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First quest: Storylines ?

Yami stood in the middle of a gigantic city. There were a lot of different people and even different races around him. Most of them were humans, but there were also humanoids with wings or ears and tails. There were roughly four kinds of people around him; normal humans, demi-humans, non-humans and people that looked like humans but weren't.

"Now then, what to do now?"

Yami found this place very interesting but he suddenly got a notice from his system.

[Quest received: Storylines.

Objective: Find something interesting.

Time: 5 Minutes

Rewards: 1000 System Points

Failure: God gets bored.

Description: God wants to see something interesting, fast, after all the time he had to wait.]

After he read the time limit Yami disregarded everything else and looked around himself. He didn't know how bad the punishment really was, but getting God bored was something awful! Also, he didn't want to fail the first Quest he received.

He even used his Sharingan, luckily nobody paid attention to him, and even if they were, they probably wouldn't care because in this city more spectacular things happened on a daily basis.

(Come on!! There has to be something from any anime here, this is a city that is the focus point of all kinds of anime and manga!)

He looked around with even more concentration and then found something that should satisfy the requirements.

(I don't really want to get messed up in that story but I guess I don't have a choice…)

He ran towards the place but slowed down right in front of the door. Then he opened it like a normal customer and went inside.

"Good day."

An old man greeted him.

"Good day to you as well. I wanted to ask if you have a job in this place?"

"Slow down, young one, how about you take a seat first and maybe order a coffee."

Yami was very happy that the owner of this place was as friendly as in the anime, but he still had a quest to complete.

"I'm very sorry, however, I have a big problem…"

The old man looked at this almost kid and noticed that he looked quite skinny. If he had to guess the white haired boy in front of him was fourteen or probably fifteen years old, but he looked like he hadn't eaten in days.

"Although I'm just a old man, I may be able to give some advice."

"Thank you good sir. I'm not sure if you will even believe my story, but I don't actually know how I ended up in this place. I was in my village before and then I suddenly appeared in this city. Maybe it was some magic gone wrong but I have another problem. I can't eat anything, everything I eat tastes like shit or worse and I vomit every time I try to eat, so I'm pretty much starved…"

"Here, drink some coffee, I might have an idea what your problem is, if it is the case, you came to the right place."

Yami drank the coffee in one gulp, he already knew what he had to do to get into contact with the true side of this cafe.

"Wow, this is the only thing that tasted ever since I came here, but I'm sorry, I don't have the currency from this place."

The old man nodded and knew that his predictions proved to be right. He decided to help his boy, as he reminded him of another person with now white hair who he hadn't seen in some time.

"Young one, my name is Yoshimura and welcome to the Anteiku."

[Quest completed: Storylines.

Reward: 1000 System Points.]

Yami was very relieved that he finally completed it, he was very anxious that the time would run out or he just couldn't get in touch with the Tokyo Ghoul world. He didn't really want to be drawn into a world of human-eating "monsters" but he didn't really have much of a choice and it could have been worse, especially since he wouldn't have the disadvantages of a ghoul and could eat whatever he wanted while just hiding his ghoul-appearance.

(Now I just need to eat a ghoul and absorb him… Ironic isn't it? A human devouring a ghoul. That would be my first kill of a "human" right? A ghoul isn't really that different but it should still be better because they are "evil", though that doesn't really mean anything. The thing that I'm really interested in is my own reaction, even if I think about it it is very different from an actual experience so how will I react to murdering another person?)

"So where was your village?" Yoshimura said while making some coffee.

"I think it is on another continent, it's a ninja village called Konoha . I was an orphan there and only had a few people I cared about, so I'm not really that interested in going back immediately, it would also be impossible since I don't have any money or even a place to stay at…That's also why I asked you to let me work here so that I could earn some money."

"Hmmm why don't we get you a job here so you can go back" Yoshimura said with his eyes closed

"I would be very grateful if you could help me with that. I will make sure that you don't regret your decision. You said something about knowing about my problem, could you tell me? Even with money, if I can't eat anything, I will have big problems."

"Ahh of course I believe when you transferred here you became a ghoul" He said with a little smile

"... I'm sorry, I don't know what a ghoul is. Do you mean that my race changed or something? Does that mean that I can only eat specific food like fish or something?"

"No not fish more like… human meat, sorry if this is a big change in your life" He said with yes sadness in his voice

"... Human meat? You mean to say that the thing that I can eat, and probably the only one at that, is another person? Okay, I will spare you all the drama that this is insane, but what should I do, I don't really want to kill and eat another person. Is there really no other way?"

Yami continued with his act, he had to say that he should have gained a skill or something with how good he could deceive people.

