“Ken-kun, come on, let’s go grab some food.”
Gao Yu draped his arm around Kaneki’s shoulders and headed toward the cafeteria.
“Senpai, could you not call me Ken-kun? It sounds really strange.”
Kaneki scratched his face and smiled awkwardly.
“Hmm? Isn’t Ken-kun pretty nice? Or should I change it?”
Gao Yu thought for a moment.
“Ken-chan?”
“…I’ll stick with Ken-kun.” Kaneki looked at Hideyoshi, who was being held by Gao Yu on the other side, with tears in his eyes.
“Ken-kun, hahaha.” Hideyoshi laughed so hard he could barely close his mouth, and for a moment he did not even mind having an arm around his shoulder.
Gao Yu had one arm around each of them and glanced at him.
“What are you laughing at, Hide-kun?”
The corner of Hideyoshi’s mouth twitched, while Kaneki pursed his lips to suppress his laughter.
“Senpai, isn’t Hide-kun a little childish?” Hideyoshi said weakly.
“A good-sounding name is a good name.”
Gao Yu did not care at all and walked toward the cafeteria with an arm around each of them.
Gao Yu’s arranged identity placed him one year above the two, giving him the advantage of being their senpai.
He quickly became familiar with them.
The three of them attracted the attention of who knew how many girls along the way: Gao Yu, a tall, broad-shouldered, gentle-type handsome man, and Hideyoshi, the famously gentle blond handsome guy.
And the unknown mushroom-headed Kaneki.
Quite a few girls came over to strike up conversations.
Gao Yu rejected them all, Hideyoshi gave them an apologetic smile, while Kaneki nervously fiddled with his fingers.
“I’m really envious of you guys. So many girls like you.”
Kaneki sighed.
He wished that this many girls would approach him.
“Where did that sour smell come from?” Gao Yu sniffed.
“Oh, it turns out Ken-kun is jealous.”
Kaneki helplessly smiled, while Hideyoshi said with amusement, “If you meet someone you like, just boldly pursue her.”
“I, I can’t. I’m not handsome, and I’m not tall either.”
Kaneki lowered his head dejectedly.
His senior and Hideyoshi were extremely popular.
The entire Kamii University was already offering a huge reward for their contact information.
Gao Yu rolled his eyes and said irritably, “Look, look. Why are you lowering your head? When you’re talking, you should look at the other person.”
Kaneki awkwardly scratched his head.
Hideyoshi interrupted, “All right, all right. Kaneki has always been like this. It’s too difficult to change now.”
Gao Yu shrugged.
“Ken-kun, you have a good foundation. That mushroom hairstyle is blocking your romantic luck. Change your appearance a little, and you’ll be more popular than us.”
He was indeed right.
If Kaneki got a more textured hairstyle, his whole appearance would become different.
Wasn’t the Black Reaper Kaneki sporting exactly that kind of hairstyle?
He looked incredibly handsome.
At worst, he could change his hair color.
White hair would give him quite a striking aura too.
He had medium-short hair, with his bangs parted slightly to both sides, matching his gentle facial features and giving him a refined appearance.
Hideyoshi had blond hair, slightly messy, but it was precisely that messiness that made him look sunny and handsome.
“Of course it’ll work. I’ve told you so many times to change your hairstyle, but you refuse.”
Hideyoshi excitedly took out his phone and searched for hairstyles to show him.
Gao Yu ate his lunch in the cafeteria, idly scanning the surroundings.
His eyes narrowed.
Wow, he spotted a heavyweight character.
Furuta Nimura, from the Sunlit Garden, Souta Furuta, Kichimura Washuu, Rize’s childhood friend.
He had gone through tremendous hardship to help Rize escape the Sunlit Garden and escape the fate of being a “breeder.” Yet after Rize escaped, she just kept eating and eating, completely ignoring Nimura.
What a joke.
He truly lived up to the name of a clown.
Perhaps Nimura hated her for being heartless.
Perhaps he had already become disappointed in this scarred world.
Later, he planned the falling steel beams, allowing the SS-rated ghoul Rize to make her debut at her peak and get killed immediately.
“Classmate, is something wrong?” Nimura had keen senses and turned around to look at Gao Yu.
“We’re classmates. I thought you looked familiar before, but I didn’t expect it to really be you, Furuta.”
Gao Yu blinked and discreetly glanced at the identity assigned to him by the system.
He really was classmates with Nimura.
He simply had not noticed him before.
Who cared who their classmates were at university?
Everyone just went about their own business.
“Gao?” Furuta Nimura recalled his classmates and suddenly realized.
He was busy planning how to give his childhood friend a vicious blow, so he had not paid attention to who his classmates were.
“Yeah, my name is Gao Yu. I didn’t expect to run into you in the cafeteria.”
Gao Yu secretly complained.
He had never even seen Nimura at school before.
So he had been hiding out in the cafeteria all along.
However, Nimura had not ordered any food.
He was simply holding a book and reading.
It was normal for university students to study in the cafeteria, but Nimura was not normal.
Was he just here to smell the aroma of the food?
“Aren’t you going to order something to eat? It’s not good to stay hungry.” Gao Yu subtly reminded him.
“I’m not hungry. I haven’t had much of an appetite lately. But I like places with a lively atmosphere. Reading in the cafeteria is something I enjoy.”
Nimura smiled and shook his head.
His feminine-looking face curved into a faint smile, attracting repeated glances from the girls nearby.
“I see. Then I won’t disturb you, Furuta.”
Gao Yu smiled and walked toward the counter with Kaneki and Hide standing quietly beside him.
Nimura smiled politely.
He was currently troubled over how to help Rize escape successfully, preferably without anyone being able to track her down for some time.
Later…
First, he would help Rize escape.
Nimura stood up and left.
The cafeteria had stimulated his appetite, so he would go back and satisfy it.
The cafeteria food did not suit his taste.
“Senpai, is that person your classmate?” Hide asked curiously.
Kaneki watched Nimura leave.
He had to admit that Nimura’s hairstyle really was quite handsome, possessing a kind of feminine beauty.
Could the hairstyle really be a person’s true form?
Kaneki fell into deep thought.
Gao Yu smiled.
“Yeah. But you two had better not get too close to him. His fan club might scold you.”
Kaneki’s eyes lit up.
“Furuta-senpai has a fan club? Seriously?!”
“Uh, probably.”
Gao Yu had just said it casually.
He was warning them to stay away from Nimura.
That person was too twisted and dark, with a somewhat unpredictable temperament.
“Huh? He doesn’t.” Kaneki was disappointed.
Someone that handsome did not even have a fan club.
Could changing his hairstyle really work?
“Forget about it.”
Gao Yu rolled his eyes and said, “Learn some hairstyles from Hide-kun, then find some time to get your hair done. I guarantee you’ll become incredibly handsome.”
Kaneki and Hide looked at each other.
“Leave it to me!” Hide patted his chest and promised.
Kaneki secretly nodded, while his desire to work part-time grew stronger.
Getting his hair done cost money.
He was completely broke, and his usual part-time income was not enough.
He needed to find several more part-time jobs.
It was precisely because he had no money that he had never considered getting his hair done before.
He simply kept the mushroom cut to save money.
…
Afternoon.
Gao Yu arrived at the school where Touka studied.
He looked up at the school gate and sent Touka a message.
Gao Yu: [Touka, I’m at the entrance of your school.]
Not long after, Touka replied.
Touka: [I’ll be right there.]
A few days ago, Touka had invited him to look around her school.
Since Gao Yu had nothing else to do, he agreed.
“This way.”
Touka waved from inside and came out to let Gao Yu in.