Rising from the bed after his reconnaissance, he sensed an approximate of 130 bodies with 50 ghouls and around 80 humans. It seems they were so freaked out they didn't bother holding back on the abductions which could attract the attentions of the CCG here. After this group he'd be leaving this ward as things were about to get hot around here. The humans were dispersed around the bunker probably stored in the rooms of the ghouls who abducted them while the ghouls seemed to be converging on the biggest space in the bunker. It seemed the ghouls were to report to the central hall for a meeting with the leader after dropping off their food. Taking a deep breath Kichimuri realized this was his best chance to catch the group unaware and cut down their numbers quickly before finally confronting and eliminating them. It wasn't that he was afraid he couldn't take them all on, he just didn't want to take the risk of something unexpected happening resulting in someone escaping. He'd come too far to let someone slip away from him. He'd really feel embarrassed and ashamed as the future god that he was. Releasing his breath as he stepped into the hallway, he mapped out the positions of the ghouls heading to the central hall. He mapped out a path that would allow him to begin his extermination moving from the outside in towards the hall. Analyzing his situation, he decided to employ his tried and tactic of extreme speed, stealth and strength. He wasn't going to waste his time playing around with his food. Testing his control over his blood he didn't think he'd even have time to liquefy the bodies. He'd probably do it after the fight. Standing there in the hallway he decided to give this fight his all. He released his koukaku kagune from the two kakuhou below his shoulder blades as they crawled up and down his back to cover his entire arms and legs. Once covered, they moulded to form rocky dark crimson gauntlets with black engravings and designs. The gauntlets on his arms and hands formed five sharp claws that could be closed into a huge fist while the gauntlets on his legs and feet took the form of huge demon feet that ended in three claws. Examining himself and the kagune he'd designed for quick, agile and vicious close quarter combat, Kichimuri felt satisfied with his design. He could control the width and density of the gauntlets to affect his strength and agility. Taking one last look around he sped off into the hallway to begin a bloodbath in this bunker.
He found his first target heading to the central hall at a sluggish pace. He hardly slowed his pace as he came from behind, tore off the ghoul's head and kept moving. The blood in the ghoul's body as if having somewhere else to be, zipped out of the body and followed him as he absorbed it not even missing a beat.
One.
He found the next one walking briskly down the hall with blood on his mouth as though he'd just had a messy snack. The ghoul didn't even realize he was dead as his headless corpse kept walking for two steps before falling as Kichimuri had already passed him by with his blood zipping out his body to catch up.
Two.
The next targets were moving in a group of seven. They were all female as Kichimuri flitted and seemed to suddenly appear in the middle of the group before using his feet to slice through the heads of the three closest ghouls. He wasted no time and sped toward the two closest to him cleave them into piece in one hit with his sharp claws. He turned around to kick off the head of the second to last ghoul. Finally the last ghoul hardly had time to release her kagune as he pierced her chest with his claws and eviscerated her internal organs before she could call for help. He allowed himself a vicious grin as the light went out of her eyes and the blood from all the bodies caught up to him and was absorbed into his body. The girl's body hadn't yet touched the floor as Kichimuri was already gone.
Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine.
He almost laughed when he caught his next target in the hallway peeping on a ghoul couple having intercourse in their room through a crack in the door. The pervert didn't even notice him until Kichimuri tore through his chest, smashed through the door, dashing into the room and piercing that same claw through the tangled bodies of the horny couple thus creating a ghoul kebab. He left the bodies on top of each other as he dashed out to continue on his way as their blood zipped after him to be absorbed.
Ten. Eleven. Twelve.
He found a pair of ghouls racing each other to the hall before he tore off their legs from behind and stabbed them through the head. He hardly slowed his pace as he sped off down the hall with their zipping off to trail him.
Thirteen. Fourteen.
He had to sneak into the ventilation system to intercept the next group of ghouls heading to the central hall. This group had eleven ghouls walking in a clustered group as they conversed on their way to the hall. Kichimuri waited for them to come to him before he jumped down from the vents and squished the head of the person walking in the middle. Upon landing on the ground he extended his claws into ten long sharp blades before jumping into an accelerated spin as he tore the entire group into pieces like a deadly spinning top. He took a moment to examine if anyone survived before jetting back into the vents with the blood zipping out of the corpses to follow him into the vents.
Fifteen. Sixteen. Seventeen. Eighteen. Nineteen. Twenty. Twenty-One. Twenty-Two. Twenty-Three. Twenty-Four. Twenty-Five.
