Entangled Strings

A Turn of Events

Ayato didn't answer. His mind too occupied by his sister's words.

The two continued their walk back to their home in silence.
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CCG 20th ward branch... One of the many branches of the CCG, situated in Tokyo. Being placed in the most docile wards the majority of the investigators are quite lax, with only once in a while a report about ghouls.

"Have you heard anything about Takashi-san?" One of the bureau investigators asked.

"I spoke with him a few days ago. He was investigating the two ghouls, he encountered a few weeks ago."

"Still? He couldn't find any clues or evidence afterwards. I can understand his defeat by ghouls is a humiliation, but it was two against one, he was lucky that he got back alive. We hardly have anything on the sibling ghouls. No kagune traces, no massive killings, not even suspects. I told him to let it rest and focus on the Gourmet instead, since he's a bigger tread."

"Nakajima-san, can you please inform him tomorrow after you're done with work?"

Nakajima Yasunori; is one of the bureau investigators of the 20th wards an average man between his end thirties and begin forties. He has short black hair and is a dedicated worker. His partner is Kusaba Ippei a short brown haired man with glasses, around the age of 26. "Sure, I'll do that. It's about time someone to tell that imbecile to stop focusing on one thing. No one blames him. We all have our bad days."

"Yes, and there's another thing. I got a message from the headquarters."

The investigator stopped with what he was doing and looked up. "A message from the headquarters?"
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It had been two weeks since Kaneki had settled in the 20th ward. He was able to find a decent apartment with a bedroom, shower, kitchen with fridge. It was a very cosy place, something that felt alien to him. The man sighed as he took a sip from his coffee. His search wasn't very successful. Or the ghouls here were very ignorant or the corpse collector had literally erased any traces of himself and went into hiding, like his informant thought, but why would he hide?

"How long do you plan to sit here?"

Kaneki opened his eyes and stared at the blue-haired waitress. She was eyeing him suspiciously. "I like your coffee. It's the best I've tasted so far."

"No duh, that's obvious. What I mean is, every day you come in, at the same time, take the same seat and sit there for over an hour just to drink your coffee?"

"I like to take my time while enjoying my drinks."

Touka eyed him suspiciously and let out a sigh. "... Weirdo." She mumbled as she walked off.

The white-haired man watched as the girl disappeared behind the counter. She was interesting, unlike most ghouls here, she and her brother still seemed rebellious, while able to walk in human society. That's not something you see every day. Kaneki closed his eyes, trying to focus on the voices of the whispering ghouls.

"Did you hear? The gourmet is causing trouble again."

"Seriously? What the hell is he thinking? Can't he see, he'll attract the doves if he keeps up!"

"I heard the binge eater is quite active in the sixth yard."

"So, she has moved to another yard again. Let's hope she won't choose the 20th ward as her next home if she moves again."

"11th ward is getting too dangerous, the last couple of days. Even ghouls need to be careful where they walk and at what time."

"Yeah, I heard from a friend of mine that her boyfriend's brother got into trouble when he visited the 11th ward. They haven't heard anything from him ever since."