins.

To be continued...