Entangled Strings

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The dark-haired ghoul just shrugged his shoulders and left the room. Leaving the manager alone with his thoughts.
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"What did you say?" Touka asked, confused as she and Yomo stored the new collected flesh in the storage room.

"The old man told me that we could go home for the rest of the day." Ayato mumbled.

"What did you do this time?" The boy's older sister narrowed her eyes.

"Nothing!" The boy barked. "He just told me to go home after I served that customer of you."

Her customer? The female ghoul decided to let it slide. "Fine, I need to finish some homework anyway." She turned to look at her brother again. "And you should try to do something for school too! You can't keep skipping classes!"

"And why not?" Ayato asked, irritation growing in his tone. "It's not like we need it anyway! Besides, socialising with stock is a pain in the ass!"

"At least try to blend in! Just sit there and shut up! Your classmates are probably too scared to approach you anyway!" The girl snorted.

"They should be." The boy showed a toothy grin, like a wolf that was planning to eat his prey.

The older sibling flicked her brother's forehead and walked out of the room. "Sorry for leaving you with the work Yomo-san." She said.

"It's fine..." The man answered, while he continued his work in silence.

Ayato scowled at his sister and followed her out of the storage room. Ready to go home.
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The rain had finally subdued a bit and Kaneki was thankful for that. After he finished he paid and thanked Ayato, who apparently was already done with working, for the coffee. The boy only responded with a glare and followed his sister outside. The white-haired ghoul chuckled at the younger ghoul's behavior. He seemed quite attached to his sister, but showed it with a big mouth.

When he exited the cafe the man continued on his way, pondering about the information he had gotten. It wasn't what he had hoped, but at least better something than nothing. He still had the feeling as if something was bugging him at the back of his mind.

"Maybe... I should take a look around the place, since I'll be here for a while." He mumbled as he walked away towards the shopping district.

The place wasn't completely crowded, but it wasn't empty either. Kaneki scanned curiously through the crowd, observing and learning the behavior of the citizens of the  20th ward. Ghouls and humans alike were very lax. "No wonder it's left alone... With this many peaceful ghoul, the ghouls of the other wards will find this very boring." He muttered. "Also, there is Anteiku..."

The man looked up when he noticed a figure in the shadow and sighed. "About time..." He got up and disappeared into the alley. "Let me guess, you got lost?"

"No, something else came up. So I couldn't come sooner."

Kaneki stared at the figure sighed. "Alright, what do you have?"

"He's been quiet for years. The last incident revolving him is almost ten years ago. Maybe he went into hiding, there is a possibility he left this ward. I came across someone who knows more, but it'll take some time before I can get in touch with the guy, because of the doves and he seems very reluctant himself to give away any information."

Kaneki stayed quiet for a while. "And what do you know about a ghoul named Yoshimura?"

"He's the ghoul that runs Anteiku. The organization of this ward, for some reason he disguised it as a regular cafe, but it's the best place to gather information or news about anything that happens here. He has been managing the 20th ward for more than 10 years. I don't know much about Yoshimura or the employees working there, but they're all strong and high ranked ghouls. So, it's better to not to mess with them. They have a lot of respect for their boss."