Things done... moving forward

"Breaking news, HQ of the Commission of Counter Ghoul was destroyed by explosions when unknown enemies attacked it and none of the ghoul investigators present survived the attack. The same could be said about the last operation of the CCG in the 20th Ward, which ended in a complete wipeout of the CCG and also the death of the commander of operation Washuu Yoshitoki.

The most recent news, which was an informant from the government leaks, is talking about the slaughter that happened last night at the estate belonging to the Washuu Clan, creators of the Commission of Counter Ghoul. Nobody knows what happened and who attacked, but apparently, no member of the ancient Washuu Clan survived as everyone was killed."

Stated the reporter on the TV, to which Lucien showed a wide smile hearing this. Then he went to the meeting place. When he arrived, Shen Tatara was already there waiting for him, in his typical white clothing and wearing a red mask.

"You did a very good job at the battle of the 20th Ward, crippling and destroying the whole forces of the Commission of Counter Ghoul and killing the Washuu Yoshitoki. You did great merit."

Said Lucien after he looked at Shen Tatara.

"What happened with the Aogiri Tree after the decimation of the CGG, Washuu Clan and the Vasuki organization?"

Lucien questioned in a curious voice, wondering what would happen with the Aogiri Tree, which was rather a useful pawn after all this time and he planned to have it absorbed into the Wandenreich.

"Afte Eto disappeared who knows where, and I have left, the leadership of the Aogiri Tree is already crumbling as several other high executives are already creating their own factions and starting to fight for the leadership of the Aogiri, but the strongest one is probably that one of that kid, Kaneki Ken as Kamishiro Masataka joined his faction and even Noro was leaning to his side. Hopefully, there won't be any kind of civil war or something. Many of our kind already died in the hands of hateful humans, so there is no need for us to fight among ourselves."

This wasn't that surprising as everyone had some amount of greed inside them and many wanted as much power as they could.

"Now I would send you to the Blood Island, where you will find the commander of the Holy Imperial Knights, Commander Nalthos, who would tell you the most important things about certain issues and also prepare you for the Awakening Ritual to turn you into a Noble Ghoul during the time. And tell him to send someone here who would be taking care of the Aogiri and subjugating all splintered factions."

Before leaving, Tatara gave Lucien a small ring, which was an interspatial ring filled with corpses of ghouls and some ghoul investigators, only a strong one, which were killed during the 20th Ward Battle.

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After spending the whole day walking through the Toyko, enjoying the city's scenery and more importantly, waiting for notice from either Arima and Zelilios or Arseahr about their respective assignments.

Arima and Zeliluos were currently hunting for the ghoul group, Clowns and Arseahr was on guard in the HQ of Vasuki and commanding the transport of the RC Liquid back to the Blood Island so it could be refined to the blood essences.

Soon, Lucien was standing on the roof of some random building and watching the Anteiku Cafe, which appeared to be completely untouched by the battle of the 20th Ward between the Commission of Counter Ghoul and the Aogiri Tree.

Some part of him, deep inside, even wanted to go inside to say hello, but he said to himself that it was unnecessary.

After looking at the Anteiku Cafe for several minutes, he went back to the HQ of Vasuki, where Arseahr was already waiting for him as he sent him the message that the transport of all RC Liquid was already done and the whole place was full of the explosives so he could blow it up into the air.

He arrived at the HQ of Vasuki and saw that the whole place was nicely empty as every drop of the RC Liquid was already on the Blood Island and being refined to the blood essences.

"Everything is done?"

Questioned Lucien as he looked at Arseahr who was sitting on the floor with a bored expression as he looked at the dark empty hall. To his question, Arseahr nodded his head and told him that he already wanted to go back to Blood Island.

"We must wait a bit for Arima and Zelilios; soon after an hour, they would be finished with killing those Clown group of ghouls, and then we could leave."

And as Lucien told, soon Arima Kishō and Zelilios arrived and gave Lucien interspatial rings with corpses of their targets, to which Lucien showed a delighted smile, and all three left the HQ of Vasuki as wave explosions embraced the place.