Chapter 27: A Tryst and A Reunion.
Today had been an exciting day for the students of the Ghoul Investigator Academy's 2nd Branch. They had been visited by the rising star investigator of the CCG, Associate Special Class Investigator Mimuri Furuta. He'd been invited by the staff there to conduct a lecture and share his experience facing off against dangerous ghouls as an amateur investigator. So many of the students in the academy branch rushed to attend the lecture that the large hall was filled up and some had to stand at the back or against the walls. Word had spread even to the academies about the exploits of the talented up and coming investigator some had said was the next Kishou Arima. Muri had stood before the students and shared some of his tips and experiences when it came to hunting, encountering, battling and eliminating ghouls while the cadets listened with rapt attention. Muri touched on his encounters with different types of ghouls and tactics on how to face off and win against an opponent with better physical capabilities than them. He also stressed the importance of training the body and especially focusing on one's agility and stamina. He emphasized the role that constant, unpredictable movement had when it came to confusing and landing a decisive blow on one's opponent whether it be ghoul or human. These were just few of the key pieces of advice he discussed throughout his lecture. Despite the fact that the lecture lasted only a bit more than three quarters of an hour, the students left fully satisfied with even some staff surprised and enlightened at the innovative methods lectured by Muri. The lecture ended with a standing ovation as Muri waved goodbye and left the hall.
Muri had been going on a bit of a tour of the various academy branches giving lectures to the cadets and future ghoul investigators. His profile had been rising since his debut CCG ghoul extermination operation and it had only increased exponentially since the night of the Cochlea break-in when word of his performance fighting alongside Special Class Investigators Kiyoko Aura and Kishou Arima spread through the ranks all the way to the academies. Of course his subsequent stellar performances on the numerous subsequent ghoul hunting cases only served to solidify his status as a future pillar of the organization. This had led to him being requested to give guest lectures at the various Ghoul Investigator Training Academy branches in Tokyo. The requests were originally going unanswered when sent to Kiyoko since she was his mentor but she'd later encouraged him to do it after he'd subliminally mentioned the academies in their everyday conversations. He'd been going around Tokyo lecturing while casing the institutions and checking out how secure they were. He wasn't just going around for the fun of it, he was here as a spy after all. By raising his profile in the organization, he had access to more information and was included in more of the meetings where future plans for the organization was made. So far he had gone through most of the academy branches and cased out the institutions. As of now he was just waiting for detailed information from Souta who was really his brother Mura in disguise. Once he had all the information he could possibly get, it would be time to move on the most suitable academy and abduct human subjects for his experiments.
Muri walked into the CCG headquarters tower where he was greeted and briefly conversed with the staff he passed on his way. It was late in the evening and staff had begun heading home with those left behind staying for the bare-bones night shift. Muri headed up to his mentor's office to find her cleaning up her desk in preparation for the day's end. He walked in to find her at her desk going through the last of the day's documents in preparation to leave. She looked up and smiled as he walked in. Their relationship had gotten much more familiar since the night of the Cochlea break-in where they lost Sumire and Soma. He could tell their deaths still bothered her as she felt responsibility as squad leader for leading them into such a dangerous mission and not safeguarding their lives. While she'd held it in well and hid it from everyone, she couldn't hide it from Muri due to the fact that they saw each other everyday and he sometimes helped her with her work. They tended to close out the day together and grab an after work drink at the local bar. That had become her time to confide in him after they'd drank together a few times. It was never really anything deep but she tended to drop her formal facade during these times and speak her mind about her experiences plus grievances of the day. The night always ended with them taking separate taxis home but sometimes they'd have to personally escort each other home if someone had too much to drink. "Oh you're done for the day? Did you do well at the academy?" She said as she gave him a small smile. Muri nodded before asking when she'd be done. She replied it would take a while as they'd begun preparations to begin the sweep across Tokyo and there were a bunch of submitted requests that had to be read through and decided on. Kiyoko offered Muri permission to go on without her but he refused and took a seat on the couch in her office, stating that he'd decided to wait for her to finish. Kiyoko smirked at this saying it was his choice as she returned to her work.
