"Lex I: Corpus omne perseverare in statu suo quiescendi vel movendi uniformiter in directum, nisi quatenus a viribus impressis cogitur statum illum mutare."

"Lex II: Mutationem motus proportionalem esse vi motrici impressae, et fieri secundum lineam rectam qua vis illa imprimitur."

"Law III: To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction: or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts."

After all, I am…

An investigator. It doesn't matter what kind of fucked up experiment someone conducted on me, I still feel like a human, I refuse to give up.

-Arima, please. I want to keep fighting, I can still fight.

-You disobeyed direct orders from your leader and risked the whole operation. Are you aware of your behavior? – Cold as always and straight to the point.

-Well… yes, I am aware of it. I will accept any kind of punishment that is necessary - Anything, but I need another opportunity to fight.

-It was my mistake considering that you were ready to be part of my squad, Kaneki. From now on, you are relieved from your duties of direct combat and you will be reassigned to desk-job inside the CCG…

-Hold on, Arima! Please, listen to me! – No, he can't do this.

-…I'm aware of your analytical ability, since you had a great score on the tests conducted on you when you woke up the first time. And we will need you to check on some data that we just collected concerning a new case – He is completely ignoring what I say and goes on with the punishment. No, this isn't even a punishment.

-Please, Arima! I need to be out there and fight.

-What will happen when you are severely hurt due to your lack of strength, Kaneki? You will lose control again, and I may not be able to arrive on time again.

-I will be stronger! I will train hard every day! Please! – Anything but this.

-When you are ready, I might think about your role again. Meanwhile, we could really use you to investigate on the tree.

-Arima…! Ah, what tree? – I still refuse to accept this role, but this "tree" grabs my attention.

-Aogiri tree, Kaneki. Now that we are done with the Ghoul Restaurant, we will pour all our strength on our main goal: Destroy the Aogiri Tree. Goodbye, Kaneki.

Aogiri tree… Sounds familiar, is it related to my past? I don't know, but I don't care right now. Arima left, and I'm all alone on the entrance to my room. Defeated, I have nothing to do but accept this new role. But I still can't accept it. I fall on my knees and, in absolute silence, start to cry bitterly.

If I can't fight out there, how can someone like me be useful? I am a freaking monster, why won't he allow to me to go out there and prove that I'm worthy? At least out there I could clear my mind and not think about my situation. But now I must confront it.

Right now, I am in the same situation I've been since I woke up on a cold bed in the CCG HQ. Arima's squad refusal to accept me, the cold reception when I became a ghoul investigator. The constant murmur behind my back when I walk through the CCG.

I'm alone.

In this world, I'll always be alone.

Because I'm unable to fit.

But it doesn't matter, I still want to fight.

However, now that they took away the fight from me, what else can I do?

Somehow, my silent cry becomes tears of grief.

Hidden inside the Headquarters of the Aogiri Tree, the one-eyed ghoul Eto and doctor Kanou were talking about the recent events at the ghoul restaurant.

-If my information is correct, miss, our dear Kaneki found a new affiliation that is quite… interesting, at least – without looking at her, Kanou talked with ease.

-Isn't it a funny plot twist, doc? – wearing her usual mask, the covered face of Eto couldn't hide her obvious smile, as if Kaneki's faith was something hilarious – But, now that we know that he is still alive, what are we going to do with our new experiments?

-They must continue, of course. We made some amazing progress, and we can't stop now.

And you seem so happy about it, after all the lives that you took with your failures. You truly are sick, doc! – Unable to keep holding back, Eto started to laugh maniacally.

-I have, or should I say "we" have, a clear objective. I believe those deaths are acceptable collateral damage.

-Teehee! So, doc… Do you think it's time to unleash your "New Kaneki"?

-He's not ready yet, sadly. Even though, I have high hopes about him and his development, due to his innate physical capacity.

-It's a shame he couldn't assimilate the ghoul organs as fast as Kaneki did. How many pieces have we taken already from our "donor" till now? – with little remorse, Eto remembered the shadowy body of his father connected to many tubes and locked inside a capsule.

-I'm afraid to say that I lost count. However, I strongly believe that we nailed with the solution this time – Kanou was proud of his achievement.

-What about his memories? I think that he won't be really happy when he finds out about what we did to him. I would hate to finish him before it's time, you know?

-When his body accepts the transplants, everything will run smoothly, miss. Don't worry about it.

-Well then, let's keep tracking his progress. Is that ok, doc?

Without anything else to add, both of them looked closely at the capsule that contained the human that Kanou was experimenting on, and Eto left out a soft "Oh!" when she noticed that the body of the human was regenerating slowly, and Kanou left out a smile for his victory.

Slowly, the right arm that human lost during his last battle was growing again.