(Oh right, I got that "Liar of beautiful words" or whatever it was called. Didn't it say that it only worked on females?)

{The descriptions of the skills are just things that god added because he was bored, they don't necessarily represent the whole usage of the skill.}

He remembered the strange things that were written behind some skills and thought that it made more sense this way. However, he changed his attention to Yoshimura because he answered his previous words.

"Well if you don't want to kill for human meat you can always stay here in Anteiku" Yoshimaru answered nicely.

"If I pieced the information together in the right way, that means that you are a ghoul as well and it seems you are one who takes care of other ghouls who come to you right? But I would just eat the human meat of someone you murdered in my stead right? That.would just be me being a hypocrite by being too self-righteous go kill someone but eating their meat at the same time... Can you tell me a bit about other ghouls and how they fit into the system?"

"Well, as you can imagine, normal humans and ghouls don't really get along because we kill and eat them. Because of that we ghouls are hunted by an organization so you should try to keep your race a secret. Normally ghouls have special eyes, but you seem to be able to hide it already. We also have something called a kagune, it's something like a weapon that we have and there are several types with special characteristics and strengths. I will tell you about them later after we know what kind you have. For now, you should just rest a bit and I will give you some meat and coffee later, let me show you to your new room as a employee. Oh by the way, coffee is also something that actually tastes good for us ghouls so you have to learn how to make it."

Yami nodded and followed after Yoshimura.

"Thanks, I think I need some time for myself…"

Yaoshimura totally understood that so he left right after Yami entered his new room.

"It's pretty nice here… But I will probably spend my nights in Paradise or out."

The room was bigger than he expected and wasn't bad, but he actually didn't need to sleep because of his slime race. He only needed to sleep to relieve mental and physical fatigue, recover hp, magic energy or because he could "skip time" through it. At the start his human brain told him that he should be tired and rest, but he could control it for the most part. He still needed it for his mind to cool down and stuff like that.

"There are some things I need to test in regards to the relation between earth and Paradise, for example, can I make a time-dilation?"

{To answer you, husband, you can. But because it is your soul-realm what you can do is proportional to your soul or in other words, your strength. At the moment you could just make a very small dilation, but if you get stronger you will be able to do more.}

"Thanks, my Wife. Happy to hear from you again after moving."

{No matter where you go, I will be there with you.}

"Sweet, but I think it is a bit too much. However, the cliche is nice coming from you."

[The constellation "Getting caries from the sweetness" is thinking about visiting a dentist.]

"Also happy to hear from you again. But what is with the time-limit? I understand your boredom because of my time in the void, but SERIOUSLY? Why did it have to be Tokyo-Ghoul?! Why not a happy anime or a harem or something, no your first plot is the one where you eat humans and torture and bad anime-adaptations are common?"

[The constellation "Whistle whistle" is whistling]

"..."

[...]

"Okay, whatever, you want something interesting? Here you go, I will hunt a ghoul now and absorb it, satisfied? It will be my first time killing a "human" and also the first time seriously fighting to my death. That should be enough right?"

[Quest received: Good boiiii

Objective: Find, kill and a devour a ghoul

Time: 3 Hours

Reward: 1000 System Points + Leveling Up activats.

Failure: All the ghouls will see you as a target.

Description: God likes your courage. Now prove it. ]

Yami was looking around every dark alley that he could find, but it had already been one hour and he couldn't find any ghouls. That's pretty normal because they, of course, don't want to be found easily with "ghoul investigators" running around and hunting the ghouls.

[The constellation "Tom and Jerry" is bored of the cat and mouse play.]

Sparks appeared around Yami. It was "probability", God likely manipulated the world so that Yami would meet a ghoul. He could see something like a line in front of him and followed it and indeed, after five minutes he could see something which he didn't really want to see.

A ghoul was eating a human. The head was already gone and several limbs and pieces of flesh were already gone and the stench of blood was everywhere. The corpse was probably a woman, though it was just his guess because it wasn't really recognizable.

He felt his stomach cramp because of this scene, but surprisingly he didn't feel much besides that, no urge to vomit, no rage at the ghoul, not even any sadness for the death of the woman. Just nothing but an unpleasant feeling.

(Shouldn't I react more, as a human one should feel intense emotions when another human is murdered and eaten in front of him, right? Yeah, I'm also a slime but did this also influence my mental state? Is it the same as how Momonga/Ainz felt when his race changed? I should talk with him a lot.)

Yami continued to observe the ghoul while thinking to himself and also kept an eye on his mental state. He was able to catch a glimpse of his face while he was eating. Even with all the blood he could identify that it wasn't anyone who was shown in the story, or at least Yami didn't remember him, so he probably wasn't important.