Some time passed when Kiyoko announced she was done and stood from her desk to find Muri had switched from sitting to laying down on her couch staring up at the ceiling. She looked out to find the sun had long gone down, "It seems we won't be able to catch happy hour at the bar. Very well since this is my fault, I suppose I ought to make it up to you. I've been saving this for a special occasion but I guess we've yet to properly commemorate your stellar first year as a CCG investigator so maybe this occasion can barely count. I know you're not a fan of the taste of bitter alcohol so I've got this for you as a chaser. Can you handle it with no ice?" Muri turned his head in her direction as she spoke. He watched as she went into the cabinet beside her desk and brought out two different bottles of alcohol. One was a bottle of 40-year old Japanese single malt whisky while the other was a bottle of Umeshu otherwise known as plum wine. She placed both bottles on the table before also withdrawing two rocks glasses from the cabinet as Muri stood up and walked towards the desk after locking the office door.
He sat down on the chair before her desk as she closed up the cabinet and came back to sit at her desk. This was her private premium quality alcohol stash she'd been saving for a special occasion. Both bottles were very expensive and had cost her a pretty penny with her still having to use her connections to obtain them. Muri had heard her mention it one night as she bragged about it to him while they were drinking at the bar. Kiyoko opened the whisky bottle before pouring a bit into each glass for them to try first undiluted. Muri and Kiyoko sipped on their drinks before conversing with each other as they talked about their days. Soon enough they opened up the plum wine bottle and mixed it with the whisky in the glasses which allowed the drinks to go down easier and quicker due to its sweet taste. Time passed as they both got drunk while talking and laughing with each other, soon enough the bottle looked half finished. The atmosphere in the office between them had settled into something more relaxed, familiar and playfully intimate. "Well, look at you Muri, Mr. Rising Star of the CCG. I'm sure today at the academy there were a bunch of young female cadets idolizing you and trying to grab your attention. Anyone catch your eye? After all I've yet to see you with a girlfriend. I'm sure one of these young promising female cadets would love to be on the arm of such a rising star such as yourself." Kiyoko teased with a smirk. Muri laughed as he glanced at his mentor, "You wouldn't believe it, so many fit young female cadets giving me suggestive looks. It was so interesting. Unfortunately for them, I happen to have my eye on someone else already." Muri said with a wink and a charming smile. Kiyoko tilted her head in playful interest, "Oh my, who's the lucky young lady? Do I know her?" She said while sipping on her mix of whisky and plum wine. "You may know her but I wouldn't exactly call her a young woman, after all I find this particular woman's maturity and aura of experience very attractive." The sound of glass slipping and pouring its contents onto the table entered Muri's ears before he felt a wetness spreading on his pants' crotch area. Their startled gasps filled the room as Kiyoko had let slip her glass unto the table upon hearing what Muri said which allowed its contents to spill across the table unto his pants, soaking his crotch area with alcohol. She panicked and shakily grabbed the glass while nervously apologizing for her mistake. Muri chuckled as she stood up to go to the cabinet and get some paper towels to clean up the mess before walking back and covering the table with towels to soak up the liquid. Smiling, Muri stood up and walked over to Kiyoko's side of the desk to help her clean up the mess. They waited for a bit before clearing the soaked paper towels from the desk after they'd absorbed all the liquid. They soon cleaned up all of the mess on the table. Kiyoko thanked Muri for the help as she collected the alcohol soaked paper towels in his hands to throw them in the bin, "I didn't know you were into older women. What makes you attracted to such an overripe dried up woman? Wouldn't you be happier with a young nubile lady? Besides who is this woman that you're so focused on?" She said as she returned from throwing away all the paper towels to stand before him. She looked at him with playful curiosity