Chương 5: Ch. 5
"What do you mean? Speak, if you don't want this to pierce your throat." Mikio threatened Nana who's lying on the ground bleeding already one step near to death's door.
'What does she mean I'm no Ghoul? Then what's the use of putting on a mask and hiding my identity if they can easily guess my race?'
"Y-you... you-- Cough! Cough! Cough!" Nana coughs up blood cutting what she was going to say to Mikio and suddenly passed out.
Mikio immediately crouched down and tried to slap her awake. "Oi! Wake up!" But seeing that she was still unconscious and unresponsive he looked down at her bloodied clothes and ripped it open. There he saw multiple lethal wounds that should have killed her long ago.
'The hell! Even Ghouls would be long dead with this kind of wound. How is she still alive?!' Mikio thought, looking up at Nana whose face is already starting to get pale.
'No good! She will die if she loses more blood, but... should I save her?' Mikio fell into deep contemplation. The girl was being hunted by Doves for some reason.
"Sigh... Well, it's not like I can't kill her later." Mikio mumbled and brought out a roll of bandage under his coat and wrapped it around Nana's Wounds. Then lifting her up on his back, Mikio brought the Quinques he looted and scaled the walls and ran on top of the buildings.
*****
14th Ward.
Hidden Underground Shelter.
Mikio's secret Hideout.
Opening her eyes, the very first thing Nana caught sight of was the unfamiliar ceiling above her. She blinked multiple times, struggling to recall where she was and what had transpired before she found herself there. But before she could even begin to think, her stomach immediately roared at her.
*Growl!*
She curled up on the bed when suddenly, a painful headache struck her. Her mind began to fade, and her Ghoul instinct immediately took possession of her. Saliva flooded her mouth, and her eyes turned into Kakugan.
She sniff the air and her eyes widened when she smelled the alluring scent of fresh flavorful meat not far away from her. She began salivating and her breathing became heavy.
She rose from the bed and followed the enticing scent. Opening the door, she walked around the corner and discovered where the scent had been emanating from. Lying lazily on a comfortable-looking red sofa in front of a big flat TV screen was an attractive man watching a movie while eating pizza.
She didn't hesitate and immediately pounced on her prey, hands outstretched, ready to rip the man apart. But the man just glanced at her and that was enough to stop her.
Nana froze in fear atop the man. Mikio was gazing straight at her eyes Sharingan activated.
"Feisty today aren't we? You're even ready naked." Mikio teased, casting a playful expression, making Nana look at herself and noticed that her upper body was only covered with bandages.
She immediately stood up and retreated to a corner, head down and arms crossed over her chest.
Raising up from the sofa, Mikio looked at her. "That's a joke," he muttered, his face returning to its usual passive expression.
"You know I just suppressed your Ghoul persona and your hunger. Your stomach still remained empty, so I thought it would be better if you filled it up first before we talked." Mikio said and Nana looked at her with a questioning look.
'And what should I eat? A pizza?'
Mikio seemed to understand what she was thinking as he answered. "Oh, I have some of it in the fridge," Mikio said, pointing his finger behind him toward the direction of the double-door fridge. "Don't ask why?" Mikio added and threw her a shirt. "And wear that if you want."
Nana wore the shirt Mikio had given her and warily looked at the man she finally recognized as the man behind the mask the night she was attacked by Doves because of his familiar scent. She stood there like a statue for a while, but after a few minutes of standing there like a fool, she finally walked towards the fridge while still throwing Mikio a wary glance who simply doesn't care about her right now and watching TV.
Nana opened the fridge and searched for food she can eat, and after a few seconds, she finds some.
'Why does he have human meat in his fridge?' Nana thought as she looked back at Mikio while filling her mouth with human flesh. Remembering what Mikio had said to her, she didn't ask him and concentrated on filling her stomach first.
*****
"So how do you know I'm not a Ghoul?"
Sitting on a couch, Mikio ask Nana who's sitting in a wooden chair in front of him. Nana just finished eating her meal when Mikio immediately called her and ask.
