The CCG's Reaper stood in the flower bed of death, waiting for any more ghouls to try and pass through route V14.

Kaneki walks slowly to the beginning of route V14 hoping that Kaya and Irmi have made it through. The taste of his best friend's blood still tingles his tastebud. However, he stops and looks at reaper himself as if death is ready to embrace him. His final moments, a fitting end to someone with such a tragic life. Yet, the sorrow and fear were overwhelmed by the feeling of despair. The reaper is truly beautiful, and the death around him only amounted to his title.

Kaneki looks up to where the man was previously, but to no anvil as the man disappears from his sight. "Where did he go?" The pain pierces through his body, as Arima's quinque tears through Kaneki's abdomen. "I'm fine. I'm fine." He released him from the weapon, however the reaper lunges at Kaneki with IXA. Destroying Kaneki's left eye, "AHHH-HHHH! MY BRAIN! IT HURTS! MAKE THE PAIN STOP! MOTHER..! ETO!!

Kaneki activates his kagune, then rips the quinque from his eye socket and skull. The blood drips panting the battle scene, while he unleashes hell with multiple kagunes smashing the nearby pillars as they all aim for Arima.

"Left. Top. Down. Right." Arima effortlessly dodges the large masses with ease noting that his opponent isn't too bad. Nonetheless, he moves closer with each dodge as he reclaims IXA and once again strikes at the unstable Kaneki.

He dodges the strikes, then retreats to the back. The pain coursing through his body, as Arima simply remains quiet, while Kaneki mumbles incoherent verses that have no thought behind them.

"It's...pretty..Autumn." The small voice of Kaneki manages to say, although Arima knew it wasn't the season currently. "You're unique, but I can hear the rain coming from outside. And, you're apart of my mission."

"We're in V14, and no "ghoul" will pass through here." The crackling of Narukami overcame the room, as Arima let the arc blast charge significantly. Kaneki's eye widens at the sight of such a devastating attack. He begins to run knowing that if it hits him that it would be the end for him.

"Must. Not. Get. Hit." Is the mantra Kaneki speaks to himself, while dodging the bolts of rc. He then counters with an attack of his own, as he combines his kagune's mass to form a large hand that slams against IXA's defensive barrier."You're good, Kaneki Ken."

The form of IXA chances, and rips through Kaneki's abdomen while lifting him into the air as blood colors the dark pillars and corpses. Almost symbolical, as no one can hear the screams of Kaneki's agony but the God of Death.

Slamming his broken body onto the ground, Arima walks forward stabbing IXA into the ghouls's right eye. "You damaged the defensive portion of IXA, and now I will need a new quinque."

"Where am I?" Kaneki thinks to himself, but the visage of his mother working brings back memories. Placing a small blanket on her, Kaneki thinks of the things he has done and said. "To protect everyone was a lie. A coping system to keep him from being lonely. Just like his mother... she wasn't a kind person. She just was a coward that was too afraid to be left alone, and so am I. We are just foolish people that thrive on the smallest ounces of attention, even if they're bad."

Exiting the house, he sees a younger version of himself playing in a small sandbox. "I just didn't want to be alone..." He sits in the sandbox with the young boy. Listening, as he explains the mini house he made that features his own room and mother's room.

"It's getting dark outside. We should go inside."

"Alright."

Kaneki and his younger self, walk through the flowers the feeling of his brain leaking absently still in his mind. The checkerboard sky reminiscent of his time with Yamori, and his fading memories. "Do you love mom?" Kaneki asks his younger self, wondering what the younger self-thought of their mother.

"I love mom, and I wanted to be just like her when I grow up. She tries her to help everyone, from dusk to dawn. And, it's truly inspirational when you think about it." The younger boy replies happily to the question.

"I'm so sorry..." Kaneki drops to his knees as tears flow from his eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I made us so ugly..." The younger boy is now that of his college self, as he holds Kaneki's cheek up. "You protected us when I was too scared to fight. I'm not angry with you, but I thank you for all that you've done. We should rest now."

The black hair Kaneki slowly fades away, as the final thoughts of Kaneki are of Eto. How she has helped shoulder the burden of being a ghoul, and not being alone anymore. These are his final thoughts, as he closes his eyes for the final time.

Arima stares at the defeated ghoul absently. In a way, the young ghoul fought was that of a person ready to die, but at the same time one that wanted to live on. Symbolic nature of life and death is poetic, especially in a ghoul. Nonetheless, it did not matter now. It was over and he has accomplished his mission.

Grabbing Kaneki by his hair, as he drags the ghoul's body along the dark route.

An empty grave for ghouls that danced the reaper. One, in which, could birth hope for some and despair for the others.

"You are here!" Insane laughter accompanied the statement as the Owl prepares to battle the Reaper.

The CCG's Reaper has arrived along with the famous squad 0. "Stand by."

Dodging the increasingly large shards, Arima activates Narukami sending large electrical orbs at the Owl.

The investigators watched in awe as he battled the monster by himself.

Changing the mode of Narukami, Arima advances towards the ghoul not showing one sign of fatigue or fear. Effortlessly dodging and forcing the creature back constantly.

Using the wet surroundings to electrocute the kakuja with ease. Following up with a slash that removes a shoulder blade easily.

The Owl responds in a rage with a swipe of its own. Seeing that it is time to leave, it runs for the other Owl swallowing him whole. Preparing her escape as she runs toward the roof's edge, with Arima sending her multiple electric blasts that fail to hit.

Trailing close behind he hangs onto a rail and fires one last burst at the large ghoul. Hanging, as she vanishes quickly eager to be free of the CCG.

Finally finding a hidden place Eto regurgitates her father. Then, dissipates from the large kakuja as she looks at her father up close.

"Father..!" She giggles in a deranged manner while looking at him.

"E..to.." He weakly called out to his daughter.

"I have big plans for you!"