While in the vents he checked his radar and found that the rest of the ghouls had already reached the hall or were already close enough that they'd have entered by the time he go to them. The only exception was a single ghoul who seemed to be just coming out of his room. Excited to get in one last easy kill before beginning the final confrontation Kichimuri was surprised to find that the ghoul was the vice leader he'd seen reporting to the SS ghoul earlier tonight. Curious why he was so late to the meeting Kichimuri sensed the interior of his room to find five humans with two males and one female huddled in a corner of the room, a male with a missing arm laying down in a growing pool of blood and finally a female tied spread eagle to the bed in a way that her legs and hips were elevated. Kichimuri fought the urge to giggle at the vice leader who was about to die because he couldn't hold in his hunger and lust until after the meeting.
Moving through the vents above the vice leader, Kichimuri observed as the vice leader as he tidied himself up. Muri waited for a corner to come before jumping down on the other side into a crouch and springing towards him as the vice leader turned the corner extending his finger into a long sharp pointed stake and piercing him in the head through his left eye and out the back of his head. The body immediately went stiff before slacking and slumping onto the stake as the blood in his body began seeping out. Since there were no other ghouls to ambush, Kichimuri took the time to dissolve the body and absorb it digesting it and gaining the vice leader's memories. Turns out this group was one that liked to stay low key and avoided run ins with the CCG by only hunting what they needed. However it seems the vice leader had been going behind everybody's back and hunting in excess mainly to gather humans to torture and rape as a form of entertainment. The vice leader had begun suspecting the leader may have discovered his indiscretions but he died before he could confirm it. Looking through his memories and digesting them, Kichimuri discovered the identity of the SS ghoul. He went by the name Haido and mainly fought with his fists before releasing his kagune if he ever felt he was in a bind. He used his kagune to trap and squeeze his foes to death. He'd also use his kagune to smash his enemies or pierce them before ripping them in half with the pronged ends. Kichimuri looked at the clothes on the floor and considered using the infiltration tactic to enter the hall disguised as the vice leader and striking the leader with a lethal blow as his back was turned. A malicious grin crept up his face as he began picturing the look of shock and panic on the ghoul's face as he killed him.
Haido was ready to lose his temper as he observed the dismal attendance during the latest session of their regular post hunt meetings. Hell even his second in command was absent. What was taking that bastard so long. He'd better not be late because he was busy torturing the humans in his room again. Honestly if he wasn't such an efficient vice leader he'd have killed him or kicked him to the curb by now. He'd have to pull him aside after this meeting to confront him on his feeding habits. The bastard was gonna draw attention of the Doves to the ghouls in the 16th ward. Not that he cared about those weaklings but he had a great thing set up here in this bunker with a small army complete with adoring female ghouls ready at any moment to warm his bed and subservient male ghouls willing to go out to hunt and bring back fresh human corpses for him to feast on. What more could a ghoul like him want with his little kingdom on the outskirts of the 16th ward close to the borders of the 14th ward in case he had to make a quick get away. This new Eraser character had him feeling spooked. The fact that whoever it was that was making all those ghouls disappear was doing it while leaving no traces behind had his intuition screaming at him to flee the ward immediately. However he suppressed that notion as he couldn't easily abandon all this to go back to a vagrant life of fighting for hunting grounds and fleeing from the fucking Doves. Haido was about to start the meeting while thinking of a vicious way to punish those absent later when he heard footsteps indicating someone entering the hall. He looked to the entrance to find a young man with attractive features, black as night locks, glowing crimson eyes and a smirk on his face like he was about to do something exciting. Who the fuck was this pretty boy? Haido was sure he'd remember if he had such a babe magnet as a subordinate. Every other ghoul in the hall looked towards the entrance with curiosity and a special interested look in the eyes of the female ghouls. Haido was about to shout and question the identity of this irritating fuckface when he spotted something growing out of the back of the young man's waist. It looked to be kagune but it grew to take the form of eight dark and glowing crimson spider legs with the hind legs being smaller than the front legs. Haido immediately felt alert as he felt something wasn't right when the ghoul at the entrance seemed to disappear. Suddenly he heard screams coming from his left as he turned to find the ghoul attacking his subordinates and accurately piercing their heads with his legs. Haido had hardly gotten a focus on the ghoul when he disappeared again and reappeared to his right this time doing the same to the ghouls there. By this time the seven surviving had managed to react and were running towards Haido in hopes that he'd protect them. Haido could only watch in horror as the ghoul caught up to them in the blink of an eyes and pierced them through their skulls. The thing that had Haido in disbelief was the fact that he witnessed