but Muri could see the eagerness in her eyes. "Well overripe and dried up aren't words I would use to describe an older attractive lady like you Kiyoko, after all who made the rule I can only like females my own age. I don't care about the age of the person I'm attracted to, all I care about is our sexual chemistry." Muri said with a teasing smile and a light lick of his lips causing a flash of surprise to pass Kiyoko's face before she settled into a smirk. "Oh my, don't tell me you're talking about a woman who's in her forties or close to fifty. You're better off fishing for girls your own age you cocky little brat." She said with a little chuckle though it was a bit half-hearted as Muri looked at her like she couldn't hide anything. "What's wrong with a woman close to fifty? I for one happen to find such women just as attractive as girls my age. After all, there's so much fun a young man like me could have with an older woman." Muri said with a charming smile on the verge of a smirk. The atmosphere in the room had changed from something playful to something a bit more sensual and intimate. Her eyes seemed to spark with realization as he took a step closer towards her while speaking until he was so close he could smell the sweet scent of alcohol on her breath. "And what kind of fun could you have, if you don't mind me asking, with a woman double your age? You've yet to tell me exactly who this old hag is." Kiyoko spoke with a sultry voice as she gazed into Muir's bewitching golden eyes. "I don't know what kind of fun we'll have? But I'm sure I'll soon find out." Muri said in a whisper as he leaned in and kissed Kiyoko's soft lips. She started at the kiss before relaxing and moving in closer to his embrace. Muri pulled her in closer with an arm around her waist as she placed hers around his neck. They stood there in her office, locked in a passionate embrace, kissing as Muri moved his hand down to cup her soft but firm ass. Kiyoko gasped at the action, allowing Muri the chance to invade her mouth with his tongue. He captured her tongue with his as they twisted around each other and swapped saliva. Muri fondled and molded the flesh of her rear as they made out, her breathing grew heavier at the stimulation while her grip on him tightened. She was currently dressed in a long sleeve white shirt, a high waisted navy blue office skirt, a pair of black pantyhose and a pair of black formal office heels. Muri gripped her skirt, pulling it up so he could gain access to the bare flesh of her ass cheeks. He gripped her butt cheeks firmly as he picked up Kiyoko, wrapping her legs around his waist while they made out before setting her down on the now dry desk after shifting things aside to make space. Kiyoko giggled into his mouth as she felt his hot rod digging into her thighs before sliding her hands down his back. She caressed his muscular back before settling her fingers at the base of his spine. Muri caressed the curves of her sensual form before reaching her back and undoing her bra through her shirt. He unbuttoned her shirt, withdrew her cream coloured bra and tossed it onto the table. She currently still had her shirt tucked in but her buttons were all open and she had no bra on. They stopped kissing and he bent down to taste her soft warm pillowy breasts. He used a hand to grip and caress her bare thigh while using the other to fondle her bare breast. He alternated between licking, nibbling or sucking her breast and nipple while his hand squeezed and fondled her other breast while focusing on the nipple. He moved his leg between her thighs and rubbed it against her crotch. Kiyoko moaned, panting due to his manipulation of her pleasure centers and caressed his head, digging her hands into his silky hair. She bit her lip as she grabbed unto his tucked in shirt and pulled it out of his pants so she could use her hands to feel the heat as she ran them over the bare muscled flesh of his wide back. They seemed to get lost in each other as the office was filled with the sounds of Kiyoko's moans and Muri's suckling. Muri's hand on her thigh shifted closer and closer towards her crotch. He ripped open her pantyhose blocking his path to her crotch. He placed his fingers on her underwear to find the crotch area warm and moist. He caressed the area drawing an immediate response from Kiyoko in form of her thighs jumping. Muri shifted her underwear to the side and slid his fingers up her slick lower lips. His finger ran up her