"Command, I am currently pursuing the S-rated Ghoul 'One-Eye', requesting to be removed from the 'Auction House Annihilation Battle' operational sequence."
"Allowed."
Since he was an Investigator, Lancer had to comply with the 'rules'. Although temporarily disengaging was not a problem, reporting it would save trouble later.
But there was still one problem right now —
Where was Ken Kaneki planning to run to?
Where to run? Ken Kaneki didn't know either. He originally thought Lancer would give up after chasing for a while. After all, even if humans could fight Ghouls using Quinque, they were not true Ghouls after all, and their physical capabilities were much worse. But Lancer jumped off buildings, scaled walls, and what made him even more speechless was that he climbed along the wall to the top of a dozen-story building, and Lancer actually chased after him too.
Looking at the rows of ice spears beneath him, he knew it would be impossible to easily shake off the opponent.
He suddenly turned around, and the Kagune behind him thrust towards Lancer, who had jumped out from below the building. But what he didn't expect was that the thrust Kagune hit a wall of ice. When the ice wall disappeared, he found that Lancer had vanished. But at this moment, he felt a sudden chill rise up behind him.
Almost instinctively, he shifted his body sideways, and then saw a blood-red long spear thrust out from behind him.
In Lancer view, if two strangers, or even people with opposing stances, wanted to negotiate, the first thing was to show their strength. It was like this with 'Anteiku' before, and it was the same with Ken Kaneki.
Although according to 'normal logic', Ken Kaneki could not be stronger than him. After all, Lancer had experienced several worlds, and his physical strength and combat experience should be stronger than Ken Kaneki, but he still couldn't be sure. After all, isn't the so-called 'protagonist' capable of making the impossible possible?
Lancer luck was good before; at least he hadn't stood on the opposing side of the 'protagonist'. But this time was different, so he was more careful and cautious. Fighting with these protagonists, whose luck was at least A, did not allow him to be distracted.
First, he used the ice wall to attract the opponent's attention, and then took the opportunity to move to the opponent's back outside the building for a sneak attack. Unfortunately, he was still discovered by the opponent.
'If Ken Kaneki has a Sense of Instinct, it's at least A…'
After the sneak attack failed, Lancer did not continue to press the attack. Instead, he stood in front of Ken Kaneki with his long spear upright, while Ken Kaneki on the other side watched Lancer vigilantly.
He previously thought he should be stronger than Lancer, but that last moment made him completely sober. He was probably still underestimating the opponent, and he even wondered if Lancer was really human? After all, how could a human have such skills? You should know that although the CCG Investigator Koutarou Amon, who was jokingly called 'Gundam', surpassed many Ghouls in strength, this was at the expense of his agility, but Lancer…
"The 'Death Throes' of the CCG, what exactly is your purpose?"
Realizing that he couldn't shake off the opponent, Ken Kaneki spoke directly, while Lancer on the other side shook his head.
"It's not 'you' but 'I' who has something to talk about with you."
Ken Kaneki was naturally not an idiot. As soon as Lancer spoke, he guessed that the opponent intended to contact him in a personal capacity. However, according to the intelligence from his childhood friend Hideyoshi, the number of Ghouls the opponent subjugated every day was not small, and few Ghouls survived besides the S-rated Ghouls that were sent to the 23rd Ward. So, did the opponent have any purpose in looking for him? Could it be because of that 'Experiment' too?
In Ken Kaneki's view, he neither caused massive casualties nor preyed on humans, and he even reduced the number of Ghouls to a certain extent. This also led to the CCG not launching a large-scale capture plan against him, basically adopting a laissez-faire attitude. He originally thought that the CCG was finally planning to clean him up, but now it seemed not.
"Ken Kaneki, first I want to ask you a question — do you want to return to a normal person's life?"
As soon as Lancer question was spoken, Ken Kaneki's body began to tremble, but he quickly calmed down.
If it were the old him, Lancer opening line might have made him lose self-control, but fortunately, Hideyoshi also taught him a lot of 'common sense' during their time together, most of which were research reports on Ghouls. These were intelligence he could only obtain as a CCG member. He naturally knew that the CCG currently had no clue about this kind of research, which was why he hoped to catch 'Akihiro Kanou'.
"Naturally I do, but you wouldn't be trying to tell me that the 'CCG' possesses the technology to restore me, would you?"
"Although I also hope there is such technology, unfortunately, at least for now there isn't. I wonder if you know about the CCG's efforts to create 'food that can be eaten by both ordinary people and Ghouls'."
Ken Kaneki naturally knew about this matter. After all, when Yoshimura was trying to persuade Ken Kaneki to stay, this was a bargaining chip. But unfortunately, even now he still hasn't heard any news. However, as far as he knew, not many people knew about this, so in order to hide that he knew 'Anteiku', he simply shook his head.
Lancer naturally didn't believe it, but since the other party didn't expose it, he simply didn't reveal it either. In fact, he was a little curious about what kind of expression the other party would show if he knew about his 'cooperation' or 'utilization' relationship with Anteiku?
But at least for now, he still maintained the same expression as always.
"To put it simply, 'synthetic food that can be eaten by both Ghouls and humans' can already be produced in the laboratory, but mass production seems to be more troublesome…"
If he could still maintain his composure when Lancer said the previous sentence, he was now completely unable to stay calm.
Although there is often a considerable gap between a laboratory product and formal promotion, it at least proves that all this is no longer a moon in the mirror or a flower in the water.
But after the excitement, he calmed down. Over the past three years, he had at least experienced a life that many people couldn't even imagine. He was no longer the impulsive 'ordinary person' he was back then.
"What do you want? Or what do you want me to help you with?"
Having already understood the cruelty of this world, he naturally didn't believe that Lancer would help him for no reason, so the opponent must have some purpose in approaching him.
'Could it be that he wants me to help him find information about other Ghouls?'
After much deliberation, Ken Kaneki felt this was the most reliable answer, but Lancer shook his head.
"Anything said now is meaningless, because I believe you won't genuinely respond until you see the real thing. So, after I bring the real thing, I will notify you. For now… I'll be leaving first."
After speaking, Lancer leaped off the side of the building.
Notify himself? How did the opponent plan to notify him? Could it be that Hideyoshi had been exposed?
Just one sentence made Ken Kaneki completely stunned. Then, when he rushed to the edge of the building, he found that the area below was empty. He hadn't even heard any sound until now, as if the opponent had vanished into thin air.
"What a mysterious man."