"Generally, only more capable newcomers are arranged for early internships, right? It's not strange to occasionally encounter a genius."
At this moment, Ihei Hairu spoke.
"Go, Kei Yakuchi !"
Ihei Shirazu even cheered on Kei Yakuchi .
At this point, Kei Yakuchi had already reached the Ghoul.
From the beginning, he noticed that the Ghoul's state was off, and the other two Ghouls were also likely starved silly.
Their side was clearly a "veteran-leading-newbie" Investigator model, yet these three Ghouls not only didn't flee but also drooled and attacked them with crazed expressions.
To be precise, this wasn't being starved silly, but rather a manifestation of a Ghoul's hunger state.
If a Ghoul goes too long without consuming human flesh, it enters an extremely painful state of hunger, gradually losing its sanity over time and attacking anyone in sight frantically.
Let alone Ghouls, even humans, when on the verge of starvation, can experience the saying "in times of great famine, people eat each other," let alone Ghouls who possess strength superior to humans, and losing sanity is also uncontrollable.
This is like when you're about to starve to death, and there's a living food in front of you; although he looks like a fellow kind, he tastes delicious, and you have the ability to easily kill him. What would you do?
Perhaps you could endure it, but once you lose your sanity, it's no longer up to you.
Of course, this doesn't mean that Ghouls preying on humans is excusable; it's just how it is.
"Eat…eat…you…"
The Ghoul Kei Yakuchi faced mumbled incoherently, its Kakuugan (Ghoul Eye) more grotesque than a normal Ghoul's, and the Rinkaku released from its waist twisted strangely because it had gone insane.
Not every Ghoul is as lucky as those in the 20th Ward, where Yoshimura Kuzen's presence changed the environment of the 20th Ward, allowing every Ghoul who sought refuge in Anteiku to receive enough rotten meat to barely sustain themselves.
In other wards, especially the most chaotic 24th Ward, it's not easy to even get rotten meat, and weaker Ghouls are more likely to starve.
Simply put, in the 20th Ward, Yoshimura Kuzen evenly distributes rotten meat resources, while in other wards, it's a dog-eat-dog world; Ghouls who can't get food might even be eaten by stronger Ghouls.
As for "mutual eating," that only causes the rc cells value in the body to rise rapidly, achieving the effect of becoming stronger, but it doesn't solve the problem of hunger.
Although this wasn't emphasized in the original work, it should theoretically be so, otherwise, Ghouls eating each other would become a "perpetual motion machine."
You eat a bite of me, I recover quickly with regeneration, then I eat a bite of you, and then you recover, and so on; if this cycle continues, then the Ghoul's food problem wouldn't be a problem at all...
It's important to know that the specific method of "mutual eating" is to eat the Kakuho of a fellow kind, not the flesh of the body. The Kakuho is used to store rc cells, and eating the Kakuho is equivalent to absorbing the opponent's rc cells, thereby achieving the effect of becoming stronger.
At this moment, Kei Yakuchi easily avoided the opponent's frontal attack, seizing the opportunity to close the distance, holding Hiruko 1/76 in a reverse grip in his right hand, and stabbing the dagger directly into one of the opponent's Kakuugan (Ghoul Eye).
This Kakuugan (Ghoul Eye) instantly went blind.
"Ga ah ah ah!!"
The Ghoul immediately screamed miserably.
Suzuya Juuzou's speed, though not as fast as Kei Yakuchi 's, was much faster than an average person's, and he had also arrived by now.
He followed the combat plan Kei Yakuchi had just told him, and while the Ghoul was blind in one eye and distracted, he circled behind the Ghoul and threw the dagger in his hand.
For him, hitting the Kakuho of a temporarily immobile, fixed target was certainly not difficult.
With the power of Poison Scorpion 1/56, it successfully broke through the Ghoul's tough skin, directly hitting its biggest weakness—the Kakuho.
Many Ghouls might not die even if decapitated, but the Kakuho is the fatal weakness common to every Ghoul.
Once a Ghoul's Kakuho is severely damaged, it almost loses its ability to resist, including its regeneration ability, which is almost Waste, because the source of regeneration is the Kakuho organ.
Seeing that the Ghoul's Kakuho had been severely damaged, Kei Yakuchi immediately delivered a finishing blow, lunging forward and directly piercing the Ghoul's heart with his dagger.
[Ding! Host defeated a B-Rank Ghoul, gaining reward: 5 fusion points!]
As the Ghoul fell to the ground, Kei Yakuchi also gained fusion points.
Having successfully eliminated the Ghoul, Kei Yakuchi expressionlessly picked up Suzuya Juuzou's Poison Scorpion 1/56, which was still in the Ghoul's Kakuho, and returned it to Suzuya Juuzou.
"Well done."
Kei Yakuchi first raised his hand, indicating he wanted to high-five Suzuya Juuzou to celebrate.
However, Suzuya Juuzou didn't quite understand the gesture and paused before mimicking Kei Yakuchi by raising his hand.
"Clap."
Only when Kei Yakuchi actively clapped his hand did he understand that this was what he was supposed to do.
Kei Yakuchi then handed Poison Scorpion 1/56 back to Suzuya Juuzou.
Afterward, the two prepared to return to Arima Kishou's side.
As for the battle between the Anjiu sisters and the Ghouls, it was not Kei Yakuchi 's and his business to meddle; if anything unexpected happened, the Zero Squad would naturally step in to resolve it.
However, at this moment, realizing that Kei Yakuchi and Suzuya Juuzou had already dealt with their target, Anjiu Heina was instantly distracted because she cared too much about this matter.
Kei Yakuchi also noticed that Anjiu Heina was actually distracted and looking at him during the battle, and he also saw that the Ghoul the Anjiu sisters were dealing with was about to seize this opportunity to attack Anjiu Heina.
Anjiu Heina would most likely not have enough time to dodge, and unfortunately, Anjiu Nairo's position was also unfavorable, and she wouldn't have enough time to stop the Ghoul.
In that instant, Kei Yakuchi and Arima Kishou acted almost simultaneously.
Kei Yakuchi chose to directly go and pick up Anjiu Heina and retreat immediately, while Arima Kishou opened another black and gold Quinque briefcase, taking out the S+ rank Ukaku Quinque, Narukami.
As Kei Yakuchi arrived and retreated, carrying Anjiu Heina in a "princess carry" pose, a current of electricity shot past him like lightning, instantly striking the Ghoul.
Violent lightning energy raged within the Ghoul, and its astonishing power caused the Ghoul to lose its vital signs in an instant.
All of this happened too quickly and too suddenly, so much so that Anjiu Heina only reacted now.
When she realized she was being held by Kei Yakuchi , and in a "princess carry" no less, her pupils widened instantly, and a blush appeared on her face.