Regardless, Hayashi remained confident in his cooking skills.
Seeing Takanashi Tokka absorbed in the food, he knew he had nailed it.
To make someone with a stoic expression blush like that, what more could he ask for?
Tohru was also delighted.
Because this was her Hayashi-san, truly amazing!
...
Meanwhile, on the other side.
In front of a house with a basement.
Heavy rain was falling, but both parties were still conducting a transaction and inspecting the house.
Kamado Rize followed the ghoul in front of her, walking around the house.
Though the house was large, with a yard, and looked like a detached villa, Rize didn't care about any of that.
She only checked the basement very carefully, and in the end, was quite satisfied.
Both its size and soundproofing were perfect.
Finally, they reached the first floor.
"This would be perfect for locking up the manager..." Rize said as she took out her card.
"Transaction complete, I'll take this one."
The ghoul across from her turned around and asked, "Are you sure?"
"Need me to say it again?" A dangerous light flashed in Rize's eyes.
With Hayashi and the Antique Coffee Shop's people, she could be more pleasant.
But with other ghouls, she was all about kill, kill, kill.
The ghoul across from her briefly looked at her, then glanced over to a cabinet and opened it.
To Rize's surprise, he pulled out a CCG kagune weapon case.
Rize's expression changed slightly.
"CCG? You've been tracking me this whole time? You must have worked hard."
She said it like that, but Rize didn't take CCG seriously.
She was Kamado Rize, almost an SS-level ghoul.
CCG's investigators would need at least a first-class investigator to have any hope of confronting her.
Two first-class investigators, or someone like Arima Kishou, would be needed to even think about capturing her.
So what kind of strength did this unfamiliar investigator have?
As for why the ghoul was working with CCG, that wasn't a secret to Rize.
In fact, she knew some even bigger secrets!
Just as the ghoul in front of her took out the CCG weapon case...
"Boom~!"
A ghoul suddenly dropped down into the yard of the house.
He not only had a kagune, but also held a CCG kagune weapon case.
With both of them present, the new CCG ghoul even wore a mask and replied to Rize's earlier comment.
"CCG? They're just the adults' dogs."
Rize's pupils constricted sharply at those words.
What the ghoul had just revealed—this was a major issue.
Rize's expression turned serious.
Her eyes instantly turned dark red.
Four tail kagunes extended from her tailbone.
Looking at the two of them, Rize finally said in a low tone.
"Servants of the Washuu family?"
Hearing Rize's words, the ghoul finally smiled.
"This isn't something the Washuu family needs to get involved with."
The Washuu family controlled the upper echelons of CCG, and in reality, they were a ghoul family with strong bloodlines and powerful kagunes!
When Rize heard their tone of certainty, she understood exactly who was targeting her.
The ghoul in front of her was also a servant of the Washuu family.
But unlike CCG, they were more profound.
They were a hidden assassin organization within CCG!
The purpose of targeting Rize was clear:
To capture her and take her back.
No hesitation!!!
In an instant, as the ghoul spoke, Rize made her move.
Her four tail kagunes split into two and pierced towards the two attackers!
But they reacted quickly.
They blocked her attack with their weapons!
In an instant, sparks flew everywhere!
Kamado Rize did not stop, using the tail kagune for visual cover, charging forward again with immense force!
A 1v2 battle erupted in an instant.
Under the pouring rain, this house was destroyed in the blink of an eye!
Boom~!
With a loud explosion, both sides were blasted apart!
Kamado Rize had a huge gash on her abdomen, while one of the ghouls lost an arm!
The arriving CCG ghoul was still unfazed.
He looked at Kamado Rize and laughed loudly.
"Kamado Rize, you've been running long enough, had enough fun? Time to go home!"
"!"
This single line sent Kamado Rize into a fit of rage.
Such a secret could only have been known by the core subordinates of the Washuu family!
Otherwise, this secret wouldn't have been revealed!
Kamado Rize had indeed escaped from the Washuu family.
After escaping, she lived in District 11 for a while but had to hunt excessively, which led to her being targeted. She fought her way to District 20, where she finally settled down.
And now, the Washuu family wanted to capture her again?
This only showed how powerful the ghoul genes in her body were, or you could say, how adaptable she was.
But no matter what, Kamado Rize was furious.
Her red pupils even shimmered with light.
In an instant, she vanished from her original position, leaving behind a series of afterimages!
"Hey!" The ghoul with the severed arm was starting to feel afraid.
He looked at the other ghoul who was still calm and said, "Don't keep playing around. Hurry up and break her, then capture her!"
"Yeah." Clearly, seeing Kamado Rize's rage made this ghoul a little frightened.
In an instant, the battle erupted again.
Kamado Rize's tail kagune expanded to dozens of meters in size, flailing and attacking in a hundred-meter radius!
As she passed through, buildings collapsed! Cars were flattened!
The ghoul with the severed arm found an opening and charged forward.
With a sharp plop, he desperately shoved his weapon into Kamado Rize's abdomen!
But the next moment.
He looked up and saw Kamado Rize's cruel gaze.
A shadow of an attack descended from above her head.
Boom!
The enormous tail kagune slammed him deep into the ground!
Kamado Rize quickly followed up with a finishing blow, stomping on his skull as he looked up with fear and reached out to his teammate for help.
In an instant, the remaining ghoul could only watch in shock as his comrade's skull was crushed, blood splattering everywhere.
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