Thank you for the new reviews, follows, and favorites guys! I appreciate that, and it motivated me to rewrite this chapter until I found it to be enjoyable enough to post!

You see, too much exposition is one thing, but writing parts of the story that I don't even enjoy writing makes me know for sure that you probably won't enjoy reading it either; hence why sometimes these chapters come out sort of late.

Next chapter will definitely be about Haise arriving at Eto's apartment, knowing that he wasn't unsuccessful in his endeavors in finding Hinami. The next chapter will be kind of small, I'm thinking about around 2K+ words, if that.

Because chapter (rule) 34 will be the Touka x Haise lemon.

Anyways, the author's notes will be at the end. Don't worry about the chapter length; the actual chapter is only 6K words long; the rest of the 3K+ words are from the author's notes.

Thank you, and please enjoy!


Armed with her glock, Karren made sure that her balaclava was secured around her head to conceal her identity while she stayed hidden under the cover of an industrial-sized evaporative cooler that was mounted on top of the roof she was still on. Sliding her glock back into the holster around the upper thigh, for when she needed it to either defend herself or off herself, the German ghoul made sure that her scoped-rifle was loaded while listening to the sounds of footsteps approaching from the roof-access hatch.

Swearing to herself in her native tongue, Karren kept one hand wrapped around the grip of the rifle, while using her other hand to reach down into her tactical belt to retrieve a flashbang, all while anxiously awaiting for CCG's assault team to activate the explosive trap she had jury rigged to the metal hatch's handle.

Holding her breath, Karren put her trust into the ear-protection she had on, as she knelt down seconds before the hatched finally opening up; releasing the string-tied pins of the entire bouquet of frag grenades she had prepared for her pursuers.

The earpiece and ear plug Karren had stuffed inside her own ear canals muffled the sounds of both the blast and the screams that followed suit. With the smoke from the explosion creating a cover for her, Karren shifted over to the edge of the damaged evaporative cooler unit, before pulling the pin of her flash grenade and tossing it into the open hatch.

Waiting until after she heard the muffled sound of flashbang to go off, Karren immediately ran out from her cover and toward the hatch. Making sure not to accidentally get caught in the line of panicked fire, as several blind investigators desperately pulled the triggers of their rifles at where they had last seen the open hatch, Karren crawled down on the side of the opening before lowering the barrel of her own rifle down into the hole.

Firing blindly from behind her limited vantage point, Karren used all thirty-rounds of her magazine before tossing the rifle away by her feet, in order to free up her hands. Unholstering her glock, Karren carefully made her way down the first flight of stairs, and past the bodies of the investigators she had killed, until she came across a few survivors who were still blind and deaf from the effects of the flashbang.

Relentless and without a shred of mercy left in her heart, Karren immediately thought of using their screaming as a way to lure others toward their location to rescue them. Shooting their kneecaps as she jogged past them, Karren could barely hear their screams through her ear protection by the time she got down to the twenty-ninth floor.

However, it was around that time when Karren suddenly heard the muffled sound of boots rushing up toward her location from the flights of stairs below her. While Karren was confident that she could endure a few point-blank shots, and maybe even one bullet to the head, the German ghoul wasn't eager to try and test to see how many times she could get shot before succumbing to her wounds.

Rather than trying to take on the next wave of armed investigators head on, Karren immediately ran over to the twenty-ninth floor's office space entrance, and used her strength to rip open the handle before shoulder-bashing the fortified metal-door open. Sprinting down the hallway, Karren was almost able to get free from her pursers, before suddenly feeling the bones in her left shoulder being blown to shreds.

As twelve small q-metal shards ripped apart the muscles and tendons in what was left of her shoulder, Karren let out a muffled cry as she staggered forward into the corner of the hallway. Feeling white-hit seething pain radiating down her arm, Karren momentarily glanced upward at the grey-wall she was leaning on, and grimaced at the sight of all the bits and pieces from her shoulder that were splattered against it.

Catching a glance of the leader of the firing squad who was marching toward her while pumping his remington shotgun, Karren gripped the handle of her glock with a trembling hand; deciding whether or not it now would be the time to off herself. 'They are going to capture me, imprison me, and tortue me…! I… I cannot endure such agony again; I refuse to do such a thing for… For a 'man' who thinks of me as nothing more than a pawn.'

While Karren would rather die than be captured, the German pride that was still burning inside her like a wildfire wouldn't allow herself to commit suciide, in order to protect Tsukiyama's secrets. Fighting through the ungodly amount of pain she was experiencing to roll out of the way just in the nick of time, Karren narrowly avoided getting her head blown apart by the assault squad's leader, before forcing herself back up to her feet to begin once again sprinting down the bloodied hallway.

Not daring to waste her time in trying to hide in one of the many cubicle-offices she was passing by, Karren continued to sprint toward the large array of glass windows that were located parallel from where the hallway ended.

Knowing fully well that she would be overwhelmed the moment she tried turning around to combat against a squad of twelve heavily-armed and trained men, even if she were to use her kagune, Karren dismissed the idea of trying to fight back, and instead used all seventeen shots of her glock to shatter the glass-panels ahead of her.

As she approached the window and could begin to hear gunshots far behind her, Karren did her best to push down the unpleasant memories that were flowing through her stressed-out mind; memories of the last time she leapt over the side of the Luna Eclipse building, risking her life all for a man that would end up using her love to exploit her.

Using her body's momentum from getting a running start, Karren was able to gracefully leap forward out of the open window and escape the office complex, but not without getting her body filled to the brim with hot quinque metal that tore through her muscles and organs.

'... I really should reconsider a change of careers,' Karren thought sarcastically to herself, as she freely fell down the side of the office building; just like she had done six months ago. Staring down not at the pavement below, but at the large goofy kakuja climbing up on its six arms towards her, Karren did her best to brace herself for impact as she landed within the mitts of the stripped-armed beast. 'God, I hope she does not catch me… Dying would be a much less crueler fate than having to talk to her."

