Fall Down

Then Lucien took out a small sheet of paper and wrote something down. After that, he stood up and went to the bar to pay. He wasn't willing to watch stupid hitting on Touka by certain someone.

And shortly, Rize would arrive, so he wanted to go away.

Lucien went to the bar and gave old man Yoshimura a hundred-dollar banknote with that sheet of paper. The old man noticed that he was giving him some paper in a rather discreet manner as he quickly hid it in his attire.

He knew that Lucien wanted to send him some kind of message.

Lucien exited the Anteiku Coffee and disappeared into the streets, waiting for the evening.

***

"Touka, come here and start preparing coffee. I am going to the basement for supplies."

Ordered Yoshimura as he walked away.

When he arrived in the basement, he took out that paper he had received from Lucien and started reading. When he finished reading that letter, he immediately burned it with a lighter and went back.

"Chaotic times are going to descent."

Muttered the old man while he was walking back to the cafe.

***

The evening of the same day

The city was brimming with light, and people were walking on the streets. One could say that the city was a living organism with so many colors and light; the dark night wasn't so dark.

It was a fascinating sight in such a metropolis city at night.

Lucien and Uta were currently standing on the roof of the nearby building next to the construction site. Lucien and Uta both were observing two people walking through an isolated alleyway near a construction site.

"Do you think he is also watching this drama?"

Asked Lucien in a somewhat annoying voice. He had been observing them for a very long time together with Uta, and it had already started to be boring.

Especially when they both knew how the story would end, at the same time, it was a little funny to see their date. Especially when thinking about how timidly he was behaving and how scheming she was.

"Probably. Nobody knows what's going on in his head. He is one of a few people who can't be seen through. Maybe because he is mad?"

Said Uta and ended his answer with the question. It was certain truth that someone like Washuu Kichimura/Souta couldn't be seen through.

Suddenly both of them stopped talking as they looked at the scene below them.

Both of the main actors of the event, Kaneki Ken and Kamishiro Rize, stopped in the dark alley, and Rize leaned over his chest.

"I don't hear anything. Shame we can't go closer."

Complained Uta. It was the truth that from this height, he didn't hear anything, and even Lucien didn't hear anything. They couldn't go near them because there was a huge chance that Rize would notice them. After all, she was an S-Rated ghoul; even though she wasn't strongest, she was still rather strong among other S-Rated ghouls.

In an instant, everything started. They both could see that her eyes changed to kakugan as she bit Kaneki's shoulder. After they separated, he fell to the ground with a confused expression on his face and, of course, a terrified expression that he almost had tears in his eyes.

They could see that several tails materialized from her back as she screamed: "That I was a ghoul!!!".

They could faintly hear that, and seeing her excited face, they could deduce she was very enjoying the current situation.

The poor young man started running for his life before his right leg was caught by her kagune tail and dragged back to Rize. When she was careless, he managed to escape again, but her kagune tail struck him down, this time rather hard, and he was severely injured in the process.

He was shot to the nearby wall and barely alive. Rize stood before him and was looking at him when several steel beams fell down at her. She noticed too late and even tried to defend herself with her kagune, but steel beams crushed her.

Lucien and Uta both observed this and showed a faint smile at how everything had gone. Finally, the game could start when they were leaving Lucien to look at the top of the construction site, only to see a faint silhouette standing at the top of the building.

Lucien knew that it was Washuu Kichimura, known as Souta.

***

Kanou General Hospital, Office of Dr. Kano Akihiro

The hospital itself was located in the 20th Ward and was deeply connected to the Vasuki and Washuu Clan.

It looked like a modern building constructed only a few years ago.

"How are you feeling, Mr. Kaneki?"

Asked an elderly, grey-haired man. He wore the typical attire of a physician, a white coat, a white shirt, and a black necktie. He seemed like a kind, older man and a caring doctor.

"Pretty normal, I guess."

Answered Kaneki, who looked like nothing had happened at all. He was clothed in those attires that patients received when they were in the hospital. Kanou was sitting in front of a computer and looking at some surgery process images. To be more precise, surgery of transplanting of Rize's kakuhou.

"If you continue taking the immunosuppressant, you should be back in school in no time."

Explained Kanou to Kaneki. After that, his eyes took a sharp glare at him before saying.

"By the way, a nurse told me the hospital food isn't to your liking?"

This sentence makes Kanki shudder in response because he knows that something is different with him, but he can't tell what.

All the food he had eaten now tasted absolutely terrible.

"N-No... It's good."

Said the young man with some difficulty, to which Kanou showed a faint smile. After that, Kaneki left the office, leaving Kanou alone.

He took the phone and called someone, who picked it up almost in an instant.

"Process was a success. We have managed to create an artificial one-eyed ghoul; I would need more time to observe him for now. But I can guarantee that the surgery process was a success, and I have managed to create an artificial one-eyed ghoul. Now we could move to the next phase of the plan."

Said Kanou to the phone, and then he ended the call.

***

Lucien returned to his mansion and went to sleep. Now, the game has started, and everything is on the move.

He would need to spend more time training and finding some hidden facilities of Vasuki and Washuu Clan to destroy them.

"Maybe I should go to Anteiku more often. Their coffee is the best."

Murmured Lucien as he laid down on his bed and looked at the ceiling.