blood rising from the corpses of all the victims as they dissolved and converged upon the ghoul seeming to be absorbed into his body. By the time Haido snapped out of it, he found they were the only ones in the hall with no indication or evidence of the slaughter that just occurred other than the clothes littered on the floor. Taking a deep breath as he released his kagune, Haido tried to communicate as he racked his brain and drew on his experience to figure out a viable plan of attack or avenue to escape. "Who are you and why are you attacking my crew and I? I don't think we have any grudges and I'm sure we haven't met since I'd definitely remember you. I don't know what you think you're doing here but I've got more subordinates in this bunker converging on this location. It would be in your best interest to surrender now or leave and this can all be forgotten. You don't wanna pick a fight with me and my people" Haido spoke as he calmed his nerves and regained his confidence. Receiving no answer Haido wasted no time and began his attack by dashing towards the ghoul while slowly encircling him with his kagune. He arrived at his position and engaged him in hand to hand combat as he slowly closed his kagune in on the spider-like ghoul. The ghoul dodged his attacks and diverted the ones he couldn't avoid with his hands. Haido had the feeling he was being played with. Taking a moment to confirm their location, he immediately constricted his kagune in hopes to trap and squeeze this infiltrator into mush. Feeling through his kagune that he'd fought nothing, Haido looked around to find the ghoul that was beginning to terrify. Looking around to find he'd just vanished, Haido looked up just in time to feel a spider leg stabbing into both of his shoulders and knees. He felt the breath knocked out of him as his head slammed into the floor and he could taste metal in his mouth as he bit off the tip of his tongue when he fell. His scream stifled by the blood in his throat, Haido looked up into the gleeful eyes of the ghoul who had brought down his little kingdom and seemed about ready to put an end to his life. He just needed to know why. The last thing he saw as he'd been about to beg for his life were two sharp spider legs coming towards his skull before he felt an excruciating pain piercing into his eyes and moving deeper until it reach the back of his skull. The last thing that passed through the mind Haido the wannabe ghoul king before he died was regret at not trusting his instincts to flee the ward when he had the chance. Alas it was just a useless notion meant to rationalize away the inevitable.
Kichimuri finished liquefying and absorbing all the bodies in the bunker by sunrise. Taking a shower in the underground facility, he changed his clothing into a black bomber jacket, plain white T-shirt, navy blue fitted jeans and white running shoes he found around the bunker. Changing his eye color back to gold and keeping his hair as a black curly top, Kichimuri examined himself in the mirror before adjusting his facial features to a point that even his brother couldn't recognize him. He was still undoubtably a handsome chick magnet. Kichimuri took one last look in the mirror in satisfaction before leaving the bunker to head towards the border crossing into the 14th ward after taking his quinque and uniform from the room of the ghoul he'd snuck into the bunker disguised as. He really needed to find a better way to store his possession as he couldn't keep lugging this around with him. He was about to make a note to himself to find a solution in the future when he stopped and accessed the memories of the god of his original world for any magic he could use. He'd never really accessed his reservoir of magical spells as his divinity core was incomplete and therefore sealed plus there was hardly any mana in this world he could draw on to cast huge spells. However as he dug through his memories he found a space magic spells that required only a little mana or divinity to cast and maintain. Looking through the aptly named "storage space", it was a spell that created and opened up a little extra dimensional plane he could use to store his items when he wasn't using them. He found he could increase the storage and as long as he pumped in more mana but it would take more to maintain it. He cast the spell with what little divinity he could draw out from his loosely sealed core and drew upon the sparse mana in the atmosphere to maintain it. Storing away his things and happy to finally be rid of the extra luggage, Kichimuri sped ahead and crossed the border into the 14th ward. By the time he made it into the heart of the city the sun was fully out and people had begun moving around. Making a stop to buy a map listing all the tourist attractions, Kichimuri zeroed in on the restaurants and Cafes serving desserts for breakfast. Mapping out a route to explore the culinary dessert scene in the 14th ward, Kichimuri noticed some women discreetly checking him out as they passed him by on their way to work. Flashing a charming smile at a woman who failed in turning around fast enough, he watched as she fell over after missing a step. Stifling a giggle he moved towards her to help her up. Showing genuine looking worry on his face he reached out his hand to help her up. " I'm so sorry. Are you okay miss? Do you need an ambulance? Do you feel pain anywhere? Did you sprain your ankle? Can you walk on your own?" Grabbing hold of her he easily lifted her back onto her feet before she faltered from a slight pain in her ankle. "Oh it seems you sprained it. Here let me carry you to the nearest hospital." Picking her up in a process carry, our dashing Prince Charming ran straight to the nearest hospital he'd memorized from the map he bought earlier.