With her body from the stomach up being exposed on top of the large bulbous forehead of her kakuja, Roma made sure that her chipmunk-like mask was covering the upper portion of her face, as she caught Karren's mangled body, before bringing her closer to her.

With Karren's face staring back at her with an annoyed expression on it, Roma reached forward to pull out the German ghoul's ear plug and device, before leaning closer to whisper. "Psssst…! Karren, it's me: Roma! Don't let the disguise fool you…!" She said, before momentarily lifting her half-mask up to reveal her brown eyes.

"Danke Gott; I almost did not recognize you from that massive cancerous-thing attached to your body... Nor was I able to identify you from the fact that your mask only covers SOME of your hideous face," Karren replied back sarcastically, with a spiteful tone behind her words; all of which was lost on Roma, who really didn't care what the German ghoul had to say about her appearance.

"Welp, Karren, since there's no jewish folks around here to listen to your rant about eugenics, I think it's about time for you and I to take a quick detour before we head back to the 'Love Boat'. How does that sound, 'mein fuhrer'?" Roma said in an extremely stereotypical German-accent, which would have triggered Karren, had it not been for the fact that she was sick of being sent out as Tsukiyama's disposable field agent.

"Yes, please make more Nazi jokes; it is not like I have heard them before, after all…" Karren muttered sarcastically, while doing her best to keep herself steady in the massive hand of Roma's whimsical kakajau.

Using the five remaining arms of her kakuja to ravish the side of the skyscraper, Roma made a powerful leap towards the buildings below her. Crashing down on the fragile roof top of the unfornatue building that crumbled beneath her kakuja's massive weight, Roma paid no mind to the collateral damage she was causing, as she continued to hop from rooftop to rooftop.

Wanting to attract as much attention from the authorities as she could, Roma's plan was to head up north until she reached the woods surrounding Mt. Tsukuba; where she would lose her pursuers while being able to stealthily make it back to the Crescent Moon, undetected.

"Next stop: Auschwitz!" Roma said jokingly once more, while all Karren could do was mutter under her breath about how insensitive and stupid the clown-ghoul was being.


Waking up groggily to the sound of his phone vibrating from the corner of the makeshift blanket that he and Eto had fallen asleep on, Haise licked his dry lips that were caked with the half-ghoul's 'love', as he slowly got more of a bearings on his situation.

Hearing Eto snoring obnoxiously loud while finding her to reek heavily of weed, all it took for the sleepy one-eyed ghoul to prove his own suspicions of her smoking more than she was supposed to was seeing what little remained of the used-up nub of a joint that had been extinguished, after its flame had been put out on Eto's lacey bra.

Having slept on top of Eto, Haise was able to pick himself off of her body without waking her up; a herculean task that had been made a thousand-times easier, due to the comatose state Eto was in. Instantly regretting leaving the safety and comfort he felt while being kept warm from Eto's body heat, Haise shivered as the brisk afternoon air nipped away at his fully-exposed skin.

Reaching out with his trembling hands, Haise secured his iPhone from the pile of sand that he had almost buried it in, before picking it up to closer inspect it. Brushing the grains of sand off with his fingers before blowing the rest off of the screen, Haise quickly answered the incoming call before even bothering to look at the caller ID of who was trying to reach him.

"Hello, hello, who's this?" Haise asked with a wide smile on his face, before extending one arm up to stretch while letting out a quiet yawn.

"Hey Kaneki, it's me, Touka! Where the hell are you and Yoshimura?!"

Hearing how worried and equally pissed off Touka sounded as she demanded to know his location, Haise stopped moving midway into his stretch, before tip-toeing away from where Eto was sound asleep; again, forgetting that she was too high to actually be woken up long enough to actually coherently understand anything around her.

"Oh hey T-Touka! I-I'm at Sakura Elementary! You know, that one school near-"

"-Near Ishida Park, right? Yeah, I know where that's at; I also know it only takes less than ten minutes, with traffic, to get to and from there." Touka interrupted, as she made it crystal-clear that she wasn't in the mood to play games with Haise. "Get your ass home now! Got it?!"

"Erm… Y-Yeah, sure thing, Touka; I'll… I'll be there in about… Twenty minutes at the very latest, I think?" Haise answered back with an unsure tone in his voice, as he reached around to scratch the back of his head with uncertainty eating away at his confidence.

"Be here in FIFTEEN minutes, got it, Kaneki?! Don't even THINK about being late, or else your ass is MINE, got that?!" Touka almost practically screamed into the phone, before ending her call by saying, "I'll see you then, Kaneki; goodbye."

Hearing the familiar tone of his iPhone indicating to him that the call had ended, Haise stared back at the screen of his smartphone before recoiling at the time displayed on the screen. "Oh wow, would you look at that…?! Time really does fly when you're having fun…" Haise muttered to himself with a mischievous chuckle escaping his lips, before lowering the phone down to his side while turning around to stare at Eto, who was currently still butt-naked and stoned out of her mind.

"Alrighty… Okay, let's get a move on then," Haise spoke aloud to know one in particular, as he prepared himself for the task of getting Eto and himself dressed in clothes that were matted with coarse sand. Walking over to Eto, Haise knelt down beside her to slide his arms underneath the half-ghoul to scoop her up into his arms bridal-style.

Although Eto's mind was still on vacation, the love-struck half-ghoul at least was able to recognize the man who was carrying her. "Haiseeeeeeee~...!" Eto slurred out with saliva pouring down the corner of her curled lips, as she very slowly reached her hand out to touch the aforementioned man's face. "You… You should really take me to McDonald's… Okay?"

"... McDonalds? Why do you want to go there, Eto?" Haise asked with an amused smirk on his face, as he walked over to the swing set to seat the high half-ghoul down, before making his way back over to the pile of clothes in the sand.

