Chigurh is walking back to his motel room to read the book he purchased from Sen. Viewing the first pages, he becomes fascinated with the story of the antagonist, who is the main character, committing murder on both humans and monsters. It mirrored his murderous intent on both humans and ghouls. With the book in his hand, he might have some ideas on what to do later on.
Just then, he saw a blond-haired boy walking past his room with two CCG officers on his side. Perhaps reading the next chapter of his book will have to wait.
"So what are we doing here?" the boy asked as they went to the back of the motel.
"We're here to do some recon," one CCG officer responded.
"It's one of the most important things to do as a CCG officer," the other CCG officer responded.
"Right…" the boy said.
Suddenly, one CCG officer is shot by the back of his head, and the other CCG officer is shot in the back and to the back of his head. Both dropped dead on his feet, and he saw Chigurh wielding a shotgun with a silencer, realizing who the shooter is.
"What's your name, kid?" Chigurh approached him.
"Hideyoshi Nagachika, or if you want, Hide," the boy introduced himself while trying to show less fear in confronting him.
"Well, Hide… what is a kid like you doing with the CCG?"
"I work for them. What do you expect?"
"For a kid to work for those people that hunt ghouls, you should just leave things to the professionals."
"Leave him alone!" a familiar voice yelled, and both faced a white-haired man in their presence.
"Kaneki…" Hide smiled, happy to see his best friend once again.
"Hide, are you okay?" Kaneki asked with concern on his face.
"I am now, dude," was his reply.
"Is he a friend of yours?" Chigurh asked flatly.
"Yes, he is," Hide responds with a smile on his face.
"Oh, really?" Chigurh shifts his focus on Kaneki.
"So we finally meet, Half and Half Killer," Kaneki told the man.
"Perhaps we should call this a standoff," Chigurh grabs Hide by his jacket.
"I see you're not to be taken lightly even if you're not with the CCG nor the Aogiri Tree," Kaneki sighed. "I hope Touka doesn't kill you when I'm about to show you this."
"Huh?" Hide asked.
Kaneki removes his medical eyepatch covering his left eye, exposing his kakugan in front of them.
"Oh, that… I already knew about that," Hide is not fazed from the revelation.
"You knew?" Kaneki asked.
"Yeah, ever since that fight with Nishiki," Hide added. "Anyway, you're still my friend."
"Thank you for accepting me," Kaneki smiled, glad his best friend accepted him when he's revealed to be a half-ghoul.
"No problem, dude," Hide smiled in return.
"So what?" Chigurh shows no concern for their friendship, nor Kaneki's secret being revealed. "Even if you're a half-ghoul, you don't scare me. Let me prove my point."
Letting go of Hide, he wields the silenced shotgun on his hands as he starts shooting at him, but Kaneki is able to dodge the shots. In return, he activated his kagune, which is a rinkaku. Even Hide is amazed at the sight of it. Chigurh makes another shot, but Kaneki dodged that as well. He attempts to attack him by sending two of his tentacles on him. As expected, Chigurh dodges them, and so with the next two.
"So the rumor is true," he said with calmness as he received conclusion about his opponent. "You must be one of Dr. Kanou's experiments."
Hearing the name of the person who transformed him caused Kaneki to grit his teeth in anger.
"I see you're pursuing him for a reason. If you think about asking me where he is, then you're sadly mistaken because I don't know where," Chigurh said.
"I never said anything about asking you for directions," Kaneki said coldly.
"Let's try a different tact, shall we?"
Grabbing a coin from his pocket, Chigurh flips it and catches it with his hand. Of course, he points his shotgun at Hide, showing that he's prepared to shoot Hide if Kaneki made the wrong choice in the coin toss.
"Call it," he tells Kaneki.
"What?" Hide asked.
"I'm telling your friend here to call it," Chigurh said with no emotion.
"In other words, I should say if it's either Heads or Tails, right?" Kaneki asked.
"That's right," Chigurh confirmed. "If you guessed right, I'll let your friend go, but if you guessed wrong, I'll kill your friend here."
"Alright, then. Heads."
Chigurh uncovers the coin, and it shows Heads.
"Good job," he said as he lets go of pointing his shotgun at Hide. "Lucky for you, killing a CCG rookie officer is not worth my time."
Then he takes his leave.
"Well, that is lucky of you, standing up to the Half and Half Killer himself while showing little fear of him," Kaneki helps his friend stand up.
"At least I made the right choice in his little game," Hide smiled.
The two smiled at each other, glad to be reunited once again; especially when the human teen has revealed to have known all along of his friend's secret of being a half-ghoul.
"Now what?" he asked.
"I gotta go and tell Touka some interesting news," was Kaneki's reply. "By the way, since you knew that I'm a ghoul, are you aware that the people working in Anteiku are…"
"Ghouls? Yeah, I know about that. If only Touka is here to see my knowledge…"
"I'm sure she's gonna be surprised when she found out that you knew about it on your own. Keep safe in the meantime."
Kaneki puts his eyepatch back on his left eye before taking his leave. Hide is seen smiling at him.