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Chapter 774 - Bad End

???: RED ALERT! SHIMOTSUKI IS BEING ATTACKED!

???: ALL AGENTS IN SHIMOTSUKI PROTECT AND EVACUATE THE PEOPLE!

???: MULTIPLE MASSIVE UNIDENTIFIED TERRESTRIAL ORGANISMS APPEARED IN SHIMOTSUKI!

The appearance of multiple giant monsters in Shimotsuki has caused panic within the Council.

Ryueki: Hahaha~ So it has begun.

Though Ryueki couldn't hear anything from inside his solitary confinement, he could sense that everyone in the base was panicking.

???: Haha~ See? Didn't I told you our time will come?!

Ryueki & ???: Hahaha!

Ryueki and his other personality laughed maniacally, as the day they waited for finally came.

Back in Shimotsuki*

???: W-What are those things?!

Glare!

???: S-SOMEONE SAVE ME!

As the numbers of the monsters slowly grew.

???: I got you!

???: T-Thank you!

???: This way!

The Agents within Shimotsuki began saving the people.

Kotori: Everyone is frozen in fear, this won't do!

After seeing that her classmates were all frozen in fear upon seeing the monsters suddenly appearing.

She knew that everyone has to be evacuated, immediately.

Crack!

Swoosh!

She turned into her demonized form and flew out of the window before shouting in a very loud voice.

Kotori: EVERYONE STAY CALM FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE AGENTS! WE'RE GOING TO EVACUATE SHI—

Miku & Sachi: ONEE-CHAN/AI-CHAN!

Swoosh!

Kotori: CRAP!

Without her noticing, a giant winged monster got to her with it's mouth completely opened intending to devour Kotori.

Swoosh!

Zap!!!

Crash!

Boom!

Kotori: What the?!

Sparkling~!

Ryugon: Are you okay young lady Kotori?!

Luckily Ryugon came out of the darkness, saving Kotori by letting out a breath of lightning that sent the monster flying far away.

Kotori: Yes, I'm fine but—

Splash!

THUD!

Kamakura: We'll provide cover until the evacuation is done.

Kamakura, Dagon, Takoyaki, Kaigon and Hegon all came out to join Ryugon.

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!

Takoyaki: Make sure no civilian gets caught in our fight!

All 5: Roger!

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!

Kamakura: BRING IT YOU FREAK!

Rumble~!

The ground shook as the Beast Knights charged towards the monsters.

Kotori: !!!

Kotori knew that they didn't have much time because the monsters numbers were steadily growing.

Kotori: EVERYONE! PLEASE EVACUATE MATO HIGH!

She turned to Mato High and commanded everyone in it to evacuate.

???: LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!

???: WHERE ARE WE SUPPOSED TO GO?!

Obviously the students were all panicking not knowing where to go once they evacuated the entire building.

"Attention all students! Be careful when evaluating so no one would get hurt"

So Querxes used the PA system to notify the students on where to go.

"Once you left the building follow individuals who bears the symbol of the Council, the shape of the symbol is a cross with four wings!"

Querxes: Alright. The students will hopefully be safe.

With Querxes's announcement done, he and Kirin were now being questioned in the staff room.

Principal: Querxes-sensei what is happening?

???: Yeah you're part of the Council right?!

Kirin: The worst case, the world is ending.

???: Wait did you knew this was going to happen?

Querxes: Sadly yes, although this wasn't supposed to happen.

???: YOU KNEW AND TOLD NO ONE?!

Querxes: No, the Council had notified every government and nearly for the past week the governments were preparing evacuation camps all over the world.

Kirin: But we didn't anticipate the world to end now, the condition for the world to end hadn't even occured.

Principal: Condition? What was the condition?

Querxes & Kirin: ...

Though the two were hesitant, they couldn't hide it anymore.

Querxes & Kirin: The death of Kaneki.

Everyone in the room fell silent upon hearing this.

Kirin: We don't understand it ourselves, our report from yesterday said that Kaneki was recovering a lot faster than expected.

Querxes: And our report from just a few hours ago he is still alive.

Mitsuha: Then... If Kaneki-kun is still alive, how is this happening?

Querxes: We don't know. But what's important now is that we all evacuate and protect the children.

Meanwhile~

While everyone was evacuating the building.

All 6: No way...

The Higanbana girls were all still standing in Class 1-C staring at the window and watched the Beast Knights fight the unknown monsterss.