"To get my hands on some McNuggets of course…?! W-What kind of RIDICULOUS question is t-that, Haiseeeeeee~?!" Eto asked, while beginning to wheeze while laughing, as she sort-of watched her lover beating his hand against her panties and bra, before moving on to the rest of her outfit to brush the sand off of them as well. "Haiseeeee, Haiseeeee… I really like s-saying your name, Haisssssseeeeeee~!"

"Oh, do you now? Hehe…" Haise snickered with a wide-toothy smile on his face, before making his way back over to Eto to begin sliding her feet through the openings of her panties; making sure to be careful while raising them up her gorgeous legs and voluptuous thighs.

"Yeah, I doooo~! I… I like your name SO much… T-That someday, you should g-give me YOUR last name…" Eto said with her cheeks beginning to grow red, as she fiddled around with her legs while Haise did his best to secure her panties around her hips, before pulling her leggings up as well. "W-Which is why I think I wanna be 'Eto Sasakiiiiiii' or even 'Sen Sasakiiiiii' someday…! O-Or even 'Eto Kanekiiiiii'; I'm fine with that t-too…! D-Do you t-think you could help me with that, Haiseeeeee~?"

Chalking up whatever it was that Eto was trying to say to him as nothing more than just her rambling on about whatever random thoughts crossed her mind, Haise didn't pay too much mind to the fact that the half-ghoul had tried making it blatantly obvious that she was wanting to be his wife.

However, rather than brushing Eto off completely, Haise had accidentally agreed to her wishes when replied with, "Of course, Eto! I'll make that happen someday, promise! And hey, I'll even swing through the drive through of McDonalds; just for you~!" Haise said with a wink, before laughing quietly at the sight of Eto's face lighting up while tearing up.

"Y-You will?! Y-You'd do that, j-just for me?! I… I…!" Eto stuttered out with an extremely over-exaggerated look of surprise and joy on her face, before tears began to pour down the corners of her bloodshot eyes. "T-That's so nice of you…! T-Thank youuuu, Haiseeeeee~… You made me the happinest girl in all of… Where the hell are we again?" Eto slurred out with a bewildered look in her eyes, as she very slowly looked around at the playground equipment around here. "... Is this fuckin…? Fuckin'...?" Eto muttered out in a grumbly voice, before falling asleep just in time for Haise to finish putting her bra on.

"Easy there, easy…!" Haise spoke quietly more so to himself, rather than the half-ghoul who he was wrapping his arms around to catch her from falling. Figuring that he couldn't rely on the swing to carry her safely anymore, Haise unraveled his kagune and carefully curved his tendrils upward to create a cradle-like surface to have Eto lay against.

With him being able to have better control of Eto's limp body, Haise was able to put on her shirt and hoodie a lot easier, which meant that he only had to keep his kagune out for less than a minute. Once Eto had been fully dressed, Haise retracted his tendrils back into his kakuhou sacs, before carrying her body in his arms once again.

Sitting her down on a small rubber platform that was built for the purpose of children to climb on in order to elevate themselves onto the upper portions of the playground set, Haise made sure Eto wasn't going anywhere before jogging over to his discarded clothes that were coated in sand.

Repeating the same process of beating the sand out of his articles of clothes like one would do to a rug, Haise eventually put his dress shirt, white tie, slacks, and leather jacket back on.

Fully outfitted, Haise turned his head over his shoulder to look back at the Eto, who had somehow climbed off of the rubber platform, before having fallen face-first into the sand during sometime when he was dressing himself. "Eto?!" Haise gasped out worryingly, before jogging over to the fallen half-ghoul to assist her. Kneeling down on one knee, Haise propped Eto's body and grimaced at the sight of her clothes and face being coated in a thick layer of sand.

Spitting out a mouthful of sand that had gotten into her mouth, Eto pouted in disgust while eagerly sitting still while Haise began to gently brush away the sand from her face and hair. "... I fell," Eto muttered sadly in an overly-exaggerated voice, which earned her a quiet laugh from the one-eyed ghoul.

"... I can see that," Haise replied back playfully, as he finished cleaning Eto up before helping her back onto her feet. Putting his arm underneath Eto's to help her keep her balance, Haise made sure to keep a slow enough pace for the half-ghoul to comfortably follow, as he led her out of the elementary school, until they left its iron gate perimeter.


Backtracking through the path that they took through the park in order to get to Sakura Elementary to begin with, Haise couldn't help but think back to his recently acquired memories of when he and Eto used to walk through the park together as children.

Although he had, suffice to say, done a decent-enough job brushing away all the fine grains of sand he could from their clothes and body, the questionable stares he was getting from various people who recognized who he was and why he was carrying a stoned woman through the park really did make Haise remember how judged he and Eto were all those years ago.

'This reminds me of the time that you got drunk, and tried getting me to drink that bottle of sake she stole… Boy, we sure did get a lot of stares back then… Especially when the cops came,' Haise reminisced to himself, as he suddenly was able to recall the first time he and Eto had to run away from the police. 'Goodness, you really are trouble, aren't you Eto?' Haise chuckled to himself while thinking of all the misadventures he and the half-ghoul had together.

'... I suppose I really am partially to blame for what happened to you, aren't I?' Haise thought with a sudden sobering feeling washing over his self conscience, while slowly looking away from the onlookers to stare solemnly at the stoned half-ghoul that he was walking beside while carrying. '... I… I made a promise to someone… I think? I think… I think I did promise to save you, right? Must have been the manager of Anteiku; your father, I believe… I'm sorry that I couldn't have kept that promise sooner.'

For about ten minutes of walking through the park while reflecting back on the past he and the half-ghoul shared, Eto had been quiet for the most part, except for the the times when she would suddenly start bursting into a wheezing-laughter for reasons that were beyond Haise's understanding; although her outbursts were infrequent, they were always loud enough to alert everyone of their presence in a thirty-meter radius.

So without there being any way for Haise to keep a low profile, it was only a matter of time until he was finally approached by two young men who appeared to be cosplaying as him with white-hair and black eyepatches of their own.