pussy lips gathering her floral dew. His fingers traced and danced around her already engorged bean while teasing it with a slight brush here and there. Kiyoko couldn't handle it so she grabbed Muri's hand with her thighs and humped his hand. He smirked with her nipple caught between his teeth. His jaw applied a little pressure as he slid his index finger into her moist tunnel. His finger attacked the roof of her tunnel before calling in reinforcements in the form of his middle finger in search of Kiyoko's G-spot. Both fingers searched a bit, tracing her walls before finding it and stimulating it with a consistent come hither hand gesture. His actions only seemed to make her moist tunnel wetter as she began to jump and grind on his fingers. His thumb engaged in its own campaign against her engorged clitoris, maintaining close contact and rubbing it as her moans increased filling the office. Luckily the office was soundproof or they'd attract the late night patrol. Kiyoko's moans increased in volume and pitch as she built up to a huge explosion. Muri had been repeatedly pushing her to brink before pulling her back down and pushing her again. It seemed this time he was going to allow her to go over the edge. "Kiss me, I need you to kiss me." Kiyoko grabbed Muri's face and pulled him up to engage in a fierce, passionate kiss. She was currently riding his hand to orgasm as she held on to him by wrapping her arms around the back of his neck while sticking her tongue as far down his throat as she could possibly down. Kiyoko stiffened all of a sudden and released a huge moan into his mouth. She bit on his lip as she rode through the waves of her thundering orgasm. She released a cry as Muri didn't let up on her even though she was currently very sensitive from such a prolonged powerful orgasm. He kept on fingering her soon bringing her to subsequent powerful orgasms. She rode through three more orgasms before he stopped. Feeling slightly overwhelmed, Kiyoko decided to get some revenge as she moved her hand down to Muri's pants and undid his zipper before sliding her hand into his briefs. She took hold of his formidable hot rod of steel. His penis was currently 10inches in length and 5inches in girth. Unlike Itori and Eto who could regenerate easily from injuries, he doubted Kiyoko could take and recover from an overly big member tearing up her insides. Kiyoko grinned as she bit and sucked on Muri's lower lip. She withdrew his penis from his pants and briefs while grasping it in her hand. She felt the warmth and flow of the blood pumping through it. "I need you in me right now. Fuck me." She looked into his golden eyes as she said and pulled his penis head to the entrance of the slick drenched tunnel, she slid the head up and down her glistening slit covering it in her fluids. Muri placed his hands on her thighs and pulled her to him while thrusting into her straight to the end of her tunnel. Kiyoko released a startled hiss and moan into his mouth. She wrapped her legs around his waist drawing him deeper which had his penis knocking on her cervix, the stimulus was so intense she shivered. Muri paused so she could get used to him inside of her. He could feel how her slick tunnel tightened and squeezed on his penis. Kiyoko used her hands to unbutton his shirt before removing it and leaving his chest bare. She asked him to do the same to her since she want to feel him skin to skin as he invaded and rearranged her insides, shaping her pussy's interior into his personal mold. Once he'd taken off her shirt leaving her topless, she unfastened her hair bun freeing her dark blue hair to land on her shoulders. She looked wild and feral this way increasing her sensuality and how attracted Muri was to her. Muri looked into her dark blue eyes filled with lust and kissed her neck moving up to the mole at the lower right corner of her mouth. She smiled and blushed as he did so before he began thrusting into her. He withdrew his penis from her tunnel until only the head was left inside before suddenly reinserting himself to the hilt. "Ungh!!" She released a grunt and moaned at the sensation. He repeated the action causing her pillowy white breasts to undulate. He was about to attack her nipples again when Kiyoko kissed him thrusting her tongue into his mouth like she just couldn't get enough of him. They soon settled into a sensual wavy rhythm of fucking as they laid down on her desk. The room was filled with the sounds of their bodies