Chapter 108: Revealing the Secret!
— These primeval ghouls came from there. We need to get them in there and close it down.
After listening to Kisho Arima's explanation, Su Xiao's expression seemed to say: "Are you kidding me?»
There were at least thousands of primitive ghouls in the underground city. Not to mention fighting these ghouls, if they were just spotted, they would die in a matter of moments.
— Su Xiao placed his hand on Kisho Arima's shoulder and turned to leave.
Kisho Arima was shocked.
— Do you want to defy the headquarters ' order? he said slowly Kisho Arima, without any threat, as if checking something out.
— I'm an investigator, but I don't intend to carry out a mission that could lead to my death, " Su Xiao's reply made Kisho Arima close his eyes, but before that, there was a strange glint in his eyes.
— You would have been fired if you hadn't obeyed the order, but the situation is very different now. If we don't do this and go back, we'll die when we get back to earth.
Su Xiao stopped and looked at Kisho Arima. Kisho Arima was a bit strange, but he couldn't tell what exactly was wrong, but he trusted his intuition.
— What do you mean?
— Do you think the ghouls here are normal? Most investigators will never see these primitive ghouls. If I'm right, then your mission is to help me. The Department has identified one or two normal investigators. Was it Iwao Kuroiwa? Kiyoko Aura? Or maybe Itsuki Marude? Apart from them there wasn't much else they could send here.
Kisho Arima had been deep in the 24th district for a long time and had no contact with the outside world at the moment, but he guessed the investigators who were sent to help him.
— What do you mean by that?
— By accepting this mission, you agreed that you would complete it anyway. If we can make it back alive, we'll need to pretend that nothing happened. Remember, even if you don't want to do it, you still have to pretend.
Su Xiao stared at Kisho Arima and wondered if he was trustworthy.
In the original storyline, Kisho Arima did everything Matsuri Washu told him to do. Back then, he thought that Kisho Arima was a puppet.
But now it turned out that Kisho Arima had never been a "weapon" in the wrong hands. He knew about many of the Ghoul Control Agency's secrets, but if he didn't pretend, he would just be killed.
— Answer my question, if I return now, who will Matsuri Vashu send for my soul?
Kisho Arima took a deep breath.
— Ghouls.
A simple word revealed too much information.
— What if the two of us challenge him?
Su Xiao didn't know if Kisho Arima was trustworthy or not. He was just checking the water.
— If we cooperate, we have hope of survival, but we will face incredible consequences. The enemies that will be chasing us will be very strong.
Silence. There was a long period of silence.
Apart from the roar of the primeval ghouls, the city was dead silent.
— We'll just die if we try to do this. We have to find another way out.
The attitude that Kisho Arima had just shown was very vague. Hearing Su Xiao's question, Kisho Arima did not show anger or loyalty towards the Management, but instead clearly answered Su Xiao's question.
Neither of them knew if they could trust each other. They were both testing each other out.
There was only one thing Su Xiao didn't doubt. He had no doubt that if he didn't follow through with this order, he would be in danger.
Su Xiao was learning more and more about the Ghoul Control Department, and the strength of that department was truly outstanding. The Ghoul Control Department may have wanted to make him a second " Kisho Arima».
Kisho Arima's attitude towards the Ghoul Control Department was "false obedience". Perhaps he was up to something.
Su Xiao sighed. He only watched two seasons of Tokyo Ghoul and didn't read the manga. Most of the hidden information he knew about this world was taken from various forums.
He decided that after he returned, he would definitely always make up for lost time.
From now on, he wouldn't do it for fun, but for exploration.
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Kisho Arima picked up the briefcase containing the kuinkyo with a rare smile on his lips. He was thinking of something.
— We need a plan, and this is my idea... Kisho Arima described his plan in detail. It was very simple. They just use fresh flesh and blood as bait.
The crisis of confidence was temporarily overcome, but new problems arose.
Where can they find fresh flesh and blood?
— We can leave here, there's not much we can do here, " Su Xiao looked around at the primitive ghouls around, there weren't very many of them, but just one mistake will lead to their demise.
— What were you doing here?" "when Su Xiao arrived, he saw that Kisho Arima was on the roof.
— *Kha*, I was dehydrated and hungry and also a little tired, so I decided to rest here for a while. Let's find some bait.
Kisho Arima was a little embarrassed, in the end, he felt ashamed because he almost starved to death.
Carefully avoiding the primitive ghouls, the two of them began to move deeper into the city.
When it came to methods of movement, Su Xiao was definitely better at it than Kisho Arima.
After jumping onto the roof of another building, they soon arrived at the entrance of the underground city.
They will need to look for bait in the aisles.
After entering the passageway, Su Xiao felt relieved.
— Are you familiar with mazes? We won't get lost?
Kisho Arima shook his head.
— No, since the central city was occupied by these primitive ghouls, all the ghouls from the main control room have escaped, so no one is manipulating the machinery anymore.
Kisho Arima seemed to know a lot about the city of the 24th district.
Seeing the doubt on Su Xiao's face, Kisho Arima continued, " The central City is this underground city. This is the largest gathering place for ghouls in Tokyo. Most of the ghouls live here, just as ordinary people live on earth. Main control room... this is going to be a bit difficult to explain. In short, the control room is one of the most important buildings in the city center. Inside this building are the necessary mechanisms that can be used to control the walls of the 24th district. Because of this, we were lost in these mazes — - Kisho Arima revealed the main secret of the 24th district.
Humans lived on earth, in Tokyo, and ghouls lived in the labyrinths beneath Tokyo.
It seems that a certain balance has been reached. Only the Ghoul Control Department could maintain this balance.
But in Su Xiao's opinion, this "balance" was somewhat skewed. Humans and ghouls were mortal enemies and couldn't co-exist, but the Ghoul Control Department allowed the two sides to co-exist together.
Why?
Now Su Xiao was able to confirm one guess.
The Ghoul Control Department didn't exist to protect people. There were facts far more horrifying than could be imagined.
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