"Eyepatch-Sama! Eyepatch-Sama!" One of the fanboys yelled out frantically, as he and his overweight friend came stampeding over to where he and Eto were walking. "Eyepatch-Sama! It's really you! We come to you with news!"

Silently questioning to himself why on Earth two random strangers were referring to him as 'Eyepatch-Sama', Haise grumbled to himself before walking over to a park bench. "Hold on guys…" Haise said in a slightly annoyed voice, while carefully helping Eto down onto the bench. After he made sure that she wouldn't fall off, Haise let out a silent sigh before turning back around to face the two fanboys. "Alright, erm… What was it that you wanted to show me, 'kind strangers'?"

"Eyepatch-Sama, we are no mere 'kind strangers'! I for one am a one-eyed ghoul, just like you; my name is 'Darkheart'!" The tallest cosplayer said while introducing himself, before momentarily activating his kakugans to show Haise that he too was a self-proclaimed 'one-eyed' ghoul. Haise almost believed him, until Darkheart suddenly lifted his black-eyepatch to show him that he was actually just a regular run-of-the-mill ghoul. "Psst… I'm not actually a one-eyed ghoul, but can you just pretend that I am, please?"

Trying his hardest not to laugh at the ghoul, who for whatever reason was roleplaying in real life as a one-eyed ghoul, Haise swallowed back the lump in his throat before letting out a breath to recompose himself. Holding onto his hips, Haise slowly nodded at the other man before saying, "Of course, of course…! AHEM-S-So what can I do for you, 'D-Darkheart'? Pfff…!" Haise asked, while trying his absolute hardest to not grin after almost letting out a throaty laugh.

Misinterpreting Haise's unusual mannerisms as him trying to show them respect, Darkheart bowed beside his overweight friend to pay tribute to the actual one-eyed ghoul, before rising back up. "Eyepatch-Sama," Darkheart said once again, which honestly was starting to overstay its welcome and beginning to annoy Haise, who no longer found the name to be endearing in the least bit, "'Katana-Master' and I bring you news! Kichimura Washuu, one of the great leaders of our organization 'GOAT', has… H-Has been assassinated...!"

"... 'Katana-Master'?" Haise muttered inquisitively, while cringing at the alias of the other ghoul who, just like his name suggested, had a scabbard tied around the belt that fitted snugly around his large waist, containing a holstered sword inside of it.

Nodding at the mentioning of his name, Katana-Master scratched his neckbeard before tipping his fedora as a sign of the utmost respect he held for Haise. "Heh… That's right, Eyepatch-Sama… Our great charismatic leader was shot three times in the chest approximately one hour, twenty-six minutes, and thirty-five seconds ago; moments before young Master Yusa Arima could begin bridging the gap between us and the CCG's chairman," Katana-Master relayed, while doing his best to imitate the same kind of 'serious' and 'foreboding' tone that Haise usually had in his own voice when himself was trying to be serious.

Hearing that voice coming from someone else right there and then really started to make Haise second-guess the reasons why he still did that voice in the first place.

"... Okay 'Darkheart' and 'Katana-Master', I'm going to be honest with you, okay?" Haise said, as he crossed his arms over his chest. "I REALLYhave absolutely no idea what the hell you two are talking about… I think I know who 'Kichimura' is; he's that guy who did that interview this morning, right?"

Tipping his fedora once again, as though that was supposed to be his gimmick, Katana-Master nodded in response to Haise's question before saying, "That would correct, Eyepatch-Sama."

"... And what you're telling me is that he was just assassinated, like what, an hour ago?" Haise asked again, while doing his best to process the news he was hearing.

"T-That would be correct, Eyepatch-Sama!" Darkheart replied back with a slight stutter in his nasally voice. "Forgive me if I'm overstepping any boundaries-"

"-You already did, kid…" Eto slurred out, while interrupting the awkward ghoul as she slumped back against the wooden-backrest of the bench. "Don't mind me, children… I'm just watching you guys be cringy…" Eto said dismissively with an ear-to-ear grin plastered across her face, as she continued to watch the two nerds interacting with Haise.

Despite the fact that they were just called 'cringy', the two fanboys exchanged flabbergasted and wide-eyed expressions with one another before turning back to Haise. "I-Is that THE Sen Takatsuki?! A-Are you in a relationship with her, Eyepatch-Sama...?!" Darkheart asked with an eager look on his face, while Katana-Master reached into his cargo pants to pull out his smartphone to begin documenting his findings, even before Haise could give them a response.

"Allow me to bring up the subreddit, gentlemen; I need only but a moment to post this newfound lore," Katana-Master said with an attempt at doing a suave voice, as he brought up to his smartphone that was covered in anime girl stickers, to being snapping pictures of both Haise and his new 'arm piece', who was currently drooling on herself while trying to pose innocently for the camera while still nestling herself up against the bench. "Okay, now this is epic…!"

"Yeah man, I bet you'll hella get some 'Reddit gold' for that…!" Darkheart said enthusiastically, as he stood over the overweight ghoul's shoulder to stare down at the screen of his phone, while Katana-Master's fingers were tapping away at the touch-keyboard.

Seeing how his two newfound fanboys were busy being engrossed with their social media endeavors, Haise saw this as his golden opportunity to leave the scene with Eto while he could. However, Haise only got a few steps in until Darkheart and Katana-Master craned their necks up to stare at him like two deers looking back at a pair of oncoming headlights.

"Eyepatch-Sama! Wait, we haven't received your orders yet!" Darkheart said in his obnoxious voice, which both irritated and confused Haise.

"... 'Orders'?" Haise repeated back with a furrowed brow, to which Katana-Master answered with a solemn nod.

"Right as always, my Lord," Katana-Master said with a cocky smirk on his face, before raising his finger up to push the rim of his eyeglasses up the bridge of his nose. "It seems as though you're unaware of what's going on, Eyepatch-Sama, and that's okay; your fellow GOATs are here to assist you in any way we can, so we can carry you to victory."

