It took them a while to suddenly remember they still had work to do.
They immediately went to confirm the identity of the corpse.
They cross-referenced it with the "Jason" expulsion order.
Although Ōmori Yakumo's entire body was almost completely burned, his general facial features and the Kagune he released still allowed them to identify him as "Jason," whom the CCG considered an S-Class expulsion target.
"It is indeed 'Jason'…"
After confirming "Jason's" identity, all the Investigator Assistants and Third-Class Investigators couldn't help but gasp.
In fact, a few days prior, with the failure of Special Investigator Mado's and Associate Special Investigator Amon's investigation mission, the CCG's risk assessment for "Gecko" had changed from S-Class to S+.
Otherwise, Special Investigator Mado and Associate Special Investigator Amon would not have been helpless against an ordinary S-Class Ghoul.
Special Investigator Mado was publicly recognized within the CCG for his comprehensive abilities at the Associate Special Class level; it was just that Special Investigator Mado himself was unwilling to be promoted to Associate Special Class.
The S+ level is easy to understand: it's between S and SS.
However, even when the CCG later realized that "Jason" was already a Half-Kakuja, they did not adjust "Jason's" risk level to the higher SS-Class.
Firstly, because he was already dead, there was no great need to adjust the risk level again, and secondly, because compared to other heinous Ghouls, this guy hadn't really done anything too egregious.
Ōmori Yakumo generally didn't attack humans much; as a cadre of the Aogiri Tree, he naturally didn't need to hunt for himself. He only liked to capture some Ghouls and torment them in his "Happy Hut." If it were humans, they would die after a couple of torments, so he had no interest in humans.
If Ōmori Yakumo hadn't escaped from prison, his original rating would have been A-Class. He escaped from Cochlea, the prison in the 23rd Ward specifically for Ghouls, and even injured Goumasa Tokage, the interrogator at the time, so his risk level naturally shot up.
A Second Class Investigator being able to single-handedly expel an S+ "Jason" and emerge completely unharmed afterwards completely redefined the understanding of all Investigator Assistants and Third-Class Investigators present.
Especially those logistics personnel responsible for medical care didn't know what to do for a moment; they had come here originally to provide emergency treatment to Associate Investigator Ameno, but it turned out Associate Investigator Ameno was perfectly fine.
"Associate Investigator Ameno, are you really okay? If you have any injuries, please tell us immediately."
One of the logistics personnel said to Yakuchi Kei .
"It's fine, I'm okay."
Yakuchi Kei said.
Since Associate Investigator Ameno had already said so, they were completely out of things to do.
"Then I'll leave this to you. I have something to attend to, so I'll be leaving first."
Yakuchi Kei didn't plan to waste any more time here, as it would take these people quite some time to process the scene.
There was nothing left for him to do here, so he went home.
...
A moment ago, Touka Kirishima directly took Ryoko Fueguchi and Fueguchi Hinami and fled back to the Antique Coffee Shop.
Only here did she feel the safest.
"What happened? Why are you so anxious?"
Seeing this, Irimi Kaya immediately asked.
"We encountered a Ghoul who attacked us right away, and that guy was very strong. If it weren't for an unfamiliar person suddenly appearing and saving us, we probably wouldn't have made it back."
Touka Kirishima was still somewhat shaken.
"Such a thing actually happened? Who was the other party?"
Koma Enji, who was next to Irimi Kaya, immediately asked.
Touka Kirishima shook her head slightly, "I'm not sure either, but Auntie Ryoko seems to know that guy."
Ryoko Fueguchi then recounted the events involving "Gecko" and the Aogiri Tree; she and Hinami had come to the 20th Ward for refuge precisely because of those incidents.
"Why don't you all stay in Anteiku for a while during this period?"
At this moment, Yoshimura Kuzen suggested.
He kindly took in the Fueguchi mother and daughter.
Although in the original story, Yoshimura Kuzen intended to send Fueguchi Hinami to the 24th Ward after Ryoko Fueguchi was killed by Investigators, that was because things had truly escalated to a point where the peace of the 20th Ward was severely disrupted.
At that time, Ryoko Fueguchi was killed, and Fueguchi Hinami's identity was also exposed, so she would definitely be relentlessly pursued by Kureo Mado.
Yoshimura Kuzen was worried that more and more Investigators would flood into the 20th Ward, so he wanted to cut ties with Fueguchi Hinami. Later, Touka Kirishima strongly resisted, which prevented Fueguchi Hinami from being sent to the 24th Ward, because Fueguchi Hinami would have found it very difficult to survive in such a cruel place.
Looking at Yoshimura Kuzen's attitude towards his daughter, Kaneki Ken, and Fueguchi Hinami, his essence was always to escape or make sacrifices for the sake of survival.
Initially, he escaped the pursuit of the "V" organization by abandoning his wife and daughter. Later, he wanted to abandon Fueguchi Hinami and Kaneki Ken, but he changed later. In the end, he no longer escaped, but instead placed his hope on Kaneki Ken and sought death.
"Touka-onee-chan, that person just now... I feel like I know him..."
At this moment, Fueguchi Hinami suddenly spoke.
"Which person are you talking about? The one wearing the white mask?"
Touka Kirishima immediately asked.
"Yes, I've seen the clothes he wore, and his scent is also a bit familiar..."
Fueguchi Hinami said, "It's that big brother named Yakuchi Kei ; the clothes he wore and his scent are very similar."
Although the situation at the time was both special and urgent, it was precisely because she noticed the mysterious masked man's clothes that she deliberately sniffed his scent.
Even though the situation was chaotic and she could only smell a faint scent, she still determined that it was most likely that big brother.
"You mean Yakuchi Kei ? How could it be him?"
Touka Kirishima's first reaction was disbelief.
Because she always believed Yakuchi Kei was just an ordinary human university student. She had also smelled Yakuchi Kei 's scent up close, and it was definitely a human scent.
But the mysterious masked man just now, with those blood-red eyes and the mask that almost only Ghouls wear, was clearly a Ghoul.
Just in terms of identity, Yakuchi Kei and that mysterious masked man were completely unrelated.
"But I really feel it's that big brother."
Fueguchi Hinami's tone was very firm.
What she cared about most was that that big brother saved them at the time. Could he be her father's friend, which is why he had her father's scent?
"Alright... Regardless of whether it's him or not, I have to go back now. That person just saved us, and I can't just leave him there."
Touka Kirishima said.
At the same time, she could also confirm whether it was truly as Hinami-meimei said.
In any case, she certainly still didn't want to believe it.