smacking against each other, moans, wet kisses, panting and sultry out of breath whispers. Kiyoko repeatedly murmured incomprehensible words into his mouth while they kissed as Muri alternated between increasing and decreasing his thrusting speed and ferocity. Kiyoko dug her fingers into Muri's back the moment she felt she was on the cusp of another orgasm. Muri as well gripped the bottom of her butt cheeks close to the inside of her thighs. Their tongues were currently locked in a battle for dominance when suddenly Kiyoko stiffened and cried out as she erupted in an explosive orgasm. Muri felt her fluids release and flow down his thighs. He felt her walls close around him and squeeze him as she experienced such a rocking orgasm. Before long he too suddenly came, his geyser of semen erupting inside her and attacking her sensitive cervix. That caused Kiyoko's eyes to hit the back of her head. That pushed her into a successive orgasm as she came again immediately with her tongue hanging out of her mouth, conceding victory to Muri in their tongue war. Muri moved his hands from her rear to palm and grip her breasts. He stood straight while Kiyoko lay on the table. He was still hard as he squeezed and gripped her large breasts. He used her breasts as way of holding onto her as he resumed fucking her brains out. Soon they switched positions to her riding him as he sat on her chair, her legs wrapped around his waist. In this position, he allowed her to take control as she rode his slick rod, manipulating her walls to squeeze him with varying pressures while he focused on sucking on her breasts and nipples. They each rode themselves through several orgasms and stopped two hours later because Kiyoko was exhausted. Muri stood up with his exhausted mentor in his arms before heading over to the couch and laying down with her to rest. He'd stopped because he didn't want to break Kiyoko and make her too sore after all from now on he'd enjoy ending his work day by fucking her on her office desk. His days at the CCG just got a bit more fun and interesting.
Souta the Clown otherwise known as Kichimura Washuu covertly walked the streets of Tokyo under the cover of the night's darkness. He was currently in the 14th ward and was approaching the bar, Helter Skelter. It had been three weeks since the clown meeting with Shiki and since then he had been busy doing missions for the V organization and covertly searching for the information Shiki had requested of him. The Cochlea break out had affected the clandestine organization as well since they'd lost some capable agents in the prison's collapse. Work was still going on to dig up the remains so as to potentially rescue any survivors though the efforts had diminished since the chances of finding anyone alive were close to none. Just like the CCG, the V organization was enraged by the assault. They felt their dignity had been wounded so they intended to do something about it. While the CCG had been preparing for a sweep of the surface wards in Tokyo and going on isolated ghoul hunts, the V organization had already begun sending agents to infiltrate the society of the 24th ward. The organization had some ghouls working for them as cleaners so they were sent as spies to the 24th ward to infiltrate the groups there and gather information. The information would serve useful for when the CCG was ready to bring down its full might on the ghoul infested ward. The information would help them be better prepared and be aware of the most important targets to eliminate. Souta walked up to the bar to find it was closed this late at night. He was about to search for a way to break in or contact Shiki when he suddenly felt a presence behind him. "Peekaboo, I see you." Souta stiffened in shock as a deep raspy voice sounded behind him close to his ear. Caught off guard, Souta leaped to the side putting distance between himself and the stranger. He withdrew his custom Tsunagi katana quinque and got into a defensive stance as he turned to face the source of the disturbing voice only to find Shiki standing there with a shit eating grin on his face. Souta noted that Shiki seemed to be suppressing the urge to laugh at the prank he'd just pulled. Feeling miffed, Souta eased from his stance while gripping his weapon in mild annoyance, "Don't be childish Shiki, I could have killed you." He said as he briefly considered attacking Shiki for startling him before deciding the conflict wasn't worth it plus he wasn't