"Pfffttt…!" Eto snickered out in a low tone, while squinting her bloodshot eyes in amusement. "Oh wow, you guys really are losers…!" Eto jeered quietly, which was shrugged off by the two fanboys who had spent their entire lives being made fun of, and were quite used to ignoring 'trolls' such as Eto.

Figuring that the half-ghoul was too stoned to have a word-filter, Haise let out another sigh before trying to keep himself focused on what his fellow 'GOATs' were trying to tell him. "Okay, okay, look… I really, and I mean REALLY, don't know what to tell you guys…! I-I don't even know why you're wanting orders from me… Look, I'm busy today, and I have somewhere I need to be right now, so-"

"-So you're wanting to come to GOAT's next meeting, right Eyepatch-Sama?" Darkheart interjected with a wide-smile on his face. "You know, for a moment there I was starting to second guess whether or not you really were part of GOAT, or at least interested in fulfilling your role as GOAT's 'white knight'... But since you're really showing interest, that proves to us that you really are the hero everyone's making you out to be!"

Furrowing his brows, Haise reached up to grab a hold of his chin passive-aggressively, while doing his best to keep his frustrations from getting the better of him. "Wait, no guys, that's not what I was-"

"-A lot of us 'Sasaki Enthusiasts' were hoping that you and Master Fueguchi would finally be reunited! The love between you and her that was discussed in great detail and depth during the first and last podcast released by Master Washuu… And now that he has fallen and moved onto the afterlife, one can only imagine who would be worthy enough to fulfill such big shoes? After all, the people need someone with a true heart to hosts the podcast show, someone handsome with a smooth voice, and a nice looking fedora; such a position should be-"

"-Wait," Haise interrupted with his hand raised upward, after it finally hit him who 'Master Fueguchi' was. "...Did you say that Hinami Fueguchi would be there?!" Haise asked while feeling his heart fluttering in his chest.

Remembering that Haise's search for Hinami had been his sole motivation for going against the tyrants of CCG, Darkheart felt jittery inside at the mere sight of the one-eyed ghoul's excitement being conveyed through his grey eyes. "T-That's right, Eyepatch-Sama! Master Fueguchi, both Masters Yusa and Kishou Arima, and even the beautiful Master Ihei will be there! It's a meeting that we GOATs were invited to; it's where we'll meet together and discuss what we can do to dismantle CCG, and give Master Yusa Arima the power he needs to unite Tokyo…!"

Confused as to why such an event would be held, especially since Furuta had apparently been murdered earlier that day, Haise frowned before asking, "... How public is this meeting?"

"Not public at all, Eyepatch-Sama! Why in fact, all of us true GOATs were personally invited through means of private massaging, via Discord," Katana-Master said with a completely serious look on his face, before suddenly kneeling down on one knee in front of Haise. "Fear not, my Lord; security will be tight, and we GOATs have all pledged to lay down our lives for you and the Masters, in order to secure a future where ghouls and humans can coexist in perfect harmony… You will be safe, Eyepatch-Sama; I swear my life and blade on that," Katana-Master vowed, before slightly taking out his sword to reveal to Haise that it was none other than Yukimura itself.

"Hey…! H-How did you get that quinque?!" Haise asked, while somewhat feeling bothered over the fact that a fedora-wearing neckbeard ghoul was wielding the same sword that was handed down to him by Arima years ago.

"I, along with other GOATs aside from Darkheart, made our way to Corniculum's sacred grounds to retrieve its spoils before CCG could return to gather their fallen and reclaim their weapons," Katana-Master explained, before slowly standing up while sliding Yukimura back into its custom scabbard.

"... Such an order was given by none other than Master Washuu, who had us accompany him when we infiltrated the fallen ghoul detention center… We were all unsure whether or not you survived, Eyepatch-Sama; I took your blade as a way to pay tribute to you, and to carry on your legacy... I, along with everyone else in our group, made sure to pay our respects to your fallen son before we left… You have my condolences, Eyepatch-Sama," Katana-Master said while tipping the brim of his fedora in memory of Shirazu.

"Yeah, we're really sorry that the Black Reaper inadvertently was the reason why Ginshi Shirazu had passed… We saw in the interview how he sacrificed himself to save your life; he was an honorable man, Eyepatch-Sama," Darkheart said in a sadden tone, which honestly caught Haise off guard. "The Black Reaper will not divide us, Eyepatch-Sama! We'll help you defeat him, the United Front, and CCG until the end…!"

Having taken the two fanboys at first as nothing more than two grown men who had too much time on their hands, Haise couldn't help but feel guilty for having judged them before truly getting to know how devoted they were to him and his endeavors. "Y-Yeah… Yeah, he really was something, wasn't he?" Haise said aloud with a somber look on his face, before letting out a breath of air. "... Thank you for your condolences, it… It really means a lot to me that people are remembering Shirazu as the good man he deserves to be remembered as."

Seeing Haise as being a humble person rather than a righteous man who beyond showing others gratitude, Katana-Master let out a quiet breath past his lips, while softly tightening his grip around the handle of the quinque. "... Eyepatch-Sama, I… I believe Yukimura belongs to you, doesn't she?" Katana-Master said with a hesitant tone in his voice; making it obvious to Haise that the fedora-wearing ghoul wasn't thrilled about departing with his blade, even though he figured returning it to its owner would be the right thing to do. Unwrapping the leather binds that kept his scabbard connected to his belt, Katana-Master held up the quinque out in front of him, and offered for Haise to take what was his. "My Lord... I present to you your noble weapon; may she guide you to victory."

Staring down at the quinque that he had used for years, one that he had made less-than-cherishable memories with, Haise had a methodical look in his eyes as he analyzed it before raising his hand up to gently push the quinque back towards the ghoul; much to the other man's surprise.

