Episode 75: The moment the little angel awakens
『 Speaking of which, Rize Kamishiro seemed to suddenly understand.
"Kaneki, you still don't have any anger at all?"
"No, that's not it!" Kaneki Ken heard this and quickly argued, "I, I'm not... so weak, I... I'm not that scared either!"...
But at this moment, Kaneki Ken couldn't even say a complete sentence.
Because even he himself couldn't deny this point.
Perhaps, everything that Miss Rize Kamishiro said in front of him was indeed an undeniable truth.
So, Kaneki Ken seemed to suddenly understand, but closed his eyes with a heart full of despair.
He began to speak in a voice as faint as a mosquito's buzz, so low that even a mosquito could barely hear it:
"Because, ever since I was a child, my mother taught me this way."
However, this answer did not satisfy Rize Kamishiro.
"Could it be that you've been living your life according to your parents' will all this time?"
"What are you doing? It's utterly boring, don't you think this is meaningless?"
"In your heart, is your mother so gentle, so amazing?"
After speaking, Rize Kamishiro, as a ghoul, showed deep contempt.
"This kind of emotion in you humans makes me feel utterly bored, without any fun, and very disappointing."
"However, if I remember correctly,"
"Your mother overworked herself to death because she did too many things beyond her capabilities."
"Isn't that right, Kaneki Ken?"
As soon as the words fell, a scene suddenly flashed in Kaneki Ken's mind.
It was the night he met Rize Kamishiro, and it was also the moment that changed his life.
It was on that day that he was accidentally hit by a steel pipe, and from then on, he embarked on the path of becoming a ghoul. 』
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~Dimensional livestream, Chat Room~
[ Inui Takumi (Kamen Rider): "After dying, he turned into something like a ghoul?" ]
[ Inui Takumi (Kamen Rider): "That's a bit similar to Orphnoch." ]
[ Kirishima Touka (Tokyo Ghoul): "Normal ghouls aren't born after death, Kaneki Ken is special, he was modified." ] ...
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "Modified?" ]
[ Ruan Mei (Honkai: Star Rail): "Oh? Interesting, biological modification in another world??" ]
[ The Doctor ⦍11th⦎ (Doctor Who): "This might be a conspiracy, you never know." ]
[ The Herta (Honkai: Star Rail): "The Doctor? That name is strange." ]
[ The Doctor ⦍11th⦎ (Doctor Who): "My name is the Doctor, it's not a big problem, just keep watching." ]
[ Tsugikuni Yoriichi (Demon Slayer): "Turning a human into another evil race is somewhat similar to the demons in our world." ]
[ Tsugikuni Yoriichi (Demon Slayer): "I wonder if my swordsmanship can exterminate these alien races." ]
[ Kirishima Touka (Tokyo Ghoul): "....." ]
[ .....]
『 In an instant, an unspeakable sadness and anger surged in the young man's heart.
"Yes, it was indeed my fault."
However, this self-blame did not make Rize Kamishiro's expression change.
"But what's the use of saying this now? You're always like this, just blaming yourself."
"But what can blaming yourself change?"
"All the unpleasant things in this world, in the end, are caused by your own lack of ability."
"No, or rather, the cause of this series of events is your naivety, or rather, your foolishness."
"That's why you were easily tricked by me that day, and then the doctor did something to you, turning you into this strange appearance. Do you think you can escape the blame for all of this?"
Speaking of which, Rize Kamishiro's figure suddenly became strange: "In the end, whether it's hurting others or self-harm, it's all because of your weakness that you encounter these misfortunes."
"If you were strong enough, you could have killed that Jason as soon as you met him."
"Then those two people before, especially that lady, you could have saved them~! She might not have died, if you had that power at the time."...
"Ms. Ryoko..." A figure suddenly appeared in Little Angel Kaneki's mind.
And at this moment, Rize Kamishiro was still talking in his ear.
"Kaneki, can you really understand what I mean now?"
"Everything about you now, and this way of life, it's all the path you chose yourself, right?"
"Then why are you crying like this? And why are you screaming so tragically?"
"Are you thinking that because you have to hurt others, you chose to come here and willingly be tortured by Jason? Is that it?"
As she spoke, Rize Kamishiro herself started laughing.
"Hahaha, Kaneki, you're too kind."
"But what you're doing is like betting on both sides, and you can't win on either side. Do you know what that means? You've given up on both sides."
"Just like your mother, if she had directly refused your sister back then, she wouldn't have had to work herself to death, right?"
In the end, Rize Kamishiro's words carried a hint of mockery, directly piercing the soft spot in Kaneki's heart.
These words made Little Angel Kaneki's heart struggle and suffer immensely. 』
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~Dimensional livestream, Chat Room~
[ Touko Aozaki (Type-Moon): "These words are indeed thought-provoking." ]
[ Himeko (Honkai: Star Rail): "No ordinary person can face this calmly." ]
[ Sawamura Eriri (Saekano): "It's completely fine, anyway, I'm already confused." ]
[ Utaha Kasumigaoka (Saekano): "Hehe, that's truly your style." ]
[ March 7th (Honkai: Star Rail): "...(Can't understand + 1)" ]
[ .....]