even sure he could take on Shiki. Shiki chuckled, "I invite you to try but my bad, you looked so serious creeping towards the bar I had to give you a scare. You've really been making me wait for my information and I wanted to get you back a little. If not for the mask I'd have loved to see the look on your face. I'm sure you've brought what I asked for so come on let's go, your Rize awaits." His golden eyes twinkled as he smiled and turned around heading in the northwest direction towards the 20th ward. Souta followed behind Shiki as they went through dark alleys and roofs on their way to the 20th ward. He took the time as they ran under the dark cover of night to observe the ever enigmatic Shiki also known by the codename Mugen. Souta didn't know much about him apart from the fact he apparently lived with Itori at the bar and was very close to her. He was also a strangely intelligent ghoul who was interested in the subject of biology and had currently infiltrated the top of the ghoul organization Aogiri Tree. Souta had an idea of his strength due to the fact he led the Cochlea operation and reportedly killed high ranking investigators but he wasn't even sure since he wasn't there plus he doubted that was even the limit of his strength. Shiki didn't know what it was but the way Shiki carried himself in an assured leisurely manner unnerved him to the core. A regular person wouldn't be this lax as he walked with Souta behind him, after all he could be ambushed at any moment and killed. However Souta's instincts kept screaming at him the moment he tried to sneak attack Shiki would be the last moment his life was in his own hands. Souta had been trying to figure out this ghoul who had similar golden eyes to his younger twin brother. Since he'd met Shiki, he'd analyzed and compared both eyes to find that Shiki's golden eyes were more piercing, metallic and serpent-like while Muri's were somewhat more mellow and quite like the stars in the sky. While Uta looked to be the one in charge of the clown group, Souta had noticed Shiki's unspoken authority and how each member seemed to prioritize his words and suggestions. It was an odd thing for a new member like Souta to witness since he had heard Shiki was the last person to join the group before he did and thus he found it fascinating such a person could accrue so much influence among the group members in so short a time. He attributed this feat to Shiki's possible overwhelming strength or skill. He analyzed the ghoul running ahead of him, his messy ink black wavy hair blew in the wind as he jumped from roof to roof. He was dressed in all black hoodie, running pants and running shoes. Souta came dressed in a black cloak and mask for increased stealth and anonymity.
They soon arrived at the 20th ward and found the entrance to the 24th ward. They were approaching the entrance when Shiki suddenly halted and gestured for him to do the same. Souta was puzzled at this when Shiki suddenly seemed to disappear from his position. Souta suddenly picked up noise of conflict east of his location. He stealthily moved towards the source of the noise and arrived to find Shiki standing in the middle of an open space surrounded by the corpses of five V agents. He stood there without a wound or stain on him even though Souta knew he was the one who'd just killed the agents lying dead on the floor. Souta arrived to find Shiki withdrawing his kagune back into his body, he caught sight of the crimson serpent scales of his bikaku kagune. Souta walked towards Shiki while analyzing the corpses to find they'd died after something took a bite out of their skulls. "Seems they've begun recon and are searching for the entrances into the 24th ward. Doesn't really matter if they find any since they'd be dead the moment they enter with no clear identity. However I'd rather no one find out my identity or the fact you came here with me. Help me carry two bodies, we're heading in." Shiki said as he picked up three bodies on his own to carry and moved towards an isolated, abandoned looking pawn shop. Souta picked up two corpses and followed Shiki as he led him through a tunnel in the basement of the pawn shop. They did not encounter any other ghouls as Shiki led Souta through a confusing series of tunnels to the base of the Aogiri Tree. Souta was stunned at the size of the compound but had no chance to admire it since Shiki led him directly to a secret entrance all the way to a door that said restricted.
