“Ghouls, huh.”
Using the mirror of a shop, Gao Yu glanced at the man trailing far behind him.
A large black hood covered his entire face, and his hunched waist made him look extremely dejected.
Through the evolution of his body, he had already sensed that a man was following him from behind, his aura possessing a subtle difference from that of ordinary humans.
To verify his sensory abilities, Gao Yu led him around for half an hour, deliberately walking toward places with many people.
Occasionally glancing backward through the shops, Gao Yu became increasingly certain of his guess.
The auras of the surrounding humans were calm and peaceful.
Only the aura of the man following behind was mixed and restless.
Moreover, in places with many people, the man’s aura became increasingly chaotic, faintly showing signs of erupting.
Gao Yu curled his lips.
Was he starving himself stupid?
The man was surprisingly able to endure it.
Even after enduring hunger to the point of trembling, he still did not attack anyone around him.
He guessed that the man did not dare.
If he ate someone in broad daylight, he would not survive tonight.
After walking for another half an hour, Gao Yu was speechless.
With so many people around, why did he have to choose him to eat?
Aura Kiyoko was speechless too.
Gao Yu wandered around the streets, while that ghoul stubbornly refused to let him out of his sight.
Aura Kiyoko frowned.
The ghoul’s mental state was getting worse and worse.
It probably would not be long before he lost his sanity.
Aura Kiyoko quickly stepped forward and brushed past Gao Yu.
“I’m Investigator Aura Kiyoko. A ghoul is following you. Head toward an empty alley.”
Gao Yu looked at Kiyoko in surprise as she walked ahead.
He had felt that Kiyoko’s facial features looked somewhat familiar earlier, but he had not expected her to be the Special-Class Investigator Aura Kiyoko.
One of only seven Special-Class Investigators, wasn’t her work area under the jurisdiction of the Fourth Division?
How did she end up in the 20th Ward?
Gao Yu thought about it and put the thought aside.
People were not machines.
Special-Class Investigators were people too, and they naturally had a need for leisure.
There were more and more people along the roadside.
When they reached a place where there were almost no people, Gao Yu plunged into a dark alley, while the ghoul man followed closely behind, overjoyed.
He was truly starving himself stupid.
There was only Gao Yu in his kakugan, and he completely ignored everyone else.
Seeing Gao Yu enter the alley, the man quickly entered after him.
Finally, he could eat!
A pair of kakugan looked especially terrifying beneath the hazy night, while drool continuously flowed from his hideous face.
“How disgusting.” Gao Yu felt disgusted.
“Ghouls should care about being fashionable too, okay? Kaneki Ken, Jason, and the others are pretty handsome and imposing. Unlike the pathetic man in front of me.”
“Huh?! I’m going to eat you!”
Hunger had already caused the man to nearly lose his sanity.
A ghoul’s state of hunger was a torturous ordeal that could cost them their life.
“You don’t even have a kagune and you’re still this arrogant?” Gao Yu sneered.
The man was obviously just an ordinary ghoul, with practically no combat ability.
“After I eat you, let’s see if you still dare…” Before the man could finish speaking, a tremendous force suddenly came from behind him, and he barely managed to struggle and avoid his heart.
Kiyoko was holding Zebizu.
This quinque was her personal weapon, S+ rated, and very convenient to use.
“Stay behind me.” Kiyoko was very cautious.
The ghoul in front of her did not have a kagune, but she did not want to see Gao Yu accidentally injured because of carelessness.
Gao Yu took several steps back and watched from a distance as Kiyoko crushed the weak opponent.
A Special-Class Investigator was no joke.
Kiyoko was the only woman among the seven Special-Class Investigators and the idol of all female investigators.
Her strength was evident to everyone.
Killing a ghoul without a kagune was practically like crushing an ant.
The man did not even have time to beg for mercy or shout before Kiyoko pinned him down and killed him.
Kiyoko casually added two more strikes.
Only after confirming his death did she stop, leaning against the wall and waiting for the CCG personnel to arrive.
Gao Yu: “…”
Gao Yu’s expression froze, his gaze gathering on the dead ghoul.
After the man died, energy of heaven and earth dispersed from his body.
Gao Yu’s expression brightened, and he hurriedly absorbed the energy of heaven and earth into his body.
Evolution Value +1.
“There was actually energy of heaven and earth inside a ghoul. No, actually, it’s not surprising.”
The energy of heaven and earth was everywhere to begin with.
As an evolved species, ghouls would instinctively absorb the energy of heaven and earth to strengthen themselves.
Humans were actually the same, except that humans absorbed too little energy of heaven and earth.
“So, if I kill several more ghouls, my evolution speed will clearly increase.”
Gao Yu’s gaze flickered, then he shook his head.
Evolution was great, and the system was awesome.
But I just want to laze around.
At most, I’ll date someone.
Touka was quite good.
Although she was a ghoul, she was cute.
People were all hypocritical, and Gao Yu was naturally no exception.
She was also somewhat cute.
How could Gao Yu not love a girl like that?
Moreover, the direction of his continuous evolution was ultimately determined by himself.
After absorbing enough energy of heaven and earth, it was not impossible to evolve the ability to transform ghouls.
At the very least, he could evolve the ability to let ghouls eat food.
After thinking for a moment, Gao Yu walked toward Kiyoko.
“Thank you. I’m sorry for bumping into you earlier, and now you’ve saved me again.”
“My name is Gao Yu. Are you a CCG investigator?”
Gao Yu stopped beside her and looked at her curiously.
Looking at her this way, Kiyoko was much prettier than in the anime.
Unlike the simple lines used to depict her in the anime, the real Kiyoko had exquisite facial features that, when put together, made her look like a mature woman.
Mm, her figure was also very good, with graceful curves.
Wasn’t she just the mature-woman type?
“It’s fine.” Kiyoko shook her head and said, “Aura Kiyoko, CCG Investigator.”
Kiyoko said seriously, “You need to be more careful. There are many ghouls in Tokyo right now. Although the ghouls here aren’t very active, as you saw, there are still ghouls in the 20th Ward.”
“If I hadn’t happened to be here, you would have been in danger.”
While Kiyoko was lecturing him, Gao Yu nodded with a smile.
He was constantly on the path of evolution.
The ghoul man did not even have a kagune, so if he was careful, he could have counter-killed him.
To be honest, he could even have lured the man to a CCG station, and he himself would have been fine.
Before long, Kiyoko stopped talking.
Gao Yu had a smiling expression, and it was unclear whether he had taken any of her words to heart.
“Since the matter is settled, I won’t disturb you anymore, Investigator Aura.”
Gao Yu waved his hand, thanked her, and prepared to leave.
“Wait.” Kiyoko pursed her lips.
Under Gao Yu’s puzzled gaze as he turned back, she said, “You’re still in a dangerous situation. We don’t know whether this ghoul has any accomplices. I’ll take you home later.”
“No need, right? Miss Aura should still have things to take care of. I’ll just be careful on my way home.”
Gao Yu shook his head.
He still planned to go to Anteiku for a cup of Touka’s special coffee and enjoy looking at Touka.
What ghoul without common sense would dare cause trouble at Anteiku?
A few big demons would blast them out and stomp on them a few times.
They would not even dare fart.
“Alright, then I’ll trouble you, Miss Aura.”
Under Kiyoko’s serious expression, Gao Yu did not refuse her.
Looking at Touka was pleasing to the eyes, and looking at Kiyoko was actually quite pleasing to the eyes too.
Both were good.