"... Hey, I think that you should hold on to it… I mean, you can't be 'Katana-Master' without a katana, right?" Haise mused somewhat jokingly with a friendly grin on his face, as he watched Katana-Master's expression change from being servitle to emotionally-touched.

"M-My Lord?! I… I am extremely honored that you would consider me worthy enough to wield s-such a fine weapon, I…I...! E-Excuse me, my Lord…!" Katana-Master trailed off after getting choked up, before lowering the scabbard with one hand while using his other hand to lower his eyeglasses down so he could wipe his tears away on the sleeve of his leather trench coat.

Seeing how his fellow GOAT was indeed of a moment to recollect himself, Darkheart did his best to push past the chills he felt after witnessing his best friend being honored by Haise himself. "E-Eyepatch-Sama, if you could be kind enough to allow me to offer you my phone-number, I-I could text you the address of where we'll be meeting tomorrow night…! It'll be outside of Tokyo, and if you need a ride, you'll get one there and back; I'll even ask my mom to give you a ride, if I must!"

Astounded and still having a hard time accepting that he was finally on track to being reunited with Hinami herself, Haise let out a small laugh at the absurdity of what his life had become, before reaching into his pocket to pull out his iPhone. "Y-Yes, of course…! I'll gladly exchange numbers with you, Darkheart!" Haise said, while being too excited at thought of seeing Hinami to care about how stupid he sounded he said the ghoul's alias aloud.

Smiling from seeing how Happy Haise was while he was exchanging phone numbers with Darkheart, Eto rolled her head back and rested it against the top part of the bench's backrest. Being too engrossed in imagining how everyone would react to seeing Hinami stepping foot into her apartment, Eto was too distracted and high to comprehend the rest of Haise and Darkheart's conversation.

Eto was so stoned and out of it, that she even missed the part of their conversation where Haise reluctantly agreed to come alone, due to Darkheart expressing his concern of having unexpected guests coming to their private gathering; meaning that Haise was to travel one-hundred and thirty kilometers outside of Tokyo, to a privately-owned mountain resort located at the base of Mt. Fuji; far west from where CCG's jurisdiction ended.


End of the chapter! The rest here is the author's notes, which of course can be skipped if you're not interested.

Don't worry, Darkheart and Katana-Masters, joke characters who served a purpose for this chapter and perhaps future chapters, won't really be in this story too much. They are mere tools for parody and to help introduce the idea of GOAT's followers, and to have Haise begin interacting with GOAT in a positive way.

Remember, only Arima, Yusa, Ihei, and Hinami know that Urie is committing attorsities for the sake of harboring everyone's hatred; to become the common enemy to show everyone, even the most hateful of bigots, that humanity and ghouls are capable of working together.

I believe around chapter 40(ish), will be Hinami x Haise, and then maybe afterward Ihei x Haise. Lemons will start to become more common now, I hope. Again, sorry that I write so much in between scenes; I find it hard to do frequent time skips, because I feel as though it takes away from going in depth with the story.

Anyways, time for the reviews!

Why do you gotta disrespect Furuta like that, Guest? Calling him 'Three Shot' because he died from getting shot three times in the chest? For shame, Guest, for shame.

Thank you for reviewing Carla! I've tried showing from earlier chapters that Tsukiyama has progressively stopped valuing the lives of people, and started to see everyone around him as pawns for him to manipulate and to use in order to advance his own ambitions. That's why he sent Haise to go fight in Corniculum, because he cared more about his own agenda than the life of him. He even denied still being friends with him in an earlier chapter, if I remember properly. I think it was Chapter 11? And okay, okay, I'll let Eto live, so she won't have to die twice!

If Karren jumped off the building with a parachute, she'd fall too slow and end up probably being shot in the air. There were waves of them coming for her, so without Roma, she wouldn't have gotten far.

Why do people skip the story and go for the lemons, you may ask yourself, Guest? It's because those people are the same kind of people who only eat the cream off of an Oreo cookie, and toss away the black parts of it.

The Touken chapter happening in 33 and 34 was just a rough estimation of when I'd be able to reach that part. Judging from now, Touka x Haise SHOULD happen during chapter 34. Again, it was just because I have a hard time skipping too much story, because I feel like some people enjoy the slice of life stuff here and there, because I know I do.

Plus, how else was I supposed to write Japanese 'Fanboy and Chum-Chum' into this chapter?

Thank you for writing your review, Saitama! And yes, Furuta died like Biggie Smalls did, probably.

Don't worry, Karren's survived three times so far. And she herself is getting sick of being put into danger so much, so she'll probably betray Tsukiyama after developing feelings for Haise, once she gets a taste of him.

Thank you Guest for the scenario! I'll post it here and format it a bit for you!

E-Eto~! I-I'm, aah~, g-gonna….. Sasaki opens his eyes to the sight of rubble and a body leaned up against a rock.

Sasaki: 'Huh? Where am I?' Takes a closer look at the body.

Sasaki: 'Is that Eto!' Alarmed at the sight of her mangled state he sprints towards her.

Eto: 'It's the young man.' Tears well up in his eyes as he sees how badly injured she is.

Sasaki: 'Eto what the hell happened to you!'

Eto: 'I rescued your friends.' 'The ones from anteiku.'

Sasaki: 'This is a nightmare!' Repeats in his head.

Eto: 'That slight clown did me in. I'm going to die.'

Sasaki: 'No, even if this is a nightmare I won't let that happen!' he bites into his disfigured arm and chews it into mush while fighting off the pain.

Eto: 'What are you….' gets cut off as Sasaki mashes his lips with hers and shoves the mush into the back of her mouth. He pulls back as soon as he hears her swallow.

Sasaki: 'Thank goodness!' He watches her injuries start to heal.

Eto: 'You are a kind person Ken Kaneki. Thank you!'. He pulls her into a hug with tears streaming down his cheeks.

Sasaki: 'This is the last time we're smoking any joints that Roma gives me!'