『 Not long after, accompanied by Rize Kamishiro's sarcastic words, Little Angel Kaneki's face gradually turned pale.
He desperately opened his eyes, as if his eyeballs would pop out at any moment.
"You, you're so annoying!"....
"Hahaha!" Rize Kamishiro heard this, as if she had encountered the funniest thing in the world, and stared at Kaneki Ken: "You say I'm annoying, that's too funny, Kaneki~"
This strange laughter echoed in Kaneki Ken's ears for a long time, making him get goosebumps.
He vaguely felt that in this strange laughter, he seemed to have become a puppet on a string, letting the other party manipulate his thoughts.
But at this moment, Rize Kamishiro suddenly stopped laughing and spoke again.
"Kaneki, didn't you always like to think about your situation?"
"Then think about it carefully now, Kaneki."
"Think about it, are the words I just said the reality you've been avoiding?"
"In the end, Kaneki, deep down, you actually wanted your gentle mother to abandon your sister, right?"
"Stop, stop talking!" Kaneki Ken's defense was completely broken by Rize Kamishiro at this moment: "Mom, why, why did you leave me alone like this."
"I'm so lonely, I'm so lonely, living like this alone for so long."
"How I wish you could choose me, how I wish you could live for me, so I wouldn't be so lonely."
At this moment, the little angel knelt on the ground, his body trembling nonstop.
It seemed that he began to regret his actions all this time.
But even though Kaneki Ken's heart was about to collapse, Rize Kamishiro's eyes on the other side suddenly became sharp.
"So, you think your mother should have lived well and sacrificed everything for you?" Rize Kamishiro asked the little angel curiously:...
"Then it's okay to hurt others, right?"
Facing this question, the little angel had no other reaction, he just knelt on the ground and said blankly: "Yes, it's okay to hurt others."
"Then, even taking someone's life is okay?" Rize Kamishiro continued to ask the little angel, following the heat.
"Even, taking a life, is... fine..." The little angel answered like a robot.
This scene made Rize Kamishiro a little satisfied, and she said to him as if comforting him:
"You're a good child, that's right~ Kaneki."
"Sometimes, you have to give up something to protect what's truly important in your heart."
"Your previous mother, it was because she couldn't do this, her behavior wasn't gentle, but the worst kind of weakness."
"She didn't dare to give up, she lacked that decisiveness, do you still think you can be a victim?"
Speaking of which, Rize Kamishiro's tone suddenly became sharp.
"Then, can you still forgive someone like Jason now?"
A cold smile slowly appeared on her face,
Just like before, that smile that made one's spine crawl.
But this time, Kaneki Ken felt deep pain and despair.
But in front of Rize Kamishiro, the kneeling Kaneki Ken's despair on his face instantly turned into indifference.
And, a chilling voice came from his mouth:
"I can't forgive, none of this can be forgiven."
"No matter what, I can't forgive this kind of thing!"
At this moment, a hint of determination flickered in his eyes.
This was the helplessness of the past, and also the manifestation of the suffering of life.
He clenched his hands tightly, veins bulging, and even the blood vessels under his scalp swelled.
Just then, his short hair suddenly turned snow-white.
Deep in his eyes, there was a pitch-black world, and in that darkness, there was Rize Kamishiro's figure, and it also reflected his current appearance... 』
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~Dimensional livestream, Chat Room~
[ Sakamoto (Sakamoto Days): "It seems that the turning point has come." ]
[ Zancrow (Fairy Tail): "Go! Destroy Everything that blocks your path, destroy it! Don't leave anyone" ]
[ Eren Yeager (Shingeki no Kyojin): "Tatakae, Tatakae!" ]
[ .....]
『 He just quietly looked at his reflection in the depths of his eyes, that pure white light intertwined with the pure black curtain, two completely different colors, thus merged together.
Suddenly, between these dual colors, Kaneki Ken was surprised to find that his figure was slowly intertwining and merging with the image of Rize Kamishiro in front of him.
"Kaneki, I wonder if you can understand what I mean. Are you willing to accept all of me now?" Rize Kamishiro finally asked the question she longed to answer at this moment.
"No, that's not the case. What I'm thinking about now is just surpassing your existence." Kaneki Ken looked at the other party and resolutely denied this idea.
But this answer made Rize Kamishiro suddenly laugh out loud.
"So, you mean that you will eternally stand above my existence, right?"
"Yes, if that's all, I think I can easily achieve it." Kaneki Ken admitted without hesitation.
"Even if it means you will embark on the wrong path?" Rize Kamishiro retorted.
"What's wrong isn't me, what's wrong is the world." Kaneki Ken suddenly stood up and looked around with piercing eyes.
