Shaking his head, Kaneki sighed before responding.
"I wouldn't even care. I swear, even if he had a plan behind all of this, there was still no need for him to do all of this. There definitely was a less eccentric and infuriating way that he ignored for no reason whatsoever."
"..."
Seeing Kazuki silent, Kaneki continued.
"I mean, he has to know he's pissing off all the recruiters by doing this, right?"
Knowing the Kaneki was most likely right, Kazuki nodded his head before returning his attention to the jumbotron.
Then, as the beak of the fire phoenix touched "Ren," the room went silent, waiting to hear the voice that would announce his elimination.
Yet... that voice never came.
On one of the smaller screens, Alya caught up to Jin, who was still rapidly hacking at the ice layers on the statue's base.