Eto: 'Huh?' 'What joints?' 'I could go for a smoke right now!'

(I think this was a reference to how Eto almost died in the manga, because I THINK she didn't even get that far in the anime. But anyways, I loved reading it, and thank you for taking the time and effort into writing it!)

Thank you for reviewing, Reviewbruh! I'm glad you enjoyed seeing Yusa debate Matsuri, and were able to make the connection between CCG and how most law enforcement branches work in the real world. If Karren hadn't shot Furuta, than he, Yusa, Ihei would begin working with Matsuri and Urie to transform CCG into TSC; meaning that they would be able to use the lab notes from the 1960's to begin producing artificial meat for ghouls to eat instead.

It would have been a happy ending, that's for sure. The United Front messed that up on purpose, because if that were to happen, then Tsukiyama and his benefactors back in Europe wouldn't benefit from it financially, nor would they have the power they want in Tokyo.

Thank you for reviewing, Root A! And yeah, Matsuri really was coming around to the idea of change, and was prepared to pursue those changes, until Karren cut that short. Not enough time has occurred for people to begin spreading their own conspiracy theories about how CCG purposefully killed Furuta while trying to do the same to Yusa to silence them, but it will happen, that's for sure.

Also, I laughed when you wrote 'Touka tried using the force on the remote control', because that's pretty much exactly what she was trying to do! More than likely, Touka will begin being able to move stuff when she's 'punishing' Haise for showing up late with McDonalds, while smelling like Eto and weed. I think Eto will tell Haise that their kakugans matched, after remembering their first time having sex when they do it again.

That's right baby, Eto and Haise will fuck at least one more time, if not more!

Yeah, the dragon really was kinda shit in the manga and anime, ngl.

List time, guys! Here are the girls that Haise would find the most attractive, to the least attractive: Eto, Rize, Touka, Hinami, Ihei, Akira, Chie Horie, Kurona, Saiko, Mutsuki, Roma, Ruisawa, Ayumu, Matsumae, Karren. Rize's only in second place because Kaneki, at first, thought she was more attractive than Rize in the beginning of Tokyo Ghoul. Hinami's in fourth because Haise, as of now, is able to look at Touka sexually easier, while being ashamed to admit that he does find Hinami attractive. Because let's not lie, she is. Eto gets first because she's his first crush ever, and she's really attractive, even if she isn't as 'thicc' as Rize is.

Haise will react to Touka's muscles, and will find them attractive when she's holding him and showing him how she's able to overpower him to make him do whatever she wants him to do for and to her.

I really lol'd when I read 'This is comparable to the JFK assassination'. It kind of was, but still lmao.

I have to reread Chapter 142, but I'll take your word, Guest. Only because I've always shipped Hinami and Kaneki, and I'll die shipping them too. And yes, I agree, Hinami deserves Haise/Kaneki WAY more than Touka does. Touka only became relevant in :re when it was easy for her to get Kaneki back.

More than an hour, if not almost two, will have passed before Haise and Touka end up having rough hardcore BDSM sex. If that phrase isn't enough to give you the hint, I'll just say this: Touka won't care if Haise is 'too tired' or 'too sensitive' down there, she'll make him erect one way or the other. By the end of it, Haise will be covered in bite marks, scratches, red marks from smacking, his cum, her cum, her saliva, and will be almost comatosed from how tired he'll be afterwards.

Don't worry, the next chapter will have Haise tucking Eto in under a blanket, while she falls asleep on her couch… While Touka violently fucks Haise in the other room, lol.

Thank you for reviewing, L! You know the turtleneck always comes back, but shame it's on Yusa rather than Haise this time. I think Haise will get a turtleneck sweater, and will probably TRY to sing the song, but will mess it up. Also, thank you for taking the time to rewrite the ending arc of Tokyo Ghoul :re, by introducing the big G himself. I'll go ahead and post it right here.

Apache helicopters were unloading all their missiles into the centipede like a monster climbing up a skyscraper. Everyone had their attention on it and failed to notice all the birds in the Tokyo area take off into the sky and fly away.

"Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnk!" A foghorn-like sound coming out of Tokyo bay was heard by everyone in the vicinity.

"What is that!" screamed a man at the docks pointing towards a massive swell in the water moving towards the bay.

"Is it a tsunami?!" asked another man shaking in nervousness. The water receded back as the swell came closer to shore.

"Everyone run, we have to get to higher ground!" a lady shouted out as everyone ran towards the main city. An old man couldn't help but stay behind and stare at the swell.

"Are those giant rocks?" said the man to himself as the swell got closer. Anyone who looked back would have noticed the sharp maple like rock formations sticking out of the swell. Suddenly a giant tail way longer than multiple city blocks shot out of the swell and into the sky. The swell rose up at a steady pace revealing more and more sharp maple like rock formations. A small tsunami made its way into Tokyo sweeping up all the people who hadn't made it to higher ground and knocking over smaller buildings. The swell rose higher and higher until all the water fell off the gigantic form.

Everyone who turned around thought the same thing, "What the heck is that!".

Standing near Tokyo bay was a gigantic dinosaur-like creature towering over Tokyo at 393 feet tall. It had grey reptilian like textured skin and a blocky reptilian like snout. Shark-like gills could be seen on its neck. It's teeth were the size of houses and it's claws were longer than city buses. It's yellow tinted eyes burned with rage.

It sucked in a ton of air and "SSSSSSSSKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKK!"

People too close to the bay screamed "Aghhhh" as their eardrums blew from the noise. Many glass windows shattered due to the loud angry roar.

"What is that monster!?" thought a nervous Furuta. "Please don't get close to my dragon!" screamed Furuta.

"I need all units on the second monster near Tokyo bay!" screamed the section commander into his radio.

"We can't sir, we're all out of ammo!" shouted back the squad commander of the Apache helicopters.

"What do you mean you're all out of ammo you nipwitz!" screamed back the section commander.