Itsuki: Oi! What are you guys doing?!

Keiko: Let's get out of here!

All 6: !!!

Hearing Itsuki and Keiko who were still in the classroom with them had brought them back to their senses.

Itsuki & Keiko: WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! LETS GO!

Following Itsuki and Keiko, the Higanbana girls began running until they got out of the building.

Kotori: Guys!

After getting out of the school building, Kotori flew down to them so she could tell them where to go.

Kotori: The evacuation had begun, find the agents—

Shino: But what about you?!

Kotori: I'm joining the Beast Knights, I'll try and buy everyone time! So go!

All 8: Nod~

The Higanbana girls and Itsuki & Keiko began running away from Mato High and the fight.

Natsuki: Hello?! Mom! Dad!

Shino, Sachi & Yuuka l: It's an emergency!

Natsuki, Shino, Sachi and Yuuka called their parents to notify them of the danger.

Natsuki: Good! I'll see you all there!

Yuuka: Okay! Stay safe! Please!

Both Natsuki and Yuuka were relieved that their parents were safe and were evacuating.

Sachi & Shino: Pick up! C'mon!

But unlike those two, Shino and Sachi's parents didn't answered their call.

Shino & Sachi: WHY ISN'T MOM/MOM AND DAD ANSWERING?!

Miku: Mom and Dad aren't answering either...

Miku's, Shino's and Sachi's homes were far away from the area the monsters were appearing from just like Natsuki's and Yuuka's homes.

But strangely they were not responding, until Chikao realized something.

Chikao: Hey... Didn't one of those monsters shot a blast from it's mouth?

All 7: !!!

Sachi: W-What are you implying Chi-chan?

Chikao: ...

Chikao didn't answer as they already knew what she was implying.

One of those monsters attack had hit their homes.

Natsuki: We have to get there!

Natsuki started running there first, followed by the rest of the Higanbana girls.

Keiko: Guys! Wait up!

Itsuki: Oi! Don't leave us!

Itsuki and Keiko ran along with them.

Meanwhile~

Blast!

Crash!

Kotori: Arghhh! That hurts!!!

Back at the battlefield, Kotori crashed back at Mato High's building and was in pain after being hit by a very powerful breath attack.

Querxes & Kirin: Kotori!

Kotori: Querxes-san?! Kirin-san?! Is everyone—

Kirin: Don't worry.

Querxes: The agents were able to save and evacuate the students and teachers.

Kotori: I see...

Although she heard good news from her colleagues...

Kotori: But...

She looked towards the battlefield and the monsters with a saddened face.

Querxes & Kirin: ...

Querxes and Kirin looked at the same direction and immediately noticed.

There was small pools of blood on the ground as well as severed body parts.

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!

Takoyaki: DAMNIT!

As well some of the monsters hands and mouth being stained with blood.

Kotori: Tch!

Knowing that there were those she and the Council couldn't save, Kotori felt frustrated.

Seeing her frustration, Querxes offered her his hand.

Querxes: Get up, Kotori.

Kotori: ...

Grip!

Querxes: Now—

Burst!

Querxes: Oh crap!

Grip!

Swoosh!

Before Querxes could tell Kotori an order, a massive ball of fire appeared right beside Mato High.

After witnessing how these monsters came to be, he knew that the ball of fire only meant a monster was about to appear.

Burst!

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!

Querxes: Phew~

Luckily Querxes had pulled both Kotori and Kirin to a spot where they weren't seen.

Rumble~!

Querxes: This is bad... Kotori.

Kotori: What?

Querxes: We'll summon more of the Council to save as many people as possible, you go back to your home.

Kotori: Why?! I can still fight to protect—

Querxes: Your family is in danger!

Kotori: !!!

Hearing her family being mentioned made Kotori worry.

Kirin: One of those monsters had used a blast and from the direction it shot... It was most likely aimed towards the suburban area where your home is located in.

Kotori: !!!

Realizing that her family as well as Shino's and Sachi's families could be in serious danger.

Kotori: Okay.

Kotori knew she had to go back as soon as possible.

Kotori: You two... Stay safe okay?

Querxes: We will.

Kirin: Let's meet up at the rendezvous point.

Kotori: Nod~

Swoosh!

With that, Kotori had split off from the Beast Knights, Querxes and Kirin and started flying towards her home.

Kotori's thoughts*

(I have to get ho—)

Burst!

She hadn't gone far when even more monsters began appearing.

Crash!

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!