The door was guarded by cloaked figures who made way the moment they saw Shiki. Souta was impressed by their discipline and the fact that they made no mention about a stranger like him or the fact they were carrying corpses with them. They walked into the restricted room to find an elderly, grey-haired man dressed in typical physician's white coat bent over the open corpse of a human. Souta recognized the man as Professor Akihirou Kanou, the physician he'd introduced to Shiki months ago. Souta followed behind Shiki as they approached the mad physician to view what he was currently working on, he seemed to performing an autopsy on another failed subject of the kakuhou transplant experiment. "This better be important, I thought I asked for no interruptions. Oh Shiki you're back, did you get the sturdy human subjects yet? Kanou looked up as they approached in mild annoyance before cheering up immediately when he saw it was Shiki. "Don't worry Kanou, we'll have them within the next week then we can begin human trials for the serum. How are you doing with perfecting the transplant procedure?" Shiki said with a smile while he placed the corpses he was carrying onto an operating table and directed Souta to do the same. "I feel like I'm getting close though none of the subjects have taken to the kakuhou like I expected them to. They're too weak and some were unable to even bring out their kagune so I disposed of them. I've been brainstorming on a new idea where I decimate the subjects till they are on the brink of death before transplanting the kakuhou so that as they heal, the ghoul dna infiltrates and merged perfectly with their physiology. I've yet to try out the procedure and I'm waiting till we try out the serum on the incoming human subjects first before resorting to such desperate measures. Who do we have here, How do you do Mr. Souta? I assume you're here to visit our resident donor, I'm sure she'd be pleased to have a visitor after all she's been so cranky as of late." Kanou said with a dejected sigh before turning to take notice of Souta. Souta returned the greeting as Shiki led him deeper into the lab. They left Kanou as he returned to continue the autopsy of the human corpse on his desk. Souta observed the various things in the lab as they walked past, from the corpses to the medical supplies, tools and chemicals. Everything was there arranged in a neat and orderly manner, even the corpses which were stored in a huge freezer cabinet. Suddenly, Souta's eyes were drawn to a female figure who was restrained as they approached. He marveled at her silky purple hair which he'd admired from when they were kids. It had been a long time since he'd been this close to his beloved Rize. Souta moved to be closer to her when all of a sudden Shiki blocked him with his hand. Taken aback, Souta was soon enraged and was about to attack Shiki for obstructing his path to his beloved when he heard what Shiki said. "Hold on there, first give me the information I asked for. I know you brought it with you so hand it over then you can be with her all you want and do whatever your heart desires, just don't kill her. After all, she's a valuable donor." Shiki said with a playful smirk. Souta calmed down and berated himself for losing control and nearly attacking an opponent he wasn't even sure he could take on just as he was so close to reuniting with his childhood crush. He suppressed his emotions and looked into Shiki's golden eyes to find amusement at his current state. Letting out a self deprecating chuckle, he brought out a thick file containing all the information he could possibly get on the Training Academies. He'd taken so much time to get it because he'd had to be careful to leave no traces so this didn't trace back to him. As compensation, he also included information on the Sunlit Garden which he'd managed to covertly come across. Shiki received the thick file smiling before turning around and heading deeper into the lab to examine its contents. "Have fun and take as much time as you need, make sure you don't kill her. When you're done, press the button beside my lab door and I'll emerge to lead you back out. Have a nice visit Souta." Shiki said with a chuckle as he left Souta alone with an awakening Rize.
It seemed Rize had become aware she had company the moment Shiki and Souta approached. She was restrained with her hands secured to the wall above her head on either side of her while he legs were secured together placing her in a kneeling position. She was in a hospital gown and had her head lowered which caused her purple hair to obstruct her face. She was hooked up to an IV through which she was periodically dosed with RC suppressants. Once she sensed Shiki walk away, she raised her head to see Souta standing before her in a mask and black cloak. Souta could see confusion in her purple eyes. "I wonder how I may be of service to a stranger since you came all this way to see me. After all there's not much I can do for you in my current state unless you're here to rescue me, I promise to show my deepest appreciation." She said while positioning her body in a way that Souta could slightly see down her neckline into the forbidden depths of her gown. "I apologize Rize my beloved, but I'm afraid this time I'm not gonna help you escape so you can leave and forget me." Kichimura Washuu said as he removed the mask he wore as his Souta persona. Rize's eyes widened in recognition, shock, confusion, fear, and finally rage. She observed his now more mature features as she recognized him immediately as he half-brother Kichimura who had helped her escape the sunlit garden when they were much