Chapter 316

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As Tsukiyama Shuu fell, chaos erupted in the entire restaurant!

The masked men and women instantly split into two camps: some sought to flee immediately, while others, emboldened by their numbers, aimed to kill Abel and Kaneki Ken in order to continue the feast that day.

What they didn't realize was that from the beginning, Abel had never intended to let them go.

"Frozen Hell!"

Abel activated his talent, "Legacy of the Ice Dragon," and squatted down to touch the ground with his fingertips.

In the next moment, a vast surge of icy breath rapidly spread in all directions, swiftly enveloping the entire Ghoul restaurant in frost and trapping everyone inside a world of ice.

Then, standing up, Abel snapped his fingers with a light flick.

Snap!

Densely packed ice spikes immediately pierced out from all the ice walls.

Most of the Ghouls didn't have time to react and were skewered like candied haws, hanging from the ice spikes.

The entire space looked as though a rain of blood had fallen, instantly staining the ground red.

Abel frowned, seemingly unwilling to be tainted by such vile substances, and with a gesture, conjured an ice umbrella to shield himself.

"Monster!"

The surviving Ghouls trembled and shrank back in sheer terror, their earlier bravado vanishing in the blink of an eye.

Abel glanced at his title, "King of Curses," and noted that his 'valor points' had risen by over a hundred from that one move.

This meant that these Ghouls had a higher 'value'—each one provided about one 'valor point' when taken down.

And the 'gourmet' Tsukiyama Shuu had contributed dozens of 'valor points,' a considerable gain.

"The more this happens, the less I can spare you."

Abel lifted his gaze towards those kneeling and begging for mercy, and with a light tap on the ground, a multitude of ice spikes rose, turning them into honeycombs.

Delighted by the additional rise in his 'valor points,' he finally felt satisfaction.

Crack!

With just a thought, all the surrounding ice crystals shattered instantly, as if they had never existed.

Kaneki Ken, who had witnessed the entire event, was petrified with fear.

The dramatic swings of life were truly too overwhelming.

He was first deceived by Tsukiyama Shuu into this Ghoul restaurant, nearly becoming food for other Ghouls.

Then he discovered that his colleague, Mr. Abel, was actually a Ghoul Investigator from the CCG.

Afterward, a fight erupted between Tsukiyama Shuu and Mr. Abel,

which resulted in a one-sided beating from Mr. Abel. Then somehow, Mr. Abel froze the place and slaughtered all the Ghouls.

Indeed, it was slaughter.

As effortless as killing a bunch of ants.

Covered in blood from the earlier bloodshed, Kaneki could not help but show a frightened expression.

He suddenly feared that if his identity as the "One-Eyed Ghoul" were revealed, he would be easily killed by the other party.

"Are you afraid of me?"

Abel, who had discarded his ice umbrella, suddenly turned to look at Kaneki.

"A little."

Abel nodded as if it were expected, "That's right, a One-Eyed Ghoul is still a Ghoul. It's normal to be scared after witnessing this scene."

Kaneki's eyes widened in shock as he instinctively stepped back, not knowing how his secret was discovered, and the thought that flashed through his mind was: I'm done for, I'm going to be killed!

Thud!

Retreating Kaneki failed to notice the corpse behind him, tripped over it, and fell into the bloody water on the ground.

Abel gave him a strange look and said, "Thinking of running away now? Isn't it a bit too late for that?"

"Besides, if I wanted to kill you, do you think you'd still be alive?"

Before the words died away, the large cleaver in his hand transformed back into a briefcase.

It seemed he really wasn't planning to kill the other party.

This undoubtedly provided some relief to Kaneki Ken.

Then he heard Abel ask, "Do you know how to drive?"

What the heck?

Drive?

Kaneki hurriedly shook his head.

"How about getting to District 11, do you know the way there?"

This time, he hesitantly nodded.

"At least you're somewhat useful, otherwise I'd really doubt whether sparing your life was the right choice."

This single sentence made Kaneki swallow several times and break into a cold sweat.

He began to suspect that he had just narrowly escaped death once again.

Abel grabbed the half-dead Tsukiyama Shuu and found a set of keys on him, then headed outside.

"Follow me, and don't even think about running away, or I'll chop you down."

"O-Okay!"

It was still Tsukiyama's sports car; Abel sat in the driver's seat, tossed Tsukiyama in the back, and Kaneki was responsible for giving directions from the passenger seat.

Although he had never driven a sports car before, he had observed how Tsukiyama operated it.

With just a bit of recollection, the car zoomed off and merged into the main road. His current reflexes and observation Haki helped him, to the point that not even Yoshimura Takumi in his tofu delivery car would be able to outspeed him.

Occasionally, speeding in the car was quite thrilling.

But this made things tough for Kaneki, who needed to concentrate fully to navigate.

His heart rate was on the brink of hitting 180 beats per minute!

Shortly after they left, Kirishima Touka, who realized something was amiss and came to rescue them, found herself at an empty scene.

"Damn it, what the hell happened here?"

The scene in the restaurant resembled hell on earth, which made Touka's expression turn ugly.

However, despite searching all the corpses, she could not find Kaneki or Tsukiyama, indicating they were probably still alive.

Touka quickly left the scene to continue her search for Kaneki.

Soon after, the CCG investigators who received the tip-off call arrived. The situation was so disturbing that a new recruit began to vomit continuously as if he was about to bring up even his bile.

The details were immediately reported back to headquarters.

Elsewhere, upon their return to District 11,

"You can go now."

"Ah? Really?"

"No, just kill yourself now."

"."

Kaneki's face fell, feeling like he was being toyed with.

"Just go already before I change my mind and you won't be able to leave at all."

"Here's another piece of advice: go find a place to wash off; you stink to high heaven."

With that, Abel stepped on the gas and disappeared from Kaneki's view.

"He actually let me go just like that?"

Kaneki felt a surreal sense of relief, swiftly followed by elation that he had survived the ordeal. However, his joy was short-lived.

Everyone was scared and avoided him.

After all, who wouldn't be scared of someone covered in blood standing in the middle of the street?

Kaneki hurriedly ran off.

He wanted to find a place to wash as well, but he feared being thrown out before he even had the chance to clean up.

Better head back to District 20.

He also wondered if Touka had noticed he was missing for not showing up to help at the cafe today.