Kotori: No way!

After they appeared they began running a certain direction.

Kotori: CRAP!

Swoosh!

Seeing that they were also heading to her home, Kotori what they were after and flew towards her home even faster.

(They're after Kaneki-chan!)

At the same time~

Itsuki & Keiko: Haa~! Haa~!

All 6: Haa~! Haa~!

The Higanbana girls, Itsuki and Keiko were still running back to the Higanbana household when they were starting to get exhausted.

Itsuki: This would've been a lot easier if we had our armors!

Miku: Where is Mo-chan and the others?! Their supposed to be with us right?!

As they began to slow down, Miku realized that non of the former insect familiars came out to fight when the attack originally began.

Sachi: Wait you're right, where are they???

Yuuka: Shino can you summon Yanma?

Shino: I'll try. Yanma! Come to me!

Shino attempted to summon Yanma, but she didn't appeared.

Yuuka: Damnit. Heikei! Come to me!

And when Yuuka attempted the same thing, Heikei didn't come to her as well.

Sachi: Maybe they had went back on their own.

Chikao: Yeah. They must've seen the attack and came out while still in their original sizes.

Natsuki: That would mean that your families and Kaneki is safe right???

Shino: Let's hope so.

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!

All 8: !!!

They were interrupted by a monster that was running towards them.

Natsuki: CRAP! RUN!

They began running, but because they were nearly exhausted after running so far.

Rumble~

Itsuki: IT'S GETTING CLOSER!

The monster was able to catch up to them.

All 8: !!!

It opened it's mouth intending to devour them all.

Swoosh!

Chomp!

All 8: AHHH— Huh?!

Before they would get eaten, they were all saved by Miracle and Mo-chan.

Miracle: Sorry we left you guys!

Mo-chan: But we have to get home quickly!

But clearly they were in a hurry.

Shino: Why?! What happened?!

Miracle: One of the attacks earlier had hit our homes!

Shino, Sachi & Miku: What?!

Miku: Are our parents okay?! What about Onii-chan?!

Miracle: ... We're unsure, your homes were all destroyed.

Natsuki: No way...

Mo-chan: That's not the only problem.

All 8: What?!

Miracle: ... Those monsters also started appearing nearby, and from the looks of it.

Natsuki: They're after Kaneki?

Miracle & Mo-chan: ...

All 8: !!!

The Higanbana girls as well as Itsuki and Keiko started to panic.

Miku: GET US THERE NOW!

Miracle & Mo-chan: We will!

Swoosh!

They flew towards their homes as fast as they can.

???: NOOOOOO!

???: WAAAAAAAH!

Boom!

They flew high and all of them saw from above the chaos that was happening in Shimotsuki, many houses were destroyed.

Splatter!

Chomp!

Many people being trampled and devoured

Sachi: Oh my— Augh...

Natsuki: So many people...

Blast!

Boom!

Miracle: Damnit! There's even more of them!

When they were getting closer, a swarm of giant flying monsters began raining fire towards the ground.

AHHHHHHHH!

Shino: This... This can't be happening.

Seeing such a gut wrenching sight was unbearable for the Higanbana girls, Itsuki and Keiko.

Miku's thoughts*

(It's alright. It's alright...)

Miku became so traumatized she began coping by imagining her, Sachi's and Shino's homes were all fine.

Their parents and Kaneki safely evacuated, something she desperately needs to see.

But sadly.

Shino & Sachi: No way...

GYUGIGIIIIIIII!

Batta: Don't get any closer!!!

Smash!

Once they arrived, all of them were horrified.

Sachi's and Shino's homes were both flattened alongside the Higanbana household.

Atsuo & Aiya: C'mon! Help me find my son!

All while the rest of the former insect familiars were fighting nearby monsters and Atsuo and Aiya desperately trying to find Kaneki.

Agent 1: We're trying out best!

Agent 2: Atsuo-sama, look!

Miracle and Mo-chan came down to Atsuo and allowed the Higanbana girls, Itsuki and Keiko to get off.

Miku: Mom! Dad!

Atsuo & Aiya: Miku! Girls!

Upon their arrival Miku went to hug her parents while Sachi and Shino questioned them about their parents.

Shino & Sachi: Is my Mom/Mom and Dad okay?!

Aiya: They're injured but their safe, the agents have evacuated them already.

Shino & Sachi: Haa~

Both of them calmed down, but immediately panicked again once they remembered.

Natsuki: Where's Kaneki?!