"Your smell." Nana replied brushing her nose, looking at Mikio now with a bit less wary look.
"My smell?" Oh, Yeah I forgot about that detection ability of them.
Nana nod. "Yeah, although a bit different. It's more easy to assume that you're a Human more than a Ghoul because of your flavorful enticing scent."
"A bit different? What do you mean?"
Nana then begin to explain to Mikio how he smell more savory and appetizing to them Ghouls and how for some reason he's scent became stronger after the last time she saw him.
Mikio them begin to ponder of reasons how his scent are different than normal human. Is it because of the Breathing Techniques he was using? Or it's because of that 'thing' inside him? Anyway, he was thinking of ways how to mask his scent and he's opened for Nana's suggestions.
"By the way, why did you save me?"
Mikio was a bit taken aback by Nana's question. He was actually planning to kill her that night to erase any witness when she suddenly muttered words about him being a human. Thanks to that, his curiosity was piqued and he contemplated killing her.
But now after hearing her story about her looking for her long lost brother when the Dove's suddenly met her, and hunted her he can't help but be relieved that he didn't kill her because she was a type of Ghoul who just wants to live peacefully, the rare type of Ghouls he really needs for his plan.
Now hearing her question, he was thinking twice if he should tell her the truth.
'Well it's not like I killed her, and if she ended up hating me because of it, in my protest I still save her, so.'
In the end he decided to tell her the truth. And Mikio was again taken aback by how Nana calmly accept his answer.
"By the way, how about those Doves? Did you killed them?"
Hearing her question, Mikio put his hand on his face and massage his forehead. "Well, about that..."
*****
1st Ward.
CCG Building HQ.
Inside a white luxury room with a long wooden table at its center, Special Class Investigator will be seen gathered and having a important discussion.
"A SS rate Ghoul you say, are you sure we can trust First-Class Goro's statements?" Marude Itsuki, The 2nd Division Chief ask loud with a perplexed expression.
"I want to ask the same thing. SS rate is no joke. We can't just rate a Ghoul based on a report of a first class Agent." Aura Kiyoko, the very first woman to become a special class said and looked at the man besides her.
"I know what you people are thinking. I also can't believe what Goro reported to me. But I trust him, I know him since when he started to work here. Experience and strength alone I'm sure he's not that far inferior to Special Class like us." Kuroiwa Iwao said. He is one of the few veterans in the CCG Bureo that had manage to fought SS rated Ghouls like 'Owl' and survived.
"Well, if Special Class Kuroiwa say so. I'll trust him." Said Shinohara Yuuki, a known veteran and former Academy instructor.
"I know Goro myself. I worked with him a few times, and he doesn't seems to be the kind of person who would lie." Tanakamura Mougan also said. He was a man who had two post working as an Investigator as well as General service for the 2nd Ward Branch.
"Umm, Mr. Kuroiwa. I'm not going to argue with you about the credibility of Mr. Goro's report but, how did Mr. Goro survived the attack if he faced an SS rated Ghoul based on his evaluation." Ui Koori asked. She was an Associate Special Class Investigator with the authority to attend Special meetings like these, in stand of Arima who's always away busy.
"T-that's well.. He said she got him and his junior knockout, and the next thing he knew, he woke up with both his and his junior Quinques stolen." Kuroiwa replied.
"That's! Are you sure he's not just making excuses?!" Marude shouted finding the situation quite peculiar. "SS rate, but it leave him alive. What the-- How--"
"Marude, enough." Cut Washuu Yoshitoki, he's the Bureo Department Director of the CCG the one with the highest position among the people currently present in the room right now.
"I know it's sounds absurd, but who knows what she's planning. Her leaving them alive is not in the realm of impossible things to happen. All we gotta do now is just be ready and plan what should we do to her." He said as he smash his hand behind him where a huge monitor was litted up showing an image of a girl with long black and pink hair.
"For now, she will be classified as an S rated Ghoul. And it's up to Mr. Iwao to hunt her."
The girl in the monitor was undoubtedly Nana.
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