"We shot every single round at the giant centipede sir!" said the squad commander. Suddenly Godzilla moved inland towards the centipede. Mini quakes shook Tokyo as he moved inland. He moved a certain distance and centered his eyesight on the giant centipede resting on a skyscraper.

Then VWWWUUUUUU MMMMMMM WWWUUUUUUUMMMMMMVWUUUUUU MMMMMM his giant dorsal plates glowed from his tail all the way to his neck. He leaned back, opened his mouth, and KRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAKOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!

A long blue nuclear ray shot out of his mouth and onto the back of the giant centipede. "No my beautiful DRAGON!" screamed Furuta as the centipede went up in flames and was turned into ash along with the skyscrapers in the path of Godzilla's atomic breath.

"No Kaneki!" shouted a saddened Touka and Hinami. Munch

"Mmmmhhhh, what are you girls screaming about I'm right here." said a happy Kaneki enjoying some popcorn as he watched the giant centipede disappear. Touka and Hinami could not believe their eyes as they turned around and saw their love was safe and sound.

"What? Want some?" stated Kaneki as he tilted the bag of popcorn their way.

(I thoroughly enjoyed reading every bit of your crossover Godzilla x Tokyo Ghoul fanfiction, thank you very much for taking the time and effort to write this! I loved the popcorn part and the dialogue you wrote! Godzilla would totally demolish the dragon, that's for sure lmao).

When Urie takes control of CCG, he'll go to war with GOAT and United Front, which has always been the plan. It's just if Karren didn't kill Furuta, than all Urie would have to worry about is using the Oggai to destroy the United Front, before purposefully losing to GOAT and the CCG, which would mean he'd be losing to TSG, and eventually keep fighting until he's struck down by Haise.

Remember, the Black Reaper has to be killed by Haise, that's Urie's mission and GOAT's mission too, even if Hinami and Yusa are trying to think of ways to prevent Urie from actually dying. And it wasn't because Furuta died, but because some GOAT members wanted Haise to be involved in their project, Hinami will be able to be reunited with Haise, so long as he doesn't betray her and GOAT.

Futura truly died a virgin. How sad.

Honestly? Haise being Haise, would offer to look after Rize. She'll just join his harem eventually, probably, while still living her own life separate from his. And I lol'd at the 'bitch eats food like a competitive eater' remark you made.

Karren used hollow point rounds, but since she used a rifle, it's going to have traceable markings on the casings she dropped. Yusa and Ihei will be able to use their array of GOATs to help solve the case; just like how Tsukiyama promised Haise when it came to finding Hinami with his 'spare men', but never came around to actually doing it.

With Hinami being united with him, Haise doesn't have any reason to work with Tsukiyama, and really has more motivation to betray him, especially if Hinami tells him how evil the United Front is.

RIP Furuta, and yeah, Ihei will probably have Haise lead her to the Crescent Moon, so she and him can take control of the ship. Which is why Haise's motivation for returning to the Crescent Moon would be to get as many people to like him enough to convince them to betray Tsukiyama, such as Karren, Roma, Kurona, Chie Horie, Matsumae, and Nishiki. The girls won't be a problem for Haise, and Nishiki shouldn't either, considering that he himself doesn't have loyalty to Tsukiyama.

Touka, being a gym rat who has a powerful musk, would definitely have febreeze. Speaking of which, make sure to list in the reviews any sexual acts you'd like to see be done between Touka and Haise. I'm even thinking of having Touka telling Haise to rub his no-no parts against her muscles and even armpits after she works out. Out here in this fanfiction, we get freaky, so don't be afraid to voice your fetishes, lmao.

Vanilla is boring, after all, and has been done a lot before.

Again, one of the Guests proves himself to be an MVP, after he has released a scenario about Haise having a threesome with Kurona, Chie Horie, and maybe even Nashiro, in a way. And don't worry, I haven't forgotten about Eto and Ukina's Christmas Past chapter; I pay my debts in requests.

But because of the Guest, expect there to be a threesome chapter later on. Also, from the looks of it, it honestly seems like Haise might be having to pay a lot of child support in the future. The way it was written in the previous scenarios, along with me finding it hot, I honestly see Haise as being the kind of guy who has a weak pull out game. On an off note, I was going to have Roma 'prank' Haise by lying about being on birth control, and revealing that she wasn't taking anything for it only after he creampies her.

Speaking of which, most honorable lemon-writing inspirer, I am eternally grateful that you have offered to do lemon drafts for me. It truly is, as Katana-Master would say, 'An Epic 100 wholesome Big Chungus Keanu Reeves Reddit Gold moment'.

But since you're offering, and who am I to say no to such a generous offer, would you mind writing down something for Ayumu first, and then Ihei? I absolutely adore your suggestions, and read them like one would read the Holy Bible.

That's right other Guest, a murder most fowl has been commited. Or at least it was committed, last chapter ago.

Touka might be nose blind to her own musk, and honestly because Haise loves Touka, it probably won't take long for him to start to get turned on by her smell. She'll have him smell her, and describe it to her. Trust me, Haise and Touka's chapter will be KINKY and super femdom.

Karren probably should have used a suppressor, but Tsukiyama wanted her to grab CCG's attention, because to Tsukiyama, there's no such thing as bad publicity.

I imagine my Hinami x Kaneki smut chapter is the most popular chapter right now, because I honestly don't think there's a wide selection of Hinami x Kaneki lemons published, I think? I don't know, but either way, as a lemon enjoyer myself, I don't blame people for re-reading it as much as they do.

RIP Furuta, and I can't wait to write Haise x Hinami later on in the chapter 40's. But for now, chapters 30-40 will mostly be centered around Haise, Touka, Eto, Saiko, as far as lemons go. Oh, and I'll try to squeeze a Karren x Haise chapter somewhere too.

I want there to be LOTS of lemons in this story.

Anyways, that does it for now I think.

Thank you for reading this chapter and showing support! Take care, be blessed, and have a wonderful day!