Natsuki asked worriedly for everyone and...

Aiya: ... He's... Kaneki's...

Atsuo: Kaneki is somewhere in the rubble of our home...

They all looked towards at what was the Higanbana household.

Chikao: What are we doing waiting for?!

Chikao went to the rubble and began searching through to find Kaneki, and her friends soon followed.

Natsuki: Kaneki! Where are you!!!

Shino: Kaneki!

Chikao: Please stay alive, please stay alive...

Each and every one of them searched hard to find him.

Yuuka: Not here...

Miku: Onii-chan!!!

Agent 3: Not here either!

Atsuo: Quickly! We need to find him and get out of here!

Itsuki: Oi! Kaneki!

Keiko: If you can move NOW IS THE BEST TIME TO DO SO!

Everyone couldn't find him, until.

Rustle~!

Sachi: Everyone! I heard something over here!

Sachi was able to hear a faint rustling noise in the debris nearby.

Atsuo: You heard her!

Everyone began removing the debris on the area where Sachi had heard the rustling, and it wasn't long until they saw.

Agent 1: Hand!

They were able to uncover what seems to be the right hand.

Higanbana girls: Is it Kaneki?!

Atsuo: It is!

After removing more debris, they uncovered most of his arm which had the bracelet that the Higanbana girls had bought for him the previous day.

Crash!

Everyone: Argh!

Ku-kun who was fighting the monsters crashed nearby as he was getting overwhelmed.

Crash!

Batta: AAAARGH!

Splatter~!

One of his mandibles were severely broken and huge amount of blood-like liquod was dropping from his injury.

Crash!

Crash!

Batta, Yanma, Heikei, Mo-chan, Miracle: ARGHHHHH!

The other former insect familiars soon followed crashing down nearby with their bodies severely damaged.

Shino, Sachi, Yuuka & Miku: !!!

Atsuo: Batta!

All 6: Argh....

Seeing the six of them barely even able to stand up from the injuries, they looked towards the direction they came from.

Everyone: !!!

ROOOOOOOAAAAAAR!

Rumble~!

They saw the hoard of monsters from afar starting to charge towards them.

Atsuo: Quickly! C'mon!

They desperately dug and was able to uncover the upper half of Kaneki's body.

Rumble~!

But they didn't have time.

Yuuka: We won't make it in time! Faster!

There was no way they would be able to get Kaneki and evacuate in time, and despite that Yuuka urged them to dig faster.

Blast!

Everyone: !!!

Kaigon: YOU SHALL NOT PASS!

The rest of the Beast Knights had arrived as back up.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Kotori: STAY AWAY FROM MY FAMILY!!!

As well as Kotori who came firing guns at the monsters.

Kamakura: Get him out of there faster will you?!?!

Hegon: We don't know how long we'll be able to hold them!

Everyone: !!!

Knowing that they had a limited amount of time before the Beast Knights and Kotori would be overwhelmed, everyone began digging even more desperately with their hands.

Higanbana girls: C'mon! C'mon!

Itsuki & Keiko: Faster! Faster!

Atsuo: Everything will be alright! We'll get out of here together!

Aiya: Kaneki! Hang on tight!

Chomp!

Dagon: AAAARGH!!!

Kamakura: Sis!

Dagon: It's alright! Missing one head is nothing!

Chomp!

Rip!

Kamakura: ARGHHHHH!

Kaigon & Ryugon: BRING IT!!!

Kotori: DIEEEEE!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Beast Knights and Kotori all desperately fought against these monsters trying to buy everyone time to save Kaneki.

Blast!

Kaigon: AAAARGH!

Crash!

However, due to their sheer numbers.

Blast!

Chomp!

Kaigon & Takoyaki: ARGHHHHH!

They were all getting overwhelmed.

Whip!

Crash!

Kotori: Argh!

Smash!

Kotori: I'M GOING TO PROTECT MY FAMILY!!!

Shino: Kaneki!

Sachi: Kaneki!

Yuuka: Kaneki!

Chikao: Kaneki!

Itsuki & Keiko: Kaneki!

Hearing the desperate calls of his friends.

Atsuo & Aiya: Kaneki!

Miku: Onii-chan!

His family.

The Beast Knights & Kotori: AAAARGH!

And the painful voices of the Beast Knights, and Kotori who were desperately fighting.

Tear~

Kaneki/Azuna couldn't hold his tears any longer.

Natsuki: Kaneki...

