Area 20, in the cafe.
Staring at the TV, Nagachika Hideyoshi, who has the potential to be a famous detective, couldn't help but sigh: "This Mr. Fang Yan is too arrogant!"
"According to the information I have collected, normal ghouls, when forced to reveal their identities, will definitely choose to wear masks and try their best to hide their true appearance..."
The complaints from his best friends made Kaneki Ken feel that Fang Yan's behavior was a bit too much.
Kaneki Ken himself didn't know why, and he subconsciously murmured: "It feels like Mr. Fang Yan is a ghoul, but he doesn't seem like a bad person..."
Swish! The owner and waiters of the cafe all focused their attention on Kaneki Ken.
The speech was so faint that even his best friend who was standing nearby could hardly hear it, but everyone at the scene heard it clearly.
Nagachika Hideyoshi quickly stood up, scratched his head, and apologized to everyone on behalf of his friend: "Sorry!"
"Yan is a guy who only looks at appearance. He always thinks that good-looking people must be good people."
"I'm really sorry if his words have caused trouble to everyone!"
Everyone shook their heads subconsciously.
This kid has no idea what's going on.
The manager of this cafe, after losing his daughter and wife, opened this cafe in District 20 in memory of his human wife who used to work in the cafe, and took in other ghouls.
Among them even include the leaders of the two major forces that once dominated Area 20 - the SS-level "Magic Ape" and "Black Dog", as well as Kirishima Touka and others.
so……
All the staff here are essentially ghouls, without exception!
Because it lives in harmony with human society and has good business, this place is also called the "Stable Zone".
——The employees of the cafe will not go out hunting and preying on living people, but will go to those [suicide sanctuaries] to obtain fresh corpses of people who committed suicide in order to survive.
It is sheer wishful thinking to say that you can live a comfortable life by consuming such stale flesh and blood and drinking coffee to maintain your vital signs.
In fact, their combat effectiveness values all dropped to varying degrees as a result.
Even so, compared to ordinary humans, their vision, hearing and sense of smell are many times better.
Because of this, Kaneki Ken's whispering was heard by all of them and they found it very strange.
——It is very rare to find a human who does not hate or fear ghouls~ "Hehehe..."
The intellectual and elegant beauty that Kaneki Ken originally wanted to approach and chat up at the instigation of his best friend suddenly covered her mouth and chuckled.
The beautiful goddess with purple hair and purple eyes, Rize Shiro, said with a smile: "As we all know, ghouls cannot eat human food normally. Hamburgers, ramen, rice, steak, ghouls eat them like foul-smelling poison."
"In order to integrate into human society, ghouls must learn to pretend to eat."
As she spoke, she took out a sandwich from her designer bag and brought it to her mouth: "Just like this...swallow the food without chewing it, and then pretend to chew it...gulp."
After forcing herself to take a bite, Kamishiro Rize stuffed the sandwich back into her bag and said to Kaneki Ken with a smile, "After that, just vomit the food out before it's digested."
"You see, normal ghouls have to learn so many disguise methods and hide in human society. I'm very curious~"
"This man named Fang Yan doesn't even bother to hide his appearance - what makes him so arrogant?"
At this time, the live camera focused on another ghoul who was obviously a big shot.
This person has white hair, wears a fiery red mask, has blood-red eyes, and has a cold temperament.
According to people’s inherent cognition, there are no weak people with white hair and red eyes.
It looks just like a storyboard by a comics master, and even gives this person an additional close-up and textual annotations on his identity.
【Character: Duoduoliang. 】
[His personal strength is extremely strong. He once defeated CCG Special Investigator Kuklia Warden with his bare hands. ]
[He was originally a Chinese ghoul, but later fled to Japan after being wounded. He is the younger brother of the leader of the Chinese ghoul organization Akaguni Ren, Homura (who has died in battle). He is currently a senior cadre of the ghoul organization Aogiri Tree. He has a quick mind and is listed by CCG as "the ghoul that should be expelled first." ]
Duo Duoliang in the camera looked serious and said in Mandarin: "Fang Yan!"
"If the Red Tongue Company had a strong man like you, my brother and I would not have been defeated and exiled to Japan, so..."
"Who are you, anyway? What is your purpose?"
In Duoduoliang's opinion, Fang Yan's strength is at least SS+, as he was able to kill the S-rank ghoul Ohmori Yakumo without any injury.
This means that Fang Yan’s overall combat power might be slightly better than his own.
After just a little thought, Duo Duoliang felt that Fang Yan's identity was not as simple as he originally thought.
He could no longer simply regard Fang Yan as his "fellow foreigner", but had to pay attention to him, be cautious and vigilant.
At least, the opponent demonstrated the abilities of [flight] and [electromagnetic control].
Fang Yan just mentioned "global live broadcast"...
Perhaps, he also has the means of [hacking]?
Seeing this in the live broadcast, Nagachika Eira asked quietly, "Yan, are they speaking Chinese?"
"I remember you studied Chinese. Do you understand?"
Everyone in the cafe once again focused their attention on Kaneki Ken.
As a pure college student, Kaneki Ken showed a hint of shyness on his face: "I am more interested in Chinese online novels, so I know a little bit of basic vocabulary, but I don't understand too much."
"What Duoduoliang meant is probably..."
"He knows Fang Yan who just claimed to be the [Ghoul Instructor]."
"But Fang Yan's current performance is different from what he expected. He seems to have shown unexpectedly strong strength. He is also very confused about his identity."
The camera turned again and returned to the scene where CCG, Bronze Tree and Fang Yan coexisted.
Fang Yan said calmly: "You will know soon, and..."
"The conversation just now also exposed some problems."
"If I want to broadcast it live to the world, I have to have simultaneous translation, or at least subtitles."
Fang Yan glanced at everyone and announced in a clear and melodious Mandarin, "From today on, the Earth will enter a brand new era - the [Age of Flame]!"
Almost as soon as the words fell, people from all over the world watching the live broadcast noticed that bilingual subtitles suddenly appeared on the screen.
One line is in Chinese and the other line is the questions they mainly use.
The cheat code for sharing abilities does not simply copy and superimpose the abilities after they are shared, but has to adapt to the different world rules of different Fang Yans.
The core theme of "Tokyo Ghoul" is [Technology and Ghouls], or more precisely, [a biotechnology system with RC cells as the core]! (End of this chapter)