"Well, that's a pretty good idea~" Rize Kamishiro's figure gradually approached Kaneki Ken: "Kaneki, if you want to survive in this world, you must constantly devour others. So, now you can start."
Kaneki Ken stood still, recalling his true identity in a daze: "I, I'm a ghoul..."
After speaking, Kaneki Ken suddenly pressed Rize Kamishiro to the ground.
He bared his sharp fangs and fiercely tore at the flesh and blood of the woman in front of him.
In an instant, the pure white garden in his heart seemed to bloom at the same moment.
Bright red hot blood flowed freely, dyeing the ground red,
In front of him, and beneath him, it spread out.
And he, still like a hungry wolf, bit after bit, kept gnawing at Rize Kamishiro's body.
Deep red flowers also gradually bloomed,
Where the blood dripped, the flowers bloomed gorgeously,
The trail drawn by blood, like the purest killing intent, was completely exposed in front of everyone. 』
『 .....』
~Dimensional livestream, Chat Room~
[ Esdeath (Akame Ga Kill): "Hahahaha, this young man has turned into a pure beast." ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "Looks, so scary." ]
[ Lumine (Genshin Impact): "So useless, turn on the stove and boil water!" ]
[ Paimon (Genshin Impact): "???" ]
[ Tsugikuni Yoriichi (Demon Slayer): "The method of eating people is exactly the same as that of demons.... Forget it, it's not in our world, I'll still focus on finding that Muzan." ]
[ Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer): "???" ]
[ Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer): "!!!!" ]
[ .....]
『 The scene has been drawn out of the memory space.
And in the small room in the real world, Kaneki Ken is still firmly locked in the chair.
However, at this moment, his body actually underwent an unusual change.
Just like in the memory space, his jet-black hair is slowly turning silver-white.
Within his body, a sudden shift from weakness to a powerful and terrifying aura of power occurred.
This powerful energy continuously overflowed from his body, tightly enveloping his entire being.
However, Jason, who was standing beside him with a large pliers, seemed completely unaware of this, still smiling coldly.
"Kaneki, it seems our pleasant time is about to come to an end?~"
"The white doves outside are invading here, and fighting them to the fullest is my true mission."
"Our Aogiri Tree's goal has always been to eliminate those annoying existences."
"Humans are, needless to say, just food, but that also includes some ghouls. That place where you worked before wasn't it called Anteiku coffee shop?"
"I can tell you~, that Anteiku coffee shop is our next target for Aogiri Tree~...."
Perhaps because the Kaneki in front of him ignored him during the change, Jason's voice suddenly grew louder.
"KANEKI!!!!" 』
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~Dimensional livestream, Chat Room~
[ Arataki Itto (Genshin Impact): "Why are you shouting so loud, mud monkey!?" ]
[ Kuki Shinobu (Genshin Impact): "Boss, don't suddenly shout, this doesn't require sound." ]
[ Arataki Itto (Genshin Impact): "Sorry, this guy scared me." ]
[ Saitama (One Punch Man): "Isn't this the standard villain provocation on TV? So this young man should be about to blacken." ]
[ Genos (One Punch Man): "Well, Sensei, it's all fake on TV." ]
[ Saitama (One Punch Man): "But this is another world, maybe it's real?" ]
[ Genos (One Punch Man): "This..." ]
[ Shizuka Hiratsuka (Oregairu): "That's right, according to the anime, it's time to start fighting now." ]
[ Yukinoshita Yukino (Oregairu): "Shizuka-sensei, you still like watching hot-blooded anime so much." ]
[ Shizuka Hiratsuka (Oregairu): "Hahaha." ]
[ .....]
『 After saying that, on the screen,...
Jason roared at Kaneki Ken, and then spoke again.
"Then, now I'm going to take everything from you."
As soon as the words fell, his eyes suddenly changed, becoming blood-red and dazzling.
Just as he was about to make a move, a cold snort suddenly sounded, breaking his momentum.
"Hmph!" Rize Kamishiro's shadow suddenly jumped in front of Jason: "You're as ridiculous as ever."
"Huh????" Jason was startled, quickly rubbed his eyes, and looked again in disbelief.
He saw that the silver-haired Kaneki Ken was slowly raising his head.
But in Jason's eyes, it wasn't just Kaneki Ken alone, but two figures, Kaneki Ken and Rize Kamishiro, constantly intertwined.
The other party also coldly threw a sentence at him:
"You guy, you're utterly boring."
It seemed that Kaneki Ken's change had touched something,
On the other side, Jason instantly turned from stunned to full of anger.
In this brief moment, the expression on his face had long lost its previous astonishment and anger.
What followed was an unspeakably strange smile, the originally shallow smile quickly magnified, becoming more and more unrestrained.
"Hahaha! As expected, this didn't disappoint me."
That strange smile bloomed brilliantly on Jason's face.
There was nothing else in his eyes, only Kaneki Ken, a solitary figure. 』
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