Afterward, Touka Kirishima was the first to speak, helping Ryuuji explain. She recounted to everyone what she had learned from Ryuuji.
Although everyone heard this for the first time, they still attributed it to Madam Ryoko's lingering will, accepting it as Madam Ryoko's choice to have Ryuuji protect Hinami for her.
Hinami, upon hearing everyone's speculation, did not feel dejected but rather happy.
Hinami also felt that her mother was alive in another way, watching over her.
"Brother Ryuuji, don't disappoint Mom's high hopes. You must protect me well!!" Hinami admonished Ryuuji with a smile.
Ryuuji nodded and promised, "I will definitely protect Hinami!"
Seeing that Hinami had emerged from her shadow, everyone couldn't bring themselves to be happy. Instead, they found themselves in a difficult dilemma.
After all, Masato Fueguchi's death was an unchangeable fact. This fact could not be concealed unless Hinami suddenly lost her memory.
"Oh, right, where's Dad?!" Hinami suddenly remembered her father. She looked around the room and found no sign of her father.
Everyone's gaze turned to the manager, Kousen Yoshimura. Kousen Yoshimura knew that he had to be the one to deliver this news to Hinami.
"Hinami!" Kousen Yoshimura called out to Hinami and said, "Your father was executed by the White Wings last night!"
Hearing this, Hinami didn't react at first. After two or three seconds, Hinami's previously joyful expression froze. Then, Kousen Yoshimura's words echoed repeatedly in her mind.
"Dad was also killed by the White Wings?" Hinami asked Kousen Yoshimura, her voice a murmur.
At this moment, Touka Kirishima knelt in front of Hinami, placed her hands on Hinami's shoulders, and comforted her, "It's okay! Hinami! You still have all of us. Everyone here is your family!"
As she spoke, Touka Kirishima, perhaps out of empathy, couldn't help but shed tears herself and then hugged Hinami tightly.
"Your father was very worried about you, so he went with us last night to look for you in the place you mentioned. Without your father, Brother wouldn't have found you, so it was your father who saved you."
"When we went to the sewer to look for you, there were two White Wings guarding the entrance. To find you as quickly as possible, I had your father and Brother Kaneki stay behind to hold off those two White Wings. Your father lost his life in the process!" Ryuuji also began to explain the general events of last night to Hinami.
Ryuuji and Touka Kirishima's demeanor was like a couple comforting an orphan.
Hearing this, Hinami looked at Kaneki Ken, pointed at him with her finger, and asked in a somewhat cold tone, "Then why wasn't he killed?! Isn't he a weakling? Then why did he go, and why is he alive and well? If he had the ability to deal with the White Wings, why did he ignore Mom back then? Why?"
Each of Hinami's "whys" struck Kaneki Ken's heart and soul, leaving him completely unable to respond. It even made Kaneki Ken feel a sense of guilt.
Kaneki Ken looked at Hinami staring intently at him and dared not meet her gaze directly. He lowered his head, avoiding her eyes, and even felt an urge to flee the room.
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