Touka immediately turned around to see Lucien standing behind her and smiling at her. It was apparent that he was hiding here and listening to their conversation.

"Not really. That half-ass is delusional about how things go in this world. He is already one of us, even when he isn't accepting that fact."

Explained Touka in a calm voice. She knew that Lucien wasn't a threat, and he seemed to be a kind person, at least from a third-person view.

"Hmm, you are right. But his mind is still like a human, and he lived in a human society unlike us. We are raised in a strength-based hierarchy, where strong rule and weak die. That is completely different from human's idiotic ideas these days."

One thing must be said, and it was that Lucien despised current society.

Talks about everyone being equal and everyone having the same rights are pure nonsense. He could see that the young boy that had been turned into one-eyed ghouls was still leaning over his previous morals and ideals.

Touka, hearing this smiled and nodded her head in approval.

Ghoul society and human society were completely different. Current human society is based on the principles of democracy and tolerance. In contrast to that, ghoul society was a strength-based hierarchy.

Strong rule, the weak die.

If you want peace, you must be strong enough to create and protect it.

"Sooo, what are you going to do now? Wanna go on coffee?"

Hearing this, Touka knew that she was tasked to watch over him a little, but she thought that he wouldn't need her some time, so she accepted Lucien's offer.

After a while, they both went to some coffee that Lucien chose.

As he always wanted the best, he chose the most expensive cafe in the surroundings.

Touka was speechless from this cause prices here were like from another world. She was still only a student so paying several thousand yens for coffee was too much.

"Don't worry; I am paying as it was me who invited you."

Lucien said with a charming smile to her.

Lucien ordered the most expensive coffee here for both of them. It was coffee made from Viverrinae, which those small animals that were eating coffee beans and... you know what.

Touka was surprised by his choice that he chose this type of coffee.

After some time, they talked about various things; Lucien asked her about the school she was visiting because she was still a student, judging by her attire. In this life, he never attended school because Blood Island wasn't anything like that.

Children on Blood Island were taught by their parents mostly, so there wasn't any need for something like schools.

"It looks like a bother, going every day to schools with countless humans."

Stated Lucien as he sipped his coffee. One must say that this coffee was a very good one.

"It sounds like you have never attended it."

She answered Lucien, to which he only smiled.

"Nope, I was taught at home, but in my home, there is more combat teaching than a theory like in modern schools. I started my training at a very early age and was trained by experts in martial arts and in the usage of kagune."

Touka was hearing this with rather enthusiasm. She always longed to be strong, strong enough to overcome all her enemies and get her vengeance.

Listening to Lucien, she had a strong urge to ask him if he couldn't teach her something.

She wasn't some strong ghoul, even though she had some foundation, as she knew how to kick and punch, but she never trained in some martial arts or something similar.

She was just a kid in the eyes of really strong ghoul investigators and ghouls. Even her brother could beat her, and he also wasn't someone who could be considered some sort of powerhouse.

"Could you teach me when you are free?"

After some time of thinking, she decided to risk if he could teach her. Lucien was surprised at this, but he nodded his head in approval. Even though he wasn't interested in her as a woman, he admired her will and courage to ask him for teaching when they barely knew each other.

"We must go. I think something bad would happen to that half-ass."

Said Touka to Lucien as he nodded his head. They had been here already for more than an hour before Lucien paid for the coffee, and they left.

They were searching for Kaneki because Touka had lost him when they were at the cafe.

After some time searching for him, they finally found him in a confrontation with Nishio Nishiki, who would later be known as S-Rated Serpent, thanks to his deadly bikaku kagune tail. Touka then stopped Lucien as they were both watching the fight. Of course, if you could call it the fight.

Nishiki was just beating the boy around here and there.

Suddenly they saw that Kanki managed to congeal his rinkaku kagune and strike Nishiki. Then he turned around to his friend who was laying on the ground and looked at him like he was a most delicious meal.

Then both Lucien and Touka acted. Lucien appeared behind Nishiki, and with one strike, he knocked him out; he was unconscious. This happened so fast that Kaneki didn't even notice that Nishiki was already unconscious.

Touka appeared before him and looked at him with disgust and hate; it was apparent that this wasn't the best way to spend her free time.

"You're starting to become more like one of us. Half-ass."

Said Touka as she walked toward him. Kaneki was already in a mindless state, without any sign of rationality and clear consciousness.

"The pain and hunger have stripped away from your reason. It hurts so much almost want to die, don't you?"

He was like a wild beast, as he took some kind of primitive battle stance. It was apparent that he wanted to attack her. Lucien was also on high alert as he observed both of them, ready to intervene if something went the wrong way.

"If it means you can be free of that pain... you don't give a damm about your friend's life, do you?"

It was like she was talking with herself.

The only sound he was saying was something like "grrr...grrr".

Like a wolf who went berserk, his tails were already swinging around, waiting for a moment to attack. He desperately wanted to eat something.

This resulted from hunger; a ghoul's hunger is true hell in every meaning.

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