(What kind of Kagune does he have? That is a very important question since it will decide my way of fighting him. Each Kagune has its own strengths and weaknesses after all. I really hope it to be either a Ukaku because of the agility and the long ranged attacks. Or maybe a Rinkaku like Kaneki?)

The easiest way would be to kill the ghoul without a fight. Yami didn't want to cause a scene and getting hurt shouldn't be anything any normal person would want.

Yami decided to first make him reveal which Kagune he had and then try to attack and kill him according to the best method. He also didn't know the strength difference but he was certain that he was at least able to run away.

He took a few kunai and a normal sword out of his slime-stomach and prepared. He wasn't sure if the normal sword was enough to kill the ghoul so he had an idea.

Teleporting into "Paradise" he wanted to test a theory.

He concentrated and imagined a normal red sword to appear in his right hand. He looked at his right and found the imagined weapon right there. The creation process seemed to work through his magic or stamina or whatever, at least he could feel that he would exhaust himself if he created too many of them. First theory; it is possible to create anything if I have enough power, proven right. Second theory; I can use what I created here in the outside world.

He teleported back while still holding the sword and once he opened his eyes, he still had it in his hands, but he could already see the problem, his fatigue increased, and it was a lot more.

(Okay, I can create things inside my soul-world, but it needs something, probably my stamina, to create. I can also take whatever I made inside Paradise into the outside world, but I will also need to use my stamina thing to materialize it here and the strain is much more than in my soul-world. Makes a bit of sense right? The real question, how can I best use it and what nice weapon can I create to kill that ghoul over there?)

He could guess that he didn't have enough strength to make something like a full noble-phantasm but he should be able to make such a thing in the future.

[The constellation "Reaper" demands a special kind of weapon to appear more badass.]

"Seriously? I can have all kinds of cool swords or something and you want that? Well, not like I know if I could even make something better. I don't even know such a weapon from any anime so I will have to make do with a normal one… But it will still look badass! Wait, I now remember one from fate, but I don't think I can recreate it…"

- - -

The night was pretty cold and only the sounds of flesh being eaten could be heard. A ghoul who appeared to be around thirty years old was still devouring the flesh of its recent victim.

Suddenly something flew at him with high speed and precision, it was a group of kunai aimed for the vital spots.

The ghoul activated its ukaku kagune and used his high agility to evade the projectiles barely. Now on high alert he looked around and as he saw something moving he immediately fired spike-like projectiles from his shoulder. However, what he hit was only a mouse.

He got more scared and wanted to leave. He turned around but suddenly he saw something beautiful; it was red and had some violet accents. It had a long blade and a well crafted pole. He would have thought of it as a very well made piece of art, if it wasn't a weapon aimed for his neck. He wanted to evade once again but the blade was already at his throat. The last thing he saw was his own body and a big scythe. The reaper had come for him.

- - -

As Yami beheaded the ghoul even he himself was shocked by his own lack of reaction. Sure he didn't feel good at all and there was his common sense telling him that he had done something bad, but there was just nothing. He didn't feel anything. Nothing at all. There were no feelings after he had murdered a person.

(Am I a sociopath? Or a psychopath?)

[The constellation "Angels of death" is making a reference to your appearance.]

"A psychopath with a scythe… Yeah you could think of that anime. I didn't watch all of it though."

Yami decided to test his own mental state and conviction by deciding to devour the ghoul now.

He transformed back into a slime. He was just a blue cute slime, looking just as innocent as Rimuru. He activated his skill and his body slowly engulfed the ghoul.

[Race "Ghoul" obtained.]

[Aktive Skill Ukaku obtained]

After waiting for a while, nothing happened.

"Eve, is something supposed to happen?"

{Well, normally, transforming into a ghoul would be a very hard process but because the skill is based on the happy world of TTIGRAAS, you won't feel any pain or anything. But you might get a headache because information for extracted skills will be sent directly to your brain.

And as she said, a few seconds later knowledge on how to utilize the Ukaku was implanted into Yami's brain.

"I can also change the appearance of my Kagune? Wait, a Ukaku looks a bit like wings doesn't it? Let's try something."

- - -

At that night someone reported to have seen a new type of fallen angel. It was a mix between two beautiful colors. The person compared the black part to the night sky because it wasn't just a dark that looked frightening but also had something mysterious and mystical to it. The other color was red, a blood red that inspired awe in anyone who saw it.

After hearing about this existence the three biblical factions started to search for any records regarding such an existence, but the only thing that they could think of was the legend of Lucifer, the angel who fell from grace. But even the fallen angels didn't know anything about this person, at least according to the governor Azazel.

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