Natsuki stopped digging once she saw his tears.

Miku: Natsuki! Keep digging!

Though her friends urged her to continue digging.

Chikao: Oi! Natsuki!

She couldn't hold the pain of seeing Kaneki crying for them.

Natsuki: Kaneki... We'll get out of this together.

Natsuki made a anxious smile whole trying to reassure him.

Kaneki: I'm sorry for this.

Everyone: !!!

But his response was an apology for something.

Natsuki: !!!

Natsuki widened her eyes as she looked into his soul, to see the colors of sadness and guilt.

Natsuki: Kaneki!

Because he could now speak, Natsuki understood what he was going to do.

Natsuki: KANEKI DO—

Drip~

With one last tear shed from his eyes.

Kaneki: SAVE YOURSELVES!

Everyone: !!!

Kaneki/Azuna used all of his remaining strength to give everyone a command through his demonic command.

Rustle~!

Atsuo: SON! NOOOO!

His demonic command made everyone run away.

His parents, friends, sister and also.

Miku: No... NOOOO!

Shino & Sachi: KANEKI! WHY?!?!?!

Yuuka & Chikao: NO! NO! NO! NO!

The Higanbana girls were all horrified as they were forced to leave Kaneki.

Natsuki: Kaneki...

With a horrified look as looked back, Natsuki stared at Kaneki.

Kaneki: Smile~

Natsuki: Ah...

Tear~

Seeing his smile filled with sadness, Natsuki began crying.

Rumble~!

Swoosh!

The Beast Knights began retreating as Kaneki's command also affected them.

Kamakura: No! Kaneki!

Kotori: NOOOOOOOO!

They all began running and flying away.

Swoosh!

Shino: No! Go back! Kaneki is still there!

Miku: We can still save them!

Everyone on the ground had gotten on top of Yanma who was big enough for everyone to ride on.

She as well as the others began flying away.

Atsuo: GO BACK DAMNIT!

Aiya: Kaneki is—

Yanma: I'm sorry... I can't...

Because of Kaneki's command the everyone couldn't turn back even if they wanted to.

Boom!

Everyone: !!!

Hearing a loud boom, they all looked behind them to see...

Natsuki: No...

Shino, Yuuka & Miku: T-This can't be happening!

Sachi & Chikao: Kaneki!!!!

They all saw Kaneki was being hanged by the hands of one of the monsters.

Smash!

Everyone: NOOOOO!

He was cruelly smashed at the ground until his body was covered in his blood.

Atsuo & Aiya: No... Please... Not him too...

Sachi & Chikao: Kaneki... No...

Natsuki, Shino, Yuuka & Miku: No... Please stop...

They tried begging for Kaneki to not be harmed.

Rip~!

Chomp!

Sadly no begging was going to save Kaneki.

Atsuo, Aiya & Kotori: NOOOOOO!

Itsuki & Keiko: KANEKIIIII!

While most of them screamed and cried loudly after witnessing Kaneki's body was torn apart and was eaten by the monsters which had killed him.

Thud!

Shino: Kaneki... Kaneki please wake me up from this nightmare.

Yuuka: No... This isn't real... I don't accept this!

Miku: Onii-chan... Sob~ Onii-chan...

Sachi & Chikao: ...

The Higanbana girls, seeing the boy— the friend they loved enough to think about having a future together with, dying before their very eyes.

They all grieved quietly.

Natsuki: Kaneki... Why?!

Except for Natsuki who was frustrated.

Natsuki: DIDN'T YOU WANT RO BE WITH US FOREVER?! WHY DID YOU SACRIFICE YOURSELF FOR US AGAIN?! DIDN'T WE TOLD YOU NOT DO THAT ANYMORE?!

Miku: Natsuki...

Though Natsuki sounded like she was frustrated at Kaneki, in truth.

Natsuki: Why? Did you not trust that we could save you? ... I'm sorry for being so weak.

She was frustrated that they couldn't save Kaneki.

And she wasn't the only one.

Shino, Sachi, Yuuka, Chikao: ...

Miku: ...

The rest of the Higanbana girls.

Atsuo & Aiya: Damnit!

Kotori: Mama... I'm sorry..

His parents and Kotori all felt the same way.

Itsuki: Is... Is this really how it ends?

Keiko: It can't be...

As they flew farther away, they saw as Shimotsuki was completely overrun by the monsters.

And soon these monsters would appear all over the world, and bring it to it's end.

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