Although Lancer and his team had a lot of momentum, they were actually still being suppressed. In fact, when the two sides truly engaged, Lancer had already started calling for reinforcements through internal communication. After all, even if he could escape, it would be a huge blessing if half of the people who came with him could escape.
"The reinforcement team from the 19th ward is coming soon. Hold on!"
In reality, Lancer didn't need to encourage them, because if they didn't hold on, they would just die. However, Lancer, who had no experience, overlooked one thing.
As Kureo Mado daughter, Akira Mado naturally possessed extremely excellent combat abilities and a quinque that was far superior to her peers, but she was only lacking in one thing —————— experience.
Although her tenure was not much shorter than Lancer, there was no doubt that she had never fought ghouls almost every day like Lancer had. She had completely followed the CCG's regulations of participating in large-scale operations first and then being assigned to a branch based on her evaluation. This system undoubtedly increased the survival rate of the investigators, but it also prevented them from experiencing a true 'crisis.'
The quinque 'Amatsu' in her hand swung forward, and the long whip that swept out instantly wrapped around a ghoul. The investigator who was originally entangled with that ghoul suddenly pushed the knife handle, and the long blade in his hand pierced into the other person's heart. But at this moment, a ghoul attacked from behind Akira Mado. "Pfft~!"
There was no doubt that the whip's attack was extremely strange, but it also made it very difficult to use. At this moment, with it wrapped around an enemy, it also left Akira Mado, as the owner, in a defenseless state, but that was only if what Akira Mado held was just a whip.
The handle of the whip suddenly transformed into a short sword and stabbed backward. In the shocked eyes of that ghoul, Akira Mado pressed the handle and swung it downward fiercely...
"Pfft~!"
Blood gushed out from the other person's body and splattered directly on Akira Mado face, but she pulled out the short sword with a blank expression and then looked around vigilantly again. As for the blood on her face and the corpse next to her, they seemed to not have affected her at all.
If it had ended there, it would have been a perfect 'performance,' but unfortunately, the battlefield always had no shortage of guys who had no sense.
Almost at the same time that ghoul was killed by Akira Mado, several ghouls rushed towards Akira Mado together.
"Smack~!"
"Bang~!"
One ghoul was sent flying, while another was stabbed in the neck and fell to the ground, then was fiercely kicked in the stomach by her. But the ghoul who was not kicked in the stomach grabbed Akira Mado calf and bit down fiercely.
"Ahhh!!"
Akira Mado, who had never seen the madness of a ghoul before, suddenly let out a muffled groan, but she was also decisive. The short sword in her hand, which was still dripping with blood, instantly stabbed towards the ghoul who was holding her leg again, but that ghoul seemed to be a madman. It stared with wide eyes and bit down fiercely on Akira Mado calf, not letting go even after it died.
And at this moment, more ghouls surrounded Akira Mado. There was no doubt that with only a few investigators, one less meant one less if there was no support.
But just as a ghoul was about to pounce on Akira Mado ————————
"Pfft!!"
Accompanied by a red flash, a bloody long spear suddenly attacked from behind, directly pinning the guy to the ground. And until he was pinned to the ground, the guy seemed to be trying to pull his body out, but no matter how much the tail kagune behind him struck, he made no progress until ——————
"Be careful. We have too few people now. These guys won't show you any chivalry."
At this moment, Lancer, who was holding the long spear given to him by Kureo Mado in his other hand, kicked away an attacker and fiercely stabbed the long spear into the other person's heart before he had the free time to turn his head and remind the other person.
"Sorry."
The usually cold Akira Mado didn't know what to say for a moment. Although she didn't like Lancer reckless personality, this time it seemed that she was the one who was 'reckless.' But when she frowned and forced herself to stand up, her eyebrows furrowed.
"Your back..."
"It's a small thing. Associate Special Class Mado said that reinforcements should arrive in about five minutes. Before that, let's hold on for a while."
When Lancer grabbed the long spear next to him, the feeling of his body being filled with power made him even let out a moan, but he quickly suppressed this feeling. Although the feeling of 'power' was indeed very good, they were still on the battlefield. What's more, there was still an enemy in front of him who was eyeing him fiercely.
"Bastard!! Bastard!! Just die!! Die!!"
At this moment, Naki was no longer that strange figure with a face mixed with tears and saliva from before. Instead, he was covered in his own blood. That was what he got on his face when he wiped it after Lancer had pierced his right shoulder while he and his subordinates were attacking Lancer together before. But at this moment, with his crazy expression, he looked like a vicious ghost.
But at this moment, with a look from Lancer, Koutarou Amon also brought the other four investigators to temporarily gather their defense line, and those ghouls did not pounce on them like before, because they had also lost quite a few people in the short few minutes of fighting.
At least three people died in the previous round of shooting, and five or six people temporarily lost their combat ability. These five or six people were basically finished off by Amon and his team later. Afterwards, everyone had killed at least four ghouls on average. It must be said that people who were qualified to be 'First Class Investigators' would not have many problems against ordinary ghouls as long as they didn't encounter S-rank ghouls.
The investigators, under Lancer command, surrounded the immobile Akira Mado in the middle, and the ghouls were also exchanging information to find suitable 'prey' for themselves, but at this moment, a group of people in dark red robes suddenly rushed out from the passage...
"Are they reinforcements?"
When they saw the 'kagune' that appeared behind those red-robed people, they were finally relieved, but before they could fully breathe a sigh of relief, something that no one would have expected happened.
When those red-robed people rushed to the side of Aogiri Tree's people, they did not choose to attack the CCG people who were surrounded in the middle. Instead, they turned their attacks on their 'companions' next to them.
"Ahhh!!!"
Everyone was stunned. The ghouls did not expect that their companions would betray them, and the investigators even less so. They did not expect ghouls to kill each other at a time like this, but there was one person who guessed the identity of those red-robed people.
'Are they the people from the Anteiku cafe?'
If it was just a suspicion before, then when he saw Touka Kirishima almost-iconic single-wing ukaku, he was basically certain of their identities.
While he was celebrating that he had said that before leaving the cafe, he couldn't help but look at his watch.
'The people from the Anteiku cafe have all come, so why haven't the CCG reinforcements arrived yet?'