younger. Kichimura observed her reaction and took pleasure in seeing how his presence brought out such emotions in her. He took a step closer to her and caressed her cheek, marveling at her beauty and confirming the fact that she was really there right in front of him. "Oh how I've missed you my dear Rize, for too long we've been separated but finally we can be reunited. Aren't you glad?" Kichimura said with a smile while Rize remained speechless, her face blank while her eyes shifted between emotions as she pieced together what was going on. "Very well you got me, I deserve this. Just let me go and I promise we're even after I abandoned you all these years." Rize said with a charming smile after her eyes flashed with realization. Kichimura looked into her purple eyes to find resignation and pleading. He rubbed her cheek and traced her lips with his thumb. "Unfortunately my dear, I can't do that. After all they need you here for something very important. See you've been a very bad girl. Abandoning me after I risked myself to help you escape. You forgot about me and went around the wards feasting on whomsoever you fancied. I was so heartbroken and the only way I could get you back was to offer you to some really powerful people who were really interested in your regenerative ability. But don't worry Rize, you won't die. All they need is for you to keep donating organs to them until they don't need you anymore. By then I'll be a ghoul just like you and we can be together forever." Kichimura said with a twisted psychotic smile. Rize's face immediately shifted from charming and apologetic to scornful and irritated. "Get your hand off me you fucking incestuous creep. You think just because you helped me escape the claws of one incestuous creep that I would willingly run into the arms of another one? The fact that you orchestrated my capture out of some distorted sense of possession disgusts me to no end. I knew I should have killed you when I fled the garden otherwise I wouldn't be in this situation. Since we were kids you've always followed me around and I tolerated it unaware of how sick you really were. I knew I should have been closer to your brother, after all everyone always knew that he was the better twin. Smarter, more skilled, handsomer, more charming, face it, Muri was always the better version of you. Your insecurity as the inferior copy led to you clinging to me as the one thing your brother never had, unaware that I also would have preferred him over you where it not for the fact that you were easier to manipulate. Poor Kichimura, his younger brother is so much better than him. No one would care if he just disappeared, hahahahaha." Rize said with venomous spite before ending with a cackle. Her laughter filled Kichimura's ear as he suddenly gripped her throat. Her words had ripped deep into the psychological wounds in his heart as he tightened his hold on her throat to get her to stop laughing. His eyes were filled with fury as he stared into her purple eyes taunting him, he kept increasing his grip choking Rize and restricting her windpipe. He was about to crush her throat when he felt a chill and remembered Shiki's words to him, he didn't want to test his patience and risk Shiki's wrath.
Kichimura let go of Rize's throat and fell to his knees with his head down. "See what you did. You made me say some harsh words and hurt you this way. Why did you have to make me do this? This is all your fault Mura but I don't really blame you, you're not as smart as your brother after all. I'm the only one who really accepts you for the idiot you are, only me. As long as you free me from these restraints and get me out of here, I'm sure we can go back to how things were when we were kids. All you need to do is let me go and stall the ghoul in the lab while I escape. I promise to meet up with you afterwards and we can start a new life together. I was not really comfortable before with things happening between since we're siblings and that would be incest but I feel like as long as it's you Mura and only you, I can be happy with whatever you want us to be. I'm sure we could make beautiful healthy babies." Rize said in a soothing seductive tone. She contorted her body to show as much skin as possible in a effort to cloud Kichimura's sound judgement with lust. "Yes, you're right. We would make such beautiful offspring. That would make me so happy. I'm an inferior copy of my younger brother. I've tried so hard to catch up with him but he keeps leaping ahead widening the distance between us. As we speak, he's currently a star investigator. Everyone adores him while no one knows who I am. You're the only one who's ever paid attention to only me and not him. I know you didn't mean the bad things you said after all you're my beloved. I can't lose you. I know what I have to do." Kichimura said as he raised his head with a light smile and reached towards Rize's cheek to caress it. "I would do anything for you, my beloved Rize." Kichimura whispered causing a smile to spread across Rize's face.
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Chibi_Senpai
Chibi_Senpai I have no words to explain my absence except that the death of the rapper Nipsey Hussle unexpectedly hit me hard and made me face my own fragile mortality and re-examine my existence. I’ve been planning out the future plot of this novel and researching the details on the world’s the mc is going to next.
To liven things up, Here’s a joke:
A man went into a library and asked for a book on how to commit suicide.
The librarian said: “Fuck off, you won’t bring it back.”
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