After reaching the hospital, having the ankle checked out and finding out from the doctor that it would heal in about a week, Muri and the young woman introduced themselves..
"Nice to meet you my name is Haruna Moriyama. Thank you for helping me kind sir. May I know your name?" Said the young lady with her head down as her face was blushing slightly.
"Nice to meet you too, my name is Shiki Katsune. It's my pleasure helping a lovely beautiful lady such as yourself. I'm really glad I was there to help you today" Muri said while putting on another charming smile.
"No no you're just saying that. The pleasure is all mine. You should go I don't want to take up more of your time before your girlfriend calls to find out where you are." The young lady said as her blush erupted in intensity. Muri was almost tempted to pinch her cheeks just to see if they'd let out drops of blood.
The young lady seemed genuinely surprised when he replied he had no girlfriend before quickly asking him out to a drink in a week when her ankle was properly healed at a classy bar her friends had told her about called Helter Skelter in the 14th ward. She was befuddled when he told he had no phone or information for her to use to contact him so they just decided to meet up at the bar in a week at 7:30pm. Muri looked at the address of the bar she'd written down on the note along with her phone number after she'd told him to get a phone and call her. As he walked along the street to the closest cafe, Kichimuri reviewed the interaction he'd just had with the young lady. Muri hadn't just got up today and decided to grow a conscience. There had been something bugging him for awhile now and that was the fact he had no experience when it came to romantic relationships. Sure he'd long maxed out his acting skills and could charm the pants off of any woman with his looks alone yet he'd yet to actually engage in the pleasures of the flesh. He had centuries worth of memories of sexual acts and knowledge but he'd never put them to use. It's not like it bothered him much that he was still a virgin. The thing that made it worse and kept fucking with him was that ever since his 13th birthday, Vyrx had been beginning her annual intrusive birthday wishes with names like virgin, cherry boy, fish, green pole, altar boy and soy boy. He may not have known what they all meant exactly but he knew she was mocking the fact he'd yet to have sex at this point in time. He'd considered simply going to brothel or resorting to rape but he could feel that he'd end up being looked down on by his foster mother. Taking a moment to reaffirm his oath to one day torture her viciously for the way she treated him, Kichimuri went on to spend the rest of the day exploring the 14th ward and its dessert scene. He spent the next three days moving around trying high quality chocolates and desserts before renting an apartment near the bar Haruna told him about. Having nothing to do tonight, he decided to check out this classy bar. He walked out of his apartment in a patterned navy blue blazer, a plain white shirt tucked into pair of beige fitted chinos held up by a brown leather belt and rounded up with a matching pair of casual dress shoes.
Looking dapper as always, Kichimuri began to pick up the scent of ghouls as he moved towards the bar Haruna's friends had recommended to her. Following the scent so as to find and eliminate the ghouls before they ate through his chance at losing his virginity, Muri followed the scent as it grew stronger the closer he got to the bar until he was standing right at the door. Now Kichimuri had a heightened sense of smell stronger than any ghoul in this world and he could tell this smell came from a heavy traffic of ghouls coming in and out of here with one especially floral scent being the strongest as though he lived here. Taking a deep breath he stepped through the door as he looked to the bar to identify the source of the strong floral scent as the really attractive female ghoul standing behind the bar waiting to serve drinks to customers.
"Wow, my my good evening you handsome devil. Are we on a date tonight? I haven't seen you around here before. Welcome to my bar. Come have a seat right here at the bar in front of me while I prepare you a drink and you can tell me all about yourself."
I really enjoyed writing this chapter. Never knew it’d be so much fun to describe the deaths of so many people. I never realized how much rap music fueled my bloodthirsty imagination. I’ve been using the Tokyo ghoul ost until now to maintain the vibe. This chapter was inspired by the song Going Bad by Drake and Meek Mill, The Roots Spotify playlist and hugely underrated Kanye West’s Yeezus album. Let me know in comments which music always makes you feel like killing people.